Nothing screams analog quite like the Sprocket Rocket. When it was first launched in 2011 by Lomography, it carried a couple of firsts in its plastic body: it was “the world’s first panoramic wide-angle 35mm camera dedicated to sprockets” and was the first film camera to be fitted with a reverse gear to “rewind and remix” photos with.
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As part of DPReview. com's twenty fifth anniversary, we're looking back at significant launches from that time. And today we're looking at one of the most significant: the arrival, sixteen years ago today, of the world's first Mirrorless camera. dpreview.com »
2024-09-12 18:41
What was your first camera? This year is DPReview's 25th anniversary. Naturally, we've been thinking a lot about cameras from the past quarter century and even beyond. In that spirit, we thought it would be fun to update an article initially published a few years ago in which current and former DPReview editors share the cameras that gave them their start in photography. dpreview.com »
2024-05-11 17:30
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. dpreview.com »
2024-04-24 17:00
Defining a brand The Fujifilm Finepix X100 was the company's first large-sensor compact, and helped define the X series that sprang from it. As a result, understanding the X100 VI's history helps us understand the brand. dpreview.com »
2024-02-23 18:00
The Lecia Q3 was the most fun I had with any gear in 2023. Photo: Shaminder Dulai No camera stood out to me more this year than Lecia's Q3. But it's not for the reasons you may imagine. dpreview.com »
2023-12-19 18:00
A passenger flight was forced to make an emergency landing in NYC this weekend after a woman mistook a fellow passenger’s vintage camera for a bomb. The suspected terrorist was pinned to the tarmac before authorities figured out he was a camera enthusiast. petapixel.com »
2021-10-11 18:21
I love talking about historical times because they’re weird, chaotic, and often make no sense. But they were fun. Today we efficiently build amazing buildings 160 stories high. But nobody puts gargoyles on them anymore. dpreview.com »
2021-07-05 17:00
Aaron ended up picking up a Minolta Maxxum 5 and 28-80mm kit lens for under $20. Read: The $20 film camera challenge part 1: the hunt A quick recap: In part one (see link above), I proposed a $20 film camera challenge, the goal being to find a working film camera for less than twenty bucks, shipping included. dpreview.com »
2020-09-18 16:00
The C. I. A. is no stranger to working with animals. And for a time, the common pigeon was a clandestine photographer in the name of Uncle Sam. In the mid-1970s, the C. I. A. describes what's called the Bird Camera Program. thephoblographer.com »
2020-09-13 13:00
Conservation photographer and wildlife tracker Jeff Wirth was reviewing the photos on a camera trap he had set up when he was surprised with this unexpected shot: an unknown man who had spotted the camera and decided to strike a pose. petapixel.com »
2020-08-08 19:36
Gear that got away: reader responses After sharing our own stories of selling gear and later coming to regret it, we heard from our readers with their own tales of woe – and we weren't quite prepared for the emotional rollercoaster ride it would be reading your comments! From an unlikely reunification, to a camera left behind in combat, to a sturdy lens that wouldn't quit (until a spider moved in) your stories have all the excitement of a summer blockbuster. dpreview.com »
2020-06-06 15:00
Old and new: The Canon PowerShot G3 and the PowerShot G1 X Mark II. This article was originally published in 2017 as part of our 'Throwback Thursday' series. It's hard to believe that the Canon G-series is almost 17 years old, and while technology has certainly marched forward, 'G cameras' have consistently been a favorite of enthusiasts and even pros. dpreview.com »
2020-05-02 19:31
I recently had an opportunity to shoot a short video while on vacation in New York, so decided to take the X-T4 with me. It's a pre-production unit but one we've been told is close enough to final spec that we can show the video from it, so it seemed like a chance to put in some hours on the camera as we await a fully reviewable model. dpreview.com »
2020-03-10 18:09
Nothing screams analog quite like the Sprocket Rocket. When it was first launched in 2011 by Lomography, it carried a couple of firsts in its plastic body: it was “the world’s first panoramic wide-angle 35mm camera dedicated to sprockets” and was the first film camera to be fitted with a reverse gear to “rewind and remix” photos with. thephoblographer.com »
2018-08-16 01:00
An amazing story of one camera’s incredible journey has emerged over in Asia. The Canon camera was lost at sea for over two years before it was recently discovered, and the owner has just been found thanks to the photos within. petapixel.com »
2018-03-29 20:50
PARALLAX was directed by Philip Edsel. Director of Photography: Peter Longno. Producer & BTS: Moyo Oyelola. Choreography: Jacob Jonas. Dancers: Nick Walton & Joy Isabella Brown of Jacob Jonas The Company. dpreview.com »
2017-12-25 12:01
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_2188671836","galleryId":"2188671836","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); For the past two weeks, sports photographer Andrew Hancock has been shooting with a pre-production model of the Nikon D850, putting it through its paces to see if there was anything Nikon's new DSLR couldn't do. dpreview.com »
2017-08-26 02:26
Credit: Gabriele Barni Late 2011 was a period of big changes for me. I had just finished up college, an internship, and landed my first 'big boy' job at Puget Sound Energy doing photo and video for their communications department. dpreview.com »
2017-08-10 13:00
Old and new: The Canon PowerShot G3 and the PowerShot G1 X Mark II. It's hard to believe that the Canon G-series is almost 17 years old, and while technology has certainly marched forward, 'G cameras' have consistently been a favorite of enthusiasts and even pros. dpreview.com »
2017-06-08 13:00
Beautiful flowers in golden sunlight along the southern California coast I had to leave all my musical instruments in Cincinnati when I first moved to Seattle three years ago. Recently, I found the time to road trip back and collect them. dpreview.com »
2017-05-28 15:00
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 »
2017-05-18 13:00
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 »
2017-03-16 13:00
Introduction ISO 200, 1/4000 sec, F2. When I travel, I always bring a dedicated camera with me. My preferred form of 'travel photography,' at least when taking pictures for myself, is to document my experiences and create a visual diary. dpreview.com »
2017-01-26 15:00
I recently built my own DIY large format camera using scraps. The idea of this camera started with vintage profile spotlight that I wanted to restore, only to discover that some of the internal lens elements were shattered. petapixel.com »
2016-09-06 17:29
Pretty? Yes. Well-built? Yes. Image quality? Ehhh. . . In 2007, I was chiefly concerned with three things: fixing whatever had recently broken on my 1980 Datsun 210, scouring the electronics section of the local Goodwill in an endless quest for a louder stereo, and finding older computer games that my home-built PC would play acceptably well. dpreview.com »
2016-09-01 16:00
Nothing screams analog quite like the Sprocket Rocket. When it was first launched in 2011 by Lomography, it carried a couple of firsts in its plastic body: it was “the world’s first panoramic wide-angle 35mm camera dedicated to sprockets” and was the first film camera to be fitted with a reverse gear to “rewind and remix” photos with.