Canon has recently been thinking out of the box with its experimental camera lines, but a new patent filed in Japan shows the company isn’t afraid to try new things with more conventional camera equipment either. The designs show an interchangeable lens with a large, circular touchpad.
In the patent description, Canon says that the goal is to provide a lens that has “advantageous”…
Canon Patents Set of Lenses Designed for Curved Sensors
March 19, 2021
According to a new report, Canon has patented 10 new fast prime lenses that run the gamut of focal lengths from 50mm through 130mm and are specifically designed for cameras using a curved sensor. As such, some of the lenses noted are extremely fast.
Canon’s new patents…
Smartphone manufacturers make a lot of changes to devices each year both in software and hardware. Many of those updates sound great on paper, but are all of them appreciated by buyers? In a study by BlinkAI, the organization sought to find out what was actually important to…
Leica APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens samples
March 19, 2021
We just got our hands on Leica’s new APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens for full-frame L-mount cameras and, as you might expect, it’s an impressive piece of glass.
We shot it on the Leica’s SL2 and found a lot to like, including outstanding sharpness throughout the aperture range and across the frame, great distortion control, little CA, nice sunstars and lovely out-of-focus…
A camera repair company in Finland is recruiting new technicians for a forthcoming training school that will teach students how to repair, preserve and create parts for discontinued film cameras. The training program will be run by CameraMakers for the Camera Rescue project…
David Alan Harvey Has Resigned From Magnum Photos
March 18, 2021
David Alan Harvey, who has been at the center of controversy around images he took in 1989 which may or may not feature underage sex workers, has announced that he has resigned as a Magnum Photos photographer. Magun had previously suspended Harvey for one year while it…
Beijing Silvermine is an ongoing project by French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin. It boasts nearly a million found photos showing life in China from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
During this period, the photographic color negative film became popular among Chinese families to record their special occasions.
“Beijing Silvermine started in May 2009 out of my meeting with a man called Xiao Ma…
All footage shot using the Sony a1 with Sony 16-35mm F2.8 GM and Sony 50mm F1.2 GM lenses. Most shooting conducted using a DJI Ronin-S gimbal.
The Sony a1 is the second 8K-capable camera to come into our studio, so we took advantage of some rare spring sunshine to put…
Canon has announced a set of webcam accessory kits for a select range of its DSLR and mirrorless cameras, building on the Webcam Utility software the company launched last year to make using a Canon camera as a high-quality webcam easier.
There are currently three versions…
YouTuber, actor, and content creator Josh Yeo created a device that he says is the world’s first ceiling-mounted, motion-controlled camera dolly that allows him to create incredible motion timelapses and cinematic video shots in a way that dramatically elevates the quality of his work.
What Yeo has designed — called the Orbit — allows for some rather impressive shots, particularly when it…
