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This is a sad day...

It’s hard to convey the sense of shock and dismay I felt when a message from a colleague appeared this morning, telling me that DPReview was closing. I’m still trying to process it.

IR and DPR grew up together as the industry matured from the days when a megapixel was the norm and two...

 

 

DPReview.com has announced its closure after 25 years of operation. 

Digital Photography Review has been owned by Amazon since 2007. While the website has operated mostly independent from its parent company in the subsequent years, DPReview has unfortunately been caught up in the latest Amazon restructuring,...

 

 

In a pair of interviews (1, 2) with Nikkei Business, Sony Vice Chairman Shigeki Ishizuka discussed the early days of Sony's camera business, including Sony's A-mount Alpha DSLR cameras, a potential move to Micro Four Thirds, and the eventual decision to make full-frame mirrorless cameras.

The interviews are...

 

 

Move over, James Webb Space Telescope, the venerable Hubble Space Telescope still has much to offer. NASA has announced that Hubble recently spotted an irregular galaxy that showcases an impressive, imposing star-forming region.

As seen on Space.com, the new Hubble photo captures NGC 5486, a roughly spiral galaxy...

 

 

In 2017, Zhongyi Optics announced a pair of fast, manual-focus Mitakon prime lenses for the medium-format Fujifilm GFX mirrorless camera system. One of the lenses, the Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm F1.4, has now been announced in a new version for the medium-format Hasselblad X system. Hasselblad's X series cameras,...

 

 

The James Webb Space Telescope observed a rare Wolf-Rayet star last June, although NASA announced it this week. The star, WR 124, is showcased in unprecedented detail thanks to Webb's sophisticated imaging instruments.

WR 124 is about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. WR 124 is massive –...

 

 

I’m writing this a few days after the CP+ 2023 photo trade show in Yokohama, Japan, sitting happily in a hotel room in northern Japan (Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture). It’s just the first of eight interviews with photo-industry executives that I’ll be publishing in the coming weeks. This piece should go up...

Click here to read our Nikon Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S Nikkor Hands-on Review

 

 

The Nikon Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR S Nikkor lens is unique among Nikon's Z mirrorless system. It's Nikon's first 100-400mm lens period, including the company's DSLR lens lineup. It's also the only telephoto zoom lens in Nikon's lineup...

 

 

DxO has announced PureRAW 3, the newest version of DxO's excellent raw photo enhancement software. Built upon DeepPRIME XD technology, the major update to PureRAW offers photographers more control, an improved user interface, and a smoother workflow.

The backbone of PureRAW 3 and its impressive raw processing is...

 

 

SportsShooter.com, a popular online resource for sports photographers, has announced that it will shut down this week on March 15. 

As reported by PetaPixel, SportsShooter.com's origins can be traced back to an email newsletter that USA Today photographer Robert Hanashiro began in 1998. Hanashiro shared his...

 

 

Sony has announced a new retinal project camera system to help photographers with visual impairments.

The Sony DSC-HX99 RNV is a kit that combines Sony's HX99 compact camera with a QD Laser Retissa Neoviewer. The Neoviewer is a specially designed viewfinder that utilizes laser retinal projection. The viewfinder...

 

 

The 95th Academy Awards were last night. Many fantastic films and talented people were honored. However, instead of focusing on the latest and greatest in cinema, DPReview published a slideshow of six films that feature photography as a narrative element. By the way, the list doesn't include documentaries about...

 

 

Adobe Lightroom Classic is an extremely popular all-in-one raw photo editor for many reasons, not the least of which is its diverse range of image editing tools. Lightroom uses intuitive sliders for many basic editing tasks and even includes AI-powered masking tools. However, even though many of Lightroom's...

Click here to browse our updated Canon R6 II Gallery

 

 

Back towards the end of last year, Canon announced its first "second-generation" model for one of its popular EOS R-series mirrorless cameras, the R6 II. The new Canon R6 Mark II builds upon the foundation of this capable, enthusiast-grade full-frame camera...

 

 

New point-and-shoot cameras are few and far between. Gone are the days of Sony releasing a new version of its popular RX100 series every year or two. Likewise, Nikon Coolpix superzooms are rarely updated.

However, the death of the point-and-shoot may have been exaggerated. Sure, smartphones have almost entirely...

As photographers, no matter the specific discipline you may choose, we capture hundreds, thousands, of photographs year after year. And if you shoot digitally, what do you normally do with all of your photos? They probably end up on hard drives, or in Lightroom catalogs, maybe posted to your Instagram or website portfolio, and there sit. Digitally. I'm also confident that...

 

 

Leica has announced its longest SL-System lens yet, the Vario-Elmar SL 100-400mm F5-6.3. The lens also sports the greatest zoom range of any SL-System lens at 4x, eclipsing the 3.75x zoom range of the Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm F2.8-4 ASPH. The new zoom lens is the longest SL lens by 120mm, besting the...

 

 

ON1 has announced a new standalone app and plugin that offers the company's impressive sky swap technology outside its flagship all-in-one photo editor, ON1 Photo RAW 2023. ON1 Sky Swap AI 2023 offers powerful artificial intelligence, impressive sky masking, and a large library of built-in skies.

ON1 Sky Swap AI...

 

 

Fujifilm has announced a new Instax camera, the Instax Mini 12. The Instax Mini 12 carries over the main features of its predecessor, 2020's Instax Mini 11, but sports a new look and enhanced functionality.

The most obvious change is the look of the camera. The Instax Mini 12 has what Fujifilm describes as "an...