The folks at DxO are intense about cameras and sensors, scoring the quality of a camera across a variety of categories and assigning scores based on rigid tests. When they say that the Nikon D800 sensor is the best they’ve seen, that’s well worth paying attention to. The D800, as DxOMark puts it, is “A [...]

Accessory news tends to get overshadowed by the announcement of a new camera. It’s fair, of course. New cameras bring a kind of excitement that tripods and transmitters just can’t match. Still, while you’re drooling over the new 5D Mk III, you should also take a look at their latest speedlight. The 600EX-RT offers up [...]

Light painting is something that’s been around for a while, but has really come into prominence over the last year or two. There are plenty of ways to do it, but one of the coolest is to start some steel wool on fire and get it spinning. It’s common sense that you should protect yourself [...]