NewsPhotography

Gear in this story

May 17, 2023
The Leica M11 Monochrom is a black-and-white only variant of the company’s 60MP full-frame rangefinder camera. We had a chance to shoot with the M11 Mono, to see how it performs. Here is a gallery we produced with the camera. The samples were created using the Summicron-M 50mm F2 ASPH and the Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH lenses. View our Leica M11 Monochrom sample gallery Author: Richard…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Gear in this story

May 17, 2023
Leica has announced an updated version of its Summilux-M 50mm F1.4 ASPH fast normal prime for its M lens mount. The redesigned Summilux-M is designed to match the size of the 2022 version of the Summilux-M 35mm F1.4 ASPH. The lens’s minimum focus distance has been…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ample unveils next-generation battery swap station that cuts times down to 5 minutes

May 17, 2023
Battery swap startup Ample publicly unveiled its second-generation station design in San Francisco today. This next chapter in US battery swaps is the culmination of thousands of previous swaps performed by Ample, which has now cut its processes down to a mere five minutes. Ample is a California-based startup that has tasked itself with helping get 1 billion electric vehicles on roads around to…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Gear in this story

May 17, 2023
Product photos: Richard Butler The Leica M11 Monochrom is the company’s latest full-frame digital rangefinder camera, built around a version of the M11’s 61MP BSI CMOS sensor that has no color filter array to interpret color. Key features 60MP BSI CMOS sensor with dual gain design Multi-field (matrix) light metering ISO 125 – 200,000 Three Raw or JPEG resolution options (60MP…
Read more
DefenseNews

For command post survival, US Army wants more mobility and concealment

May 17, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army wants to make its command posts nimbler and more easily concealable to survive intense, widespread fights of the future, and it’s pulling lessons from the invasion of Ukraine to inform the effort. Command posts of the past were relatively stationary, cumbersome to set up and break down, and often identifiable by the heat, noise and electronic artifacts they give off.
Read more