Photography

Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma, pictured in 2018 at the Photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany. After a long, eventful year since we last spoke, we connected with Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki recently, over a video call from his headquarters in northern Japan. In a wide-ranging interview he spoke about his vision for the future of his company as both a lens manufacturer and camera manufacturer, what…

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. Of these, some are particularly rare. While many have been lost to time with little record of their existence, still others…

On June 3, Fujifilm partially shut down its servers in response to a ransomware attack. The company has reportedly heard from the hackers but is refusing to pay their ransom demands and will instead rely on backups to restore its servers. According to a report on Verdict, Fujfilm has refused to pay the ransom demands and has already gotten its computer systems in the United States, Europe, the…

Tycho Jones, an 18-year-old musical artist from Hackney, East London, has released a music video for his song, ‘Don’t Be Afraid.’ Typically, a music video wouldn’t be covered here on DPReview, but Jones’ video is unique. Jones’ record company, Globe Town Records, hired artist Edd Carr to make the video. Carr did something we’ve never seen before; he…