SAN DIEGO – Nov. 21, 2023 – Today, Sony Electronics announces the completion of a second round of testing for Sony’s in-camera authenticity technology with Associated Press. This in-camera digital signature allows for the creation of a birth certificate for images, validating the origin of the content.
It looks like Sony plans to ride the global shutter technology hype generated by the Sony Alpha 9 into their cinema lineup with what appears to be a global shutter version of the Sony PXW-FX9. Next Sony Cinema Camera (Google Translated) PXW-Z750 users will be delighted with the larger sensor version, which will be positioned [.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Sony Alpha 7, the first Alpha full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless camera. Sony is marking the occasion by announcing a breakthrough advancement in imaging technology -- the Sony a9 III, the first full-frame ILC to incorporate a global shutter image sensor. [Read More]
“Real photographers shoot manual.” I think this is one of the first pieces of “advice” a store owner gave me as I was buying my first camera. Back then, I was buying a cheap Canon DSLR to document my first trip to LA, and strangely enough, the friend I was visiting on that trip told me the same thing few days later: “How come you are not shooting in manual?”; Looking back at it, if I am being honest, both were condescending.
My friends and family are all kind of shocked at the times when I don't have a camera with me. It's an oddity and, indeed a rarity. I often need to train them on the idea that just because I have one with me that I won't always take photos.
With the silver variant of the Leica SL2 and Leica SL2s on the market, we're pretty sure that the Leica SL3 and SL3s might be coming next year. But we don't actually know if that's what they'll be called, considering that Leica is taking inspiration from their vintage R series cameras for this.
"I see the world much like it appears in an impressionist painting, all speckly and blurred with no definition or detail," says photographer Kurt Weston. "It is as if there was a big glob of Vaseline on my eye.
Every photographer has just a little bit of snobbery in them at times. Maybe you're a brand loyalist who swears by your fact that Sony is better than everything else on the market. Others may be proud to call someone an Uncle Bob at a wedding or an event.
It looks like Sony is getting set to announce another camera alpha camera body in Q4 of this year, this time it'll be the alpha a9 III based on recent certification in China along with the rumored roadmap.
We're missing out on a big camera: the Canon EOS R1. Everyone else is just calling it the Canon R1. Considering that the Olympics are in 2024, we're expecting to see a camera that can outperform every single camera on the market.
If you're an iOS user, you know very well that you can search for whatever you want on your phone. It even recognizes the content in your photos, so I can easily find a picture of a sandwich if I want in my library.
Sony has announced a "significant" new firmware update for the Cinema Line FX3 and FX30 camera systems that enables the cameras to shoot DCI 4K in true 24 fps and adds anamorphic lens de-squeeze and breathing compensation. [Read More]
Modern cameras are far more capable than smartphones. I'm not talking about DSLRs here, as the optical viewfinders let them have great battery life. But modern mirrorless cameras do so much these days that the battery life has to keep up.
It's not even 9am when I'm writing this article, and I've already barked sighs of dashed hopes. As I sit here paging through the press info about the new Leica 100-400mm f5-6. 3 SL lens, I'm also searching for a sign of hope.
My name is Geoff Decker and simply put, I’m a photographer; I push buttons, and stuff happens. I’ve been shooting for roughly fifteen years and I semi-jokingly consider myself a specialized generalist, mostly to poke fun at those who ask.
There are a lot of great ways that you can improve the battery life of your camera. Modern cameras have become more and more complicated with all the different things that their processors and sensors do.
Laowa has been on quite a roll with getting new lenses out. And on paper, the Laowa 58mm f2. 8 ultra macro APO lens is supposed to blow things out of the water. It focuses very closely, has an apochromatic lens element, and is lightweight.
Most photographers tend to use the clarity slider to make their images look sharper. But they rarely ever bring it to the opposite direction. Clarity can indeed make your images appear sharper by boosting the mid tones and making the micro-levels of blacks in the scene look deeper.
Our Nikon Z9 review has gotten an important update. In the year since it's been released, it has received several firmware updates that have made the camera far more competitive against its biggest rivals.
If there was ever a camera that's gotten a fair amount of improvement, I'd say without a doubt that it's the OM System OM1. With just a few firmware updates, the company formerly known as Olympus has been working to improve things like autofocus.
Our Canon EOS R7 review has received an update with firmware 1. 2 being released. This is overall a very minor firmware update. In fact, that's really all that I've seen Canon issue to this camera.
Before I go on, know that this post is about the high ISO image quality of full-frame cameras as well as APS-C cameras. But with APS-C cameras, it really needs to start taking a quantum leap forward.
7Artisans has announced a new wide-angle APS-C lens for Nikon Z, Sony E, Fuji X, EOS-M, and MFT mounts, the 12mm f/2.8 Mark II, an updated version of its previous 12mm f/2.8. [Read More]
Smartphones have gotten to the level of quality they are at not just because the sensor hardware is improving, but also because software and processing has gotten a whole lot better.
One of the things we miss the most in photography, be it art or stock, is diverse bodies; everyone seems to be cis, white, thin, and abled, whereas reality is far more diverse and varied. Lindley Ashline has made a point of debunking these beauty standards in her life work, and as such, we thought it important to shine a light on it.
Since we originally published it in December of 2021, a lot has changed in the camera world. and so, we updated our blog post on a quick comparison of the animal autofocus detection of various cameras.
Lost in the shuffle of yesterday's FX30 camera announcement was the coming availability of a 640GB capacity CFexpress Type A card, the largest capacity from any manufacturer yet. [Read More]
One of the cool things that we do here at the Phoblographer is update reviews that we've done. And we've worked to update our Canon, Sony, and OM System reviews as much as we can. But recently we've also added more to them due to a head to head comparison we did.
Sony has announced the availability of its in-camera forgery-proof photo technology that cryptographically signs photos at the point of capture which allows photographers to detect if the image is manipulated or tampered with down the line. [Read More]
The camera industry has been locked in a megapixel race for years. But, there’s another specification that has companies dueling for bragging rights: Burst speed. With 50 megapixels no longer out of the ordinary, the focus seems to have turned to just how fast a camera can snap those high-resolution pictures.
Exascend has announced a new series of CFexpress Type-A memory cards whose specifications match both Sony's and Prograde Digital's promised performance but offer a lower price and a new industry-highest capacity of 240GB. [Read More]
It's time for one of our favorite things: pancake lenses! And Venus Optics are calling their new Laowa 10mm f4 lens a "cookie," but we can traditionally call it a pancake. This new super thin is designed for APS-C cameras.
Critical focus is the plague of this decade. I look at myself sometimes, and I am ashamed. The first thing I do with any new piece of gear the second I can put my hands on it, I shoot a frame and punch in to see all those details, all those glorious megapixels.
Photographers for years, have always said that they don't want anything smaller than full-frame. Indeed, I still know a lot of photographers who think this way. But if manufacturers have shown us anything, it's that we're in an APS-C camera renaissance.
We're really curious about the Laowa 90mm f2. 8 Macro lens being announced today for a few reasons. First off, Laowa puts out new lenses at a very furious pace. More importantly, they make them for nearly every lens mount available too.
There have been these reports going around the web discussing how Sony says that smartphone imaging will supersede what ILC cameras do in 2024. And I think that photographers and the tech world are focusing too much on the image quality part of all this.
The Fujifilm X mount is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year--and for such a young ecosystem, what they managed to accomplish is nothing short of incredible. Having said that, we will not deny that the recent years have not brought as much innovation as we would have imagined.
"I think my conceptual frameworks usually come from something very personal, like working out past traumas," says photographer Michelle Watt to the Phoblographer about how she gets her ideas. ". .
Sony has announced that it is accelerating its goal of achieving carbon neutrality across all of its divisions by 10 years, from the initial goal of doing so by 2040 with a new target of 2030. [Read More]
Photographers for a long time have wanted to reach for f1. 4 lenses while scoffing at f1. 8 lenses. No, let me rephrase that. Photography snobs for a long time have wanted to reach for f1. 4 lenses.
I'm a user of various camera systems. If you're on the Phoblographer's reviews team, then you're bound to be a brand agnostic. You can use pretty much any camera and camera system that's thrown at you.
I've always been baffled as to why camera manufacturers don't make more silver cameras. For years, they were considered the standard until black came in. But that doesn't mean at all that silver isn't worth a look.
SAN DIEGO, CA – April 27, 2022 – Sony Electronics Inc. announced today the 67th lens in its mirrorless E-mount lineup – the highly-anticipated, FE 24-70mm F2. 8 Read more. . . The post Industry News: Sony announces the FE 24-70mm F2.
Trust us, we've done the tests. When it comes to weather sealing tests on cameras, there's arguably no better solution than the stuff that we've done to various cameras and lenses. We've actually gone out and used the cameras and lenses in the worst weather conditions.
Years ago, Epson made a camera that today, is only dreamed of by many photographers. Indeed, the Epson RD1s was ahead of its time, but also behind the times. Today, it would be looked at as classically cool.
says that each of these camera brands are supported in Capture One Pro 22 and that moving to a single program will help prepare for upcoming launches, including an iPad version. The move to one program, the company says, is to prepare for upcoming launches including the iPad app, which the company teased last year for arrival in "early 2022.
In my 12 years of running Phoblographer, I've owned a camera or lenses from every manufacturer. They're all good. No one makes a bad camera or bad lenses. But very few of them are great. Lots of photographers talk about getting rid of their gear acquisition syndrome (GAS).
If you're curious about animal detection autofocus in your camera, then you've come to the right place. We've been curious about it too. What's more, each camera system takes its own approach to how to do it.
First off, I'm a guy that will always try to avoid post-production at any cost. Any that's far easier to do with some camera systems than others. But if you really have to do post-production, then the high dynamic range (HDR) setting really does matter.
It’s Black Friday! We’re rounding up the Black Friday Camera Deals for 2021 right here. And there’s so much more too. Want lenses? We’ve got them. Flashes and camera bags? Those are all here too.
A new open letter signed by over 150 filmmakers and photojournalists is asking major camera companies to build encryption features into digital cameras and the photos they produce. The letter was published today by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which “protects and defends adversarial journalism in the 21st century.” They were sent directly to […]
It's not quite peak gift shopping time yet, but the deals are coming, fast an furious. Some are limited time, so make sure to check them out and check back often for the latest deals so you don't miss out on the deal of the season.
One of the most popular lens focal lengths out there is the 50mm--but they're sometimes worthless if they can't focus quickly. Whether you're a professional or hobbyist photographer, there isn't a reason why you wouldn't want to have a fast focusing 50.
Sony's FE 5omm F/1.8 is not only one of the best deals in the FE lineup right now, it is also a killer lens in terms of image quality. Amazon has an insane deal on this lens right now bringing the price tag under $200, down from the already great normal price of $250.
Sony today announced its new Sony FE 50mm f/2. 8 Macro full frame lens. It’s a light and compact prime lens that provides versatility. For ordinary photography, the lens features a large f/2.
The digital revolution—and a revolution it was—enabled photographers to immediately start saving money after new equipment purchases. Sure, the quality sucked initially (and convenience was overstated) but after a few years, the whole thing really started to work properly, for the most part.
New data released by major Japanese analysis firm BCN+R shows that Fujifilm saw massive growth in market share in December 2021 thanks to the wild success of the Instax Mini Evo.
There is a purveying sentiment that cameras have only gotten more expensive over time. While there is certainly some validity in certain sectors of the market, the truth about camera prices over time is a bit more nuanced and complex than the average person makes it out to be. So, let’s take a look. Please […]
Canon is preparing for a time when the digital camera market will only ship 10 million units annually, about 8. 2% of the number shipped in 2010. With that in mind, the company is slimming down its production, sales, and product lineups going forward.
While Sony likes to mention to the media that it is the #1 interchangeable lens mirrorless (ILM) brand globally, its statistics often refer specifically to full-frame. Across all ILM cameras, Canon and Olympus have been Japan’s top ILM brands over the last decade, but Sony has regained top position. BCN has published its’s BCN Awards, […]
10 months down, two to go! We've almost made it through 2020. Hallelujah! Still, even with everything going on, you, our readers, have been giving plenty of cameras new homes. At the end of every month, we take a quick look at the most popular cameras.
Earlier this morning, Manfrotto unveiled its first ever range of batteries and battery chargers. The new lineup includes a set of rugged batteries for Nikon and Canon, as well as a line of dual-battery “ProCUBE” chargers for Nikon, Canon, and Sony, each of which can also charge 4 AA batteries. Starting with the batteries, Manfrotto […]
Back in May of 2019, Jared Polin of Fro Knows Photo ran a side-by-side Eye AF comparison that showed (to nobody’s surprise) that Sony was the king of Eye Autofocus. But a lot has changed since then, including several firmware updates and an updated focus system from Canon. Is Sony still king? Jared wanted to […]
A Japanese patent from Sony hints at a future lens that would allow you to shoot first, and focus your photos later. By combining multiple smaller lenses into a single larger lens, the idea could open up a world of new imaging possibilities if it ever comes to pass. The patent was spotted by SonyAlphaRumors, […]
Sony has been quietly developing and patenting a “flying camera” drone over the past few years. While not much is known about the project, the published patents (titled “Flying Camera and a System”) reveal some interesting features of the device.
BCN has revealed their awards for 2020, and the biggest news from this year’s camera stats is that Sony has overtaken Olympus to claim the #2 spot in Mirrorless category while Canon has finally, for the first time ever, claimed the #1 spot in all three stills camera categories. BCN numbers are always an interesting […]