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Introduction The Nikon Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR is the first ultra-wide lens made for Nikon DX mirrorless cameras. It’s light and inexpensive, weighing just 205 grams (0.45 pounds) and costing $360. This is also Nikon’s first Z lens with a power zoom mechanism (hence “PZ” in the name), meaning that the zoom ring is not mechanically coupled to …

Not a lot of foregrounds accomplish what I want them to do in landscape photography. Maybe that’s why I don’t take a lot of classic-style landscape photos with a big, obvious foreground layered in front of the background. But I do still constantly think about finding good foregrounds as a landscape photographer, and it goes without saying that your choice …

As I write this opening paragraph, I’m sitting on a train, looking out at the flooded landscape around the tracks. Just a few dozen kilometers further north, floodwater is rushing through the towns and villages. Streets have become raging rivers, houses have become islands. How helpless and vulnerable we humans are when we try to resist the force of a …

When it comes to camera settings, shutter speed is the most important variable for bird photography. That’s because it’s the setting that you need to control the most. Optimizing your shutter speed is really the only way to maximize the amount of light you’re getting, while also freezing the bird’s motion. Why Shutter Speed? In some genres of photography, aperture …

Introduction The Hasselblad XCD 20-35mm f/3.2-4.5 E is an ultra-wide zoom for Hasselblad’s newest medium format cameras. It is Hasselblad’s widest lens and only their second XCD zoom. It also represents the company’s first “E” series lens, which stands for “exclusive.” Given all this, the eye-watering price of $5929 may not be surprising, though it does make it the most …

Nikon has just announced their newest mirrorless lens: the Nikon Z 50mm f/1.4. Like the Z 35mm f/1.4 that was announced a couple of months ago, this is not an S-series lens. Instead, it prioritizes a light weight and a lower price. Here’s what we know so far. First, the top specification of this lens is the bright f/1.4 maximum …

What can focus on its prey better – the American Harris’s Hawk, the European Golden Eagle, or the Japanese Nikon D6? And how does the new Nikon Z 35mm f/1.4 perform in the field? I sought answers to these and other questions while photographing birds of prey yesterday. I’ll share my findings with you soon. In the meantime, here is …

After reading the title of this article, you might think that I have started writing fables or even fairy tales for children. Or perhaps you are shaking your head in disgust and thinking that I have turned to writing zoological tabloids? Well, I also thought I was going crazy when I recently experienced a story that I would like to …

As with everything in photography, how to set your camera as a wildlife photographer can be subjective. But very few things are more important – camera settings and can affect wildlife photos in a uniquely powerful way. This article aims to clarify the most common settings a beginner wildlife photographer should master and how to set them properly! Shoot RAW …

Imagine a parrot on a branch about to fly away, or a monkey peering its head around a tree. Do you want to hit that shutter right away and take a shot? How could you not? It’s a beautiful animal – and surely in wildlife photography, we can’t control much… right? Actually, this could not be further from the truth! …