Photography

Lecia’s update to the Sofort adds new buttons, internal memory, micro SD card support and Bluetooth for connecting to Leica’s smartphone app. Photo: Leica Leica has announced the Sofort 2, the company’s second instant camera. The Sofort 2 is a 4.9 MP compact camera/printer hybrid that captures images digitally and lets users decide what to save, what to send to a smartphone…

Image: Sigma Sigma has announced the 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The fast ultrawide lens will be available in Sony E, Fujifilm X and Leica/Panasonic/Sigma L-mount. It’s designed to give a 15-27mm equivalent range, in full-frame terms. Sigma says the lens is the smallest, lightest F2.8 zoom for APS-C cameras and it’s worth noting that it’s smaller than…

Nikon’s Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S ‘Plena’ is designed to minimize vignetting, maintain rounder bokeh edge-to-edge and produce sharp images with exceptional clarity. Nikon seems to have put a lot of thought into making a lens that maintains a high quality of light and smooth fall-off to create depth of field with gradual gradations. The resulting lens feels tailor-made for portrait…

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction Nikon has touted the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S ‘Plena’ lens as its premium mid-telephoto portrait prime for Nikon’s Z-series cameras. Nikon says the lens was designed to capture fine detail hair and skin tones, reduce vignetting and produce circular bokeh with minimal cat’s eye. Night…