Did you receive a brand-new Olympus camera over the holidays? If so, chances are good that the next addition to your photographic toolbox will be a Raw processor from the likes of Adobe, Capture One, DxO or one of their many rivals. But is payware or even subscriptionware software really necessary, when Olympus provides its own software free of charge with your camera purchase?
Olympus…
Watch Photography Professors Do a Shootout with Kids’ Toy Cameras
February 27, 2021
Northern Arizona University recently decided to conduct a photography shootout that pitted two of its photography professors against each other. The challenge: to shoot the best graduation portraits they could with toy digital cameras designed for children. You can see how…
What started out as a small crowdfunding campaign has grown into a passion for helping photographers feel comfortable. Clever Supply Company, founded by former wedding photographer Todd Balsley, produces straps that he hopes allows photographers to actually enjoy carrying a…
Nikon Z7 II sample gallery update
February 27, 2021
Nikon’s Z7 II has a 45MP sensor in a fantastically solid and well-sealed body, so when the snow started coming down across western Washington State, it seemed like the perfect camera to document our first major snow event in two years. Thankfully, the controls are pretty easy to operate with gloves, too.
So, as we tend to the final bits of our long-awaited Nikon Z7 II review, come with us…
Sigma GM reveals a new DG DN Sports zoom lens is being developed
February 27, 2021
Earlier today, Sigma broadcasted a livestream wherein it gave updates on its mirrorless lens development efforts. The 30-minute detailed covered a number of topics regarding its ongoing efforts to develop more lenses for mirrorless camera systems, but one of the most…
Pentax has launched a quartet of recolored versions of its K-1 Mark II DSLR, which was first released in 2018 and is currently the company’s flagship K Series camera. The K-1 Mark II J Limited 01 DSLR seems to be available only in Japan, which was also the case for the…
MIT Engineers Create Camera Lens That Focuses With No Moving Parts
February 26, 2021
Using physical glass elements for camera lenses has been at the core of imaging technology for centuries, but MIT engineers have now fabricated a new “metalens” that can focus on objects at multiple depths without changing its physical position or shape.
This new lens is not made out of solid glass, but transparent “phase-changing” material that can rearrange its atomic structure when…
Canon has unveiled its next concept camera and it’s designed for desk workers and office life, both at home and at the office. It’s less of a photo-taking device and more of a monitoring camera with the purpose of keeping an eye on how you sit called Posture Fit.
The…
Funleader Launches M-Mount Version of its 18mm f/8 Cap Lens
February 26, 2021
Funleader has announced an updated version of its Caplens 18mm f/8 for M-Mount that it claims has been adjusted to make for a better user experience in street and landscape photography, specifically on Leica rangefinders.
This new version is available in M-Mount, but…
Moody Pano Photos of Waves Shot on Waterproofed Hasselblad XPan
February 26, 2021
Surf photographer Ben DeCamp has captured a beautifully moody series of black-and-white photos of waves using a waterproofed Hasselblad XPan film camera, considered by some to be a “holy grail” camera that DeCamp leveraged for his enthralling panorama-style images.
DeCamp is known for his stunning images of surfers and waves, but his latest series comes after experimenting with panoramic…