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Sony FE 8-14mm f/3.5 Fisheye G lens

Sony FE 8-14mm f/3.5 Fisheye G lens

| Elja Trum | 0 views | 0 comments

Sony has announced a new lens: the Sony FE 8-14mm f/3.5 Fisheye G. It is Sony's first fisheye for full-frame E-mount and also the first full-frame fisheye with a Sony logo in around twenty years.

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The Hunger

The Hunger

| Michiel Heijmans | 97 views | 0 comments

Michiel Heijmans photographed on the streets for years, then moved into the studio for portraits and is now partly returning. But not to the way things were. In this two-part column, he explores where that feeling comes from, and why taking more photos may actually have been the problem.

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10 Tips for a Handheld Panorama

10 Tips for a Handheld Panorama

| Nando Harmsen | 915 views | 7 comments

Ideally, you take the photos for a panorama from a tripod. Complete with a nodal slide and the optimal manual exposure setting. You also use a cable release or self-timer. Sometimes you simply have to shoot the panorama handheld.

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Seven days, one subject, seven photos

Seven days, one subject, seven photos

| Nando Harmsen | 494 views | 0 comments

Are you in a photographic slump? Have you run out of inspiration? Are you struggling to take photos? Set yourself a task. A creative challenge. Take one photo of the same subject every day for seven days.

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How to set the exposure manually

How to set the exposure manually

| Nando Harmsen | 841 views | 4 comments

Do you like setting the exposure manually? But do you sometimes lose your way? I will give you a step-by-step approach so you always arrive at the right exposure. Of course, you can adapt this method to suit your own needs.

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Fujifilm FUJINON XF400mmF4.5 R LM OIS WR announced

Fujifilm FUJINON XF400mmF4.5 R LM OIS WR announced

| Elja Trum | 327 views | 0 comments

Fujifilm has announced the FUJINON XF400mmF4.5 R LM OIS WR. A new super-telephoto lens for the X series, it will be particularly interesting for wildlife, bird, sports and aviation photographers.

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The new DXO PhotoLab version 10

The new DXO PhotoLab version 10

| Nando Harmsen | 464 views | 0 comments

DXO has recently made the new version of PhotoLab available. This version contains a number of improvements. It is important to know that it is not an update. It is a new version, and therefore not free.

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Using your garden as a portrait studio

Using your garden as a portrait studio

| Elja Trum | 529 views | 0 comments

A photo studio doesn't have to be large, luxurious or even indoors. In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey shows how he turns his garden into a fully equipped studio. And because he works outdoors, he gets opportunities that he hardly has in his actual studio.

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Would you like to take better photos and keep up with what is happening in photography? Photofacts publishes articles that teach you something about photography — from a product announcement to a practical shooting tip or a look at a website. Photofacts covers photography every day and is a hobby project of Elja Trum's that got out of hand. The articles are written by a team of volunteer authors. If you would enjoy writing one or more articles for Photofacts, do get in touch.More about Photofacts

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