Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 S Review

Photography Life's new articles [View this email in your browser]( [Photography Life]( [Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 S Review]( 08/20/24 By Spencer Cox This hands-on review covers everything that you need to know about the Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 S, an ultra-bright prime lens available for the Z System. Although it's large, heavy, and expensive, there's a lot to like where image quality and capabilities are concerned. Here's how it measures up. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photography News: New Tripods, Major Used Gear Sale]( 08/18/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher When I get the chance, I like to have fun looking for biological nonsense in movies. Like when a Harris’s Hawk sits on the shoulder of a falconer in King Arthur’s retinue, or when an American Turkey Vulture circles in the first seconds of The Bridge on the River Kwai. I was similarly amused by the voices of South American antbirds singing in the Laotian jungle in Herzog’s Rescue Dawn. So I won’t pull your leg and confess that I took the following photo of Chamois not in their original habitat, the Alps, but on Studenec Hill in northern Bohemia. They were introduced there over a hundred years ago, and as you can see, they are reproducing successfully. What about the photography world? It seems that this week, tripods are reproducing successfully as well. Let’s take a look at them and some other photography news. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Obvious Shot and the Hidden Shot]( 08/16/24 By Spencer Cox Often in photography, there is what I'd call the “obvious shot.” The obvious shot can sometimes be a cliché image that tons of people have photographed before, but it doesn’t have to be. Instead, it’s really just the most straightforward view of a particular scene. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photographing a Cycling Race from a Motorbike]( 08/14/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Last month, another edition of the world’s most famous cycling race, the Tour de France, took place. And as in previous years, I didn’t participate either as a rider or as a spectator. I don’t have enough strength for the former (and it gets worse every year) or enough free time for the latter. However, I’m not throwing in the towel and I hope that one day I’ll be lucky enough to be part of the peloton – well, as a photographer, at least. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Black and White and Wildlife]( 08/13/24 By Jason Polak Splash on that color, those bright blues and greens and reds! Soft feathers and golden light, warm fur and rich browns, smooth exoskeletons with a mesmerizing plethora of endless iridescence all beckon to the lens. How can the wildlife photographer resist the epic array of beautiful color from the world of animals and plants, millions of species, millions of shades? Is it ever right to turn away from nature’s gift of the full visible spectrum? [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photography News: Rumored f/2.8 Zooms, Backpack Sales]( 08/11/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Now that it’s summer, I’ll try to show you a photo that will refresh and cool you down. Imagine, for example, a creek filled with perfectly cold beer. Unfortunately, even in the Czech Republic – which is one of the leading countries in the consumption of this golden drink – there are no such creeks. Instead, enjoy the Beer Creek from the Jizera Mountains as I photographed it a few days ago, while testing the Nikon Z6 III. And also enjoy the 32nd Photography News of this year. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photographing the Australian Brush-Turkey: Life on the Mound]( 08/11/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Nature can always surprise. Just when you think you can take something for granted, it turns out there’s an exception. Like in this case. Most people take it as a given that birds are born from eggs tended to by at least one parent. The eggs then hatch into small, defenseless chicks that are completely dependent on parental care. Yes, this is true for the vast majority of birds, but not for the Australian Brush-turkey. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [An Alternative to Eye-Level Photos in Wildlife Photography]( 08/10/24 By Jason Polak A great technique in bird and wildlife photography is shooting at eye level. Eye-level shots are often more intimate – they give better subject isolation and are typically more engaging. Libor and Massimo have recently written about how much they love this approach to wildlife photography, and I don’t disagree. But are eye level shots always better? Not necessarily. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photographing a Wedding With a Single Lens?]( 08/07/24 By Adam Sheridan As a wedding photographer, it can be easy to justify a large number of lenses for different purposes throughout the day (35mm/50mm primes for getting ready, 70-200mm for the ceremony, 105mm macro for shots of the rings, 85mm for portraits, and so on). In reality, most weddings can be documented well with significantly less gear. But how much less? I recently had someone ask me: “For someone looking to get into wedding photography, is there a single lens that you would recommend that would be good enough to start with and be able to shoot a full wedding with?” [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photography News: Tamron’s Superzoom, Canon R6 Mark III Rumors]( 08/04/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Photography has a special magic for me. It is only thanks to it that I can suppress my comfortable and lazy side and face annoying insects, lack of food, or bad weather. A few days ago, in anticipation of beautiful morning views of the surrounding landscape, I rejected the comfort of the forest canopy and instead hung my hammock on the top of a high rock. Gusty winds whipped my bed so hard that I felt like a Tibetan prayer flag. But the next morning proved once again that the greatest reward comes after a little hardship. 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