Latest Backpacks from MindShift Gear
For years, photographers have longed for a solution that will enable them to carry camera equipment and personal items in a backpack, while at the same time keeping the camera gear readily accessible....
View ArticleTraveling Light and Finding New Perspectives, with Ralph Lee Hopkins
In this travel-related video, produced during the 2015 B&H Optic Imaging Conference, geologist and travel photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins talks about using new technologies and camera gear that will...
View ArticleFocusEd: Crop Factor Explained
In this FocusEd video, we discuss the sometimes confusing aspects and nature of crop factor. This is not about how many bushels of corn an acre of rich soil in Iowa will yield—this is about how your...
View ArticleCameras on 24 Interplanetary Spacecraft
With the New Horizon’s cameras sending back amazing photos of the dwarf planet Pluto this week, B&H Photo thought it would be a great time to talk cameras—especially, cameras on US interstellar...
View ArticleCanon Embraces DSLR Filmmaking with New Video Creator Kits
Taking advantage of the advanced High Definition video capabilities of its DSLRs, Canon has just announced Video Creator Kits for theT6i, T5i, and 70D that feature the APS-C camera with zoom lens, the...
View ArticleHands-On Review: Zeiss Batis 85mm and 25mm Lenses
In the following video, Allan Weitz takes a look at Zeiss’s latest lens offerings, the Batis 85mm f/1.8 and 25mm f/2 for full-frame E-mount cameras. Weitz reviews the different optical designs and...
View ArticlePhotographing Wild Alaska and Japan’s Winter Wildlife, with Robert O’Toole
In this travel-related video, produced during the 2015 B&H Optic Imaging Conference, travel photographer Robert O’Toole talks about his favorite subjects: wildlife and Japan. In this video, O’Toole...
View ArticleThe Yousuf Karsh Archive
Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian, born in the Ottoman Empire in 1908. After his family fled, he was sent to live in Quebec, with an uncle who was a portrait photographer. Noticing young Yousuf’s interest...
View ArticleHands-On Review: Canon T6s and T6i
In the following video, Larry Becker, of KelbyOne Media, describes his hands-on experience with the 24.2MP EOS Rebel T6s and T6i DSLRs from Canon, which offer significant improvements to the EOS line....
View ArticleFocusED: Lens Mounts
In this week’s video, FocusEd presents a discussion of lens mounts. Not every lens fits on every camera, and not every lens from each manufacturer works on every camera from that manufacturer. This...
View ArticleUnderstanding Crop Factor
There is a great deal of confusion surrounding crop factor, and it is particularly difficult to explain, but let’s give it a try, shall we?Before we dive in, let me dispel two vicious rumors related to...
View ArticleHands-On Review: The Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX Lens
As a third-party lens manufacturer, you know that when you enter the realm of the 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, you are going to be competing against the best of the best from the Original Equipment...
View ArticleA Guide to Tethered Shooting Accessories
Before talking about a number of tools, tables, and accessories that will improve your tethered photography, let’s just be clear about what we mean by “tethered” photography. Of course, like so many...
View ArticleVideo: Tips for Location Lighting, with Rick Friedman
After sharing some of his own professional work, including shots for Sports Illustrated and People, photographer Rick Friedman elucidates the relatively simple lighting techniques he uses to achieve...
View ArticleFocusEd: ISO Explained
In this week’s video, FocusEd discusses ISO. ISO is a measurement of a digital sensor’s (or films) sensitivity to light. This video goes into detail about when to use different ISO settings, as well as...
View ArticleUnveiled: Fujifilm X-T1 IR Mirrorless Digital Camera
Building upon the respected X-T1 camera line, Fujifilm has developed the X-T1 IR Mirrorless Digital Camera which features a modified design for capturing light from the ultraviolet (UV), visible, and...
View ArticleTips and Techniques for Creating Memorable Landscape Photographs, with...
In this video on photo techniques produced during the 2015 B&H Optic Imaging Conference, LIFE and National Geographic photographer, Michael Melford, talks about the masters of landscape...
View Article5 Questions for Bobbi Lane on Location Lighting
Commercial and portrait photographer Bobbi Lane will be leading a hands-on workshop on location lighting in New York City utilizing the incredible Profoto B1 and B2 Battery-Powered Flash Units. In...
View ArticleUnveiled: Nikon Announces a Super-Tele Zoom, Fast Prime, and Adds VR to the...
Nikon’s newest additions to their line of professional FX-format lenses are sure to please a variety of photographers as all three lenses have very different applications. Nikon’s AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm...
View ArticleBuying Guide for the Film Photography Student
So you’ve been accepted to art school, or you’re complementing your general studies with some photography classes, or maybe you’re just taking a continuing education class to learn more about film...
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