With a cloud-free sunrise, I focussed on this telephoto detail of glowing wave sea spray at the typically wide-angle friendly Bombo Headland, New South Wales. ISO 100 | F18 | 1/5 sec Bold sunrises.
Apple's newest iPad Pro models incorporate a novel OLED display. Image: Apple At its "Let Loose" event on Tuesday, Apple announced new products, apps, and accessories aimed at content creators and multimedia users.
Image: Viltrox Viltrox has formally announced the release of its AF 16mm F1. 8 Z lens, a fast, wide autofocus prime lens for full-frame Z-mount cameras. It joins the lineup next to Viltrox's existing AF 16mm F1.
The Hasselblad XCD 2. 5/25 V has a snap-back focus ring, engaging manual focus and revealing a distance scale. Image: Hasselblad Hasselblad has announced the XCD 2. 5/25V, a 25mm F2.
We've been pretty busy testing cameras over the past few weeks, and these days, camera testing usually includes shooting video samples to evaluate video quality. Recent Videos You can find these samples in our recent or upcoming camera reviews, but here's a quick roundup of video test reels we've shot recently for those who may have missed them.
Fujifilm Fujifilm's X-H2 cameras both gain a series of improvements, including tap-to-track AF in movies, improved AF tracking performance in stills mode and direct Frame. io connectivity.
We want to see your best bird photos in honor of World Migratory Bird Day. It's going to get stork raving mad, but moving with no egrets to present your im-peck-able best would be eggcellent.
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Every week, we ask newsletter subscribers a question about gear, creativity or life. Last week we looked back in time to ponder which classic cameras are overdue for a comeback. We asked readers: If you could update one camera from the past and bring it back to the market, what would it be?Recent Videos Hundreds of readers wrote in to share thoughtful and surprising responses.
Back-lit Red Tsingy. Canon 5D4 | Canon 70-300mm F4-5. 6214mm | 1/640 sec | F8 | ISO 400 In the last article, I surveyed the diverse and beautiful wildlife of Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.
Image: Viltrox Viltrox has announced the new AF 40mm F2. 5 Z lens for full-frame Nikon Z-mount cameras. The lightweight prime lens provides a normal field of view, roughly approximating the perspective of human vision.
The most significant products of the past 25 years As part of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we asked manufacturers to reflect on the most significant products of the past quarter century. As you might imagine, all the senior executives picked one of their own products.
As part of the work on our review of the Fujifilm X100VI, we've shot and processed our standard studio test images with the camera. Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you'll encounter in the real world.
Image: mood. camera A new camera app that wants to offer a film-like experience is now available. The mood. camera app (iOS only) targets fans of analog photography and consists of 14 film-like filters.
Photo sharing site Photobucket recently revealed that it might license the images it hosts to teach AI models. Photobucket’s recent reveal that its 13 billion images may soon be licensed to teach AI models raises questions about copyright and how to protect your images.
Image: TTArtisan Today, TTArtisan has officially released its AF 56mm F1. 8 autofocus lens for X and E-mount cameras. The APS-C portrait lens is another budget offering from the China-based company.
Image: 7Artisans 7Artisans has released a new manual focus 50mm F1. 4 Tilt lens, compatible with Sony and Fujifilm APS-C cameras, as well as Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras.
Image: Fujifilm, including photo by Jonas Rask Entries for Fujifilm US's Limited Edition X100VI raffle are now officially open. Entry is free and only open to US residents (18+). The raffle closes on April 21st (11:59 p.
Image: Blackmagic Design Alongside the Ursa Cine, Blackmagic Designs also announced the Pyxis, a $3000, 6K full-frame (36 x 24mm) modular camera. It will be available with PL, locking Canon EF or Leica L mounts.
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Madagascar. A huge, wild, faraway Island. Even mentioning its name provokes an exotic, exciting feeling in my soul. I had wanted to visit Madagascar for many years before finally realizing my plans in 2022.
Image: Atomos Atomos has announced the Ninja Phone, a monitor and recorder that connects cameras with HDMI out ports to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The unit acts as a 'co-processor' to encode a camera's HDMI signal to 10-bit ProRes or H.
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Photo: Richard Butler Panasonic has announced forthcoming firmware for its S5II and S5II X that will add a series of features, including pre-shot buffering, proxy recording and direct upload to Adobe's Frame.
The EOS R50 vlogging creator kit repackages the existing camera, a lens tripod grip and a remote control. Image: Canon Canon is targeting video content creators with the announcement of its EOS R50 vlogging kit.
Image: Viltrox After a somewhat low-key announcement last week, Viltrox has released a new APS-C lens for Fujifilm and Nikon cameras. The China-based manufacturer introduces the autofocus 56mm F1.
A partial solar eclipse is seen as the Sun rises to the left of the United States Capitol building on June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Virginia. Image: Bill Ingalls/NASA On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Western Mexico starting in MazatlNASA has mapped the route with times and viewing conditions for several cities.
A view of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse from Madras, Oregon. Image: Gopalswamy/NASA Sunsketcher, a new NASA-backed project with an iOS and Android app, wants your photographs of the “Great American Eclipse.
Image: TTArtisan TTArtisan has announced the launch of its AF 35mm F1. 8 lens for Sony’s APS-C E-Mount cameras. Costing less than $150, this “nifty fifty” equivalent adds another option for anyone looking for a budget prime lens.
Revisiting past pranks Happy April Fools' Day! In internet lore, this is a hallowed day for outlandish stories, friendly pranks and the birth of tale tales. Over the years, we've created our fair share of them.
Today, I'd like to tell you a nice story about mistakes, drone crashes, coincidences and one very cool shoot in which I took a panorama of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia. Recent Videos Tambora is a volcano on the island of Sumbawa.
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Image: Ulanzi Lens filters for smartphones are not a new concept. Designed to give photographers more creative and technical control over their images, there are several types on the market today that can control how much light comes into the camera, reduce reflections and flare or add more vibrancy to your images with different color tones.
Image: Tamron Tamron has announced it will release its popular 28-75mm F2. 8 Di III VXD G2 fast standard zoom for Nikon's Z-mount. Recent Videos!function(n){if(!window. cnx){window. cnx={},window.
Image: Meike Meike Global has released its first APS-C lens for Fujifilm, Sony and Nikon cameras. The new 55mm F1. 4 targets photographers looking for a fast prime lens. At $200, the lens could be a sound budget alternative to similar lenses available on the market.
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Image: Nikon Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 28-400mm F4-8 VR, a superzoom lens with a 14. 2x zoom range. Nikon tells us the lens is designed to meet the needs of both photo and video users.
Each iteration of X100 retains its family look but there's been constant evolution throughout the series Photo: Richard Butler The word kaizen has increasingly come into the vocabulary of camera enthusiasts.
Image: Photofast Backing up your smartphone images usually involves sending them to the cloud or manually syncing them to a computer. Seamless? Maybe, until you have to start paying monthly storage fees.
Image: Tiffen Tiffen has announced its new Smartphone 58mm Filter Mount that attaches filters to an iPhone 14 or 15 using Apple's MagSafe attachment system. Recent Videos!function(n){if(!window.
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There's been a fair amount of chatter, excitement and some cynicism around Fujifilm's announcement that it's making a limited run of X100VI etched with the company's original 1934 logo, but another company making rangefinder-style cameras has a more established history of doing the same.
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Fujifilm's Jun Watanabe and Yuji Igarashi, speaking to us, following the X100 VI's launch. Photo: Richard Butler "We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have the X100," says Fujifilm's Yuji Igarashi, "If that failed, we would have been in a very difficult position.
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Photo: Brendan Nystedt As we enter the final phase of our Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 II review, we've added the test scene images to our image comparison tool. Recent Videos!function(n){if(!window.
Nikon has updated its SnapBridge remote control and image transfer app, adding an "Easy Shooting Setup" option that sets up a camera to suit a series of common shooting situations. This function works with the company's entry and mid-level cameras, from the Z30 up to the Zf.
Nikon has released firmware 5. 0 for its Z9 pro sports flagship, enhancing the Auto Capture function introduced last Jun, offering presets for countering LED flicker, adding the portrait color mode and processing options from the Z8 and Zf, along with a series of smaller refinements.
Introduction Photo: Richard Butler At the core, both Sony's a7R V and Leica's SL 3 share a fundamental building block: a 60MP BSI CMOS sensor. But almost everything layered on top of that foundation diverges in radically different directions.
The author looking pensive, perhaps pondering whether he's condemned to over-think every aspect of cameras. It's unusual for us to publish both a review and then follow up with an opinion piece.
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Peakto Search provides the ability to search your Lightroom Classic catalogs based on the content of images. Unless you’re one of the increasingly rare photographers who tag and organize their images, finding specific photos in ever-growing libraries tends to be frustrating and time-consuming.
Image: Tamron Tamron has announced it's developing a version of its 11-20mm F2. 8 Di III-A RXD fast wide-angle zoom lens for Canon RF-mount APS-C cameras. Recent Videos The 11-20mm F2.
Launched in 2023, the T-series is Moment’s current line of premium add-on lenses for smartphones and comprises an entire lens ecosystem, including cases, filters, filter mounts, and other accessories.
Image: Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design has unveiled its latest Ursa Cine camera, a 12K camera with support for interchangeable Arri PL, Arri LPL, Canon EF and Hasselblad lens mounts. It features a large sensor, propriety memory and a slew of industry-standard connections.
Sigma owner and CEO Kazuto Yamaki, who spoke to us at the CP+ conference in Yokohama, early this spring. Photo: Richard Butler "Unfortunately, we have not made any significant progress since last year," says Sigma owner and CEO Kazuto Yamaki, when asked about the planned full-frame Foveon camera.
We have a winner for sensor Top Trumps: the LSST camera is the world's largest astronomy camera. It's more than 350 times the size of a full-frame sensor, for reference. Photo: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory "Space," according to Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Image: Godox Godox's latest flash, the $50 Lux Elf Retro, is a fully manual flash that weighs heavily on its design. It comes with a single-point hot shoe, making it compatible with most camera systems.
Sigma 50mm F1. 2 DG DN Art hands-on Sigma's 50mm F1. 2 DG DN Art lens is a large aperture lens that incorporates many of the thoughtful design choices for which the Art line has become known.
Fujifilm has released firmware updates for some of its X and GFX-series cameras, including the newly released X100VI. Recent Videos The updates include bug fixes rather than new features, and fixes differ depending on which model you use.
Photo: Dan Bracaglia Sony has announced major firmware updates for four of its current full-frame range, bringing many features and behaviors up to its latest standards and adding C2PA authenticity verification capabilities.
Image: Ricoh The Ricoh GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF are variants of the company's existing fixed-lens APS-C premium compacts. They feature a unique "highlight diffusion filter" instead of the ND filter fitted in the standard versions of both cameras.
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Star Flyer – the 2013 eclipse as seen from the deck of a four-masted sailing ship racing across the Atlantic. Totality was 42 seconds long and I was on a quickly moving (and rocking) surface.
Image: Google Google has announced the Pixel 8a, its latest mid-priced smartphone, bringing the sensors and lenses from the Pixel 7a but the more powerful processor and features from the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.
Image: Viltrox Viltrox has formally announced the release of its AF 16mm F1. 8 Z lens, a fast, wide autofocus prime lens for full-frame Z-mount cameras. It joins the lineup next to Viltrox's existing AF 16mm F1.
Image: 7Artisans Chinese lens maker 7Artisans has announced the AF 27mm F2. 8 prime lens for APS-C cameras using the Sony E-Mount. Recent Videos The 27mm focal length gives a fractionally wide-angle The compact prime consists of six elements in five groups.
Image: 7Artisans 7Artisans has announced a version of its full-frame AF 50mm F1. 8 lens for Nikon's Z mount. Recent Videos The lens, already available for Sony E mount, is 104mm (4.
Image: Sigma Sigma has announced it will be offering six of its DC DN APS-C lenses for Canon's RF mount, making it one of the first third-party manufacturers to sell autofocus RF lenses under license.
Interview participants (all with Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. )Second from Right: Tomoki Tanaka, General Manager, Pentax Division Others, left to right: Kazuhiko Shibuya, Pentax Division, Business Management Department, Overseas Sales SectionHiraku Kawauchi, Marketing Group, Marketing Communication DepartmentTakeo ("TKO") Suzuki, Designer, Pentax DivisionRyutaro Aratama, Group Leader, Overseas Sales Section, Business Management Department Everything analog is suddenly cool again, and photography is no exception: There's an incredible renaissance happening in film photography, led by a generation who grew up never knowing anything other than digital cameras.
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Multi-shot modes can have their moments, especially if there's any degree of motion correction available. I had to borrow a tripod to capture this shot and even after all that it doesn't show a major boost over the single-shot image of the same scene.
Image: Sony Sony has announced the FE 16-25mm F2. 8 G, a fast, compact wide-angle zoom designed as a twin to the recent FE 24-50mm F2. 8 lens. Recent Videos The 16-25mm is roughly the same dimensions as the 24-50mm and offers essentially the same features.
Image: Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design has unveiled its latest URSA Cine camera, a 12K camera with support for interchangeable Arri PL, Arri LPL, Canon EF and Hasselblad lens mounts. It features a large sensor, propriety memory and a slew of industry-standard connections.