Photography

  87% Overall score Jump to conclusion   The Sigma 35mm F2 DG DN is a fairly compact, weather-sealed medium-wide prime lens for L-mount and Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras. It’s designed as a more compact, reasonably priced alternative to ultrafast prime lenses already available in these systems, but that doesn’t mean Sigma has compromised on build or optical quality. For prime shooters…

CIPA has published its global camera shipment and value numbers for November 2020 and the recovery seen in October appears to be stabilizing. Though volume has decreased year over year, the value of shipments is nearly in line. Below are the charts that CIPA has published showing all 2020 shipment and sales numbers compared to the same periods from 2018 and 2019, with more detailed statistics…

Photography has been with me for as long as I can remember. In my childhood, my father had an old Zorki camera, the Russian Leica II clone, and he had a habit of developing films from our trips in the darkroom. That place with unfamiliar smells and substances had a unique charm for me. I always asked to be there and learn myself the process of film development, as seeing the blank paper turn into…

There are reports that multiple Sony E-Mount cameras are going to come to market this year, with at least two recently registered in Japan. That said, a recent factory fire may be delaying their launch. In early December, PetaPixel reported that a massive fire completely destroyed the AKM parts factory in Japan. AKM is known mostly for producing parts critical to the manufacture of A/V products…