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COMPACT CAMERA WITH A9 SPEED The Sony RX100 VII offers big performance upgrades, including the ability to shoot at speeds up to 20fps while making as many as 60 autoexposure and autofocus calculations per second—capabilities that were previously only available in Sony’s flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, the a9. It also introduces a new Single Burst Shooting mode designed for fast-moving subjects that can record seven shots at 90fps, 60fps or 30fps to help you capture peak action. The RX100 VII is built around a new 1-inch, 20.1-megapixel sensor with an AF system that employs 357 phase-detection AF points and 425 contrast-detection AF points, enabling the “world’s fastest” AF acquisition time of just 0.02 seconds, according to Sony. The AF is not only fast, it’s also smart, including Sony’s latest advancements…

Congratulations to the winners of The American Landscape 2019 photo contest. Featured here are the Grand Prize, Second Prize and Third Prize winners. See all of the finalists at outdoorphotographer.com/photo-contests/the-american-landscape. GRAND PRIZE Cliffs Of The Nā Pali Coast By Matt Meisenheimer “The cliffs of the Nā Pali Coast rise over 4,000 feet from the shoreline below. It’s a magnificent thing to see. The mountains of Kauai are some of the most unique out there. They give you the feeling that you’re living in a prehistoric environment that existed millions of years ago. “I ran into some phenomenal conditions while hiking around the Kalalau Valley during a recent trip. I scrambled to find a suitable composition and came across this scene. I liked how the lone tree was catching light, and…

Location The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is one of the original eight rivers in the United States to be protected by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. The St. Croix flows through unbroken woodlands for 170 miles, from northwestern Wisconsin (20 miles south of Lake Superior) to just north of Stillwater, Minnesota. The last 125 miles of the river form the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The upper half of the river, to Taylors Falls, Minnesota, is quiet, free-flowing, relatively narrow and embellished with periodic sandbars and mild rapids—perfect for canoe or kayak travel. The lower half, from Taylors Falls, Minnesota, to Stillwater, Minnesota, is wider and suitable for both canoe and motorboat traffic. Several access points with landings and parking are located along the entire…

Lake Tahoe features some of the bluest, clearest water in North America. Accompanied by relaxing sandy beaches, soaring pine trees and white-frosted mountain peaks, Lake Tahoe is truly a photographic marvel. Visitors to Tahoe don’t often realize until they take in the view personally that this lake is huge. Its circumference is about 70 miles, and it can take at least an hour to drive from South Lake to North Tahoe on winding, narrow roads. On this trip, I wanted and planned to do more unique and experimental exposures. Although I’m always looking for new and creative ways to approach photography, I was inspired by the techniques of another landscape photographer and friend, Abe Blair. I had seen how he set up his long exposures while flying a drone overhead…

In the early days of interchangeable-lens digital cameras, 35mm-sized “full-frame” sensors were the holy grail. The reason for this at the time made sense: leading camera makers had extensive lineups of lenses designed for 35mm. Lenses for smaller-sensor cameras had to be developed, which meant fewer options compared to the decades’ worth of 35mm optics and required photographers to invest in new lenses. The camera market splintered. Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony (which purchased Minolta’s 35mm business) pursued both APS-C and full-frame format sensors, Fujifilm focused on APS-C, and Olympus and Panasonic teamed up on an all-new format, Micro Four Thirds. Mirrorless technology added a new hurdle as it required yet another new lens mount or adapters for older lenses. Let’s just say that the interchangeable-lens camera market got complicated.…

Remember when photography was a fresh and hot-blooded passion? I do. I hooked up with my first camera during the Summer of Love, 1969, and was immediately and hopelessly hooked. Everything was new and exciting, and I had eyes for nothing else. I studied magazine articles offering technical advice and “Top 10 Tips,” but I also had the benefit of learning in person from experienced local photographers. These guys were serious hobbyists, mostly, and I’ll label them as my “unwitting mentors”—mentors due to their zeal for all things photo-related and unwitting in that I could easily trick them out of useful knowledge by simply hanging around. It worked out great for everyone. They had an opportunity to share their passion, and I learned a lot. While I didn’t make particular…

Welcome to part two of an article series on organizing your photos with Lightroom Classic. In part one, we talked about what organization means and what types of organization a photographer should consider. Now let’s talk about categorical organization and the advantages of using keywords for this purpose. Imagine you’ve just returned from a big shoot. You’re at your computer and importing your new images into Lightroom Classic or migrating them over to a set of folders. What do you do after the import is done? Are you supposed to keyword first? Are you supposed to flag or rate your images by stars or colors, and is starting with one over the other more efficient? Are you supposed to create Collections, and if so, what’s the proper way to organize…