After 16 years in production, Nikon has reportedly discontinued the much-beloved Nikon F6: the last flagship film SLR it ever made before transitioning to digital. The company also reportedly discontinued the Nikon D5 DSLR, the SB-300 flash, and a couple of older lenses.
The news comes from Nikon Rumors, who cites a Nikon dealer in Germany as their source. This dealer—and others across…
Two ‘Big White’ Lenses Coming to RF Mount in 2021: Report
October 6, 2020
Canon’s “big white” zoom lenses are among the company’s most popular offerings, but the only lens released for the RF mount so far has been the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM. But the company reportedly has two “big whites” up its sleeve for 2021.
CanonRumors is…
Freefly Systems recently introduced the Astro, a quadcopter capable of carrying a two-pound payload on a 3-axis gimbal for up to 30 minutes. While the company is following in the footsteps of fellow American manufacturer, Skydio, by primarily marketing its latest offering to…
NVIDIA researchers have demonstrated a new type of video compression technology that replaces the traditional video codec with a neural network to drastically reduce video bandwidth. The technology is presented as a potential solution for streaming video in situations where Internet availability is limited, such as using a webcam to chat with clients while on a slow Internet connection.
The new…
On Saturday, while President Donald Trump was being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the AP distributed two handout photos taken by White House photographer Joyce Boghosian.
Jon Ostrower, the Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, tweeted…
Nikon Z 70-200mm F2.8 VR S sample gallery
October 6, 2020
We first got our hands on a pre-production Nikkor Z 70-200mm F2.8 at CES 2020, in what we’re calling the Before Time. Nikon had planned to start shipping the lens to customers in February, but then some stuff happened, and production was delayed.
Well, the long wait is…
Sam Hurd recently published a video review of the PIXII Rangefinder: a rear-LCD-less, smartphone-connected, M-mount rangefinder developed by PIXII, an upstart camera manufacturer. And while his introductory statement that it is the “worst camera I have ever owned” does more to get the click than convey his actual opinion, it doesn’t look like the PIXII is a camera you should be picking up…
In the wake of Olympus’ finalized deal with Japan Industrial Partners to assume control of the company’s imaging business, Panasonic apparently isn’t very hopeful that many of Olympus’ Micro Four Thirds photographers will make the jump over to Panasonic camera…
This Guy Prints Color Photos with Dirt
October 5, 2020
Photographer Calvin Grier is a master of the alternative photography process known as carbon transfer printing, but for the past few months, he has been taking things to a new level. Grier is creating full color photographic prints using dirt.
Carbon transfer prints use…
Colorizing and updating photos and footage from the past is becoming more common and much easier thanks to the advancements of AI. We’ve shared stories and images of colorized images and videos many times over the past decade, and colorists say it is designed to bring the past forward for a modern audience. However, there are some historians who believe the process is doing more harm than…
