The Panasonic Lumix S5 has just been released in New Zealand, and I received mine a few days ago. Last night, with clear skies, I took it to the south coast of Wellington, New Zealand, to see what the new advances in High Resolution mode included in the S5 could bring. This mode takes 8 […]
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that we tried to revive wet smartphones by sticking them in a bag of rice and hoping for the best. Now, most modern smartphones are “water-resistant. petapixel.com »
2022-01-15 22:33
I was waiting for a day like this. For a long time, I never thought that companies could make a 50MP camera that can shoot at 30 fps. But the new Sony a1 is smashing that idea. Today the company announced the majorly innovative camera. thephoblographer.com »
2021-01-26 19:15
Canon Japan recently announced a new “high-sensitivity CMOS Sensor” that can capture high-quality, color footage a 1080p and up to 60fps even in extremely low light. The sensor is meant for industrial use, but it shows what’s possible, even when you’re using relatively tiny pixels. The announcement went live in Japan at the end of […] petapixel.com »
2020-08-21 19:40
Blackmagic just unveiled the URSA Mini Pro 12K: an 80MP monster of a cinema camera that can shoot 12K RAW video at up to 60fps. That’s 80 megapixels per frame captured at 60 frames per second on a Super 35mm image sensor… for less than $10,000. petapixel.com »
2020-07-16 20:58
Portrait photographer Miguel Quiles is back with the third part of his series on various lighting modifiers. Part one covered the beauty dish, part two covered the umbrella, and part three is all about the different ways you can use a softbox to capture distinctive portraits. petapixel.com »
2019-12-18 23:06
It's been a good while since we've seen a solid new weatherproofed camera of some sort, but this newest option from Panasonic seems to be taking the cake in many respects. It's waterproof in up to 102 ft of water; but it's also dustproof. thephoblographer.com »
2018-05-11 12:00
Have you ever considered that your iPhone might be watching you? Felix Krause, a developer at Google, says he has found that iPhone apps could theoretically spy on you if given camera permissions. With an app published on GitHub, Krause illustrated how it’s possible for a malicious app to photograph you at its leisure without you […] petapixel.com »
2017-10-28 20:56
Canon’s amazing new ME20 camera can shoot at a whopping ISO 4,560,000 and can capture incredible views of stargazers under the Milky Way. Now the short video above shows what the camera can do underwater — Canon and a team of researchers recently used the camera to shoot bio fluorescent turtles. Researchers recently discovered a […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-08 19:42
Olympus has unveiled their new flagship camera in their micro-four thirds OM-D lineup, the OM-D E-M1 II. The new high end M4/3 body features a 20.4MP Live MOS sensor with 121 Phase Detect AF points, among other impressive features. thephoblographer.com »
2016-09-19 20:42
Panasonic has announced firmware updates for the S-series cameras that are set to improve and enhance the performance of the cameras. The updates are video-focused and bring the most features to the S1 and S1H cameras such as Blackmagic RAW support for the S1H and 6K recording to the S1. Panasonic S1H In addition to […]
Panasonic has just unveiled the much-rumored and heavily leaked Lumix S5: a compact, entry(ish)-level full-frame mirrorless camera that packs a lot of impressive video and stills features into a more compact and affordable L-mount body.
Sony isn’t the only company with a new entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera in the pipeline. According to recent reports, Panasonic is going to release its own “Lumix S5” camera that’s being described as a “smaller version” of the Panasonic S1.