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Field Test: Tamron 70-300 F/4-5.6 VC by David Hemmings

I have had the Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC lens sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks waiting for a test run in the field. Problem is that it has been raining, windy, cloudy and cold for almost the last two weeks where I live.

Photo Challenge

PHOTONews Challenge Summer 2011

The Captain Brandi Boutilier of Thunder Bay, ON, captured this image of “The Captain” on the north shore of Lake Superior near Thunder Bay, with an Olympus E-410 and a 14-42mm f3.5 lens, shooting at 1/200 second and f/9, ISO 100.

Tutorials

Thinking about photographing wakeboarders?

If you are thinking about photographing wakeboarders, you may want to check this out.

News

Servo Mode Now Available For Metz 58AF-1 & 48AF-1

Metz has just released a new firmware update for the 58AF-1 and 48AF-1 that now allows these flashes to be used in Servo mode.

PHOTONews Winter 2010 Challenge Snow Covered Hay Bales Grassy Lake Alberta Patrick Kavanagh
Photo Challenge

PHOTONews Winter 2010 Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the quarterly PHOTONews Challenge!

Nature is my Kingdom Samana Dominican Republic Canon 5D MK II Zeiss 21mm Distagon Gitzo Tripod
Editor's Choice

Nature is my Kingdom by Patrick Di Fruscia

Patrick Di Fruscia is an awardwinning, visionary, fine art nature and landscape photographer.

Photo Inspiration Old Is New Hanging On Rock Climbing Filmstrip
Inspiration

Inspiration – Old Is New by Daryl Benson

You old school photographers might remember having the experience of getting to frame 38 on a 36-exposure roll of film. Those who remember even further back – before auto film load and rewind – will perhaps also recall hand winding the exposed film back into its canister.

Antarctica Crystal Desert Ice Cave
Destinations

Antarctica – the Crystal Desert by Wayne Lynch

Antarctica is a continent of superlatives. It’s the coldest, windiest, driest, iciest, and highest continent on Earth, surrounded by the stormiest ocean in the world. But Antarctica is more than a list of intimidating adjectives.

The Magic of HDR Architecture Building
Tutorials

The Magic of HDR by Michel Roy

With the popularity of digital photography, and the ability to combine images in post-processing, new techniques have emerged that add special visual qualities to traditional images.

PhotoNews Links

PHOTONews Links – Spring 2011

The comprehensive list of links from the Spring 2011 edition of PHOTONews magazine.