Reviews

November 13, 2017

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Hands-On Review
With a 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor, this feature-rich, mirrorless compact has a number of advanced shooting modes in addition to 4K video capability
Gordon Laing
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Hands-On Review This review is presented by our friend Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com The Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III is a compact, friendly, affordable and feature-packed camera that manages to satisfy both beginners and more advanced photographers alike. It may at first glance appear to be a fairly minor refresh over its... Read more
November 7, 2017

Pro Power From Apple
With a new high-power iMac and the upcoming iMac Pro, Apple recommits to the photographer
David Schloss
Apple iMac, Apple iMac Pro
Apple iMac Pro Apple’s iMac began life as a purely consumer-level computer—blob-shaped and pointy, the revolutionary all-in-one computer was born out of a need for computing simplicity, not computing power. As computers gained more and more power, the iMac remained largely a product for families and small businesses. Computing power evolves rapidly,... Read more
November 1, 2017

Panasonic LUMIX GH5 Hands-On Review
With the release of firmware update 2.1, it seems like the right time for a detailed report on the 20.3-megapixel mirrorless camera that shoots 4K video
Jordan Drake
Panasonic LUMIX GH5
I’ve been a huge fan of the Panasonic GH mirrorless camera series almost as long as I’ve been producing TCSTV. As someone who regularly jumps between stills and video capture, yet focuses on video professionally, the concept of a capable stills camera that is optimized for high-end video production has always appealed me. I’ve used the GH3 and... Read more
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October 30, 2017

Smooth Jazz: Manfrotto Nitrotech N8 Video Head And Tripod
The new video head and tripod system drives like an Italian sports car with Anna Magnani at the wheel, and it’s a joy to shoot with
Chris X Carroll
Manfrotto’s Nitrotech N8 video head and tripod
In preparation for getting married, I strode into Barneys and purchased an Armani suit. Just resting on the hanger that fabric is otherworldly, with a drape like nothing else. Then you put it on, and it’s like armor protecting and enhancing your very being. Seriously, I walk differently when I’m wearing it. Way back there at Barneys, when they left... Read more
October 26, 2017

An Incredibly Big Sigma Lens For Even Bigger Sensors
Photographers now have new class of a cameras that combine speed and resolution
Text & Photography DL Byron
Sigma 135mm F/1.8 DG HSM Art lens
Out shooting street with the 135 attached to an a7R Well, it just so happens I have a max-resolution lens in on demo that performs wonderfully on a first-gen a7R, and can’t wait to see what the Sigma 135mm F/1.8 DG HSM Art will do on the new Sony a7R III. I can only guess Sigma released the lens anticipating the sensors in the latest Sony, the Nikon... Read more
October 20, 2017

Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III Hands-On Review
The latest premium compact camera from Canon is its first to feature an APS-C sensor, essentially, the same 24-megapixel sensor in models like the EOS 80D DSLR
Gordon Laing
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III hands-on review
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III Hands-On Review This review is presented by our friend Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com The PowerShot G1 X Mark III is Canon’s latest flagship compact camera and its first to boast an APS-C sensor—essentially, the same 24-megapixel sensor used so successfully in models like the EOS 80D DSLR, and which features Dual Pixel... Read more
October 19, 2017

Nikon D850 Hands-On Field Test
Nikon surprises everyone by throwing the best of all their technologies into a single professional, do-anything body
Jordan Drake
Nikon D850 hands-on review
It’s been a long time since there’s been a DSLR that has truly excited professional and enthusiast photographers. We’ve seen some solid upgrades over the last few years, but few cameras that have really pushed DSLR technology forward. Nikon surprised everyone with the D850 by throwing the best of all their technologies into a single professional,... Read more
October 16, 2017

Broncolor Scoro 3200 S WiFi / RFS 2 Hands-On Review
Power, control and easy operation—at a price
Chris X. Carroll
flash lighting gear
Dark alchemy is used to great effect to convert rough household or industrial power into controllable, beautiful photographic light. Every large strobe pack I’ve ever used has whined, clicked, dimmed the house lights and generally given evidence of what giant forces were being harnessed to safely apply light to delicate and sensitive subjects. In... Read more
October 11, 2017

Canon EOS Rebel SL2 Hands-On Review
Positioned just above Canon’s entry-level DSLR, this camera offers a lot more bang for your buck
Gordon Laing
Canon EOS Rebel SL2 Hands-On Review This review is presented by our friend Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com The Canon EOS Rebel SL2 (or EOS 200D, as it’s known outside North America), is a compact DSLR aimed at photographers or vloggers buying their first camera with a large sensor and interchangeable lenses. It’s positioned just above Canon’s entry-level... Read more
October 3, 2017

Anniversary Present: Nikon D850 Review
Arriving to celebrate Nikon’s centennial anniversary, the Nikon D850 is one of the company’s best cameras, ever. And it couldn’t have come at a better time.
David Schloss
cameras
Night Sky Over Bend, Oregon. The Nikon D850 is likely to be the darling of astrophotography shooters, though probably still surpassed by the D810A, which has a modified IR filter that’s particularly suited to celestial photography. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Nikon—a century of innovation and advances that spans the... Read more