Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Review

Photography Life's new articles [View this email in your browser]( [Photography Life]( [Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Review]( 02/06/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Our review of the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena is fully updated! This review was a collaboration between Libor Vaicenbacher, Spencer Cox, and Nasim Mansurov. Today's update not only includes lab tests, but also a head-to-head shootout between four of Nikon's top Z-series portrait lenses. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nikon Z8 Firmware Version 2.0 Released: Bird AF, Auto Capture, Pixel Shift]( 02/06/24 By Spencer Cox Nikon just announced a major firmware update for the Nikon Z8, bringing it some highly-anticipated features from the Z9 and Zf cameras. The headlining features are a dedicated bird-detection autofocus option, the addition of Auto Capture (borrowed from the Z9) and a Pixel Shift shooting mode that allows capture up to 180 megapixels (borrowed from the Zf). There are also a variety of smaller things added in Version 2.0, including more custom options when assigning buttons, a new “Rich Tone Portrait” Picture Control, and additional shutter sounds. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ice Crystal Photography Documenting an Ephemeral World]( 02/05/24 By Guest Poster Winter is often regarded as the doldrums for nature and wildlife photographers here in Michigan. Despite the unusually warm weather this year, opportunities for outdoor photography have been quite limited, often resulting in gloomy two-hour long outings in the wild yielding little more than a few images of withered brown leaves, and maybe a squirrel or two. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photography News: OM System News, Rumored Nikon Z6 III Specs]( 02/04/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher Coffee on the table, down jacket, and hat. In the room where I’ve just opened my computer, it’s barely 38 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius). The fire behind my back started crackling cozily just a few moments ago. Slowly and reluctantly, the spruce logs are beginning to release the solar energy they have been storing for decades through photosynthesis. Outside the windows, the newly born February has realized what January irresponsibly ignored and has begun to shower my cabin with large flakes of snow. The birds outside the windows are taking away, seed by seed, the sunflowers I have scattered for them. And I, at a pace similar to theirs, letter by letter, add to the first Photography News of the month. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [XPPen Deco Pro and Artist Pro 14 Pen Tablets Reviewed]( 02/03/24 By Alex Coleman A pen tablet can be an amazing control interface for editing photos, especially with Photoshop. But with the variety of pen tablets available, choosing the right one can feel like a guessing game. Today, I’ll review two options from XPPen’s lineup, both featuring their latest X3 chip for 16K pressure level sensitivity. Is either tablet worth adding to your setup? This review of the Deco Pro and Artist Pro 14 will answer your questions. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Do Urban Wildlife Photography]( 02/01/24 By Libor Vaicenbacher “Urban wildlife.” Put together, those two words sound like a contradiction. Something like a “square circle,” “hot ice,” or “honest politician.” But cities really are full of life, and not the just two-legged kind of hairless primates. There is also a wide variety of animals to photograph. I recently returned from one of the cradles of civilization, Rome, in search of urban wildlife – camera in hand, of course. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Two Opposing Theories of Mirrorless]( 01/31/24 By Spencer Cox It’s been apparent for a while that Nikon and Canon have all but killed off the DSLR. Recent reports of Nikon shutting down their F-Mount assembly lines may have been greatly exaggerated, but with each passing year, the odds that we see a new Nikon or Canon DSLR (or even a DSLR lens) are dwindling to zero. Apparently Pentax is still hanging around, and good for them, but the Big Two manufacturers of the DSLR already packed up their suitcases years ago. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media: [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 Photography Life, Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have previously subscribed to our newsletter. Our mailing address is: Photography Life, Inc 9100 E Panorama DriveEnglewood, CO 80111 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.