Roger Cicala and the crew at Lensrentals finally got the chance to do a proper teardown of the Canon EOS R5, and what they found is an exceptionally well-sealed camera that’s packed full of the latest tech. That’s both a huge pro and, if you’re thinking in terms of heat dissipation, a potential con.
It’s worth mentioning right away that Cicala doesn’t tackle the overheating debate…
7 Tips for Creating a Sense of Depth in Your Landscape Photos
September 9, 2020
Landscape photographer and YouTuber Mads Peter Iversen is back with another helpful tips video. This time, he’s covering a very important subject that many beginners fail to properly appreciate when they’re just starting out: how to create depth in your landscape…
Lensrentals tears down the Canon EOS R5 and finds interesting sealing and thermal flow
September 9, 2020
Image credits: Photos published with kind permission from Lensrentals.
Since Canon announced the 8K-capable EOS R5 mirrorless camera, there has been heated discourse online about the thermal flow inside the camera and its propensity to overheat. Curious photographers have…
Scientists Take World’s First 3,200MP Photos with Sensor Made for World’s Largest Digital Camera
September 9, 2020
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have just captured the world’s first 3,200MP photos using an image sensor array that will become the heart of the world’s largest digital camera. While higher res photos have been stitched together before, these are the largest single-frame digital photographs ever captured.
The sensor array behind this feat should…
Researchers with Google, UC Merced and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have detailed the development of DAIN, a depth-aware video frame interpolation algorithm that can seamlessly generate slow-motion videos from existing content without introducing excessive noise and…
Chinese lens manufacturer Jakumei Optics has announced (translated) the release of the Dulens APO 85mm F2 manual lens for Canon EF- and Nikon F-mount camera systems.
According to the manufacturer, the lens’ apochromatic (APO) design is inspired by ‘Sonnar-style’…
What’s happened has happened. But I just kind of want to rant so that maybe, if some future brides/grooms see this, they’ll understand the perspective of a photographer who may also be their friend.
Friends of mine got hitched. It was kind of last moment but they delayed their wedding due to COVID and decided to have a small two-man ceremony (bride, groom, two witnesses and the…
Canon is Already Testing an EOS ‘R5s’ with 90MP Sensor: Report
September 8, 2020
The highest resolution Canon cameras ever released are still the 5Ds and 5DsR DSLRs, but that may change in the not-so-distant future. Reports indicate that Canon already has some prototypes of an EOS ‘R5s’ full-frame mirrorless camera out in the wild, and that this…
Farm to table with Becca Skinner and the Canon EOS R6
September 7, 2020
In this video we travel to Montana to meet photographer Becca Skinner. Using the Canon EOS R6 Becca documents her permaculture garden and teaches us about homesteading alongside her husband and professional chef Eduardo Garcia.
The Canon EOS R6 features a 20MP full-frame…
Lenses for mirrorless: how Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony full-frame options compare
September 6, 2020
The move to mirrorless by some of the industry’s biggest players put the focus on their new lens lineups.
Originally published April 30th, 2020 | Updated September 6th, 2020
In our recent look at ~$2000 full frame mirrorless cameras, we said that choosing between them is as much about buying into a lens system as anything else. In this article, we’re going to have a look at the four…
