About the author: Photo-John

Photo-John, a.k.a. John Shafer, is the managing editor of PhotographyREVIEW.com and has been since the site launched back in 1999. He's an avid outdoor enthusiast and spends as much time as possible on his mountain bike, hiking or skiing in the mountains. He's been taking pictures for ever and ever, and never goes anywhere without a camera.


Nikon 1 V1 Mirrorless Camera – Featured User Review

Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless Nikon

Curious about the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera system? Read armando_m’s Featured User Review to find out how he likes his Nikon 1 V1 mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera.

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Wanderlust Travelwide 4×5 Point-and-Shoot Film Camera

Featured Film Photography News Point and Shoot Videos

Film nerds – the $99 Wanderlust Travelwide 90 4×5 film camera promises point-and-shoot convenience with large format film quality.

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Canon Announces Availability For 200-400mm f/4L IS Telephoto Zoom Lens With Built-In Teleconverter

Canon Lenses News

Canon’s 8-pound, $12,000 EF 200-400mm f/4L IS zoom lens with built-in 1.4x tele-extender is scheduled to be available later this month.

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Black & White (and Red & Green): Featured Member Photos – May 13, 2013

Featured Photographers PhotographyREVIEW.com News Photos

Check out the latest PhotographyREVIEW.com Featured Member Photos! There’s a Costa Rican woodpecker photo, some rainy soccer action, a dreamy street performer, and a beautiful B&W cityscape.

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New 32mm f/1.2 Portrait Lens For Nikon 1 Mirrorless Cameras

Lenses Mirrorless News Nikon

The new 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 prime lens has a focal length comparable to an 86mm full-frame lens, making it perfect for portraits with the Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras.

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Olympus E-P5 Pen – OM-D Performance With Built-In Wi-Fi

Featured Mirrorless News Olympus

The new Olympus E-P5 flagship Pen mirrorless camera has a great retro look, OM-D performance, and brand new for Olympus – built-in Wi-Fi!

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New Adobe Photoshop CC & The Creative Cloud Software Controversy

Adobe Featured News Software Videos

Adobe’s new Creative Cloud subscription software package has generated a lot of controversy among photographers. Learn about the new Photoshop CC features and the Adobe Creative Cloud service controversy.

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Zeiss Announces Touit Prime Lenses For Sony NEX and Fujifilm X Mirrorless Cameras

Featured Fujifilm Lenses Mirrorless News Sony Zeiss

Looking for more from your Fujifilm X-Pro1 or Sony NEX-6 mirrorless camera? Zeiss brings top shelf prime lens performance to Sony NEX and Fujifilm X compact camera system owners with their new “Touit” lens line.

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Panasonic Lumix LF1 – Pocket Camera With Viewfinder, f/2.0 Lens & Wi-Fi

Featured News Panasonic Point and Shoot

Panasonic brings back the viewfinder! The new pocket-sized Panasonic Lumix LF1 premium compact camera has an 7.1x f/2.0 Leica zoom, built-in Wi-Fi, and a built-in EVF.

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Spring Color – Featured Member Photos – May 1, 2013

Featured Photographers PhotographyREVIEW.com News Photos

Brighten up your day with these colorful springy Featured Member Photos chosen from the PhotographyREVIEW.com forums and gallery.

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Panasonic Lumix G6 – 5th Generation Mirrorless Camera Adds Built-In Wi-Fi

Featured Mirrorless News Panasonic

Panasonic’s new G6, with built-in Wi-Fi, shows just how far mirrorless camera performance has come since the original G1 was introduced.

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Adobe Lightroom 5 Beta – A Hands-On Preview

Adobe Featured News Software Videos

Hands-on with Adobe’s new Lightroom 5 beta software – we check out the new Advanced Healing Brush, Radial Gradient and “Upright” perspective correction tools.

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Fujifilm X-E1 Mirrorless Camera Review

Camera Reviews Featured Fujifilm Mirrorless Videos

The Fujifilm X-E1 is a beautiful camera with great traditional controls. It also has the best sensor available in a mirrorless camera. Read the complete review (and video review) to learn more about the X-E1.

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Celebrate Film Photography Today!

Events Film Photography News

It’s Film Photography Day! Got a film camera laying around? Grab that sucker, load a roll of film and get analog!

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Snow Kayaking, Oyster Crab & More – Featured Member Photos – April 10, 2013

Featured Photographers PhotographyREVIEW.com News Photos

Check out our latest Featured Member Photos from the Sports Photography Forum, Nature & Wildlife Forum, Photo Critique Forum, and the PhotographyREVIEW.com Gallery!

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Why Your Next DSLR Should Be A Sony

Buying Guides DSLR Featured HD DSLR & Video Sony Videos

What do you know about Sony DSLRs? If you’re in the market for a new digital SLR, read this article to learn why Sony is the most forward-thinking DSLR designer right now – especially for HD DSLR video.

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Scan Film With Your Phone & The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner

Featured Film Photography iPhoneography News Videos

If you’ve got an archive of old film you don’t know what to do with; or you’re one of the many photographers who have recently discovered the fun of shooting with 35mm film, you’ll be excited about the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner. It’s a compact, affordable device that allows you to easily scan your 35mm […]

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Nikon D600 Featured User Review

Camera Reviews DSLR Featured Nikon User Reviews

This Featured User Review for Nikon’s 24-megapixel D600 full-frame DSLR comes to us from Eddie Clark, a pro action sports and outdoor photographer from Colorado.

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Canon PowerShot SX280 HS Adds Built-In Wi-Fi & 14 FPS Speed To 20x Pocket Superzoom

Canon Featured News Point and Shoot

Another hot pocket superzoom camera for the upcoming summer travel season – the Canon PowerShot SX280 HS puts a 20x zoom lens, built-in Wi-Fi, full HD video and built-in GPS right in your pocket.

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4 Software Update Adds RAW Support For Nikon D7100, Fujifilm X100s & More

Adobe News Software

Good news for new camera owners and Adobe Lightroom users – Adobe has updated Lightroom, adding support for over 20 new cameras and lens profiles for nearly 20 new lenses.

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Updated & Improved: Fujifilm X-E1 Studio Sample Photos & First Impressions

Camera Reviews Featured Fujifilm Mirrorless Samples

Our Fujifilm X-E1 studio sample photos page has been updated again with all new sample images processed with Lightroom 4.4, which has improved RAW processing for X-Trans sensor cameras.

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Nikon D600 Full-Frame Digital SLR Studio Sample Photos

Camera Reviews DSLR Featured Nikon Samples

Check out our full-resolution Nikon D600 studio sample photos – Nikon’s $2100 full-frame enthusiast DSLR. Compare for yourself and see how the D600′s image quality compares to other full-frame digital SLRs.

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Don’t Eat This – How To Make Fake Ice Cream For The Photo Studio

Featured How-To Studio & Lighting

As delicious as they look, you don’t want to eat these ice cream cones. They’re photo props, made to last for hours under hot studio lights. Read the article to learn how they were made.

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Share Your Adventures With The Fujifilm FinePix XP200 Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera

Featured Fujifilm News Point and Shoot Underwater Videos

Fujifilm’s latest outdoor point-and-shoot camera can go 50 feet underwater and has built-in Wi-Fi so you can share photos and videos from nearly anywhere. It’s a perfect summer adventure camera – especially the hot yellow version!

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Featured Member Photos – March 25, 2013

Featured Photographers PhotographyREVIEW.com News Photos

Here are our latest Featured Member Photos, curated from the PhotographyREVIEW.com forums and gallery by our dedicated moderators. Check them out and give our Featured Photographers some love!

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