Fior Markets, a self-described futuristic market intelligence company, is predicting a massive boom in underwater cameras. In its forecast, it’s anticipating the market to reach a value of $15.3 billion by 2027.
Right now, underwater cameras are pretty niche and usually considered a bonus feature of action cameras outside of specialized cameras like the Olympus TG-6. But as the sale of action…
Tamron 17-70 F2.8 Di III-A VC RXD field review
February 9, 2021
Introduction
The Tamron 17-70 F2.8 Di III-A VC RXD is a very compact general-purpose lens for Sony’s APS-C, E-mount mirrorless cameras. Think of it as roughly equivalent to a 24-105mm F4 lens on a full-frame camera, but scaled down to match the APS-C sensor…
Fujifilm X-E4 pre-production gallery updated with more samples
February 9, 2021
We’ve been shooting around more with our pre-production Fujifilm X-E4 and though its image quality is a known-quantity, we’re now getting a much better sense of of how it handles. In many ways, it feels like an interchangeable lens version of the X100V…
Nikon Q3 financial report: imaging business revenue and profit down double-digits as it prepares for future sustainability
February 9, 2021
Nikon has released third-quarter (Q3) financial results for its 2021 fiscal year (FY2021), revealing the harsh realities of a shrinking market further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As doom-and-gloom as the numbers may appear though, it seems Nikon’s Imaging Products Business has survived the worst of it and has set itself up for a sustainable future going forward.
Nikon’s consolidated…
Caught on video: Photographers robbed of $7,000 in gear while stuck in traffic in San Francisco
February 9, 2021
Real estate photographers Ben Barghabany and Mahsa Tighi of HomeShots experienced a photographer’s worst nightmare, having their gear stolen. The pair of photographers were sitting in traffic in San Francisco when, in broad daylight, a robber smashed their back window…
OnePlus 9 Pro Will Feature Hasselblad Camera System: Report
February 8, 2021
According to images shared by YouTuber Dave2D, OnePlus will soon be releasing a high-end flagship smartphone that features Hasselblad branding on the camera array. While many rumors like this end up being fake, this one actually appears legitimate.
OnePlus doesn’t have…
In an interview with Asahi, the CTO of the newly-created OM Digital Solutions answered several questions about the company, its products, and its future. In it, why the imaging division was sold off, how long the company intends to keep the Olympus brand, and other details were revealed.
Asahi’s Koichi Akagi (who is a photographer and familiar with what camera fans are looking for) spoke to OM…
This may be the modern-day equivalent of a stagecoach robbery: a pair of photographers were just brazenly robbed while they were sitting in traffic in San Francisco. Robbers smashed their rear window and stole a bag filled with $7,000 in gear, and it was all caught on…
5 Cameras You Should Avoid
February 6, 2021
If you are reading this article, there’s a high chance that sooner or later you are going to buy a new camera. And as we all know, photography is not exactly a cheap hobby.
Maybe it is going to be your first more expensive camera or just the next one in line. You might…
Oppo Develops Double-Sided Pop-Up Smartphone Camera
February 6, 2021
Multiple companies are apparently trying to solve the selfie camera notch problem in various ways. Oppo has a design they could implement as early as this year that allows a single pop-up camera module to capture photos both forward and backward out of a single unit using mirrors.
The images here are renders that LetsGoDigital commissioned from Jermaine Smit, also known as Concept Creator, using…
