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Watch This Spectacular Video of the Northern Lights Shot from the Window of a Passenger Plane
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 20, 2017

We’ve run dozens of stories of photographers shooting amazing photos and videos of the Northern Lights, aka the Aurora Borealis. But many, if not most, of those images and clips have required some serious traveling and trekking by the photographers to capture their stunning Northern Lights moments. Sometimes though, you just stumble upon them by sheer luck.

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Fujifilm Announces Pricing, Availability & Lenses for GFX 50S Medium Format Mirrorless Camera
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 18, 2017  |  First Published: Jan 19, 2017

When Fujifilm said at the photokina show in Cologne, Germany last year that its forthcoming 51.4-megapixel GFX mirrorless medium format camera would sell for “way under $10,000,” they weren’t lying.

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Leica Intros Slimmed Down M10 Rangefinder that Ditches Movie Mode (Hands-On & Test Images)
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 18, 2017

Leica is going back to the future (again) with its newest digital rangefinder, the full frame, 24-megapixel M10. With this new model, which is the follow-up to the Leica M (Typ 240), Leica has trimmed the size of the M10, making it 4mm (1/8-inch) thinner than its predecessor. Part of that size reduction is due to the fact that Leica has gotten rid of the 1080p HD movie capture mode that was available on the previous model.

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Watch These Photographers Calmly Taking Pictures As the Biggest Alligator We’ve Ever Seen Walks By
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 17, 2017

I shared this on my personal Facebook page yesterday and it’s made the rounds of social media, but it’s definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already. (And probably worth a re-watch even if you have seen it already.)

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High-Flying Autonomous Lily Camera Drone Crash Lands; Refunds Forthcoming
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 12, 2017

It was one of the most hyped camera drones in recent years and one of the best product demos we’ve ever seen but the flight is over for Lily.

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Nikon Announces U.S. Availability and Pricing for D5600 DSLR
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 04, 2017

It’s official: the Nikon D5600 DSLR that was launched overseas late last year is coming to U.S. shores this month.

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Canon Unveils Faster G9 X Mark II Compact Camera with Bluetooth at CES
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 04, 2017

Canon just unveiled the G9 X Mark II compact camera at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The follow-up to the popular G9 X camera from 2015, the Mark II version is designed to be faster with added Bluetooth wireless capability.

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Watch How Much Editing Was Done to Create a Striking Image of a Car in This Time-Lapse Video
Dan Havlik  |  Dec 30, 2016

A few weeks ago we shared an intriguing time-lapse video showing how much Photoshop work went into a photographer’s edit of an image he shot of two cars. In short, it was 4.5 hours of editing in post crammed into a 4-minute clip. Now, here’s another photographer who created a similarly fascinating time-lapse showing all his editing work behind a photo he shot of a car.

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Shooting a Model in Slow Motion in a Waterfall with a Sony A7R II & Outrex Waterproof Housing (VIDEO)
Dan Havlik  |  Dec 30, 2016

We can’t argue with the appeal of this waterproof test: capture a pretty model in a gorgeous river/waterfall scene in slow motion.

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Take 3 Minutes & Learn (Almost) Everything You Need to Know About the Art of Time-Lapse (VIDEO)
Dan Havlik  |  Dec 29, 2016

Time-lapse photography and time-lapse videos are still immensely popular and interest in them shows no signs of slowing down (so to speak). In fact, a spectacular time-lapse video of Chicago was the fifth most popular story on Shutterbug.com in 2016 and it’s easy to see why.

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