Sigma has published a service notice for its newly-announced 28-70mm f/2.8 lens. According to a detailed note on Sigma’s website, the company has been made aware of the deterioration of the ghosting resistance on the lens over time under certain shooting conditions.
As reported by The Digital Picture, Sigma notes that a potential issue with the lens can lead to “increased ghosting over time…
Canon patent application reveals optical designs for three F2.8 ultra-wide RF mount lenses
March 27, 2021
A new patent application from Canon has revealed the company is working to develop a trio of ultra-wide lenses for its RF mount mirrorless cameras.
First seen by Canon News, the patent application details the optical designs for a 12mm F2.8 lens, a 14mm F2.8 lens and a 20mm…
While 2020 wasn’t a particularly good year for camera manufacturers overall, by the late fall and into the winter the sales number had rebounded, returning to more typical numbers. Through the year, the big three — Sony, Canon, and Nikon — unsurprisingly led total…
Canon has been busy: it has recently applied for a number of patents for its mirrorless system, including a new version of the popular 100mm f/2.8 macro, two fast wide-angle lenses, and an RF cinema camera mount.
These strings of patent applications were first noticed by Canon News. The EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro is one of Canon’s most popular lenses as it is ideal for a set of tasks ranging from…
On March 25, Sigma announced the 61-megapixel fp L camera that features a new autofocus system and much more resolution than the original fp. The company has provided a few images captured on the camera, and the quality looks impressive.
Sigma’s latest takes what made…
Hands-on with the Sigma fp L and its new viewfinder
March 26, 2021
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Hands-on with the Sigma fp L
Sigma has just announced the fp L, a high-resolution sister model to the original fp, released in 2019. With a 61MP full-frame sensor, it’s intended to be more…
Xiaomi, one of the leading global smartphone manufacturers, has teased an upcoming tech that will be found in the forthcoming Mi Mix device: a liquid lens. It’s the first of its kind in a smartphone and can apparently change focus and focal length just by altering the shape of the liquid element.
DPReview reports that according to some sources, the liquid lens will allow the manufacturer to…
Sigma has announced the fp L, a 61-megapixel, L-mount, full-frame camera that the company claims is the “world’s smallest and lightest single lens mirrorless camera.” It shares the same dimensions as the original Sigma fp, but makes notable upgrades to resolution and…
Adobe’s new Super Resolution is making a big splash in the industry as photographers can output cleaner upscaled images at four times the original pixel count. Is it really impressive enough to take the crown from Topaz Labs’ Gigapixel AI?
Super Resolution is a brand…
A few years ago I built an ultra-large-format (ULF) camera that is 24 inches by 24 inches. While it was a pretty huge camera, it was a simple build it was just two square standards, one for the front and one from the back that were connected by a big bellow.
There was no support base or focusing rails and I just support the two standards by using two tripods, so it was not the most stable camera.
