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Alongside the R6 Mark II camera and RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM lens, Canon announced a new flash, the Speedlite EL-5. We weren't able to test the new flash last week in San Diego at the Canon press event, but we were briefed about the product. The EL-5 is best described as an EL-1 "junior."
The two flashes share some key...
Profoto has announced a brand-new light, the Profoto A2 Monolight. The light is designed to be easy to use and extremely compact. The A2 is about the size of a soda can and weighs 495 grams (17.5 ounces). If you're after portability, Profoto has designed the A2 for you.
The A2 includes AirX connectivity, so you can use...
ExpoImaging, Inc., the creators of Rogue FlashBenders, announced a new system of Rogue Round Flash Magnetic Modifiers for round flashes and rectangular speedlight flashes.
The Rogue Round Flash Magnetic Modifiers are designed to attach directly to Godox, Geekoto, Westcott and Profoto A series round flashes. You don't...
For those in the northern hemisphere, spring has sprung, and gardens are beginning to come alive. This means that not only is there a lot more color around, but it also means that a whole new world of photographic subjects is upon us, including beautiful flowers and fascinating insects.
Over at Adorama, photographer...
Godox has announced a new 76Ws speedlight, the V860 III. Adorama has an identical flash available under the Flashpoint brand, too, the Flashpoint Zoom Li-on III R2 TTL speedlight.
The new flash is the successor to the V860 II (Zoom II R2 TTL) and incorporates numerous new features and improvements. One of the big...
Adorama and Flashpoint has announced the XPLOR 100 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Monolight. The XPLOR 100 Pro is a 100 watt-second, rechargeable lithium-powered flash and is Flashpoint's lightest and smallest flash unit.
The XPLOR 100 Pro is a wireless flash and utilizes R2 wireless communication. The 2.4GHz radio system...
Fujifilm has announced the launch of the EF-60 Shoe Mount Flash and the EF-W1 Wireless Commander for the Fujifilm X Series and GFX System accessories lineup.
The EF-60 is Fujifilm's first shoe mount flash that is radio controlled, and allows both X Series and GFX System users with a powerful flash output in a compact...
Nature macro photographer Ghislain Simard has been photographing insects since he was 10 years old. As an accomplished photographer, his childhood love of photographing agile flying insects has remained. Simard has become well-known for high-speed photography and has even designed his own tools to freeze bugs such as...
Alongside the brand-new OM-D E-M1 X camera, Olympus has also announced the development of a new PRO lens, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO. This super-telephoto zoom features a built-in 1.25x teleconverter and covers a 35mm equivalent focal length range of 300mm to 1,000mm. Olympus hasn't stopped...
If you don’t frequently work with flash, you may not know about the different curtain sync modes your camera offers. However, if you work with flash, you can open up a lot of creative possibilities by understanding first curtain and second curtain sync. In the latest episode of Adorama’s Two Minute Tips, David Bergman...
In the 135th episode of Adorama’s Two Minute Tips, seen below, photographer David Bergman shows us how to make multiple flashes fire at the same time.
One of the biggest jumps you can make in the quality of your portrait and still life photography is to add an off-camera flash. To take things even further and add a...
It’s difficult to capture sharp images of birds for a number of reasons. They are a fast, small subject, for starters, which means you typically need a long lens and a fast-shooting camera with strong autofocus capabilities. Being quick, it is also often the case that you need a fast shutter speed to capture a sharp...
Photographer Manny Ortiz utilizes off-camera flash for many of his portraits. For photographers new to flash and off-camera flash in particular, it can be daunting to try to get everything set up and working correctly to produce the desired results.
In only three minutes, you can learn how to set up an off-camera...
As the days get longer in the northern hemisphere, that means that the sun will be higher in the sky for longer periods of time, leading to more powerful and harsher light for outdoor shooting. How can you overpower the sun with flash (or monolight) and capture nicer-looking portraits? Tony Northrup shows us in the video...
When capturing portraits, one of the first decisions you need to make is what kind of light you want to use. Some photographers prefer using natural light. It's no-nonsense, relatively easy to work with and it can produce excellent results. Other photographers opt instead for using artificial light, oftentimes trying to...
As part of their ongoing "Two Minute Tips" video series, Adorama and photographer David Bergman have released a new video about recreating natural light using a single flash.
Some photographers spend a lot of money trying to artificially recreate the look of the sun. However, you need not spend thousands of dollars to...
Elinchrom has announced the ELB 500 TTL portable light, their most powerful portable light ever. The battery pack and light combine for 500Ws of power and advanced features such as TTL metering, high speed sync, active charging and built-in Skyport.
The ELB 500 is designed for professional photographers on the move who...
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...
Let's face it, for most of us mere mortals using flash can be really complicated. Pros have it down, but what about us enthusiasts and hobbyists? It seems we spend half our lives just learning the camera part, and then have to learn all this new deep technical jargon about flash!
The new Canon 470EX-AI flash was...
Sony has launched a new powerful flagship flash with a guide number of 60, the HVL-F60RM Flash. The connected flash has a built-in 2.4 GHz radio transceiver to allow photographers to quickly and easily create portable, wireless flash setups. There is full support for P-TTL and Advanced Distance Integration (ADI) metering...