07:00
The Leica Medium Format Camera is Real
If there is one thing that's been missing from the world of Leica, it's the medium format camera entries. When they launched the S2 so many years ago, it featured one of the most magical sensors made.
23:00
How Pentax Can Break The Mold With a DSLR Launch In a Mirrorless World
When one talks about the camera industry, it is pretty evident that mirrorless cameras are anyone's go-to deal. They are fast, efficient, and smaller to carry but may come with a hefty price tag. Yet, mirrorless cameras seem to be what most photographers want.
08:00
Canon Launches World’s Highest 35mm Full Frame Sensor With a Twist
When it comes to buying cameras today, size, price, weather sealing, and megapixels are a few things that people consider. However, oftentimes, many people begin to chase megapixels the most, as it is considered to help one achieve 'better' results.
23:00
A New Nikon Patent Shows They’re Taking On Industry Giants
When it comes to sensor technology, Nikon has been taking a back seat in recent years. While their cameras, like the Nikon Z9 and Z8, have been breaking new ground in the mirrorless segment, they have had to rely on Sony to produce sensors for these (and other) cameras.
11:59
Canon Patent Application: Hybrid IR/Color sensor to improve Image Quality
We will be releasing an upcoming series of articles on infrared photography that I've been slowly working through the last few weeks, and this amusingly popped up in the list of patent applications published.
10:15
Canon Patent Application: Triple-layer High Speed Stacked Sensor
In this patent application (2024-019961) Canon shows off a high-speed stacked sensor using three substrate layers. As you can imagine, sensor layers are like a house, the more floors you have the more flexibility you have, and the more room.
08:00
Have Camera Sensors Stagnated? Why the Next Leap in Sensor Tech isn’t About Megapixels
Five years ago, the first thing manufacturers talked about when launching a new camera was the sensor. Megapixels made headlines along with backlit designs and sensor stacking. But, has all that changed? Looking at technical tests and rankings like those from DxO Mark, half of all the top ten full frame cameras are more than three years old.
08:00
How a Special Pentax Camera Got its Groove Back
More and more photographers are demanding durable cameras. But what they've also been asking for are brass cameras. The only brands to really do something like this in the past two decades have been Pentax and Leica.
10:31
Canon Patent Applications for High Dynamic Range Sensors
A couple of patent applications caught my eye over the last week – and of course, with me traveling and living out of a suitcase right now I filed it in my head to revisit. These two patents show some unique pixel structures that we are not used to seeing from Canon.
22:00
The Fujifilm X-H2 Has a Special Feature for Sharper Images
Fujifilm X-H2 is a camera with one of the highest resolving APS-C sensors currently on the camera market. When you combine that with certain film simulations, photos will just look naturally sharper.
13:00
I Yearn for the Colors of the 5D Mk II
In the late 2000s, the camera industry had healthy competition that actually stood out from one another. The Nikon D700 and its relatives used 12MP sensors that tried to give the best high ISO output.
07:00
What the Next Fujifilm X100 Camera Needs
In some ways, I think that Fujifilm doesn't think that they need to make another X100 series camera. I mean, if you look at the Fujifilm X100 series of cameras right now, you'll see that you can't keep them in stock.
07:00
The Fujifilm XH2 is Out. Will the X Pro 4 Be Great Too?
For the first time ever, I'm pretty confused about the Fujifilm camera lineup. They have three flagship cameras. The Fujifilm XH2s has speed and a DSLR-style camera body. The Fujifilm XH2 has resolution and a DSLR-style camera body.
07:00
How the Leica Q3 Can Make Every Leica Fan Excited
As it is, Leica can't keep the Leica Q2 in stock. It's an excellent camera that wedding photographers and photojournalists really love. And quite honestly, it's probably the best full-frame point and shoot camera on the market right now.
18:36
Image Quality is More Than Megapixels
The megapixel count of a camera is often viewed by consumers to be the benchmark number for telling whether or not that camera is "good." If that were true, however, why do photographers not just buy a 108-megapixel smartphone to use as their primary equipment? The answer: because image quality has to do with far more than just megapixels. [Read More]
20:00
3 of the Best Lenses for the Leica M11 (You’ll Love These)
The Leica M11 answers the demands of many a photographer. It boasts image quality that looks like slide film while balancing the needs for both resolution and dynamic range. Plus, there's a cool brass version.
14:00
4 Great Cameras with Image Stabilization for Your Shaky Hands
The best thing about modern cameras with image stabilization is that you can capture things that really weren't possible before. These cameras give in to the fact that you're probably amped up on coffee or not always in a stable situation.
14:00
If the Olympus Pen F Mk II Ever Comes Out, This is What I Want
really, really do hope that Olympus is considering making another high end Pen F camera. They tend to say that those cameras don't work for them. But Nikon said the same thing about the Df. Then we got the Nikon ZFc, that's proving to have a lot of hype.
01:00
It’s Hard to Not Think the Nikon ZFC Is a Fuji Rip Off, But Check This Out
The Nikon ZFc has been accused by a few folks of basically being a Fujifilm rip-off. But that's not the case. Realistically, the Nikon ZFC is the company's modernization of the Nikon Df. They've desperately needed a retro style camera body.
07:01
Why the Nikon ZFc Is an APS-C Sensor Camera. Is Full Frame Coming?
I'm bound to believe that the Nikon ZFc will be looked at in multiple ways. First, this is a brave step for Nikon. The Nikon ZFc is smaller and lighter than the FM2 while having weather resistance built-in.
01:00
3 Photographers Who Create Beautiful Photos with the Fujifilm GFX Series
Fujifilm celebrates a long history in the medium format world. Before the Fujifilm GFX system came around, they were in medium format film. Folks loved Velvia, Astia, Pro 400H, and much more. Those looks and a bunch of others have been brought to the digital photography world.
01:00
Four Lenses That Make the Leica M9 Shine Like a Brand New Camera
There aren't that many absolutely iconic digital cameras. But if you had to pick one, everyone would agree about the Leica M9. It was the first mirrorless full-frame camera ever made. And it stood out from the pack with a CCD sensor that looked like chrome film.
20:58
OM Digital: “We Are On the Path of M43, We Will Not Go Full-Frame”
For some time there has been repeated speculation that OM Digital was going to (or should) join the L-mount alliance, but in answering questions in its “Four Thirds Day” presentation with Panasonic reconfirmed that it has no plans to produce full-frame cameras.
07:00
How the Olympus Pen F Stole This Photographer’s Heart
I remember when I was introduced to the Olympus Pen F before it was officially announced. The Olympus PR reps sold the black and white photo rendition to me very hard. So I shot RAW+JPEG with it just in case.
17:15
Has Canon developed a new 21mp sensor for the Canon EOS R system? [CR1]
Canon Watch is reporting that Canon has developed a new 21mp full-frame sensor and suggests we may see it in an upcoming EOS R camera. Read more...
07:00
The Ideas Behind Why Smaller Sensor Cameras Are Better Than We Think
Does anyone remember APS-H? It was a format that was primarily used by Canon in a variant of their 1D camera models. Back then, they had one full-frame camera for high megapixel shooting, and one APS-H camera for sports shooting.
14:00
Why Exactly Would a Photographer Want the Panasonic G100?
The Panasonic G100 doesn’t have in-body image stabilization on the sensor, but it has its 5 Axis Hybrid IS system. Besides being a terribly kept secret, the Panasonic G100 camera is boasting a whole lot in terms of upgrades and features.
20:11
Samsung Aims to Make 600MP Camera Sensor That Beats the Human Eye
Samsung unveiled the world’s first 108-megapixel smartphone camera sensor back in August 2019, but that sensor is only a taste of what may be to come. Samsung is aiming to one day make a 600-megapixel sensor that’s superior to the human eye.
17:00
Special Report: The Leica M10 Monochrom Is Kodak Tri-X in Digital Form
"That's a new one for you folks," is what I said when being briefed on the new 40MP sensor at the heart of the Leica M10 Monochrom. Indeed, it's not just the Leica M10's sensor with the Bayer array removed.
18:15
New Image Sensor Could Make Blown Highlights a Thing of the Past
German researchers have created a new high dynamic range (HDR) CMOS image sensor that features a new pixel design that could pretty much do away with blown highlights. While traditional CMOS sensors have pixels that “clip” and stop capturing highlight data when they’re fully saturated — all additional data is lost in those areas of […]
21:45
Canon U.S.A. Announces New 120 MP Ultra-High Resolution and 2.7 MP Ultra-High Sensitivity CMOS Sensors
MELVILLE, NY, June 20, 2019 – As image sensors are a driving force in innovating industries, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is Read more...
21:44
Canon Announces Development of New CMOS Sensor with High Dynamic Range and Ability to Capture Images Under Harsh Conditions
MELVILLE, NY, June 20, 2019 – The high demands of complex lighting and harsh environments require sensors capable of delivering high-dynamic range (HDR) and high-image Read more...
20:48
Why I Am Staying with APS-C
After a many year hiatus, I returned to photography as an avocation. In years past, I had been a semi-pro, using primarily Leica gear and film, of course at full frame. In those days the only significant half frame camera was the Olympus, which in spite of the smaller but more useful format gave a […]
15:15
A leaked document suggests that Canon has a 63mp full frame image sensor in the works.
*Update* After speaking with a couple of people, it turns out that this image sensor has no chance of ever making it to a consumer Read more...
07:00
This Technology Can Make a Camera Resolve Terapixels, Not Megapixels
It's possible very soon that a technology called Quantum dots could be implemented into making camera sensors significantly better than they currently are. For photographers, that means that higher end cameras with interchangeable lenses could take a quantum leap (pun intended) ahead of the smartphone world.
18:00
Is the term ISO “totally fake”?
Tony Northrup has posted a video discussing the exposure term ISO and has deemed it “totally fake”. It’s an interesting take on the use of Read more...
08:00
Canon Doesn’t Really Need a High Resolution EOS R; They Need to Fix a Few Things
Canon has had the Canon 5Ds and Canon 5DsR for a number of years now, so it only makes sense that they'd "update" those cameras by taking those older sensors and recycling them into a newer camera body.
16:00
Review: Leica M10-D (Almost the Leica That I’ve Been Waiting For)
When I walked into a meeting with Leica and saw the Leica M10-D, it reminded me of the very few times that I gasped with utter and pure excitement in the industry: when Sony announced their radio flashes/transmitter, when Capture One finally started to work closer with Fujifilm, and when Kodak announced that Ektachrome was coming back.
13:00
First Impressions: Leica S3 (One of the More Unique Medium Format Cameras Out There)
When I originally played with the Leica S2, I was enamored with the Leica S system and it's approach to making medium format more like a standard full frame DSLR. With the Leica S3, the company is continuing that tradition with more or less the same body.
16:01
Fujifilm is Developing a 100MP GFX Camera with IBIS and Phase Detection
To a truly stunned audience at Photokina 2018, Fujifilm announced that a brand new 100MP Fujifilm GFX camera will be coming soon. But this isn't any camera, they're pulling out all the stops here.
07:00
Opinion: The Fujifilm XT3’s Sensor Still Doesn’t Output Images That Look Totally Like Film (But They’re Nice)
The Fujifilm XT3 (or as they call it, the Fujifilm X-T3) is the company's latest evolution to their SLR style camera body designed to be a workhorse for many photographers. Despite a whole lot of great and absolutely fantastic things built into the camera, I personally am wondering what Fujifilm's goal is here with the idea of the X Trans sensor and Film Simulations.
07:01
The New Nikon D3500 has a Battery Life Rating of 1,550 Shots
While the rumors have been flying about the web for a while, you can confirm today that the Nikon D3500 is indeed real. The D3xxx series of cameras have always been their most entry level DSLRs and to that end, they basically take leftover product and rehash it into something more standard, basic and amateur.
10:00
First Impressions: Panasonic LX1 II (Maybe the Best Cam for Street?)
I'm not going to lie, I was wondering if the Panasonic LX1 was ever going to be replaced, and today Panasonic is announcing their new Panasonic LX1 Mk II. The camera keeps pretty much everything that was great about the Panasonic LX1 but replaces the internals.
16:40
The World’s Largest Ultrahigh-Sensitivity CMOS Image Sensor
Canon has posted an article about what they claim is “The World’s Largest Ultrahigh-Sensitivity CMOS Image Sensor”. You can see by the image above that the sensor dwarfs the Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D).
23:35
Industry News: CMOS Sensor Sales Are at An All-Time High
Things are going really well for CMOS sensor makers according to IC Insights. IC Insights reports: The spread of digital camera applications in vehicles, machine vision, human recognition and security systems, as well as for more powerful camera phones will drive CMOS image sensor sales to an eighth straight record-high level this year with worldwide revenues Read more...
15:42
Canon Touts its CMOS Sensor Technology
Canon USA has posted the video above talking about Canon’s CMOS sensors. From Canon USA: This video showcases Canon variety of sensors. For several decades Canon has been developing and manufacturing advanced CMOS sensors with state-of-the-art technologies for exclusive use in Canon products.
22:02
Leica M10 Full-Frame Sensor is More in Line with Top Crop Sensors: DxOMark
The Leica M10 is a $6,900 camera that some photographers swear by, but its full-frame sensor doesn’t stack up well against the top full frame sensors on the market — it’s more in line with the performance of top APS-C crop sensors.
19:39
Canon Global Shutter Sensor Paper
From Image Sensors World: MDPI Special Issue on the 2017 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW) publishes Canon paper “Development of Gentle Slope Light Guide Structure in a 3.4 ” by Hiroshi Sekine, Masahiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Onuki, Kazunari Kawabata, Toshiki Tsuboi, Yasushi Matsuno, Hidekazu Read more...
18:42
The Meyer Optik Primoplan 75mm f1.9 Can Cover Fujifilm’s GFX 50S’ Sensor
Just in time before the holidays, we're getting a brand new lens announcement in the form of the Meyer Optik Primoplan 75mm f1. 9. This new lens is a revamped and improved version that the company is creating for $629 to the backers of their IndieGoGo project.
23:03
NHK: 33mp 240fps 8K 1
ISW has uncovered a paper from NHK, Brookman, TSMC, and University of Tokyo for a “A 1.1- ” Once you get through all the crazy technical stuff, it basically describes a 1″ 8K stacked video sensor with a slow motion function. Is 4K already Read more...
