Sony Sony Sony A7RIII & 24-105mm lens – $4,396 $3,696Sony A9 & Storage Kit – $4,540 $3,498Sony A7RIII Body Only – $2,998 $2,498Sony A7RII & 28-70mm lens – $2,196 $1,896Sony A7RII & Storage Kit – $1,798 $1,498Sony A7II & 28-70mm lens – $1,598 $998Sony A7II Body Only – $1,398 $898Sony A6000, 16-50mm & 55-210mm lenses – $998 $698Sony A5100, 16-50mm & 55-210mm lenses – $897 $596 Nikon Nikon Nikon Z7 & 24-70mm lens – $3,996 $3,596Nikon Z7 Body Only – $3,396 $2,996Nikon D850 Body Only – $3,296 $2,996Nikon Z6 & 24-70mm lens – $2,596 $2,396Nikon D500 & 16-80mm lens $2,766 $2,096Nikon D810 Body Only – $2,996 $1,996Nikon D750 & 24-120mm lens – $2,796 $1,996Nikon Z6 Body Only – $1,996 $1,796Nikon D750 Body Only – $1,696 $1,496Nikon D5600, 18-55mm & 70-300mm lenses – $1,146 $796...

It’s not often that you see a small company challenge the likes of Zeiss. It’s even less common to see one actually beat them in comparative tests. But that’s exactly what Veydra have done in some new tests from the folks at LensRentals. For those unfamiliar with Veydra, it was only just over three years ago that they were seeking funding on Kickstarter for their new line of compact Micro Four Thirds cinema lenses....

Anyone who has read my posts (silence) haha, will know that I am a fan of planning and preparation. I have task sheets, folders, mood boards, sketches, and the list goes on. I always try to make sure that anything that needs planning is set in stone. Although this is usually the best way to work, especially for me, it can be good to go against the norm, and do the opposite....

I believe that you have heard of BuzzFeed, a news and entertainment company based on digital content. They also run a few Facebook groups on different topics, and in one of them, nearly 150,000 members are explicitly forbidden to tag credit photographers when sharing their work. The group is named Room of requirement and it’s an online place of gathering for almost 150,000 Harry Potter fans. Photographer Rebecca Britt is one of them, and she noticed that some of the group rules are very unfavorable for photographers....

Macro photography is such a fascinating subject. Getting that close to something isn’t something we normally see. We get to observe minute details that we’d never otherwise notice. A lot of things macro subjects are obvious, like bug parts, for example. But not everything is quite so easy to identify. You might remember British contact lens retailer Lenstore from when they teamed up with Nikon to create 24 Hour London. Well, now they’ve come back with the “Close Up” macro challenge....