Pentax Lenses: Gotta Catch ’em All?
June 29, 2022
Pentax, which is no stranger to unusual strategies when it comes to cameras, announced that it was releasing season-themed photo profiles for a set of its DSLRs that would be locked behind specific lenses. Gotta catch ’em all, I guess? For more, read this week’s Clipped…
The Profoto A2 is a Soda Can-Sized Off-Camera Strobe
June 29, 2022
Profoto has announced the A2 monolight off-camera flash that is about the size of a 12-ounce can of soda. The small and portable strobe is billed as ideal for supporting location shoots like weddings, awards ceremonies, or other events.
The A2 joins the A-series of…
DIY-er Sean Billups has transformed his old Google Pixel 3A into a multispectral camera that can view in Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) wavelengths that are not normally visible to the human eye.
Multispectral cameras are commonly used by NASA to image the Earth to investigate farmland and drought conditions and look for areas of climate change and erosion. The same technology is used by…
China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has published a series of detailed images taken by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe that cover the entire surface of Mars.
The uncrewed Chinese spacecraft sent back visuals of various locations of Mars, including its south…
An engineer has created software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify anonymous Holocaust victims in World War II photos.
Numbers to Names (N2N), is an AI-facial recognition platform that can scan through hundreds of thousands of photos from pre-war…
Nikon has announced the compact Nikkor Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S super-telephoto prime lens for its mirrorless Z-mount cameras and it says that this new optic is the lightest in its class.
The new full-frame lens for the Nikon Z Mirrorless system weighs about 2.55 pounds (1,160 grams, excluding the tripod collar), and is about 9.2 inches (234.5 millimeters) long, which is touted as light and…
Nikon has announced the Z30 mirrorless camera designed specifically with video content creators in mind. The new 20-megapixel APS-C (DX) camera is lightweight, small, and packed full of features for vlogging and streaming.
The company says the new compact camera will…
Nikon has announced the release of the Nikkon Z 400mm F4.5 VR S, a relatively compact super-telephoto prime lens for its Z-mount mirrorless camera system.
The lens is constructed of 19 elements in 13 groups, including one Extra-low Dispersion (ED) element, two Super ED…
Nikon announces Z30, model towards content creators
June 29, 2022
Nikon has announced the Z30, the third ‘DX’ (APS-C) model to be explicitly targeted towards content creators. It’s a 21MP compact mirrorless camera that can shoot 4K/30 or 1080/120 video with quick and easy content sharing to smartphones.
The Z30 fairly closely resembles the existing Z50 model in both appearance and specification, but gains the fully articulating screen from the…
