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Announced in 2004, the Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom wasn't the first camera with a focal range starting at 28mm, nor was it the highest resolution camera at the time with its 8 megapixel CCD. What made the C-8080 interesting was the amount of work that Olympus put into the lens, claiming that it was designed to be on par with the Zuiko Digital lenses found on its DSLRs. dpreview.com »
The Canon EOS 5 (known as the EOS A2/A2E in the Americas) was the world's first SLR camera with eye-controlled focus. Over the past few years, we've become spoiled by a lot of great autofocus technologies like face detection, tap-to-focus, and subject tracking. dpreview.com »
Photographer Beno Saradzic recently embarked on an interesting experiment. Given the crazy resolution of cameras like the 50MP Canon 5DSR, could you create a “Motion” timelapse by simply… cropping out frames? It turns out, you can. petapixel.com »
Nikon has released firmware update 1. 02 for the D5500. This relatively small update corrects a handful of bugs, including problems wherein the camera would, in certain circumstances, fail to release the shutter, stop responding, produce less-than-optimal image exposure, and more. dpreview.com »
Using a fancy algorithm isn’t the only way to turn a photograph into a “video.” As Armand Dijcks shows in his captivating video Infinite Now, all you need is the Puppet Warp tool in Adobe After Effects and some incredible imagery by someone like Ray Collins. Believe it or not, Infinite Now is made up […] petapixel.com »
In 2016, world-famous photographer and digital artist Erik Johansson was commissioned by Swedish construction company NCC to create something special that showed the areas NCC was working. This is one of the 6 photos he created for them, and below he shows you how it was made. petapixel.com »
Hello Mr. Bear. Action cameras have made documenting all of the extreme, dangerous and downright stupid things human beings subject themselves to an incredibly simple endeavor. But the truth is most folks' videos end up looking more like this than like this, because sadly, our lives are just not as interesting as those of pro athletes. dpreview.com »
When the Canon 6D was first released in 2012, it was a big deal—a lightweight DLSR that significantly lowered the barrier of entry into the full-frame market. But that was almost 5 years ago, and people are hungry for a Mark II. petapixel.com »
I dropped it because I was drunk. It was a brand new Canon EOS-1D Mark II, and I was drunk because I hadn't eaten any dinner. It fell from hip-height onto the sand-covered floor of a shipping container, which had been converted into a tiki bar at an outdoor music festival. dpreview.com »
Fujifilm Acros 100 is the company's last black and white film emulsion, and for many photographers it was an absolute favorite. Acros 100 is a very fine grain film considering how it's also a fairly slow film. thephoblographer.com »
NAB 2017 Yesterday marked the end of NAB 2017, the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. NAB isn't really a consumer-oriented event, but we like to go because it gives us some insight into trends and technology that will trickle down to prosumer and consumer products within a few years, as well as new products designed for these users. dpreview.com »
There were many 'races' in the compact camera market back when they were selling like hotcakes. From resolution to zoom, manufacturers were constantly trying to one-up each other. Another area in which they were competing was just how small a camera could be. dpreview.com »
Here’s a gorgeous nighttime timelapse shot from a different perspective: this “FlightLapse” was captured from the cockpit of a Swiss airliner during a flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Sao Paulo, Brazil. petapixel.com »
SmugMug Films has just released its newest production, a documentary by filmmaker Anton Lorimer about acclaimed food photographer Eric Wolfinger. Eric Wolfinger: Beyond the Plate follows Wolfinger's passion for food and travel, and how it drove him, a bit indirectly, to become one of the world's best food photographers. dpreview.com »
Last year, an AI technology called FindFace garnered a lot of attention after it was found to trace the faces of pedestrians back to their online social accounts. Now, one year on, Baidu’s own facial recognition technology has miraculously been able to reunite a Chinese family after 27 years apart. digitalrev.com »
I worked in London for just under 3 years, catching the 7:19 from Rayleigh, Essex - I joined the commuters heading into the city. The first year I was exhausted, I had completed a photography degree, and was now working in Marketing - and, after a year, I realised I had barely picked up my camera. boredpanda.com »
Every now and again Lomography comes out with some weird, limited edition film: and the most recent was Lomography f2/400 in 35mm. The film, which allegedly was aged over a number of years in oak wine casks, was a negative film. thephoblographer.com »
We've been hard at work testing the new Panasonic GH5, and while we put the finishing touches on our review, we wanted to share a video we shot with the camera at Seattle's Pike Place Market. The video was recorded in UHD 4K with the GH5's 4:2:2 10-bit color settings. dpreview.com »
A few months ago I wrote a short article about the Canon EOS D30. The D30 was a groundbreaking camera in its day, being the first 'affordable' DSLR and the first to feature a large-format CMOS sensor. dpreview.com »
Give weird lens lover and filmmaker Mathieu Stern some credit: he can pretty much make any lens you put in front of him work… including one made from a discarded lens tube he found in a ‘trash’ box at a flea market. petapixel.com »
In 2004 I had to make the same grueling decision as many fellow photographers: Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) or Nikon D70 - which one was to become my first digital SLR? The Canon, which had been launched in August 2003 was the first true consumer-level DSLR and had been on my wish list for a few months when, in January 2004, Nikon threw a curve ball and launched a direct competitor to the EOS 300D: the D70, the company's first sub-$1000 digital SLR. dpreview.com »
Most car commercials involve big budgets, test drivers, and excursions to exotic far-away lands—unless, of course, you hire miniature photography master Felix Hernandez. For his latest assignment with Audi Middle East, Felix created his own personal desert and roadway right in the comfort of his own studio. petapixel.com »
When I was 25 years old, I was pregnant with my first child. I was the most excited I’d ever been in my lifetime because all I’d ever dreamed of being was a mother. The love I felt for this invisible being was more than my heart could hold and it would spill out all over anyone and everyone with whom I came into contact. thephoblographer.com »
A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed a lawsuit against William Meredith, a self-proclaimed 'Drone Hunter,' who shot down a $1500 drone that was flying over his property. The pilot, David Boggs, sued Meredith last year claiming that his drone was flying in legal airspace as determined by the FAA and therefore was not trespassing. dpreview.com »
I was scrolling through my Instagram feed one Friday night when a promoted post popped up and caught my eye (and there wasn’t even a bikini, donut or motivational quote involved). It read: Photographers wanted by leading camera brand for equipment trial. petapixel.com »
Back in 2008 there weren't a whole lot of enthusiast compacts. The two models which got the most attention were the Canon PowerShot G10 and Nikon Coolpix P6000. At that time, the 'Megapixel race' was really getting going, with the G10 and P6000 having 14. dpreview.com »
What is your first and your favorite Canon lens? It's not everyday you get to sit down with three master lens designers, but it's also not every day you tour Canon's Utsunomiya lens factory (read the interview and take the tour). dpreview.com »
Many a photographer knows from experience that getting a credit line for his or her work may often be the only compensation available. That was my situation when I was employed as a student and photographer at UCLA back — make that WAAAYY back — in 1966-68. petapixel.com »
What was your first camera? For this week's Throwback Thursday, I asked fellow DPReview staffers to write a few paragraphs about their first cameras, film and digital. I'll go first. Jeff Keller Unlike most of my colleagues, I wasn't a huge film photographer. dpreview.com »
There is no doubt I love taking pictures of the parallel worlds of puddles as you can see in my instagram @guigurui and previous bored panda posts. Normally, I always get stares of people whom I assume are thinking "what is this guy doing with his phone so close the to the water". boredpanda.com »
It probably shouldn't be a surprise but it's still a little sad to see it in print: the latest catalogue from four-thirds. org states that production of Olympus's Zuiko Digital line of Four Thirds lenses has been discontinued. dpreview.com »
Back in June 2011, photojournalist Mannie Garcia was arrested by Montgomery County police while filming officers on a public street. He was charged with disorderly conduct, but the charge was dropped sixth month later. dpreview.com »
In November 2016, I was in a transitional part of my life (I still am) and was considering selling my Leica M2 and switching to a digital Ricoh GR. I listed the camera on several Facebook camera trading groups and the Australian/UK Craigslist alternative, Gumtree. petapixel.com »
Introduction Edited to taste in Adobe Camera Raw and cropped in slightly | ISO 200 | 1/60 sec | F2. 8 Japan has long been at the top of my list of places I would like to journey to. Like my coworker, Carey Rose, I enjoy traveling with a camera as a means to create a visual travel diary or log of my adventures. dpreview.com »
Even in 2000, the Olympus C-2100UZ's 2MP sensor was a bit behind the times. Plenty of other cameras offered 3MP sensors, but what the C-2100UZ lacked in resolution it sought to make up with a huge (at the time) 10x stabilized zoom. dpreview.com »
Photographer Kate Hook was always into film photography--it stems from when she was really young. When she went to college, her friends never understood film and how to use it. But like a number of us millenials, Kate grew up in a world that started out with film, then went digital and is now going back to film. thephoblographer.com »
In a landmark case for aerial photography health and safety, a Seattle drone pilot was found guilty of reckless endangerment on Friday. The man was sentenced to 30 days in jail as well as a US$500 fine. digitalrev.com »
For as long as I’ve been photographing, I’ve always had a soft spot for gear and the technical side of photography. In the beginning, I was obsessed with getting the best camera I could afford, which ironically was a refurbished entry-level Nikon DSLR – not exactly the pinnacle of camera technology at the time. digitalrev.com »
As you most likely know, our Analog Zine Kickstarter was fully funded. Again, a genuine thank you to everyone who donated. But I'd like to summon everyone's attention who was interested in donating to the project but didn't because it was too early on. thephoblographer.com »
Women Photograph is an online directory of female photographers. What started as a spreadsheet has grown to a database over 500 members strong thanks to its creator Daniella Zalcman, a freelance documentary photographer. dpreview.com »
After months of desperate scrambling by the in-kids, the time has finally come for the wise and lazy to reap the spoils as Snap has released its Snapchat Spectacles for general online purchase. First released back in November 2016, the social network linked sunglasses-mounted camera was only available to buyers in one of two ways; going to the Spectacles store in New York, or playing a cat and mouse game to catch one of the pop-up “Snapbot” booths that appeared across the U. digitalrev.com »
2017 Underwater Photographer of the Year 'Dancing Octopus' Gabriel Barathieu/UPY 2017 The winners of the 2017 Underwater Photographer of the Year compeition have been announced, and the photos are absolutely spectacular. dpreview.com »
It was late, dark and eerie as I drove through the Swiss alps in my tiny rental car. I could barely see the road and was stuck in between two semi trucks. I should have been fearing for my life, but all I could think about was how excited my 3-year-old daughter, Nellee, would be […] petapixel.com »
Ten megapixels ought to be enough for anybody. It was ten years ago this past September that Nikon introduced its 10 megapixel, twin-dial D80 DSLR. It was also ten years ago that my dad picked up a shiny new example of one to act as a backup to his workhorse studio camera, the D200. dpreview.com »
My collection of lenses grows each month; so much so that I recently had to accept the fact that I didn’t buy a big enough cabinet to store them all. In an attempt to free up some room I decided to conduct a culling. petapixel.com »
If you enjoy seeing experimental photo projects and unique homemade cameras, check out this “Straw Camera. ” It was created by filling a wooden box with 32,000 drinking straws for light to pass through. petapixel.com »
PMA 2001 was a pretty exciting show for new cameras. It saw the release of the Nikon D1X and D1H, the Fujifilm S1 Pro, Kodak mc3 camera/MP3 player (a camera so bad that I couldn't complete my review) and the impressive Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S75. dpreview.com »
These days, it's not uncommon to see timelapse videos shot with just still cameras; but it was very uncommon to see it back in 1997 and done with the Nikon F5. But a vintage ad (yes, because the 90s are vintage) This commercial was shot back in 1997 by Alastair Thain using the Nikon F5 camera! According to the YouTube description, this was the first time a stills camera had ever been used to shoot "moving images". thephoblographer.com »
Lino Manfrotto, the eponymous founder of Manfrotto, one of photography’s most popular camera and lighting support brands, died on Sunday at the age of 80. Passing away due to natural causes, Manfrotto was in the presence of several loved ones at his villa in Bassano, Italy. digitalrev.com »
The winter sun was low to the horizon as I steadied myself upon a rather uncomfortable wooden perch. My back to the sun and downwind, target in clear sight, I drew in a deep breath then slowly exhaled as I prepared to take the shot. digitalrev.com »
