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Olympus introduces M.Zuiko 8-25mm F4 Pro Micro Four Thirds lens

Olympus has added a new member to its ‘Pro’ lineup of high-end Micro Four Thirds lenses: the M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro. The 8-25mm, which has a 35mm-equivalent field of view of 16-50mm and an F8 equivalent aperture, has numerous special elements, including a ‘DSA’ (dual super aspherical) element to reduce sagittal flare or comatic aberration (commonly referred to as…
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Here's the Olympus PEN E-P7 and here's what it means...

OM Digital Solutions has announced the Olympus PEN E-P7 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, its first release since acquiring the Olympus brand at the beginning of the year. The camera will be available in Europe and selected other regions but not, initially, North…
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Hands-on with the Olympus ED 8-25mm F4 PRO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hands-on with the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro is a compact, ultra-wide to normal zoom lens for the Micro Four Thirds system. It covers a full-frame…
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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro sample gallery

The new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro offers Micro Four Thirds shooters a 16-50mm equivalent focal range. Compact and weather-sealed, it’s especially well-suited for landscape and nature photography, but also a good option for street shooting, architectural photography, videography, and more. View our Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro lens gallery Author: dpreview…
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Performance Test: Lightroom Classic is Way Faster on Apple Silicon

This morning, Adobe unveiled the long-awaited version of Lightroom Classic that is fully optimized for Apple Silicon devices, and we had a chance to test it out before release. Our hopes were high for a program so famously sluggish. Could Apple’s M1 processor deliver a hefty performance boost for photographers? In short: yes. The latest version of Lightroom Classic was up to 25 percent faster on…
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9 of History’s Rarest Lenses That You Can Actually Buy

Through the history of camera development, thousands and thousands of different types of lenses have been designed and produced. Some did not advance beyond the prototype stage, some were privately commissioned, and naturally many were mass-produced to one degree or another.
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Scientists Create Cyborg Cockroach Camera for Search and Rescue

A group of international robotics researchers has developed an urban search and rescue solution that skirts past the current limitations of miniature robotics through what they are calling an insect computer hybrid system, which fuses a living insect platform with a microcontroller. The researchers say that there is still a long way to go before miniature robotics are ready for true search and…
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