Zenit has announced the release of four new full-frame prime lenses it first showed off last year. Two of the manual prime lenses are for Sony E-mount cameras, while the other two are for Canon EF- and Nikon F-mount cameras.
Zenitar 35mm F2
First up is the Zenitar 35mm F2 lens for Sony E-mount cameras. The lens is constructed of seven elements in five groups, has an aperture range of F2…
Sharp's new Aquos R6 smartphone puts a 20MP 1-inch sensor behind a Leica-branded Summicron lens
May 18, 2021
Sharp isn’t exactly known for its mobile devices, but its new Aquos R6 smartphone (translated) makes quite the statement with its 20MP 1-inch rear camera and 240Hz display.
The device, which appears to be limited to the Japanese market for the foreseeable future…
Godox has announced a new flash system that the company says is the most powerful pack it has ever produced: the pack and head P2400. It promises a 1/17,800 second flash duration, 0.7 second recycle time at full power, and clearly targets the high end where Profoto and…
Sharp has just announced the Aquos R6 smartphone with a large Leica-branded lens and huge 1-inch sensor, a first for a traditional handset manufacturer.
The Verge reports that the Sharp Aquos R6 has a “Summicron” lens that is produced by Leica and a large 20-megapixel, 1-inch sensor. While it is not the first phone ever to feature a sensor this large — the Lumix CM1 carries that honor —…
A new survey being conducted over in Japan has surprising results on what the most beloved camera brand is. While companies such as Canon, Nikon, and Sony may currently command market dominance, it’s Pentax/Ricoh that has gotten the most love.
BCN Awards‘ latest…
In its latest development build, Microsoft has added support for HDR in Windows 10 which will unlock access to the full gamut of colors in HDR displays in creative and artistic apps, including both Photoshop and Lightroom.
As reported by BleepingComputer, Microsoft has…
Available now, users will be able to download and natively run Adobe Photoshop on 64-bit Windows 10 ARM devices.
As one of the industry standards in post-processing, Photoshop — which runs only in 64-bit operating systems — was not available for Windows 10 on ARM64 PCs. However, as first reported by Windows Central, Adobe has announced this month that is has expanded its Photoshop…
A newly published patent suggests that Canon might be trying to bring a catadioptric optical system back to its camera lens lineup. If the “mirror lens” designs do materialize, we would likely see super telephoto lenses that are much smaller and cheaper than equivalent…
A new report alleges that Apple is not only planning to shrink the size of its FaceID sensor chip but also scale down the size of the large front-facing “notch” at the top of the display thanks mostly to a redesigned front-facing camera.
Spotted by MacRumors, DigiTimes…
Vazen has announced its latest anamorphic lens in the 50mm T2.1 1.8x, which adds what the company calls an “ultra-wide-angle option.” It is available in either Canon EF or PL mounts.
Vazen is a Chinese-based lens manufacturer that exclusively makes anamorphic lenses for Canon EF, Canon RF, PL, and Micro Four Thirds. At the time of publication, the company had only eight lenses in its full…
