How Can I Use DMF on My Sony Alpha Camera?
Direct Manual Focus (DMF) is a hybrid of auto and manual focus modes. It's incredibly useful for quick, but nuanced focus control.
Photography for the Serious Amateur
Photography for the Serious Amateur
Susheel Chandradhas
Susheel Chandradhas is a Product Photographer and Filmmaker based in India. He has been taking photographs (almost) all his life. He has a diploma and a bachelors degree in Visual Communication, where his classmates all believed that he would write a book on photography... Instead, he writes on this website (because - isn't a community more fun?).His passions include photography, parkour, wide-angle lenses, blue skies, fire extinguishers, and fast computers.In addition to writing for Beyond Photo Tips, Susheel is a staff writer for Fstoppers.com, and owns and runs ColoursAlive, a photography, and video production studio.You can connect with Susheel on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Learning Affinity Photo – From Basic to Intermediate
Affinity Photo is an excellent alternative to Adobe Photoshop for beginners or enthusiasts who are not already embedded in the Adobe ecosystem of apps. Affinity Photo is quite robust (with minor exceptions), cost-effective, and can perform all the tasks that…
How Many Computers Can I Use Affinity Photo On?
Your Affinity Photo license allows you to use it on multiple computers: but just how many? The Affinity suite has very generous licensing terms, so if you have more than one computer, or if you use multiple operating systems, you’re…
Canon Announces EOS R5 C Cinema Hybrid Camera
Canon announced its latest Cinema-line camera, the EOS R5 C earlier this month. The camera is Canon’s smallest Cinema EOS camera and seems to be an evolution of the acclaimed EOS R5. In contrast, the R5 C has a few…
Capture One Discontinues Branded Versions
Danish RAW image editing software makers Capture One, have decided to drop the brand-specific versions, in favor of their multi-brand tool, Capture One Pro 22. The latest version was launched in early December 2021 and sports major software feature updates…
Using a Trackball For Image Editing… Madness?
You thought we left the roller-ball mouse behind in the early 2000s when optical mice started becoming popular, but then, there’s this article that you’re reading about using a trackball to edit your images. Surely, you must have traveled back…
Capture One 22 Available With HDR, Panoramas & WiFi Tethering
Capture One 22 (15.0.0) is now available to the general public from December 9th onwards, after having teased its arrival for a few months. The new version brings features that have been broadly requested by the Capture One user community.
Capture One Pre-Upgrade Sale:20%+ OFF. Don’t Miss it
If you’re a Capture One user, now is the time to upgrade to Capture One 22. The company is offering a discount of 20%, with a potential additional discount if you use our special discount code BPT10.
Sony Xperia PRO-I: A Camera For Mobile Creators?
Wait, this is a phone… with a 1″ sensor. Not a camera. Sony has been on a roll recently. Hot on the heels of the release of their latest ‘entry-level’ full-frame camera the Sony A7IV, they’ve made news again with…
How To Prevent Rubber From Becoming Sticky & Remove Sticky Rubber
Every camera starts to degrade after years of use. Among the many things that happen when cameras are stored away for a long time, is that the camera’s rubber parts start to degrade. Rubber degradation is inevitable. However, there are…
Canon Launches RF 5.2mm F2.8 L Dual Fisheye Lens for VR & Stereographic Visuals
I woke up a couple of days ago to a strange-looking lens being featured by Canon USA on Instagram. This was a surprise announcement and launch of Canon’s rather peculiar-looking RF 5.2mm f L Dual Fisheye Lens that is tailor-made…
Capture One Brings Back Export Tab in v14.4
In version 14.2 of Capture One 21, the company removed the tried and tested method of exporting images in favor of an easier-to-use export-window-styled workflow. The move had a mixed response, with some professional and enterprise-level users claiming that it…