Tutorial: Photoshop for 70 basketball portraits in two days
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Photographer Dustin Snipes gives step-by-step instructions regarding the post-production work he did to achieve a sought-after look in the 70 basketball portraits he took in just two days during last year’s Cactus Classic in Arizona.

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Sigma announces new flash available for Sony next week
Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 – 13:01 | No Comment
Sigma announces new flash available for Sony next week

 
Sigma Corporation of America announced this week a new ring flash: The Electronic Flash Macro EM-140 DG, which will be available for Sony cameras as early as next week and other major camera manufacturers thereafter.

Link of the day: Ever wonder what Canon lens innards look like?
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 13:30 | No Comment
Link of the day: Ever wonder what Canon lens innards look like?

An amateur photographer who’s Canon 17-85mm EFS lens kicked the bucket decided to disassemble it piece by piece, and he snapped photos of the whole ordeal.

Lens deal: $205 off Nikon 18-105mm VR at Cameta Camera
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 12:14 | No Comment
Lens deal: $205 off Nikon 18-105mm VR at Cameta Camera

Cameta Camera is offering a killer discount on the Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens: $205.05 off the list price of $485, for a total sale price of $279.95.

Carl Zeiss releases two lenses compatible with Canon SLRs
Monday, 15 Sep, 2008 – 11:14 | No Comment
Carl Zeiss releases two lenses compatible with Canon SLRs

Carl Zeiss announced that has developed an EF bayonet for its ZE line of lenses, rendering them compatible with all Canon EOS cameras. The company will release two lenses in the last quarter of 2008 …

Three new Nikon lenses rumored to be around the corner
Wednesday, 3 Sep, 2008 – 18:13 | No Comment
Three new Nikon lenses rumored to be around the corner

Nikon Rumors reported today that it had confirmed three new Nikon lenses to be released at Photokina—two fixed, wide-aperture lenses and a new 70-200 f/2.8 lens.

Pentax DA* 300mm f/4 Lens Reviewed
Sunday, 1 Jun, 2008 – 19:09 | No Comment
Pentax DA* 300mm f/4 Lens Reviewed

Looking for a little zoom in your life?

Canon 55-250mm f/4-5.6 EF-S IS Reviewed
Monday, 26 May, 2008 – 22:19 | No Comment
Canon 55-250mm f/4-5.6 EF-S IS Reviewed

How does this telephoto measure up?

Pentax DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Reviewed
Monday, 19 May, 2008 – 20:28 | No Comment
Pentax DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Reviewed

The little lens that could.

Canon produces 40 millionth lens
Monday, 28 Apr, 2008 – 6:03 | No Comment
Canon produces 40 millionth lens

Boy, Canon has made a lot of lenses.

Canon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM AF Reviewed
Saturday, 19 Apr, 2008 – 17:45 | No Comment
Canon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM AF Reviewed

This versatile lens not only produces great images but it lightweight and small in size as well, according to PopPhoto.com.

Extreme Photography Equipment
Monday, 14 Apr, 2008 – 17:59 | No Comment
Extreme Photography Equipment

And you thought your camera bag was a little excessive…

How camera lenses are made
Thursday, 27 Mar, 2008 – 15:24 | No Comment
How camera lenses are made
3D Camera sports 12,616 lenses
Monday, 24 Mar, 2008 – 7:00 | No Comment
3D Camera sports 12,616 lenses

We talked about a post on 3D photography a couple weeks ago and it looks like they’re working on a camera that may make that a reality. Stanford (read:smart) researchers are developing a prototype camera with 12,616 lenses …

Mid-range digital cameras get the job done
Saturday, 9 Feb, 2008 – 12:05 | No Comment
Mid-range digital cameras get the job done

Want something a little more potent than a point-and-shoot but don’t want to shell out the money for a true blue DSLR. You may want to check out this mid-range digital camera review by CBS.

PMA 2008 announcement of Nikon Lenses rumors
Tuesday, 22 Jan, 2008 – 7:00 | No Comment

Nikon might be revealing some nice additions to your lens collection according to some forum posts. Keep in mind that these are unsubstantiated but nevertheless interesting developments.