Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO, a lens it claims is the smallest 2x macro for any full-frame camera. It is available for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, and Leica M mounts.
Venus Optics says that the Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO is specially designed for Full Frame mirrorless cameras and is also the most compact 2x macro lens on the market. It weighs…
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet Shot a Quarter Million Photos from Space
November 29, 2021
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet has returned to Earth after a 200-day stint on the International Space Station (ISS) and has begun sharing some of the nearly quarter of a million photos he captured while in orbit.
Pesquet has been a boon for…
Artist’s Photoshopped Photo of Beat-Up Kate Middleton Sparks Outrage
November 29, 2021
Photos of Kate Middleton and other high-profile women have been heavily Photoshopped as part of a domestic violence campaign on Instagram, which has sparked anger from some users while others have praised it for raising awareness.
The man behind the graphic…
Topaz Labs’ Software Dramatically Improves My Astrophotography
November 29, 2021
Astrophotography is a discipline rife with compromises. It’s a battle of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO with no one combination being completely ideal. That’s where Topaz Labs in the edit comes to the rescue.
Topaz Labs’ most popular Image Quality Bundle that includes Sharpen AI, DeNoise AI, and Gigapixel AI normally costs $259.97. But through the end of today, November 29, the…
How to Shoot Macro Photos with Regular Lenses and Extension Tubes
November 29, 2021
Macro photography works well with conventional lenses and inexpensive extension tubes. The combination achieves 0.3x to 0.5x magnification. Depth of field is much greater with these moderate magnifications than at the 1x magnification possible with macro lenses.
I…
Digital Camera Demand Booms in China as ‘Live Commerce’ Explodes
November 29, 2021
Buying a new camera is about to get even harder, as exploding demand in China led by “live commerce” has led to increased supply issues on a system that already cannot meet demand.
Exports out of China have slowed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and, as…
Solarcan Puck is a Limited-Time Palm-Sized Pinhole Solargraph Camera
November 28, 2021
Solarcan has announced Puck, a smaller limited-time version of its soda-can-shaped Sun-catching camera. The new model comes shaped like a circle and produces round instead of more traditional rectangle images.
Solarcan, created by photographer Sam Cornwell, specializes in producing solargraphy cameras that don’t require any DIY skills. Anyone can use them without knowing a single thing…
Remember those heady days of 2010? The release of the iPhone 4 and iPad, the New Orleans Saints won Superbowl XLIV, Iron Man 2 hit the cinemas, Eminem released Recovery, and Biden was Vice-President. It was also the year when camera shipments peaked at over 120 million…
Colorized Photos of Wartime Animals Reveal Their Sacrifice
November 26, 2021
A talented photo colorizer has paid a tribute to wartime animals by breathing a new and colorful life into historical photographs that depict them and their sacrifices.
Tom Marshall is a professional photo colorizer based in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. He has…
Canon EOS R3 studio scene published
November 26, 2021
The sensor in the Canon EOS R3 is key to the image quality the camera is capable of, and it’s Canon’s first ‘stacked’ CMOS sensor to date. Let’s take a quick look at how it compares to other cameras of similar pixel counts.
Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you’ll encounter in the real world. It also has two…
