Photography

Venus Optics has announced that the Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO it launched last year for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, and Leica M mounts is being released for Leica L-Mount. The Smallest 2x Macro for Any Full Frame Camera Venus Optics touts the Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO as the smallest 2x macro lens available for full-frame cameras. It weighs 259 grams (9.12 ounces) and is…

Update (Monday February 14, 2022 at 12pm EST): The original version of this article incorrectly referred to as Tokina in a few areas. The article text and headline have been updated accordingly. Tamron has published its full 2021 fiscal year financial results and inside are a number of hints at what we can expect from the optics manufacturer throughout its 2022 fiscal year. One of the most…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space, piercing the thick clouds that obscure the planet. Reveals Continents, Plains, and Plateaus NASA reports that in two recent flybys by the Parker Solar Probe, it was able to use its Wide-Field Imager, otherwise known as WISPR, to photograph the entire night side of Venus in wavelengths…

Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Canon Inc. of Japan have announced that they have ‘successfully reached an agreement with one of China’s leading logistics and fulfillment companies in a dispute over the warehousing and shipping of counterfeit ‘Canon’ camera batteries into the United States for China-based sellers.’ As part of the agreement, the fulfillment and shipping…