Want to shoot soft focus photos without shelling out money for a specialty lens (like a Lensbaby)? You can build your own soft focus lens to play around with for about $15. College professor and DIY enthusiast Randy Snook made an 8-minute video tutorial for this lens, which he calls “The Pipe Dream”: All you’ll […]
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When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced the XF 500mm F5. 6 R LM OIS WR (762mm equiv), a super telephoto APS-C lens for its X Mount system. dpreview.com »
2024-10-14 17:00
Panasonic has announced the Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1. 7 lens for Micro Four Thirds camera systems. This 18mm full-frame equivalent ultra-wide-angle lens is constructed of 12 elements in nine groups, including two aspherical elements, two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and one Ultra High Refractive Index (UHR) element. dpreview.com »
2022-05-17 17:00
Tamron has announced a 35-150mm F2-2. 8 fast, flexible zoom for full-frame Sony E-mount bodies, alongside a second-gen version of its 28-75mm F2. 8 standard zoom lens for the same system. Tamron describes its 35-150mm F2-2. dpreview.com »
2021-09-30 07:56
A closer look at Canon's RF 100mm F2. 8L Macro IS USM Canon has just announced a native RF contemporary to its popular EF 100mm F2. 8L Macro lens. The RF 100mm F2. 8L Macro IS USM is an all-new design, and becomes Canon's first medium telephoto macro lens to offer a maximum magnification ratio of 1. dpreview.com »
2021-04-14 16:00
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_0711375650","galleryId":"0711375650","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"selectedImageIndex":0,"isMobile":false}) }); Sony has just launched its newest fast aperture wide-angle prime for its full-frame Alpha lineup: the FE 20mm F1. dpreview.com »
2020-02-25 18:00
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm F1. 7 ASPH The Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm F1. 7 ASPH is a fast zoom lens that covers several popular focal lengths. When mounted on a Micro Four Thirds body, where it's equivalent to 20-50mm, you can hit 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm or 50mm with a single lens (and a fast one, at that). dpreview.com »
2019-06-01 01:30
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryStripV2({"galleryId":"6642990603","isMobile":false}) }) 89%Overall scoreJump to conclusion Ricoh Imaging now offers two full-frame Pentax DSLRs, the K-1 and largely similar K-1 II, so the need for modern, technologically up-to-date lenses that can do these cameras justice is clear. dpreview.com »
2019-05-01 18:00
A relatively lightweight lens for portraiture, weddings, sports Sony has just announced the FE 135mm F1. 8 G Master (GM) lens, its 9th GM lens and 31st native full-frame E-mount lens. According to Sony, the GM line promises both 'high resolution and exquisite bokeh', and our initial impressions after shooting with the lens are certainly positive. dpreview.com »
2019-02-27 17:00
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_6086595609","galleryId":"6086595609","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"selectedImageIndex":0,"isMobile":false}) }); Hong Kong company Yongnuo—known for releasing ultra-affordable photography accessories and, more recently, lenses as well—has introduced its newest lens: the YN 60mm F2 MF macro lens. dpreview.com »
2018-05-09 22:09
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_6673516980","galleryId":"6673516980","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); Venus Optics, a Chinese lens manufacturer established in 2013, has released several interesting manual focus lenses, but perhaps none as intriguing as the Laowa 15mm F2 FE Zero-D. dpreview.com »
2017-09-03 16:00
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_1143527949","galleryId":"1143527949","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); Chinese manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has shown of a pair of manual focus prime lenses for Fujifilm's medium format GFX 50S at a tradeshow at Beijing. dpreview.com »
2017-04-25 22:47
Setting up the Fujinon MK18-55mm T2. 9 cine lens with the Sony FS7 and Zacuto rig. (I accidentally left the matte box back at the office. Shh. . . don't tell anyone. ) Fujifilm is a respected name in the photography world thanks in part to its highly regarded X-series cameras and lenses. dpreview.com »
2017-02-22 08:01
Japanese manufacturer of hand-made lenses, MS Optics, has launched a 17mm F4. 5 lens for the Leica M system that is just 10. 2mm thick. The Perar 17mm F4. 5 Retro Focus Ultra Thin lens has an angle of view of 100° and weighs only 60g. dpreview.com »
2017-01-16 22:02
Crazy tip: do you know that your lens can actually focus out past infinity? Lots of photographers don't know this and instead believe that when you focus your lens out past the furthest area, you're at infinity. thephoblographer.com »
2016-10-26 13:02
Key Specifications 20MP Four Thirds sensor 3" 1. 04M-dot touchscreen LCD 81 Point Contrast Detect AF system rated to -4EV Touch to focus and one touch image capture 5fps continuous shooting 4K/30P video recording capability Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE This is unexpected: The YI M1, a 20MP Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera. dpreview.com »
2016-09-19 15:59
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_3521924563","galleryId":"3521924563","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); Sony has announced the E PZ 18-110mm F4 G OSS power zoom lens for Super 35mm/APS-C format, designed for video shooters. dpreview.com »
2016-09-09 10:00
Optical new-comer TH Swiss has announced pricing for the two versions of its Irix 15mm F2. 4 manual focus lens designed for full frame cameras. The lens was originally announced in March this year, but the company now says the lenses are ready for sale and will be priced from €475 (about $535) for the Firefly model. dpreview.com »
2016-09-07 03:06
One of the most discussed features of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is Image Microadjust. This uses the slight difference in perspective between the left and right-facing halves of the split 'dual' pixels to fine-tune the effective focus point of the images. dpreview.com »
2016-08-30 20:03
Japanese optical manufacturer Tamron has announced it is to launch its exiting 90mm macro lens in a Sony A-mount, and that Sony users will now be able to update and customise some of their Tamron lenses using the company’s TAP-in lens console. dpreview.com »
2016-08-20 02:39
Taking on a personal project is the next level. It makes you treat photography as an art form. Like in any art, you first start with one-offs, singles, or short stories, and only then approach writing a novel.
Photoshop can feel infinite. It’s a lot like a high-tech espresso machine or a sports car: you don’t have to use all of its features for it to be functional, but when you can, it’s a powerful tool. [Read More]
Adobe Photoshop contains a very broad and deep set of tools for making edits and adjustments to images. While there is little limitation to what can be achieved using the native tools available in Photoshop for more than two decades, they may not be as intuitive and user-friendly to photographers who have spent most of their time editing raw images in Lightroom. [Read More]
Levels often seems like a boring old tool in photo-editing programs. Maybe you’d use it to quickly fine-tune contrast by dragging the left and right sliders inwards.
Shooting the busiest scenes we encounter while traveling in Asia can be very challenging. After 15 years of running photography tours and teaching in the area, I know that busy markets and streets can either be a photography heaven or a nightmare. [Read More]
It’s been a while since my last article on drone photography (2019 to be precise). Since then I’ve used lots of DJI drones. Earlier this year I bought a Mini 3 Pro to see if this could potentially replace bigger drones for my travels.
It's a common problem — dozens of nearly identical photos on your iPhone, eating up your storage and making it difficult to find what you're looking for. How does this happen, and, more importantly, how can you delete or merge those duplicate photos? [Read More]