Kolari Vision has announced a set of clip-in magnetic filters that fit between the sensor and the back of a lens. Compatible with the R adapter, or native RF lenses, these can be used to add rear filtering to RF lenses, or two layers of filtering when paired with the R filter adapter.
The company says that the R Magnetic Clip-In Filter for RF Mount can be used to quickly change the effective…
Sony has quietly released a new video that shows its forthcoming Airpeak drone over the remote Iromote Island in Okinawa. The video features the drone outfitted with both a Sony Alpha 7S Mark III and new FX3 as well as the 14mm f/1.8 G-Master.
Sony has been slowly…
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…
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, was developed alongside Leica, proof of which is seen in the Leica branding around the 19mm (full-frame equivalent) F1.9…
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…
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 leaderboard earlier this year revealed that the heavyweight brands continue to dominate sales in Japan. In mirrorless cameras, Sony…
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.
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 Canon lenses currently on the market.
Northlight Images spotted a Canon patent (US Patent 20210141240) titled “Optical…
