https://fstoppers.com/ en Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:09:55 -0400 Fri, 25 Sep 26 17:03:01 -0400 https://fstoppers.com/astrophotography/how-james-webb-telescope-images-get-their-colors-honest-answer-it-real-904034?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/astrophotography/how-james-webb-telescope-images-get-their-colors-honest-answer-it-real-904034?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/08/webb-first-deep-field-smacs-0723.jpg.webp?itok=fbiQugOT" width="650" height="366" alt="Deep space photograph showing distant galaxies and stars with gravitational lensing effects"> </a> <p>The teal peaks and orange haze of the "Cosmic Cliffs," the Carina Nebula image that helped introduce the James Webb Space Telescope to the world in July 2022, do not exist. Not those colors, anyway. Almost none of the light Webb recorded is light your eye can see, and every filter used for that particular image sits in the infrared. The moment you understand why, the picture gets more impressive rather than less.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/astrophotography/how-james-webb-telescope-images-get-their-colors-honest-answer-it-real-904034?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Astrophotography Fstoppers Originals Science 904034 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers How the James Webb Telescope Images Get Their Colors: The Honest Answer to 'Is It Real?' Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/3-features-just-made-leica-q3-more-enticing-experiential-review-904726?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/3-features-just-made-leica-q3-more-enticing-experiential-review-904726?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/dsc08924-copy.jpg.webp?itok=nTxSvaX4" width="650" height="366" alt="Leica Q camera with black braided strap on wooden table"> </a> <p>Compact fixed-lens cameras have been getting more and more popular in recent years, and the Leica Q series holds a spot at the top of that category. While the Q3 is already more than a couple of years old, there are some updates to the camera that make it more enticing.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/3-features-just-made-leica-q3-more-enticing-experiential-review-904726?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Travel Reviews Street Fstoppers Originals 904726 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers 3 Features That Just Made The Leica Q3 More Enticing: An Experiential Review Nicco Valenzuela https://fstoppers.com/education/how-actually-shoot-50mm-lens-street-904782?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-actually-shoot-50mm-lens-street-904782?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_10.jpg.webp?itok=5rueJazR" width="650" height="366" alt="Hand holding a Sony FE 1.4/50 GM prime lens against a white background"> </a> <p>The 50mm is the lens most people buy first because it's the cheapest prime in the catalog, and plenty of them spend the first few months shooting it wide open just to see the background melt. Fewer people learn to see at that focal length, and the habits that work at 28mm or 35mm tend to fall apart once you move to something tighter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-actually-shoot-50mm-lens-street-904782?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Street 904782 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers How to Actually Shoot a 50mm Lens on the Street Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/specs-photographers-used-sweat-dont-matter-anymore-904612?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/specs-photographers-used-sweat-dont-matter-anymore-904612?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/20260912-towers_of_light-wasim2.JPG.webp?itok=QEHkyIyX" width="650" height="366" alt="Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline at night with Tribute in Light beams"> </a> <p>Whenever I've photographed weddings, world events, landscapes, or anything else, it's not been uncommon for other photographers to come up and start a chat about gear. And as someone who's worked for a major camera company and taught photography for almost two decades, I've always been happy to engage in talks about megapixels, autofocus, and dynamic range.&nbsp;</p><p>But then the other day, when photographing the 9/11 Tribute in Light in New York City, it happened, and it hit me: I don't really think about this stuff anymore. I haven't for a long time.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/specs-photographers-used-sweat-dont-matter-anymore-904612?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Fstoppers Originals Opinion 904612 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers The Specs Photographers Used to Sweat Don’t Matter Anymore Wasim Ahmad https://fstoppers.com/gear/three-old-canon-ef-lenses-one-used-6d-and-search-character-904781?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/three-old-canon-ef-lenses-one-used-6d-and-search-character-904781?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_9.jpg.webp?itok=SgozP0Ox" width="650" height="366" alt="Male photographer holding a Nikon compact camera with Canon DSLRs displayed behind him"> </a> <p>Classic camera design keeps showing up on new releases, but the vintage look in your photos comes from the glass, not the body. Cheap, older lenses can deliver a character that no retro-styled body will fake for you.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/three-old-canon-ef-lenses-one-used-6d-and-search-character-904781?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Street 904781 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Three Old Canon EF Lenses, One Used 6D, and a Search for Character Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/opinion/two-ways-ai-could-come-wedding-photography-904780?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/opinion/two-ways-ai-could-come-wedding-photography-904780?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_8.jpg.webp?itok=_GITiE51" width="650" height="366" alt="Split-screen composition contrasting a wedding couple on stone steps with a humanoid robot in athletic pose"> </a> <p>Wedding photography has always seemed safe from AI, since someone still has to stand in the room with a camera when the vows happen. That assumption gets shakier every year as editing, culling, marketing, and even business planning shift onto software anyone can pick up for the price of a cheap subscription.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/opinion/two-ways-ai-could-come-wedding-photography-904780?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Opinion Wedding 904780 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Two Ways AI Could Come for Wedding Photography Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/classic-photoshop-workflow-versus-adobes-new-ai-tools-904779?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/classic-photoshop-workflow-versus-adobes-new-ai-tools-904779?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_7.jpg.webp?itok=F3kJkeT-" width="650" height="366" alt="Screenshot of Adobe Photoshop showing kitchen interior with large yellow text overlay reading 'DITCH THESE' and editing interface with red prohibition symbols"> </a> <p>Photoshop has picked up a run of new AI features and reworked adjustment layers over the past year, and each one arrives with the promise of a faster, simpler workflow. When a tool you use every day changes how it behaves, you need to know whether the new version saves you time or costs you image quality, responsiveness, and generative credits.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/classic-photoshop-workflow-versus-adobes-new-ai-tools-904779?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Photoshop Post Production 904779 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers A Classic Photoshop Workflow Versus Adobe's New AI Tools Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/business/why-brands-buy-images-people-dont-consider-photographers-904763?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/business/why-brands-buy-images-people-dont-consider-photographers-904763?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/bridge.jpg.webp?itok=yOYy6L0Y" width="650" height="366" alt="Close-up of stainless steel turnbuckles and tensioned cables on boat rigging"> </a> <p>User-generated visual content is steadily pushing photographers and videographers out of commercial work. It's easy to dismiss its creators as amateurs and cheap labor, but brands aren't choosing them by accident, and ignoring the shift won't slow it down. The only real question is how to adapt.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/business/why-brands-buy-images-people-dont-consider-photographers-904763?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Business Fstoppers Originals 904763 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:03:02 -0400 Fstoppers Why Brands Buy Images From People You Don’t Consider Photographers Alvin Greis https://fstoppers.com/education/how-image-stabilization-physically-works-magnets-gyros-and-floating-glass-904033?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-image-stabilization-physically-works-magnets-gyros-and-floating-glass-904033?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/08/how-image-stabilization-works-stabilized-telephoto-lens-cutaway.jpg.webp?itok=DKdrAnE6" width="650" height="366" alt="Disassembled camera body showing internal mechanical components and mirror mechanism"> </a> <p>Tilt a 600mm lens by a tenth of a degree, a movement too small to feel, and the image it projects slides about a millimeter across the sensor. Nearly every stabilizer in a modern still camera exists to cancel that millimeter while the shutter is open, either by shoving a piece of glass sideways or by flying the entire sensor on magnets. How each one does that explains why the stop counts printed on the box are so hard to compare.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-image-stabilization-physically-works-magnets-gyros-and-floating-glass-904033?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Fstoppers Originals Gear 904033 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers How Image Stabilization Physically Works: Magnets, Gyros, and Floating Glass Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/education/why-exposure-isnt-setting-its-decision-904682?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/why-exposure-isnt-setting-its-decision-904682?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/dsc_4692.jpg.webp?itok=oSW70xYM" width="650" height="366" alt="Aerial view of dark ocean water with white wave patterns and foam trails"> </a> <p>One issue in the photography community has always lingered, and only tenured photographers seem to grasp it: exposure is a decision, not a setting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/why-exposure-isnt-setting-its-decision-904682?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Fstoppers Originals 904682 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Why Exposure Isn’t a Setting: It’s a Decision Justin Tedford https://fstoppers.com/education/composition-habit-fixes-cluttered-street-photos-904776?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/composition-habit-fixes-cluttered-street-photos-904776?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_6.jpg.webp?itok=DtwDaxgG" width="650" height="366" alt="Runner jogging away on a narrow path through rolling green hills at dusk"> </a> <p>You keep taking pictures of anything that catches your eye, and back home they look off without any obvious reason why. Crowds pile up, harsh sun bites, and the frame reads as noise instead of a subject.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/composition-habit-fixes-cluttered-street-photos-904776?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Street 904776 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers The Composition Habit That Fixes Cluttered Street Photos Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-forgotten-photographer-904581?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-forgotten-photographer-904581?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/nikon-forgot-the-photograher.jpg.webp?itok=b6sB0QYN" width="650" height="366" alt="Digital camera displayed on monitor screen with camera equipment and lighting setup in background"> </a> <p>I love Nikon cameras. I've been using them since I bought a secondhand EL2 in 1984. I've owned more Nikon cameras than I care to remember, and just last month, I acquired an F from 1972. So this isn't an anti-Nikon article, nor am I arguing that Nikon makes bad cameras. Quite the opposite. I’m a bit of a fanboy, if I’m completely honest.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nikon makes some of the best cameras in the world. But there’s something that has been bothering me for a while: I think Nikon has forgotten about the photographer.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-forgotten-photographer-904581?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Opinion Fstoppers Originals Gear 904581 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Nikon Has Forgotten the Photographer Simon Burn https://fstoppers.com/education/what-contact-sheets-reveal-about-how-actually-shoot-904775?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/what-contact-sheets-reveal-about-how-actually-shoot-904775?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_5.jpg.webp?itok=WuD3nSES" width="650" height="366" alt="Man with glasses holding multiple printed photographs, pointing at one with a questioning expression"> </a> <p>Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" shaped how you think about photography more than almost any other idea, yet plenty of newer shooters read it backward. That misreading quietly stunts a skill that separates strong photographers from average ones: knowing how to pick the right image out of a pile.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/what-contact-sheets-reveal-about-how-actually-shoot-904775?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Photojournalistic 904775 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers What Contact Sheets Reveal About How You Actually Shoot Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/retouch-skin-and-clothing-without-ever-leaving-camera-raw-904774?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/retouch-skin-and-clothing-without-ever-leaving-camera-raw-904774?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_4.jpg.webp?itok=s-oWtiXr" width="650" height="366" alt="Tutorial graphic showing blemish removal technique in Adobe Photoshop"> </a> <p>Adobe Camera Raw now handles a full retouching workflow, blemish removal included, without pushing you into layers and manual cloning. The new one-click Remove tool runs on AI, finds imperfections you might miss on your own, and gives you sliders to pull the effect back instead of forcing an all-or-nothing result.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/photoshop/retouch-skin-and-clothing-without-ever-leaving-camera-raw-904774?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Photoshop Post Production 904774 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Retouch Skin and Clothing Without Ever Leaving Camera Raw Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/viltroxs-tiny-20mm-f28-air-lens-comes-l-mount-904773?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/viltroxs-tiny-20mm-f28-air-lens-comes-l-mount-904773?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_3.jpg.webp?itok=Y6JOQHBj" width="650" height="366" alt="Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 lens mounted on L-mount camera body"> </a> <p>At $168, the Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Air is likely one of the cheapest full-frame 20mm autofocus lenses on the market. L-mount shooters now have it as an option, part of a batch of four affordable Viltrox primes arriving for the system this week.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/viltroxs-tiny-20mm-f28-air-lens-comes-l-mount-904773?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Reviews 904773 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Viltrox's Tiny 20mm f/2.8 Air Lens Comes to L-Mount Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-camera-built-people-coming-their-phones-904772?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-camera-built-people-coming-their-phones-904772?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover_2.jpg.webp?itok=vGB8gCqP" width="650" height="366" alt="Nikon Z5IIC mirrorless camera held in hands with lens attached, shown from top angle against blurred outdoor background"> </a> <p>Nikon built a full frame camera without a viewfinder, added automatic scene modes for the first time on a full frame body, and aimed the whole thing squarely at people leaving their phones behind. The Nikon Z5IIC strips away features many shooters assume are essential, and the result raises a real question about how much camera you actually need.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-camera-built-people-coming-their-phones-904772?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Landscapes 904772 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:51:15 -0400 Fstoppers The Full Frame Camera Built for People Coming From Their Phones Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-announces-new-z5iic-904727?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-announces-new-z5iic-904727?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/z5iic_sl_front-copy.jpg.webp?itok=SVRyKKaQ" width="650" height="366" alt="Nikon Z mirrorless camera body with open sensor visible, front view"> </a> <p>Nikon has announced the Z5IIC, a smaller, viewfinder-less version of its Z5II full frame mirrorless camera built around the rear screen, available for preorder now at $1,399.95 body only and shipping in mid-October.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/nikon-announces-new-z5iic-904727?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> News Videography Gear 904727 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Nikon Announces New Z5IIC Christopher Malcolm https://fstoppers.com/gear/dji-osmo-360-ii-brings-new-360-imaging-capabilities-built-12-years-innovation-903948?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/dji-osmo-360-ii-brings-new-360-imaging-capabilities-built-12-years-innovation-903948?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/08/osmo-360-ii_kv.jpg.webp?itok=JRbCJp2a" width="650" height="366" alt="Illustration of two compact action cameras positioned against a dark background with dramatic blue lighting effects"> </a> <p>DJI just gave the 360 camera market something to catch up to. Building on more than 12 years of imaging expertise, the Osmo 360 II delivers new capabilities rooted in a shared lineage from previous generations of DJI's creative camera technology, from the Osmo 360 to the Avata 360.&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/dji-osmo-360-ii-brings-new-360-imaging-capabilities-built-12-years-innovation-903948?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Sponsored 903948 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:28:01 -0400 Fstoppers DJI Osmo 360 II Brings New 360 Imaging Capabilities, Built on 12 Years of Innovation Kim Simpson https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-24x36mm-because-leitz-engineer-doubled-movie-frame-1913-904008?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-24x36mm-because-leitz-engineer-doubled-movie-frame-1913-904008?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/08/full-frame-24x36-barnack-1913-ur-leica-replica-leitz-park.jpg.webp?itok=_lm5fiyt" width="650" height="366" alt="Vintage film camera with wide-angle lens and pop-up viewfinder, top-down view against white background"> </a> <p>The short side of a full frame sensor is a silent-movie measurement. Cinema's full aperture ran about 24.89mm across the strip, from one row of perforations to the other, and when Oskar Barnack turned that film on its side in a workshop at Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, that number became the height of a still photograph. The 36mm long side is two movie frames laid end to end with a millimeter or so shaved off.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/full-frame-24x36mm-because-leitz-engineer-doubled-movie-frame-1913-904008?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Fstoppers Originals Gear Historical 904008 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Full Frame Is 24x36mm Because a Leitz Engineer Doubled a Movie Frame in 1913 Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/gear/leica-m-lenses-can-now-autofocus-canon-mirrorless-review-megadap-m2rf-adapter-904701?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/leica-m-lenses-can-now-autofocus-canon-mirrorless-review-megadap-m2rf-adapter-904701?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/260918_gfx57020.jpg.webp?itok=SnSJqmgL" width="650" height="366" alt="Canon R5 mirrorless camera body and three Canon RF lenses arranged on concrete surface"> </a> <p dir="ltr">For a long time, I considered myself a manual focus purist—not because manual glass should strictly be used manually, but because there simply wasn't a way for me to autofocus it with my existing systems. It really isn't much of an issue; with constant practice, gauging distance and nailing critical focus can become second nature. But once you stop practicing, it takes some time to get that muscle memory back. It becomes increasingly frustrating because it means I can't fully enjoy the output of my favorite M lenses, especially with the near misses.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/gear/leica-m-lenses-can-now-autofocus-canon-mirrorless-review-megadap-m2rf-adapter-904701?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Reviews Fstoppers Originals Gear 904701 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Leica M Lenses Can Now Autofocus on Canon Mirrorless: We Review the Megadap M2RF Adapter Zhen Siang Yang https://fstoppers.com/news/adobe-closed-its-purchase-topaz-labs-topaz-stays-separate-brand-904758?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/news/adobe-closed-its-purchase-topaz-labs-topaz-stays-separate-brand-904758?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/adobe-topaz-lead.jpg.webp?itok=Z_kIDDC8" width="650" height="366" alt="Logo graphic showing Adobe and Topaz Labs partnership with plus sign connector"> </a> <p>Adobe has completed its acquisition of Topaz Labs, the company behind the upscaling and enhancement models a lot of photographers and editors already run on their own files. Topaz Labs continues as a standalone brand, its apps and models stay available on their own, and its technology is already in Adobe Firefly and Photoshop. Adobe did not disclose financial terms.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/news/adobe-closed-its-purchase-topaz-labs-topaz-stays-separate-brand-904758?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> News Post Production Software 904758 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Adobe Has Closed Its Purchase of Topaz Labs, Topaz Stays a Separate Brand Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/lighting/camera-flash-when-weather-wont-cooperate-904762?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/lighting/camera-flash-when-weather-wont-cooperate-904762?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover-magmod.jpg.webp?itok=PjAHDemL" width="650" height="366" alt="Man in dark shirt gesturing expressively next to off-camera flash portrait tutorial graphic"> </a> <p>Rain forecast for hours, gone in two minutes, followed by sun, clouds, wind, and a location that shut down mid-shoot. That's the exact scenario behind this off-camera flash session, and it turns into a lesson far more useful than the tidy tutorial that was planned.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/lighting/camera-flash-when-weather-wont-cooperate-904762?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Lighting Studio Wedding 904762 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Off-Camera Flash When the Weather Won't Cooperate Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/education/199-l-mount-fifty-outresolves-lens-twice-its-price-904761?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/199-l-mount-fifty-outresolves-lens-twice-its-price-904761?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover-frost4.jpg.webp?itok=Aq8Fi8dy" width="650" height="366" alt="Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 lens mounted on L-mount camera with colorful Fstoppers branding"> </a> <p>A $199 fifty that outresolves a Panasonic 50mm at double the price and half the weight is the kind of result that reshuffles a whole lens lineup. That is exactly what happened when the Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 landed on L-mount this week.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/199-l-mount-fifty-outresolves-lens-twice-its-price-904761?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Gear Portraits 904761 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers The $199 L-Mount Fifty That Outresolves a Lens Twice Its Price Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/education/one-camera-one-lens-rule-fixes-rangefinder-frustration-904760?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/one-camera-one-lens-rule-fixes-rangefinder-frustration-904760?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover-barrera2.jpg.webp?itok=g9IVZ6i7" width="650" height="366" alt="Two male photographers holding cameras in different shooting positions against concrete walls"> </a> <p>Buying a Leica M11, struggling with it, and selling it within a couple of months is a cycle plenty of shooters know well. The rangefinder demands patience most digital cameras have trained out of you, and that gap between wanting the camera and actually using it is where the frustration lives.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/one-camera-one-lens-rule-fixes-rangefinder-frustration-904760?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Gear Street 904760 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers The One-Camera, One-Lens Rule That Fixes Rangefinder Frustration Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/education/how-f-stops-work-when-change-focal-length-904759?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-f-stops-work-when-change-focal-length-904759?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover-bergman2.jpg.webp?itok=xkUwD8vz" width="650" height="366" alt="Man holding spherical lens demonstrating aperture principles with yellow text overlay"> </a> <p>A 50mm at f/4 has a physically larger opening than an 18mm at f/1.8, yet the wider-angle lens is the faster of the two. That contradiction sits at the center of how apertures actually behave once you start swapping focal lengths.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/how-f-stops-work-when-change-focal-length-904759?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Gear 904759 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers How f-Stops Work When You Change Focal Length Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/news/evoto-80-brings-new-editing-and-culling-features-904752?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/news/evoto-80-brings-new-editing-and-culling-features-904752?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/z9b_0609.JPG.webp?itok=TjpmqEED" width="650" height="366" alt="Man speaking at podium with Evoto branding during presentation"> </a> <p>Evoto has attracted a lot of attention in the past 5 years or so. When you consider Adobe’s decades-long domination of the editing and retouching space, that is a major accomplishment. Today, Evoto has announced a major update with a variety of new culling and editing improvements for photographers. It even includes an Asset Hub designed to help photographers make money. I attended the press event in NYC today, and here is my report from the event.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/news/evoto-80-brings-new-editing-and-culling-features-904752?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Fstoppers Originals Software News 904752 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:36:25 -0400 Fstoppers Evoto 8.0 Brings New Editing and Culling Features John Ricard https://fstoppers.com/historical/how-first-photograph-snowflake-took-vermont-farmer-46-years-904007?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/historical/how-first-photograph-snowflake-took-vermont-farmer-46-years-904007?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/08/bentley-snowflake-stellar-crystal-1890.jpg.webp?itok=bomK5N2o" width="650" height="366" alt="Detailed macro photograph of a snowflake crystal against dark background"> </a> <p>Wilson Alwyn Bentley made the first photograph of a single snow crystal on January 15, 1885, in an unheated shed behind his family's farmhouse in Jericho, Vermont. He was nineteen, a few weeks short of his twentieth birthday, working a bellows camera bolted to a microscope on a frame he had built himself. He held the exposure long enough for the crystal to keep its shape in the cold, and when he developed the plate he had something no one had managed before: a real photograph of a snowflake.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/historical/how-first-photograph-snowflake-took-vermont-farmer-46-years-904007?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Fstoppers Originals Historical Macro Photography 904007 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers How the First Photograph of a Snowflake Took a Vermont Farmer 46 Years Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/film/scanning-film-home-made-simple-reviews-valoi-easy35-904707?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/film/scanning-film-home-made-simple-reviews-valoi-easy35-904707?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/valoi-easy35-review-header.jpg.webp?itok=G9t5aq4q" width="650" height="366" alt="Medium format camera with red mirror assembly and film visible on wooden surface"> </a> <p>Digitizing film at home has always been a fiddly, annoying, time-consuming process, so discovering a system that makes it simpler has been a breath of fresh air.&nbsp;</p><p>The VALOI easy35 v2 is a system that simplifies the process of digitizing slides and negatives at home using your existing digital camera.</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/film/scanning-film-home-made-simple-reviews-valoi-easy35-904707?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Gear Film Photography Fstoppers Originals Reviews 904707 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Scanning Film at Home Made Simple: Fstoppers Reviews the Valoi Easy35 Andy Day https://fstoppers.com/education/what-happens-when-jump-4x5-8x10-film-904738?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/what-happens-when-jump-4x5-8x10-film-904738?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/cover-mcdougall.jpg.webp?itok=y0cdHCZH" width="650" height="366" alt="Photographer using large format camera on tripod in forest setting"> </a> <p>Jumping from 4x5 to 8x10 film means bigger negatives, longer focal lengths, slower shutters, and a bill that climbs fast with every accessory. Anyone weighing whether the leap is worth it will recognize the mix of excitement and sticker shock that comes with building a fresh large format kit from scratch.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/education/what-happens-when-jump-4x5-8x10-film-904738?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Education Film Photography Landscapes 904738 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers What Happens When You Jump From 4x5 to 8x10 Film Alex Cooke https://fstoppers.com/landscapes/looking-landscapes-dont-want-be-photographed-904580?utm_source=fstoppers&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles <a href="https://fstoppers.com/landscapes/looking-landscapes-dont-want-be-photographed-904580?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles" hreflang="en"><img loading="eager" src="https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/16_9_max_650/s3/lead/2026/09/quiet-sm.jpg.webp?itok=xecUzCjP" width="650" height="366" alt="Group of people standing at a seaside promenade railing, overlooking turquoise water with a cargo ship on the horizon"> </a> <p>After about 40 years of photography, the biggest change in my work has nothing to do with cameras, lenses, or the transition from film to digital. It’s what I look for when I’m out with my camera.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[<a href="https://fstoppers.com/landscapes/looking-landscapes-dont-want-be-photographed-904580?utm_source=fstoppers&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_articles">Read More</a>]</p> Landscapes 904580 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:03:01 -0400 Fstoppers Looking for Landscapes That Don't Want to Be Photographed Simon Burn