A San Francisco reporter for a local news station was conducting an interview about theft problems in the Twin Peaks neighborhood when he was accosted at gunpoint and robbed of his camera.
Don Ford, a reporter for KPIX 5 News, was working on a story about robberies in the neighborhood that have been on the rise since the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SFMTA) closed the…
DPReview has published an interview with Nikon executives where the company is asked some very pointed questions about its strategy and future. In it, Nikon promises that a flagship Nikon Z camera, a mirrorless akin to the D6 DSLR, will come in 2021.
DPReview pointedly…
The Pittsburgh Penguins NHL team is facing backlash after one of its staffers Photoshopped masks onto people in an image shared on social media. The original photo featured multiple people either not wearing masks or wearing them incorrectly.
The image and associated tweet…
Typically, bird photographers use high-end cameras with telephoto lenses and trek out into the wilds but enthusiast Ostdrossel has a different method: she lets the birds come to her. Using a feeder-mounted camera, she remotely captures striking images of the birds that visit her home in Michigan.
Ostdrossel says that the images she shares are either taken with a timelapse setting or via a motion…
While Google Photos has been the subject of some scrutiny since it announced it would be removing its unlimited “High Quality” free storage option, it’s still a very popular service. Apple is making it easy to move from iCloud to Google Photos with a new free feature…
The Nikon Z 24-200m F4-6.3 is an impressively capable travel zoom for the company’s full-frame and APS-C Z-mount cameras. It doesn’t have a super-fast maximum aperture (it’d be the size of a bazooka if it did, after all), but it turns in really sharp images…
Video: Programmer shows it's possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) DSLR
March 5, 2021
We’ve already seen how DOOM can be played on a Kodak digital camera from 1998. It appears though that’s not the only gaming software that can be played on a digital camera. In a recent YouTube video, a programmer that goes under the pseudonym Turtius shows it’s possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) with a clever bit of reverse engineering.
The project started as a…
Nikon has released NX Studio, a new all-in-one image management and editing program for macOS and Windows computers.
The new program is designed to view, process and edit still photos and video. As Mike Tomkins detailed in our review, NX Studio is effectively the…
Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH
March 5, 2021
Leica has announced the release of the APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH. The compact 35mm F2 is the closest-focusing M-mount lens, with a minimum focus distance of just 30cm (11.8″).
The optical formula of the 35mm F2 includes 10 elements in 5 groups, with 4 aspherical…
Leica Unveils the APO Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH Lens
March 4, 2021
Leica has added to its M-mount lens lineup with the announcement of the APO Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH lens, a “sibling” optic to the APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, and promises to be able to resolve the high megapixel sensors of the present and future.
The 35mmf/2 ASPH is the only M-lens with a close-focus distance of just 30 centimeters (~11.8 inches) and has what Leica describes as a…
