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  • Field tests for the Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4

    Field tests for the Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4

    If you consider buying an expensive lens like the $12,000 Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4, you will find useful to read actual field tests (and not only the usual read-the-specs reviews that most web sites will provide). So, I found to welcome field tests that I’d like to recommend: Petapixel’s A Field Test of the…

  • Adobe Bridge for free

    Adobe Bridge for free

    One of the most attracting features of the Adobe Photoshop CC suite of photographic tools is its image management tool which allows sorting, ordering, labeling and most important -to my eyes- comparing several pictures in order to choose the best one. Yes, I have the (bad?) habit of shooting in rapid fire when I’m photographing wildlife, but…

  • Unpacking the Canon 200-400mm f/4 ext 1.4

    Unpacking the Canon 200-400mm f/4 ext 1.4

    The Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender is a major piece of glass from Canon. One sample just arrived at YLovePhoto, so it was a good opportunity to share with you the unpacking process. Of course, I must profusely thank Xtian for his considerable help.

  • Lessons from the Adobe Creative Cloud down incident

    Lessons from the Adobe Creative Cloud down incident

    If you are using Adobe Creative Cloud (the recent subscription-based cloud-based solution for Adobe tools including Photoshop), or if you know somebody using it, there are 99% chance that you heard that Adobe service broke down on 14-May and is just going back up as I write this. Note that Photoshop CC is only available…

  • Bugs, bugs, bugs…

    This is starting to look like a bring refrain, in these recent weeks: The most recent photo cameras seem to have been launched before all the bugs could be detected and wiped out. As a simple reminder, I would list the following cases: The Canon EOS 5D MkIII files are not handled perfectly well in…

  • Comparison new Sony, old Nikon, Canon [updated]

    Comparison new Sony, old Nikon, Canon [updated]

    In a few hours, the two new SLR photo cameras from Sony, the Sony Alpha 77 and Sony Alpha 65 will be fully official. Since a lot of information reached our ears already through a number of different leaks, it is now possible to make a few educated guesses and to attempt a comparison with…

  • Cheap Lightroom 3 on Amazon

    Lightroom 3 sees its price lowered slightly at Amazon.

  • How to pick the best point-and-shoot camera for Mom?

    How to pick the best point-and-shoot camera for Mom?

    Mother’s Day is on us. And Father’s Day, too. And if our parents are not strictly as enthusiastic about photography as we are, they probably don’t want to lug around a big SLR camera but they did not fail in asking for advice on what camera they should pick. It’s time to answer with the…

  • Nikon D5100 – Order it now!

    The Nikon D5100 has just been announced (it is not yet available) and you can already pre-order to be one of the very first to receive it when it will be available (around May 2011). You will be part of a very select club. Amazon USA Nikon D5100 (pre-order) B&H Nikon D5100 Digital SLR Camera…