Cameras

Nikon recently published an updated lens roadmap that shows a total of eleven silhouetted, to-be-released lenses, but this latest version includes three that the company had not previously mentioned: a 50mm, and two giant super-telephoto primes. Nikon has been rapidly filling out its lens lineup for the Nikon Z system, but a sports and wildlife-focused

There are two big leaps you can make in your photo editing workflow. The first is moving from a mouse-and-keyboard setup to a pen tablet like the Wacom Intuos Pro—almost everybody does that at some point. But if you really want to kick your experience up to another level, there’s one more step you can

Nikon has just updated its Z-mount lens roadmap and added three new lenses. Silhouettes of three new primes have been added, and they are 400mm, 600mm, and the “Micro 50mm.” When you look at the roadmap, you’ll notice that there are more than three silhouettes. But some of them were already teased in the previous

Adafruit Industries has created a machine learning camera built with the Raspberry Pi that can identify objects extremely quickly and audibly tell you what it sees. The group has listed all the necessary parts you need to build the device at home. The camera is based on Adafruit’s BrainCraft HAT add-on for the Raspberry Pi

Chroma Cameras, which was originally launched in 2018 by Steve Lloyd via a successful Kickstarter, has launched its latest product: a modular, customizable camera system for 120mm film called the 679 System. Following previous field camera designs, the Chroma Camera 679 system will allow you to build your own camera to fit your specific needs.

Flying drones have become extremely commonplace but also suffer from growing restrictions on their use. It’s hard to argue against their novelty, but safety continues to be a concern. So where do drones go next? What about underwater? Underwater robotics company Geneinno recently announced its second underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV), the T1 Pro. Designed

It sounds like Canon is getting a lot more serious about the RF mount now. With recently announcing an RF mount cinema camera, and the mostly positive response the EOS R5 and EOS R6 have received (from people who’ve actually bought them), it’s not surprising. But a post from Canon Rumors suggests that there are

A photographer in Japan was forced to sell his favorite camera earlier this year after being impacted by the COVID-19 recession. Instead of letting that put a stop to his art, he decided to build his own 4×5 large format camera… using LEGO blocks. The photographer, who goes by @wagoimages on social media, pulled out

Ricoh is not a brand uppermost in the minds of most photographers on the market for a new mirrorless camera. Sony, Fuji, and Panasonic seem to have dominated market visibility, if not the actual market, for high-end mirrorless cameras systems for the past five or so years, with late-comers Canikon gaining traction with their most

Canon ambassador Irene Rudnyk has posted a review of the recently-announced Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 where she compares it to the old EF version from a build-quality perspective as well as shows the quality of the images she was able to produce with it. As a fan of the original EF version, Rudnyk was excited

Fuji shooters know that there are virtually no real third party alternatives to Fuji lenses for their cameras. Sure, there are a few manual focus ones and even cine lenses out there, but nothing autofocus that really competes with Fuji’s own lenses. This is because Fujifilm has typically always declined to share the X mount

The popularity of Sony E-Mount cameras has prompted Tamron to develop a growing lineup of lenses for the system in its Di III series of lenses designed for mirrorless cameras. We field tested two Tamron zooms for Sony—the Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A056) and Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD (Model A071)—and

Marques Brownlee, also known by his channel brand-name MKBHD, has released his review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max, and despite all of Apple’s hype surrounding the new, larger sensor says that he believes it’s not worth buying the Pro Max for the camera over the other iPhone 12 models. “I want to point out

Dear camera manufacturers, I am deeply annoyed that my phone often takes better pictures than my DSLR (or any mirrorless) straight out of the camera. I am not a professional photographer, nor am I a vlogger. I am a professional, I am an engineer, I’m educated, I’m comfortable with technology, and I have budget enough

Three years after launching the original Solarcan, photographer Sam Cornwell has just unveiled Solarcan Colours. It’s a trio of new cameras that each captures solargraphs in a different tint. The Solarcan is a unique camera shaped like a can of soda that allows anyone to easily capture ultra-long-exposure photos showing the path of the Sun

Frii Designs is launching an unusual camera strap design that uses interlocking pieces to go from loose and flexible, to stiff and sturdy, allowing it to become tripod-like with the flip of a switch. Frii Designs is the same company responsible for the triple-lens-holder belt called the Trilens. The product was based on the LensFlipper,

Wine Country Camera has opened pre-orders for the 100mm Filter Holder V2, which has a new design that features a more secure and rotatable adapter ring attachment, improved installation for a polarizer, and an updated ND filter holder with better security. Wine Country Camera (WCC) was founded by Rod Clack who built his company after

DJI has announced the Mini 2, the second iteration of the tiny folding drone. It still stays small, enough to keep it under FAA registration requirements, but bumps video quality up to 4K and adds DNG RAW photo capture. Almost exactly a year ago, DJI announced the original Mavic Mini as a pocket-sized drone capable

Well, Canon did it. They actually released a full-frame mirrorless lens designed for entry level users with a cost comparable to its DSLR counterpoint. Yes, that’s right, we’re talking about the Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM. Coming in at a measly $199, this is quite possibly the cheapest full-frame mirrorless lens on the market for

Canon has announced the 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM and the 50mm f/1.8 STM lenses for the RF mount, making for a now rather robust 19 native lens options for Canon’s full-frame mirrorless system. Canon says that both lenses are completely redesigned from their EF predecessors with new lens formulas and enhanced elements. That said,

More information about Canon’s upcoming RF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens has started to leak, including its optical design. Once again, this comes from Nokishita, and it shows that it’s not simply a rehoused EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, but is in fact a new, more refined design, specifically for the RF mount lens. When you look

Venus Optics has just unveiled a new “world’s first” in the optics game. The new Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift Lens is apparently “the world’s widest shift lens for full-frame cameras,” and it will be available for both DSLR and mirrorless cameras. The Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift works on both full-frame and medium format

Technology Connections, a YouTube channel that covers a wide array of interesting technology stories, has shared this 28-minute video that explores how the Canon F1 from 1971 works, with special detail focused on the camera’s light meter. In addition to learning specific details about the Canon F1, the host actually goes into a lot of

All the crazy lens adapter combos seem to be coming out of the woodwork now. Yesterday we had the Leica M to Nikon Z adapter, which adds autofocus capability to those old manual focus lenses, and today we’ve got the Monster Adapter LA-KE1, which lets you use your Pentax K mount AF lenses to Sony

Lensbaby is known for making unconventional lenses that create unusual defocused areas, and the Spark is no exception. The Spark 2.0 adds support for eight mounts, both DSLR and mirrorless, as well as 15 optics introduced since 2008. The Spark 2.0 draws on the design from Lensbaby’s original lens the company introduced in 2004. The

It’s funny how a company can use both the latest insane bleeding-edge tech as well as gear that’s deemed “obsolete” by the masses in order to produce one of the most popular TV shows to ever grace our screens. But that’s exactly what Disney did for The Mandalorian – New season begins tomorrow! Although much

Jordan Drake and Richard Butler at DPReview recently put the latest Canon EOS R6 firmware update to the test, and what they found is extremely promising. The update more or less solves the overheating issues in “regular” shooting scenarios, and marks a “huge improvement” in overall overheating performance. As with the EOS R5 ‘overheating’ update

Sometimes, you need to go a little “extra” with your gimbal rig. Sometimes, you need the two-handed holding power that only a solid frame can provide. Digitalfoto’s new Magic Ring II, is one of them. But it’s a little different to most. It allows you to attach a V-Mount battery to its base that passes

As a landscape and travel photographer, I often carry around an ultra-wide-angle 14mm lens and the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8. Last week I was able to test the latest addition to the Tamron series for full-frame mirrorless cameras: the 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD. And I think I’ve found the perfect addition to my usual 2-lens

Imaging Resource, one of the most reputable camera testing organizations online, today released its sample gallery for the Sony a7C. After comparing the images to the same photos taken on the Sony a7 III, they look strikingly similar. Though the still-life sample images that Imaging Resource publishes may not be aesthetically pleasing, they do serve