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The team at Lensrentals rents a lot of camera equipment. This gives the team an interesting perspective and provides them with a large enough sample size to notice if any cameras or lenses are more likely to exhibit certain issues. Even good lenses can show problems given extensive use by many different photographers. The Panasonic S Pro 70-200mm F4 OIS is one such…
Rare 0-Series Leica camera owned by Oskar Barnack expected to fetch over $2.6M at auction
March 29, 2022
The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner and to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, Leica is auctioning off an extremely rare unit, a Leica 0-Series camera owned and used by Oskar Barnack, the man who more or less invented 35mm still…
Venus Optics Laowa 45mm F0.95 Sample Gallery
March 29, 2022
DPReview news editor Gannon Burgett has spent the past week with Venus Optics’ Laowa 45mm F0.95 Argus lens attached to his Canon EOS R. Above is a gallery of images, including Raw, he captured around Lansing, Michigan. Check out the photographs to see how it performs…
Samsung has announced the 32-inch M8 Smart Monitor which features 4K resolution, support for a billion colors, 99% coverage of sRGB, and looks very similar to the Apple Studio Display. It is also a smart TV.
Both a Monitor and a TV
Samsung’s “Smart Monitor” line was first launched in 2020 and is designed to be both a computer monitor and entertainment center all in one. It has the…
Leica has announced the return of the Leitz Photographica Auction, the world’s largest auction of historic cameras that will be held for the 40th time and celebrate its 20th anniversary, with a special piece this year — the Leica 0-Series No. 105, produced in 1923.
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Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift lens that provides a plus or minus 11mm shift on full-frame cameras and gives architectural photographers the ability to have more control over perspective.
The new 20mm f/4 Shift lens joins Venus Optics’…
A Canadian film crew was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight at San Francisco’s Twin Peaks parking lot on Friday. A group of attackers took their cameras and footage and, in a video, one can be seen pistol-whipping a victim.
According to NBC Bay Area News, police are investigating the incident which took place Friday evening. The encounter was captured on video and posted on Instagram…
Hungarian photographer Benedek Lampert has shot a beautiful series of photos paying homage to the iconic science fiction movie Back to the Future. What’s neat is that each of the images was created with a LEGO DeLorean car and simple practical effects.
“Back To The…
Astrophotographer Vincent Ledvina is an avid northern lights enthusiast, photographer, and physics undergraduate. During his latest trip, he captured a spectacular 8K aurora timelapse in Fort Yukon, Alaska.
The Appeal of Timelapse Photography
Ledvina is majoring in…
NBC has sparked criticism for airing edited photos of transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas that softened the athlete’s facial features. The photographer behind one of the photos says she is “surprised and disappointed” at what was done to her original shots.
Thomas dominated news headlines in March after becoming the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA…
