Sunday Read: Travel Photography – Tips for Beginners
Are you about to embark on an exciting trip? Be it local or somewhere far flung, travel photography can be incredibly inspiring. You get to combine two wonderful pastimes all whilst absorbing the native cultures.
Sunday Read - The artists behind influential British album covers
If you think about it, one of the most accessible places the general public is exposed to art is album covers. Whether you have any interest in photography or not, it’s highly likely you’re listening to something.
NEWS: Sigma Announces 60–600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM S for E & L Mount
The SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports is a high-power ultra-telephoto zoom lens exclusively for full-frame mirrorless cameras with a unique 10x focal length. The latest optical design delivers high optical performance throughout the entire zoom range, even with 10x zoom, which makes it capable of capturing any scene in high definition.
Jen McElroy Shoots Rugby Union with the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8
“I’ve been covering local club rugby for the best part of ten years and have enjoyed developing Jamcel Photos as a part-time interest. I’ve grown a lot as a photographer, particularly over the last couple of years, and am now taking opportunities to try new things and explore where photography can take me.”
Sunday Read: Phone Photography… Megapixels Don’t Mean Everything
With most phones now claiming to offer monumental megapixel counts, you may wonder why many people are happy to shell out for a mirrorless or DSLR system. ‘Proper’ camera sceptics will no doubt argue that a phone is always with you and has a much more pocket-friendly form factor, and while this is true, there are sacrifices to make in return for convenience.
NEWS: Panasonic introduces LUMIX S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO
Panasonic has announced the LUMIX S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO, a new ultra-wide-angle zoom lens for the L-Mount system. With a zoom range making it suitable for everything from sweeping landscape shots to expressive portraits and a macro capability for close-up work, this is a versatile lens built to excel at a variety of video and photo tasks.
It’s a new year, and many of us will be coming back to work with new priorities and a list of things we want to achieve in 2023. For small businesses, growth and exposure will be high on the list of desires, and video content will play a crucial role in this.
NEWS: Panasonic introduces LUMIX S5IIX and LUMIX S5II
Panasonic has announced two ground-breaking additions to its LUMIX S Series mirrorless camera range: the sleek matte black LUMIX S5IIX and the classically styled LUMIX S5II. With incredible performance in both photo and video capture and stunning lightweight mobility, these L Mount cameras are designed to fulfil the demands of the most ambitious creators.
When researching lenses, you’ll often come across terms like chromatic aberration and coma, along with descriptions of how good the lens is at thwarting these pesky distortions. Whilst no lens is perfect, certain lenses do perform better than others. We thought it would be helpful to examine the key types of aberrations, how they occur, and which types of lenses are more prone to these effects.
It's been a fantastic year here at Hireacamera, and as it’s nearly Christmas, we felt we should really round it off with a gift for you. If you place a 12-day hire over the Christmas period, you’ll only pay for 2 days.
Have you entered the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards? These exciting new annual awards are devoted to supporting and elevating independent filmmakers and creators from across the globe. The winning and shortlisted filmmakers will be flown to Los Angeles, home of Hollywood, for a three-day event!
The second in a series of articles investigating the history of the leading lights in our industry, this week we take a detailed look at Sony. From humble beginnings fixing radios in a department store, to one of the most innovative and successful manufacturers of cameras in the world.
Nikon Releases Ver.1.3.0 of the NX Field Remote Shooting System for Creative Agencies
Nikon has announced the latest release of NX Field, its shooting system for professional agencies. The update supports video recording on the Z 9 - Nikon’s full-frame/FX-format mirrorless camera – and extends the possibilities for remote shooting.
Bokeh is a much-loved aesthetic when it comes to imagery – for both stills and video, but what exactly is it, and how do you create it? The ideal lenses for capturing beautiful bokeh are fast primes. Lovely, crispy, responsive lenses with beefy maximum apertures are the way to go.
Our Creations: New York Street Photography with the Canon EOS R6
This week, we are putting the spotlight on our very own Amy, who has had a love of New York for many years. Her First trip to the Big Apple was back in 2008, and with her she took the cropped sensor Nikon D200.
Sunday Read: Line Skipping, Pixel Binning and Oversampling for Video… What Does it All Mean?
In this week’s rather nerdy Sunday Read, we are delving into video jargon and getting to grips with exactly what these three terms mean, how they differ and when to use them.