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Photographer Straps GoPro to Camera to Show What It's Like to Shoot a Wedding (POV Video)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 13, 2016

Sooner or later most photographers will receive the dreaded question: “Would you mind shooting our wedding?” If you’ve never taken on this daylong assignment, you may not realize how important and challenging it is. Be sure to watch this video before saying “yes.”

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Leica M-D (Typ 262) and 75mm f/2.4 Summarit-M Lens Review
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jun 10, 2016

The big news about the Leica M-D (Typ 262) is what it doesn’t have. It does not have autofocus. It does not provide through-the-lens viewing. And it’s not compatible with any zoom lens. 

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How to Choose and Use the Right Wide-Angle Lenses: Getting the Most Out Of Your Wide Shots
Ron Leach  |  Jun 10, 2016

Nothing beats the versatile wide-angle lens for street shooting, travel, and landscape photography. Whether you’re capturing mountain vistas or bustling street scenes, the wide-angle lens offers an ideal combination of features for quick, candid shooting.

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Shutterbug Reader Selling Rare 1000mm f/4.5 Super Telephoto Lens Made for NASA in 1964
Ron Leach  |  Jun 09, 2016

After seeing yesterday’s post about a new 1000mm telephoto lens Canon has in development, reader Jim Headley let us know he has a rare Birns and Sawyer Omnitar 1000mm f/4.5 telephoto for sale. The one-of-a-kind lens was commissioned by NASA in 1964 through Birns and Sawyer in Los Angeles and built by Astra in Germany.

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Thousands of Chilly Colombians Get Naked for Massive Group Photo Shoot (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 09, 2016

It was a chilly 46 degrees in Bogota, Colombia, but that didn’t stop 6,000 enthusiastic volunteers from stripping off their clothes for NY-based photographer Spencer Tunick who organized the shoot in the town’s Bolivar Plaza. Tunick has held similar mass nude shoots in Mexico City, Amsterdam and Sydney.

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Photo Tip of the Day: Do NOT Drop Your $70,000 Camera Rig While Showing Off (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 09, 2016

Here’s a video that’s both amusing and horrifying at the same: A showboating photographer got a bit too exuberant and dropped his $70,000 camera rig! Hint: You may want to watch this sitting down.

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Is Canon Working On a Smaller, Lighter 1000mm f/5.6 Super Telephoto Lens?
Ron Leach  |  Jun 08, 2016

If a patent published by Canon last week is any indication, the company is exploring the possibility of using diffractive optics to create an EF 1000mm f/5.6 DO super telephoto lens that may be smaller and lighter than could be created otherwise. 

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Ricoh Imaging Unveils Rugged & Weatherproof Pentax K-70 DSLR for Shooting in Tough Conditions
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 08, 2016

Ricoh Imaging Americas just announced the Pentax K-70, a compact, dustproof and weather-resistant DSLR. The Pentax K-70 uses a 24-megapixel APS-C image sensor and is designed for shooting in low light and at temperatures as low as 14-degrees F (-10°C).  It’s aimted at “hikers, climbers and snow sports enthusiasts, as well as for nature and landscape photographers,” Ricoh Imaging said in a news release today.

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Photographer Captures Amazing Shot of Live Fish Trapped Inside a Jellyfish
Ron Leach  |  Jun 08, 2016

Australian photographer Tim Samuel was snorkeling off Pass Beach in Australia’s Byron Bay, hoping to photograph turtles swimming in open water. What he captured instead were these once-in-a-lifetime shots of a hapless fish trapped inside a jellyfish.

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Voracious Ants Devour Photographer’s Gear in the Amazon Jungle (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 08, 2016

When photographer/naturalist Phil Torres set up a camera trap in the Amazon rainforest, he hoped to capture dramatic nighttime images of jaguars and other nocturnal animals near Peru’s Tambopata Research Center. What he discovered when he returned to the trap in the morning was something else: Leafcutter ants had eaten or damaged his gear.

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