Photography

Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki. Sigma’s ongoing Foveon full-frame sensor development project has run into many issues. In February 2020, Sigma announced that it was going back to the drawing board with its full-frame Foveon sensor and would be restarting development from scratch. About a year later, it announced it was fully engaged in research and development and asked for patience from its…

NONS has launched its latest camera, the NONS SL660. The SL660 is an interchangeable lens SLR analog instant camera. The camera has a passive EF mount and records images to the widely-available Instax Square film, which retails for around $20 for 20 exposures. If the ‘NONS’ brand sounds familiar, you may recall the company’s first camera, the SL42, which was the first instant…

As you know, there has sadly been a raft of camera thefts in San Francisco of late, putting a spotlight on places you might want to think twice about hauling expensive camera gear with you the next time you visit. The news reports on the thefts usually aren’t very specific about the exact location of the heists, so I thought I’d simply point them out here, in a little more detail, before…

Academy award-winning software developer Boris FX has launched a new version of the Optics plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic that the company says will add “the same high-end cinematic look and effects to photos that the film and television industry has relied on for over twenty years.” The Optics plugin, which also operates as a standalone application, comes loaded with over…