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When shooting sports or other fast-paced action, it makes sense to shoot in a burst mode, right? Photographer and educator David Bergman suggests in the latest episode of Adorama's Two Minute Tips that it sometimes makes more sense to shoot in single frames when photographing action. Let's find out why in the video...
Photographer David Bergman has an ongoing video series for Adorama TV, "Two Minutes Tips." You might've seen prior videos from this series featured here on Imaging Resource. In the episode below, Bergman focuses on using flash to freeze action and discusses the topic of flash duration as it relates to the look of your...
This past week, myself, along with a group of other photo press members, were invited by Nikon to come out to Bend, Oregon for a whirlwind testing session with the new Nikon D850. While out here in Oregon, I had the opportunity to put the D850 through its paces with a...
Update: We've added more information about our experience with different AF modes, keeper rates, more details about image sharpness, and more!
The Sony A9, the camera maker's higher-end flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, made its long-awaited debut last week in...
A few years ago, BBC Future wrote a feature about Harold Eugene Edgerton, a longtime electrical engineering professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pioneer of flash photography. A post on Reddit about Edgerton recently appeared, so it feels like a great time to take a look back at his work and the lasting...
Since their advent, mirrorless cameras have always lagged behind the enthusiast DSLR's in the complex field of continuous autofocus. This has left serious sports and wildlife photographers continuing to primarily choose DSLR's for these endeavors, and while I've shot many mirrorless cameras in sports and wildlife...
When the Samsung NX30 was first announced, I was really impressed with the performance-related features and specs -- especially the autofocus system and speed. Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixel) video at 60 frames per second is pretty cool, too. But since I'm primarily an outdoor action-sports photographer who spends a lot of...
Who said that you can only upload unaltered photos from your smartphone camera to Instagram? This series of Instagram pictures showing death-defying stunts and other vertigo-inducing scenes were actually cleverly manipulated. Or did you really think there was a rollercoaster hundreds of feet above Manhattan? The images...
In order to celebrate the launch of their new Google+ profile, Nikon introduced 'Nikon Behind the Scenes,' a 15-video photography tutorial series. The tutorials cover a pretty broad range of photo techniques: photojournalist and editorial photographer Joe McNally will present a series of tutorials on lighting techniques, from beginner to advanced;...
With more manufacturers than ever making action cameras, it's a great time for point-of-view photography. There's one thing uniting the overwhelming majority of action cams on the market, though: by and large, they're clunky and unattractive-looking, especially when wrapped in their waterproof housings. A new entry to the action camera market...
Woodman Labs' tiny little GoProHero3 really is the limpet of the camera world: able to be attached to virtually anything, thanks to an array of available mounts. It's not just the ability to mount your GoPro anywhere that's important, though. Once mounted, it has to be stable enough to shoot usable video, and it doesn't hurt if you're at least...
Point-of-view videos captured with GoPro action cameras never cease to amaze. Last time, we showed you this jaw-dropping GoPro footage of a female diver hitching a ride on a great white shark. Now we present to you an equally harrowing clip.
It's shot by a skier in Vasilitsa, Greece, who had a GoPro attached to his...
Planning on buying an action camera any time soon? The number of options available to you--and the number of competitors to the venerable GoPro--are continuing to increase. First JVC and then Sony muscled in on the GoPro's turf, and now Polaroid wants a piece of the action too. (Or at least, C&A Marketing Inc....
Action cams like those offered by GoPro, Contour and, more recently, Sony, are pretty cool but they do add an extra appendage to your helmet. While dedicated ski goggle cameras are nothing new -- Liquid Image has been making them for years -- we prefer them to action cams for recording high-def footage and still photos...
In the world of action sports photography, female shooters are few and far between. One of the few women in action sports photography who is not only surviving but thriving these days is Mirja Geh, who captures a range of action sports from ski divers to extreme skiers to base jumpers.
In this video interview with Red...
Action camera maker Woodman Labs Inc.--better known by its GoPro brandname--is planning an initial public offering that could happen as soon as this year, according to a report from the Reuters news agency. The goal of the IPO would be to raise some US$300-500 million, according to Reuters' unnamed sources.
Underwriters for the deal would include JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and...
In the runup to the IFA show in Berlin, which kicks off at the end of August, Germany's Hama GmbH & Co KG has taken the wraps off several new products. The company is debuting several action cameras, masks and goggles with built-in cameras, and a variety of mounting options that let you attach your camera to various objects including vehicles.
Starting with the action cameras,...
We'd imagine there are more than a few concerned conversations taking place at Woodman Labs of late. After several years of near-total dominance for its famed GoPro series in the action camera market, the company suddenly finds itself facing increasingly stiff competition. Last month, consumer electronics giant Sony announced plans to ship an action camera model this fall. Today,...
Faced with the onslaught of camera phones, the market for compact, fixed-lens cameras might have become a tough one in which to make a profit, but there are certainly some manufacturers that have identified convenient niches for their products. One such is Woodman Labs, creator of the popular GoPro action camera series.
Consumer electronics giant Sony looks set to encroach on...