Nikon has created a wholly-owned subsidiary called Nikon Creates Corporation that will offer the ability to plan, shoot, and produce volumetric, virtual reality (VR), and 3D content as a licensed partner of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Capture Studios.
The launch of Nikon Creates is a major sign that Nikon is embracing video content creation at a corporate level. The wholly-owned subsidiary was…
Fujifilm Japan has published a notice on its website informing consumers that there could be forthcoming shortages of its three remaining 120 format color reversal slide film stocks.
According to the notice, first spotted by Kosmo Foto and embedded below, FujiChrome Velvia…
Venus Optics has announced a slightly updated version of its Laowa 15mm F4.5R Zero-D Shift lens. In addition to minor specification changes, Venus Optics has also added Fujifilm GFX-mount support for both the old (blue ring) and new (red ring) models.
The new red ring Laowa…
This past week, Nikon shared its ‘Medium Term Management Plan,’ which details what areas of its businesses Nikon will be focusing on from now through 2025. While much of it focuses on Nikon’s non-imaging businesses, Nikon does detail a number of interesting strategies regarding its future efforts for digital imaging.
On a presentation slide title ‘Imaging Products: Business Strategy,’…
Shooting rugby is hard, but nothing like as hard as the people who play it.
Nikon Z9 | Nikkor Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 S @ 400mm | 1/1000 sec | F5.6 | ISO 1400Photo: Richard Butler
There’s a vast difference between going to a sports events with the intention of getting…
Man Creates a Working 35mm Movie Camera with 3D Printing
April 10, 2022
There is no denying that shooting on film is expensive. It is among the many reasons major studios have all shifted to using digital cameras for their movie-making. But even with the shift in technology and cost, there is just something appealing about the way these old…
Fujifilm has announced some bad news for medium format photographers who use its slide films: there will be shortages of 120 reversal films as the company struggles to source the necessary ingredients.
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen supply chain issues and soaring materials costs across the globe, and the photography industry has been noticeably impacted as well. Estimated arrival times for…
If the number of obituaries written about someone is any measure of their impact on society, Janet Malcolm was a heavy hitter. Google lists more than 40,000.
Before passing in 2021, Malcolm was a staff writer at the venerable New Yorker magazine for almost 60…
Tamron Developing 28-75mm and 28-80mm Drone Lenses
April 9, 2022
Tamron has filed a patent for a pair of zoom lenses designed for use on gimbals and drones: a 28-75mm f/4 and 28-80mm f/4.5. Both lenses are described as compact and with little change to their center of gravity across the zoom range.
The patent, filed by Tamron in…
Scientists from the University of Irvine have developed a camera system that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with an infrared camera to capture full-color photos even in complete darkness.
Human vision perceives light on what is known as the “visible spectrum,” wavelengths of light between about 300 and 700 nanometers. Infrared light exists beyond 700 nanometers and is invisible to…
