Photography

Last year, Destin Sandlin of the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day showed the science behind film development. Sandlin explained how photographic film is constructed, exposed, and developed. Sandlin discussed the film’s chemical structure and then shot some film. Sandlin loves film. It has a special, unique quality that is tough, if not impossible, for digital cameras to match. He gets his…

Tamron has announced a new 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras which is expected to be available from this fall. The versatile ultra-telephoto zoom lens will “create an entirely new category for a high-performance ultra-telephoto mirrorless zoom lens,” the company says. The 50-400mm boasts an 8x zoom ratio and will be the same size as a…

Tamron has announced the development of an upcoming zoom for Sony full-frame E-mount camera systems. The 50–400mm F4.5–6.3 Di III VC VXD lens is expected to be available in ‘Fall 2022,’ although Tamron notes ‘the current global health crisis’ could affect the release date and product supply schedule. Tamron hasn’t specified the optical construction of the lens, but does say the the…

Canon has pulled the latest R3 firmware update that was announced last week. The company has not disclosed why the update has been removed. When reached for comment, Canon said the following but stopped short of providing an explanation. “The latest firmware version 1.2.0 for the EOS R3 is temporarily unavailable. We anticipate the firmware being available in the near future…