Pergear has announced a 10mm f/8 APS-C manual focus, wide-angle pancake lens for micro four-thirds, Nikon Z, Sony E, and Fuji X mounts that features an extremely compact “body cap” design.
Described as a “tiny fisheye pancake lens” designed for APS-C and micro four thirds, the tiny $79 lens is constructed of five elements in four groups (which includes three extra-low dispersion elements…
Turning Off Your Camera on a Zoom Call Helps Save the Planet
January 25, 2021
If you often find yourself in Zoom meetings in which others on the call don’t need to see your face, you now have a great excuse for leaving your camera off: it can help save the environment.
A new study conducted by researchers at Purdue, Yale, and MIT has found that one…
Nikon U.K. is Suspending Orders as a Result of Brexit Changes
January 25, 2021
Nikon U.K. has announced that as it attempts to navigate changes brought about by Brexit, it will be halting new orders until further notice. The company originally stated it was ceasing all orders and shipments, but has recently clarified its position.
Over the weekend…
ZY Optics Reveals the 50mm f/0.95 Lens for Leica M-Mount
January 25, 2021
ZY Optics has announced the Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens for Leica M-mount cameras, a manual focus lens that not only supports Leica Rangefinder Coupling for focus assistance but also promises to work with third-party autofocus adapters made for Nikon Z or Sony FE cameras.
This latest 50mm f/0.95 for Leica M-mount joins ZY Optics other 50mm f/0.95 lenses for Canon RF, Nikon Z, and Sony…
Tamron 17-70mm F2.8 Di III-A VC RXD sample gallery
January 25, 2021
Tamron’s 17-70mm F2.8 III-A VC RXD is a lightweight zoom for Sony APS-C E-mount shooters. Equivalent to a 25-105mm F4 in full-frame terms, this lens handles nicely on a6000-series cameras and offers great versatility for daylight shooting. Fast to focus, it also…
Samyang adds full frame 14mm T3.1 to VDSLR MK2 line-up
January 25, 2021
Lens manufacturer Samyang has introduced a new wideangle lens to its VDSLR MK2 full frame cine series in the shape of the 14mm T3.1 VDSLR MK2. This brings to series to five lenses in total and takes the focal ranges covered to 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm.
Like the…
Adobe recently gave Photoshop the ability to instantly colorize photos using Adobe Sensei AI technology. Here’s a new 1.5-minute video tutorial by Adobe showing how you can now breathe color into a black-and-white photo with just a few clicks.
After loading up your photo, go to Filter->Neural Fliters to open up the new Neural Filters panel.
In the beta filters section (the Erlenmeyer flask…
In Praise of Inexpensive Lenses
January 23, 2021
When I was a semi-professional 4×5 landscape photographer I often spent a half-hour shooting a single sheet of film and several hours enlarging it to the best of my ability. I sought the sharpest possible result. And now in the digital age, I still pursue sharp…
Lensrentals tears down a Canon RF 100-500mm F4.7-7.1 lens to solve the mystery of a cracked element
January 23, 2021
Roger and Aaron are back at it again for Lensrentals, this time with a teardown of a Canon RF 100–500mm F4.7–7.1 lens with a little secret inside.
As Roger tells it, Lensrentals has come across ‘several’ copies of Canon’s RF 100–500mm F4.7–7.1 lens with a…
Canon’s AI Camera Will Be Called PowerShot PICK: Report
January 22, 2021
Just two days after the initial rumor that Canon’s experimental AI camera was close to coming to market, a Japanese publication has reported that it will be officially revealed at the end of January through a crowdfunding campaign.
Reported by DC Watch and accompanied by what appear to be official marketing images, the camera will supposedly be named PowerShot PICK and will be launched on…
