Videos

Mike Smith continues his beginners' flash series with self-portrait headshots: flash modes fill, slow sync and rear curtain, why a bare flash gives hard light, bouncing off the ceiling behind the photographer, the built-in diffuser and white card, then taking a Godox flash off camera with a trigger and softbox.

Mike Smith opens a beginners' flash series using Yongnuo speedlights in manual mode, not TTL. He explains sync speed with frames below, at and above it, flash duration and matching the zoom head to the lens, suggesting 1/100s, ISO 100, f/5.6 and quarter power, then bouncing off a white ceiling.

A short repair demonstration for the Godox TT520II wireless flash trigger, showing how to replace its battery. Working from the title and description, it evidently covers opening the trigger, removing the old cell and fitting a new one, with a pointer to where replacement batteries can be bought.

Jeff Rojas, lecturing with Tether Tools for Adorama, explains why he moved from fragile card readers to tethering and how it speeds collaboration with stylists and art directors. He demonstrates a cabled Capture One workflow, sending images to an iPad for remote rating, and a wireless Case Air alternative.

Dave from CamRanger shows how to speed wireless raw transfer from a Nikon D500 to a CamRanger 2: use a fast card, connect over the 5GHz network, turn on Quick RAW mode and auto view images in the app for two-and-a-half-second previews, and choose between PC and Camera connection modes.

Victor G Photography tethers a Nikon D750 wirelessly using DSLR Dashboard, free desktop software for Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi. After enabling the camera's Wi-Fi and connecting to its network, the software offers live view, tap-to-focus, capture, histogram and browsing; he shoots JPEG plus raw, displaying only JPEGs.

Miguel Quiles tethers a Sony a7R III to an HP ZBook x2 in Capture One for a bigger screen, focus checks, sharing with the team and files saved to disk. He picks a cable with matching ports, sets USB Connection to PC Remote and PC+Camera, then starts a session.

James Quantz Jr explains tethering basics: a camera with USB output, a Tether Tools cable costing 20 to 50 dollars, with a spare for commercial work, and a computer running Capture One or Lightroom. He mentions wireless Air Direct, then shoots a Coca-Cola six-pack with strobes, images appearing instantly.

Photo Ways looks at the Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 LD Di Macro in Pentax K mount, a 100-pound lens with stiff zoom, short-throw focus and slow autofocus. It is soft wide open and at 300mm, better at f/8, and its 1:2 macro mode engages from 180mm, sampled on a six-megapixel K110D.

Rehan Hanar reviews the Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro, sold in Sony, Canon and Nikon mounts, on a Sony body: solid-feeling plastic build, 13 elements in nine groups, 465mm equivalent reach on APS-C, a macro mode, stiff zooming, noisy autofocus and no stabilisation, followed by wildlife and town samples.