Dan Carr

Professional photographer based in Yukon, Canada, and founder of Shutter Muse. His editorial work has been featured in publications all over the world, and his commercial clients include brands such as Nike, Apple, Adobe and Red Bull.

Canon Launches New 400mm f/2.8 III and 600mm f/4 III Super Telephoto Lenses With Huge Weight Savings

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As well as unveiling their new full-frame mirrorless EOS R system, Canon also proved that there’s still life yet in the EF system if you’re a professional sports or wildlife photographer. New Mark III versions of the 400mm f/2.8 L IS and 600mm f/4 L IS are due to ship this December with added lens coatings, totally reworked optical designs and significantly reduced weights compared to their predecessors. 5-stop Image stabilization (up from 4-stops on the II versions) Huge weight savings (25% on the 400mm, 20% on the 60mm) New electronic focus-by-wire system Adjustable focus speed in three steps New …

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Sony Launches New Series of Tough Waterproof SD Cards

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Sony’s range of memory cards continues to grow, and now includes a new Tough series of professional grade UHS-II cards within the existing SF-G SD card range. Sony are touting these cards as the “world’s toughest SD cards”, and when you see how they are built, it’s hard to argue with that claim. Rather than being built from multiple pieces like a standard SD card, the Tough series of SF-G cards have their casings moulded from a single piece of plastic. They forgo the sliding write protection switch in favour of this more rugged design, and also lack the thin …

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Nikon Launches the Compact Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E PF Lens

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Nearly overshadowed by the launch of Nikon’s new mirrorless cameras was the official launch and price details of the exciting Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF lens – scheduled for a September 13th 2018 launch at $3599.95. The lens is the second lens in the Nikkor lineup to utilize a phase fresnel lens element (PF), after the Nikkor 300mm f/4 PF. Fresnel lens technology allows for smaller and lighter lenses by bending light at a more acute angle than standard aspherical lens elements. The resulting short length (23.7cm) of the new 500mm PF will surely be exciting for wildlife photographers who want …

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Nikon’s New Full Frame Mirrorless System Just a Couple of Days Away

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Nikon continue to teases us with more videos about their upcoming new full frame mirrorless cameras, the supposed Z6 and Z7. In their latest video, camera beta testers share their first opinions and we get another few sneaky glances at the camera’s form factor. The cameras will be unveiled on the 23rd of August.

Nikon and Their Camera Durability Testing

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Nikon Asia published this fascinating look at the durability testing procedures for their high end cameras. The video features the D850 and has lots of interesting tidbits in it about temperature and humidity testing, among other things.