News entries for August, 2015

 

 

A couple of years ago, we reviewed Nikon's D7100, an impressively capable all-weather DSLR with one notable shortcoming. Although it gave Nikonians a whole lot of camera in most respects, the D7100 was hobbled by inadequate buffer that could fill in less than a second. The followup Nikon D7200 addresses that...

So, you like the look of Hasselblad Sony rebrands, but don’t care to shell out the absurd amount of money they’re asking? Well, you might just be in luck, because French company Lexigeant has announced a special setup for Sony’s RX100 III & IV that gives you the wooden handle and a custom leather wrap-around for what can only be considered a...

Autumn is almost here, meaning Olympus’ summer sales are coming to a close. But, if you’re quick to pull the trigger and looking to pick up some new Olympus gear, you have through September 5th, 2015 to do so.

In addition to bundle savings when purchasing a camera and lens together, Olympus’ summer lens sales can save you up to $200 on...

‘One app. One tap. One magazine.’

That’s the slogan of Recently, a new iOS application and service that automatically curates and creates a magazine each month using 100 of your best smartphone photographs.

Rather than letting the best your smartphone photography getting lost amongst the hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs you take...

Meet LTD.RUN, a new website and accompanying service that will custom print posters with a simple drag-and-drop of your photograph.

Following the ‘do one thing well’ mentality, LTD.RUN makes buying a large-format print as easy as possible. Simply go to the site, choose your aspect ratio (and whether you want a frame) by cycling through a...

If you’re looking for a new way to keep your lenses nearby when you’re out shooting, Peak Design’s newest products might be just what you’re looking for.

In collaboration with their ongoing Kickstarter campaign for ‘The Everyday Messenger’ camera bag, Peak Design has announced the CaptureLENS and Lens Kit, two new products they deem to be...

 

 

Back in March, Sony expanded their FE lens lineup with four new models, including the very compact, budget-friendly FE 28mm f/2.0 prime lens. Sitting slighly wider than their earlier FE 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss-branded prime, this 28mm lens remains similarly small and lightweight, while ringing up at a hefty price discount...

A new patent from Canon shows off the groundwork for a flexible LCD display that can be adjusted to give you more screen real estate when you need it.

According to the patent, originally filed in February 2014, an LCD screen on the back of a DSLR or mirrorless camera would be able to be made larger or smaller through the use of a rotating...

 

 

The Panasonic FZ200 has been a vastly popular camera on our site for many years now, and for good reason. This was the first all-in-one long zoom camera to sport a bright constant (f/2.8) aperture across the focal length range, therefore drawing the interest of long zoom fans and wildlife shooters craving both...

This morning, Apple sent out the official invite for its September 9th event at Bill Graham auditorium in San Francisco, California, where it’s expected to release the next iteration of its iPhone series.

If Apple follows along the namesake it’s stuck to for six years now, it’s likely the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will be the names of the...

 

 

In an unexpected twist, Instagram has announced it's now bringing official support for landscape and portrait photos and video.

The square format has long been a staple for the Facebook-owned social network, but with almost one out of every five photographs posted to Instagram containing unused white space,...

Film photography isn’t nearly as prevalent as it once was, but there are plenty of photographers who still prefer emulsion over electronics, myself included. Despite preferring the analogue method when it comes to capturing photographs, it’s essential to turn the film negatives into digital files for sharing them online.

To do that, you can...

 

 

After being announced back in February for both the European and Asian markets, the Canon EOS M3 is finally coming Stateside -- and we've got First Shots! After a rather lackluster response, at least in the US, to the original EOS M, Canon -- or Canon USA, at least -- decided to hold off on releasing the subsequent...

Seventeen years after Canon released the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM, it’s finally giving the wide-angle prime the successor it deserves in the form of the EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM, a very welcomed update that dramatically improves upon the classic lens in almost every regard.

This updated wide-angle prime is the first lens in the world to feature...

Fujifilm’s X-T10 mirrorless camera is just one of a handful of X-series cameras that Fujifilm has spent the last few years crafting and perfecting. Today, you’ll get to see a behind-the-scenes look at the manufacturing process of the X-T10, from the cutting and shaping of the metal to the packaging.

Shared by Fujifilm Europe on its YouTube...

 

 

We've got another Field Test for you today from our favorite Maine-based nature and wildlife photographer, Jeremy Gray -- the Canon G3 X. Although he's traditionally been a DSLR guy, the Canon G3 X, with its relatively large sensor and hugely versatile 24-600mm-equivalent optical zoom lens, looks to be an...

In the world of digital photography, we work in color spaces, ‘a specific organization of colors’, as defined by Wikipedia. There are many color spaces, but more often than not when we’re working with a digital-only workflow we deal with two, sRGB and Adobe RGB.

If you’re wondering what exactly a color space is, how it affects your workflow...

According to a new patent, Canon is working on a new tilt-shift adapter for its M-series cameras that would work with every lens in Canon’s vast EF lineup.

The patent, originally filed in February of 2015, details the design for a ‘smart’ adapter of sorts that uses an internal CPU to adjust the adapter depending on the camera and lens being...

Alright, so they might not be made out of Gorilla Glass, but filter manufacturer Hoya has announced a new lineup of HD3 photography filters that are said to be four times stronger than ‘standard optical glass’ and antireflective coatings that are 800% harder than the previous HD2 generation filters, all while letting in 99.7% of light.

The...