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’ 15mm f/4.5 lens to allow photographers two different focal lengths with the shifting functionality. The lens has a 94.4-degree…
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…
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.
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Ledvina is majoring in physics at the University of North Dakota and his goal is to study the aurora and become a space weather forecaster. With a…
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…
Digital cameras are great — the technology they are built upon is remarkable, underpinned by remarkably sophisticated designs. Not only that, but the pictures they acquire are of such astonishing quality that they make anything that went before pale in comparison. So why…
Venus Optics has announced its latest lens, the 20mm F4 ‘ Zero-D’ Shift lens.
This manual wide-angle shift lens offers minimal distortion and shifts +/- 11mm on full-frame camera systems, allowing you to control the perspective for architectural and real estate photographs.
The lens is constructed of 16 elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical elements and three extra-low…
Panasonic, The Lumbering Tech Giant That Makes Cameras
March 26, 2022
The camera sector isn’t exactly a thriving business at the moment, with year-on-year declining sales and a slew of manufacturers having exited the market.
The only way to survive — it would appear — is to have a significant market share (like Canon) or to be…
Canon Australia says 'very small number' of EOS R5C units affected by autofocus issues
March 25, 2022
Update (Wednesday March 23, 2022 at 8am ET): Regarding units affected in other areas, a Canon representative said ‘Canon Americas EOS R5 C units were updated and corrected before distribution within the territory.’
Update (Friday March 25, 2022 at 12pm ET): The original…
By definition, ‘fixed-lens’ cameras aren’t designed to have their lenses removed. But that didn’t stop photographer Ronaldo Carvalho from taking apart an old Olympus Trip 35 camera to adapt its 40mm F2.8 lens to his Canon EOS R6 camera.
As shared in the above video, the idea came about when Carvalho noticed the camera was beginning to fall apart on his shelf. With the camera already in…
