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…
Yongnuo Launches 25mm f/1.7 Lens for Micro Four Thirds
February 5, 2021
Yongnuo has announced the 25mm f/1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds on its official website today. While the construction appears to be designed to be affordable and lightweight, the company also claims solid performance.
The YN25mm f/1.7M will weigh 150 grams and will be…
KamLan, a Chinese lens manufacturer, has announced the release of the KL 32mm f/1.1 lens. The optic will be available for multiple APS-C mounts and Micro Four Thirds on February 12. It will retail for about $300.
KamLan has stated the lens will be available for multiple…
7 Reasons to Add a Noctilux Lens to Your Camera Bag
February 5, 2021
As a professional corporate photographer who completes around 300 professional assignments a year and has done so for many years, I have used a number of modern, ultra-fast lenses made by excellent optical equipment manufacturers, but I keep on coming back to the Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 lens by Leica.
As a Leica shooter, I was first drawn to the Noctilux out of curiosity but I already had a sense it…
Canon produced its 150-millionth lens in January, marking an incredible milestone 34 years in the making
February 5, 2021
Canon’s current collection of EF and RF lenses for both still and cinema cameras. Click to enlarge.
Canon has announced it reached the ‘significant milestone’ of producing its 150-millionth interchangeable (EF and RF) lens in January 2021. In its press release…
Video: Orbit around the moon for 4 hours in this real-time video
February 5, 2021
Seán Doran uses still images from organizations like NASA and JAXA to create stunning videos. His latest work is ‘MOON in Real Time I,’ which is the first video seen below. Doran denoised, graded, repaired and retimed footage from the JAXA/NHK Kaguya Orbiter…
Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner specializes in dissecting objects and photographing them in stunning detail. His work is meticulously and thoughtfully crafted. One of Oefner’s more famous series, ‘Disintegrating,’ features images of performance cars seemingly being blown apart. Fabian’s latest project, ‘Heisenberg Objekt No. III,’ features a sliced up Leica M6…
