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Video: Everything you need to know about the James Webb Space Telescope ahead of its launch
After nearly 30 years of work, the James Webb Space Telescope is about ready for liftoff. The successor to the famous Hubble telescope was originally scheduled to launch on December 22, although that launch has been delayed to no earlier than December 24. When the space telescope launches aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, a new era of astronomy will begin. Longtime DPReview reader, Dr. Kevin Hainline, and Smile Mountain have teamed up to make a video about the James Webb Space...
read moreDPReview TV: Best camera under $500 in 2021
Published Dec 18, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] The boys from Calgary are on a quest to find the best camera under $500 in 2021. Does such a beast still exist? This episode may reveal as much about the state of the camera market as it does about Chris and Jordan’s personal gear preferences. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Gear in this story They may not offer latest generation technology, but the Canon T7 and Nikon D3500 boast a price point that’s tough to argue with. We...
read moreTokina’s second-generation 400mm F8 mirror lens is available in eight mounts for $260
Tokina has announced an updated version of its 400mm F8 mirror lens that tweaks the optical detain and adds a T-mount system that Tokina says improves the performance of the lens and enables the lens to be used with eight different camera mounts. The Tokina 400mm F8 N II S mirror lens is a successor to the 400mm F8 N S mirror released back in July 2020. The updated lens is constructed of six elements in two groups—a departure from the six elements in five groups used in the original version. The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 115cm...
read moreSony develops ‘world’s first stacked CMOS image sensor technology with 2-Layer Transistor Pixels’
Sony Smiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) has announced it’s developed ‘the world’s first stacked CMOS image sensor technology with 2-Layer Transistor Pixel.’ This new technology separates the photodiodes from the pixel transistors onto different substrate layers, which nearly doubles the amount of light a single pixel can capture compared to more conventional image sensors. Sony says its proprietary ‘2-Layer Transistor Pixel’ technology splits the photodiodes (which convert photons to electrical signals) and pixel transistors (which...
read moreVideo: Using Photoshop and AI to restore 110-year-old glass plate negatives
[embedded content] Whether he’s making beet juice prints, shooting with a lens made of ice or adapting one of his ‘weird’ lenses, photographer Mathieu Stern is no stranger to creating and sharing analog-oriented photography videos on his YouTube channel. For his latest video, Stern shares how he restored 110-year-old glass plate negatives using Photoshop and a little help from artificial intelligence. After acquiring a pair of glass plate negatives that were shot in the United Kingdom in 1910, Stern says he wanted to learn more about the...
read moreFilm(ish) Friday: An honest look at the 2nd-generation Pixii M-mount digital rangefinder
Eighteen months ago, French startup Pixii opened up pre-orders for its 12MP APS-C M-mount digital rangefinder, the Pixii camera. Since then, Pixii has followed it up with a new 26MP version that improves upon its predecessor with an updated sensor, a better viewfinder and countless other improvements, many of which were the direct result of customer feedback from the original version. Now, after spending an extended period of time with the new camera, Hamish Gill, founder of 35mmc.com, has shared a detailed review of the new Pixii camera. The...
read moreVideo: 5 compact AF 35mm film cameras you can still pick up for under $100
[embedded content] Stephen Dowling, founder of Kosmo Foto, has shared a video highlighting five compact film cameras that you can use to get started in film photography without breaking the bank. As film photography continues to claw back at least some of the user base it once had in the late 90s and early 2000s, the price of many working 35mm compact cameras has increased. There are, however, a few gems that offer a quality 35mm film photography experience that can be had for less than $100. This video, shared to the Kosmo Foto YouTube...
read moreHost your own virtual 3D art gallery for free with Galeryst and Adobe Lightroom
Depending on your region, the pandemic may have made it more difficult than every to see artwork in a gallery setting. Thankfully, as has been the case with so much throughout the course of the pandemic, a clever program called Galeryst is here to help bring the gallery experience to your computer screen. Galeryst is an online gallery platform that lets photographers turn their Lightroom albums into an immersive 3D art gallery. You can host a gallery of up to 80 photos for free. To get started, all you need is a free trial of Adobe Photoshop...
read moreNASA’s Parker Solar Probe enters the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time
Illustration courtesy of NASA NASA has announced that the Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere, the corona, for the first time. While there, the probe sampled particles and magnetic fields and captured historic, close-up photos of coronal streamers. Much like humankind’s first steps on the Moon, the Parker Solar Probe’ touching the very stuff the Sun is made of’ will usher in a new era of solar science. We are significantly closer to understanding critical information about the Sun and how it...
read morePanasonic’s GH6 camera has been delayed, won’t be released until at least ‘early 2022’
It seems the GH6 will remain in the shadows for at least a few months longer. Panasonic Japan has issued a statement announcing the release of its Lumix GH6 mirrorless camera has been delayed into 2022. When it first announced it had started development of the GH6, back in May 2021, Panasonic’s plan was to release it by the end of the year. Unfortunately, that time line didn’t work out. Panasonic Japan didn’t specify in the announcement why the release has been pushed back, but considering nearly every other manufacturer in the industry is...
read moreOppo reveals more details about its retractable 50mm equiv. camera module
[embedded content] Earlier this week, we shared a teaser from Oppo showcasing a concept mobile device with a built-in retractable camera module. Now, thanks to GSMArena, we now know more about the camera module inside the concept device, which was shown off at Oppo’s annual Inno Day event. According to reporting from GSMArena, Oppo managed to squeeze the 50mm full-frame equivalent F2.4 camera module into a device just 8.26mm thick. Behind the retractable lens is a 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor Oppo is believed to be using in its upcoming Reno 7 Pro...
read moreThe Analogue Pocket breathes new life into the iconic Game Boy Camera
The Analogue Pocket has finally arrived after numerous delays. And a new announcement confirms the device will be fully compatible with Nintendo’s Game Boy Camera, released back in 1998. For those unfamiliar with the Analogue Pocket, it’s a handheld device that looks like a modern Game Boy. Well, it basically is a Game Boy. It includes custom computing hardware to play any official Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridge. It also works with carts from other handheld gaming systems, like Game Gear and Neo Geo Pocket...
read moreViltrox announces $400 50mm F1.8 AF lens for E-mount and Z-mount, adds E-mount option for its 35mm F1.8 AF lens
Viltrox has announced the release of two new lenses: a 35mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Sony E-mount cameras and a 50mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Nikon Z-mount and Sony E-mount cameras. 35mm F1.8 AF lens for E-mount The 35mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Sony E-mount cameras is effectively a remounted version of the same lens released back in September for Nikon Z-mount camera systems. It’s constructed of ten elements in eight groups, including two extra-low dispersion elements, two aspherical elements and two high-refractive index elements. It features...
read moreDPReview TV: Video gifts you should give to yourself!
Published Dec 15, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] We know, we know! You’re getting tired of all the holiday gift guides for photographers, right? Well, this one’s a bit different. Instead of focusing on things to buy for other people (see what we did there?), Jordan tells you what you should buy for yourself, particularly if you shoot video. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. If you’re looking to speed up your editing workflow, few pieces of hardware can make complex...
read moreDell’s easy-to-repair Luna Concept laptop aims to reduce e-waste and carbon emissions
Dell has announced a new design concept for a laptop. Dubbed ‘Concept Luna,’ the proof-of-concept laptop is designed to last longer, be easier to fix and have less impact on the climate. While there’s not a new ‘product’ yet, Dell’s design team has shown off some impressive designs and ideas, including a flax-based PCB and a motherboard mounted behind the display. Dell wants to make repairing and maintaining its computers easier. There are many good reasons for this, including limiting waste and reducing...
read moreSony a7 IV vs Canon EOS R6: Which is the best enthusiast mirrorless?
Sony’s a7 IV is the company’s latest enthusiast-targeted full-frame mirrorless camera. Its price and spec put it directly into competition with Canon’s hugely likeable EOS R6. The improvements to the Sony mean that both promise powerful combinations of image quality, autofocus and video capabilities. But which is the better camera? Given that the majority of modern cameras are very, very good, it’s unlikely to be a decisive victory overall, so we’re going to look at the two cameras and their respective strengths...
read moreCameradactyl built a 20×24 inch camera for poster-sized instant photo prints
Camera maker Ethan Moses from Cameradactyl has built a very-large format camera that shoots 20×24″photos that can be developed into positive images right inside the camera’s custom-made film holder for near-instant prints. The result is a kind of ‘instant’ print reminiscent of the type created by the giant Polaroid cameras that were built in the late 1970s. Ethan designs and makes a range of different cameras that he 3D-prints or builds from wood in his workshop in Albuquerque, but this new bellows model is on a whole new scale....
read moreOppo goes custom with its new 6nm MariSilicon X imaging NPU with 20-bit HDR pipeline
Smartphone manufacturer Oppo has announced it’s developed its own in-house nerual processing unit (NPU) to put inside its future mobile devices. This new 6nm chipset, which Oppo is calling MariSilicon X, includes a the NPU, an image signal processor (ISP) and a custom memory architecture, all of which work together to improve the imaging capabilities of mobile photography. Oppo says the MariSilicon X NPU, which is only a small portion of the entire chipset required to power a smartphone, can process up to 18 trillion operations per second...
read moreVideo: ‘Spirit of Altai’ reveals the aerial beauty of Siberia, as captured with a DJI Air 2S
[embedded content] Award-winning aerial filmmaker and photographer Vadim Sherbakov shows us the vast beauty of West Siberia with his latest short film ‘Spirit of Altai.’ It was shot entirely on a DJI Air 2S drone. The Air 2S also happens to be our staff’s top pick for most drone users. The film, which clocks in a little over two-and-a-half minutes, takes the viewer on a tour of an arctic region with snow-covered mountains and a winding river. ‘Spirit of Altai is a short drone film that immerses you into (the) beauty of...
read moreModified Soviet spy camera designed to shoot through walls is up for auction
We’ve seen our fair share of weird and impressive cameras go up for auction over the years, but this latest one might just be one of the most interesting we’ve come across. On Catawiki, an online auction marketplace, there’s a live auction listing for a KMZ Krasnogorsk Zorki 4 ‘reflex’ C166 (NIMFA-3) camera, a Soviet spy camera designed to photograph through small drilled holes in walls to capture compromising photos. As spotted by Kosmo Foto, the modified 35mm rangefinder camera has a special lens assembly,...
read moreSony a7 IV studio scene: 33MP sensor gives excellent detail but falls behind at high ISO
We’ve just published the studio scene images for the Sony a7 IV, providing a chance to take a look at how its new 33MP BSI CMOS sensor compares both to its predecessor and to its peers. Studio test scene Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you’ll encounter in the real world. It also has two illumination modes to see the effect of different lighting conditions. The first thing that should be apparent is that the a7 IV’s 33MP sensor can capture a lot of detail and, as we saw in...
read moreTwo Nikon Z Lens Announcements: 800mm f/6.3 Development and 28-75mm f/2.8
Today, Nikon announced the development of the roadmap’s 800mm f/6.3 prime as well as an unexpected 28-75mm f/2.8 Z-series zoom lens. Of the two, the 28-75mm f/2.8 is the big surprise and not exactly what it appears to be at first glance. Here’s what we know so far. 800mm f/6.3 S Development Nikon has only had an 800mm lens on their roadmap for a couple of months, and we’re already getting new details about it. According to Nikon, the new supertelephoto prime will be an f/6.3 lens (a third of a stop slower than the F-mount 800mm f/5.6) and...
read moreNikon announces new budget Z 28-75mm F2.8 and teases 800mm F6.3 PF
Nikon has announced the Z 28-75mm F2.8, a new standard zoom lens for its full-frame Z-mount cameras, billed as a more affordable alternative to the Z 24-70mm F2.8 S. According to Nikon, the new zoom offers impressive versatility, ‘capable of everything from impressive portraits with a soft background blur to extremely detailed landscape photos, striking low-light ambience or a small-footprint video production’. The design, optical makeup and minimum focus specifications point strongly to this being a re-mounted, Nikkor-branded...
read moreXiaomi claims its new battery technology increases battery capacity 10%
Xiaomi claims the smaller battery pack on the right contains the same amount of power as the larger pack on the left. Electronics manufacturer Xiaomi claims it’s developed a new type of battery technology that can pack 10% more capacity into batteries the same size of traditional lithium-ion batteries. In a post shared on Weibo, Xiaomi says its High-Silicon Lithium battery technology packs three times as much silicon on the negative electrodes compared to current lithium-ion batteries and uses a special layering technique to improve...
read moreAdobe announces Creative Cloud Express, unified web and mobile app for fast, easy editing
Adobe has announced Creative Cloud Express, new tools available on web and mobile that provide basic versions of Adobe’s image and video editing tools, some of which that were previously available in Adobe Spark. Adobe describes Creative Cloud Express as a ‘quick and easy web and mobile app that’s perfect for a tattoo artist sharing his latest design, a clothing designer advertising her latest pop-up, a student creating an interactive history report, a real estate agent marketing his newest listing, or an aspiring musician...
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Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.