Phase One has announced the release of the Rodenstock 90mm F5.6 lens, the latest in its growing collection of glass for its XT Camera Systems.
One of the stand-out features of the XT-HR Digaron-W 90mm F5.6 is its 120mm image circle, which is large enough to account for the 24mm of shift the XT Camera System offers on both the X- and Y-axes for correcting perspective distortion.
The lens, which…
Olympus has introduced several groundbreaking technologies in its cameras over the years, including high-performance multi-axis stabilization, and high-resolution shot modes, which combined multiple exposures to create a single, much larger final image.
The technology is…
ISO Testing the Canon R5, R6, 5D Mark IV, and 1D X Mark III
August 29, 2020
Whenever Canon comes out with new cameras, one of my most important real-world tests is determining how clean the images look at higher ISOs. I am not testing this for scientific reasons, I am doing this test because I shoot in low light quite often and want the highest…
Xiaomi has unveiled its third-generation of under-display cameras for upcoming smartphones. Instead of a notch or cutout, the edge-to-edge display will have a camera that’s nearly invisible under the screen while retaining the standard quality of front-facing cameras.
“This brand-new technology is able to perfectly disguise the front camera under the phone’s screen without ruining the…
Here’s a Free 1-Hour Lesson on Color Grading Your Photos
August 29, 2020
Want to learn the secrets of color grading in photography? Photographer and retoucher Joanna Kustra recently gave an hour-long webinar on the subject, and she has now made it freely available for anyone to learn from.
“[BenQ] asked me if I could do some webinar with…
Check out the Raws: Canon EOS R5 sample gallery update
August 29, 2020
Canon’s EOS R5 seamlessly blends high speed with high resolution resulting, generally, in great images. As we press on with our full review, we’ve revisited our gallery now that we have ACR support and dug into some of our Raw images to see what the new, 45MP…
I was one of the lucky ones who got their hands on the Canon EOS R5 early in August of 2020. The camera arrived in the morning, just before my flight to the Lofoten Islands. Here’s a summary of my experience climbing to 7 summits in 7 days with Canon’s new flagship mirrorless camera.
It’s a Fragile Body
This one hurts…. After a few hours climbing, I already had multiple scratches on the…
Retoucher Pratik Naik and his co-workers at Infinite Tools have released a fun (and free) little side-project that you might want to get in on. It’s called the “Infinite Jokes Panel” and it’s a Photoshop add-on that will read you jokes, puns, and condescending…
Hundreds of astronomers, satellite operators, and dark-sky advocates recently joined forces to call out a problem that impacts all three groups: the growing number of SpaceX ‘Starlink‘ satellites in orbit, and how these ‘constellations’ could actively hurt scientific…
Venus Optics unveils an 11mm F4.5 ultra-wide-angle lens for full-frame mirrorless systems
August 28, 2020
Venus Optics has released its latest lens, the Laowa 11mm F4.5 FF RL lens for full-frame mirrorless camera systems.
The ‘FF’ and ‘RL’ initialisms in the name of the lens refer to the lens’ full-frame (FF) and rectilinear (RL) design. The fully-manual lens is constructed of 14 elements in 10 groups, including two aspherical elements and three extra-low dispersion elements, which results…
