Hello, Luminous Landscape family! Thank you! As we start this year, I’m filled with gratitude for your support and involvement.  It’s your passion that transforms

I read a wide range of photographic websites each week to keep track of what’s going on in the industry, and none are more useful

I’ve decided to do this differently this year. Rather than going manufacturer by manufacturer, I’m going to look at some possible introductions, losses and trends

Before we get to the meat of this article, introducing our long-term test Epson SureColor P9570, it’s worth commenting briefly on the three Macs Apple

We’ve had an interesting, partially post-COVID year in the photo industry, and I hope that next year will be a further unclogging of the pipeline

Before we dive deeply into lens design and construction, a quick note on the new Fujifilm cameras using the 40 MP APS-C sensor, and on

We are entering what I used to call PhotoPlus season, although there hasn’t been a PhotoPlus Expo since 2019. We lost 2020 and 2021 to

We have had three major introductions in the past month or so – cameras from OM System (it once was Olympus) and Panasonic, and a

Accessories Tripods, heads, batteries, flash and similar smaller accessories are in an interesting position. Chinese companies selling directly have come into these spaces in force

Let’s start with two upcoming reviews, one of which has extensive first impressions and setup experiences here. I had the Fujifilm GF 23mm lens in

A Photographic Expedition to Ethiopia By Michael Reichmann Complimentary Article This article documents a photographic expedition to Ethiopia during early December, 2015. It was organized

An ambitious camera or lens is one that allows, in some way, the making of images that could not have been made before, or that

You’ve never seen files like this before, unless you’ve used either the original GFX 100 or very expensive medium format modular systems from Phase One

Before we delve into sensors and cameras, then take off for Yellowstone National Park with the GFX 100S, there is a bit of financial news

Nikon recently released the first development announcement for their new flagship mirrorless Z9. We don’t know much about it officially, and the rumor mill has

Sony and Fujifilm released important new camera bodies the week of January 25, 2021. Both flagships, Sony’s Alpha 1 and Fujifilm’s GFX 100S, are expensive

We’ve seen a lot of innovation in lenses lately, and I’m looking forward to more this coming year. The full-frame mirrorless mounts are really coming

2020 has been a strange year for the camera industry – the pandemic has exacerbated trends that were already underway, and there are new trends

One of the most important tools for photographers, especially those who like to print, is an accurate monitor. We use monitors somewhat differently from the

This article will be the first of a series of lens reviews this autumn, covering new releases and a few old favorites from Zeiss, Sony,

The 800-pound gorilla finally chose where to sit! Initial specifications of Canon’s new EOS R5 have been floating around online for a couple of months

Part 1- introduction and competitive landscape For photographers looking for the ultimate in image quality in a reasonably affordable and portable camera, two names stand

Making your own prints, especially using a large-format printer that can produce 16×24” and larger prints, is a substantial commitment in time, space and money.

In this second part of the printing and paper series, we’ll take a look at nine papers that are competing for a share of your

It’s camera and lens release season again, due to the recently cancelled CP+ show – while the show fell victim to the coronavirus, many of

From the earliest days of photography, the preferred form of expression of a photograph has most often been a print. Some of the earliest photographic

         At the beginning of 2019, there was very serious concern about Apple’s continued commitment to photographers’ needs, and Intel was doing their best to frighten

Introduction: The long-term review MacBook Pro has been here for two weeks now, and I have enough experience with it, both in heavy photographic workloads

28 years ago this fall, Apple released the first Mac PowerBooks. They weren’t actually the first portable Macs. Outbound Systems and a couple of other

For the more involved photographer (like most of the readership of The Luminous Landscape), the big technology companies are not really keeping pace with what