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Getting flexible: Microsoft announces Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Duo 2
[embedded content] At today’s Surface event, Microsoft unveiled a number of new and improved Surface products, including the new Surface Pro 8, a creator-focused Surface Laptop Studio and the Surface Duo 2, an updated version of its dual-display folding smartphone. While you can watch the event in its entirety via the above video, we’ll break down the biggest announcements from the livestream. Surface Pro 8 [embedded content] One of Microsofts biggest announcements at today’s event was the Surface Pro 8, a major upgrade to its Surface Pro...
read moreVideo: Using wet-plate collodion photography process for high-end food photography
Photographer Markus Hofstaetter works with the wet-plate collodion process. While this process is typically seen with portraiture — and Hofstaetter does that, too — he recently teamed up with food photographer and chef Hans Gerlach to use the wet-plate process for food photography. The results are excellent. In a blog post, Hofstaetter discussed how he met with Gerlach and set up his equipment for food photography. Hofstaetter bought a 150kg Cambo studio stand earlier this year and then found a tray for it on eBay. Gerlach was the eBay...
read moreAll Apple iPhone 13 and 13 Pro camera upgrades: Explained
Last week Apple announced its iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro lineup, which incorporate major advancements to its camera technology. While we’re waiting to get our hands on the devices, we wanted to break down the improvements the new models bring compared to the previous generation. But here’s the gist of it: Apple managed to cram the larger sensor and optics seen in last year’s iPhone 12 Pro Max into the much smaller 13 Mini this year, all the way down to the sensor shift stabilization technology. So when it comes to this...
read moreiPhone 13 review round-up: a meta review of Apple’s latest iPhone 13 lineup
The embargo for reviews of new Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup has dropped. While we’re working to get our hands on a review unit, we wanted to share a round-up of hands-on videos and brief reviews from YouTubers and other tech publications who have already gotten their hands on Apple’s new iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Many of these video reviews and hands-on are more general, but they all hit on the camera capabilities of Apple’s latest devices and some, such as Peter McKinnon’s video and Austin Mann’s article, do...
read moreViltrox announces $399 35mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Nikon Z mount cameras
Viltrox has announced the details of its new 35mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Nikon Z mount camera systems. The lens is constructed of 10 elements in eight groups, including two extra-low dispersion elements, two aspherical elements and two high-refraction index elements. It uses a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, has an aperture range of F1.8 through F16 and it has a minimum focusing distance of 40cm (15.8”). Unlike many other budget lenses, the Viltrox 35mm F1.8 is chipped for transferring EXIF data and includes autofocus, which is driven by a...
read moreReview: The DJI OM 5 smartphone gimbal gets more compact, still adds features
If you’ve ever tried recording video or timelapse sequences with your smartphone, you know that footage can be shaky and unpolished, even with built-in image stabilization. Enter the DJI OM 5, a compact, 3-axis gimbal. In addition to gimbal stabilization, the OM 5 makes it easy to pan and zoom, track subjects, and create visual stories that can instantly be shared on social media. Is it worth upgrading or investing in one? Let’s find out. Jump to: Gimbal overview | DJI Mimo app | What it’s like to use | Conclusion Key...
read moreVaonis announces $45,000 telescope camera with 61MP full-frame sensor, 1050mm optic
Vaonis, makers of the Vespera and Stellina smart telescopes has announced its latest creation, the Hyperia telescope camera. The Hyperia is a nearly 75kg (165 lbs) personal observatory. The telescope uses a 61MP image sensor paired with a 1050mm lens. The Hyperia’s 61MP sensor is a full-frame Sony IMX455 monochromatic sensor. It’s backside-illuminated, too, which Vaonis says results in ‘91% quantum efficiency.’ Although unlikely to be needed anytime soon given the quality of the IMX455 sensor, it can be replaced within...
read moreSamsung shares new promotional video for its pixel-packed 200MP HP1 mobile image sensor
[embedded content] Samsung has published a new promotional video detailing the features of its new ISOCELL HP1 mobile image sensor. In the three-minute video, Samsung Sensor Design Team member Minho Kwon shares the various technologies the HP1 sensor brings to mobile image. Specifically, he addresses the 0.64μm pixel size of the sensor, as well as its various pixel-binning modes, including the 4-to-1 pixel binning (to give an equivalent pixel size of 1.28μm) used when recording 8K video, as well as 16-to-1 pixel binning (to give an equivalent...
read moreLG’s unveils the 32″ 4K UltraFine OLED Pro monitor, a $3,999 consumer-ready OLED display
LG has announced its new 32” UltraFine Display OLED Pro Monitor, its first consumer-ready OLED monitor. LG says this 32″ 4K monitor (3840 x 2160 pixels) covers 99% coverage of both Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 color spaces. It features a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and has both HDR10 and VESA’s DisplayHDR 400 True Black certification, which ensures the display can maintain 400-nits of brightness while displaying HDR content. The display also offers true 10-bit color, a 1ms response time and a 60Hz refresh rate and uses an anti-glare coating to...
read moreDPReview TV: Why Jordan is buying the iPhone 13
Published Sep 21, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Find out why DPReview TV’s Jordan Drake is planning to buy the iPhone 13, what excites him about its new cameras, and what he thinks of Cinematic mode. He also explains why he probably won’t use ProRes for video. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021 is a fully-featured alternative to Adobe’s Lightroom for Windows users. So how does it compare? Read our detailed review to find out. The Canon...
read moreCapture One announces special upgrade path to Capture One 22 for new users
Capture One 22 is releasing this December. To prepare new users for Capture One 22, Capture One has announced that for a limited time, photographers can purchase Capture One 21 now and get Capture One 22 for free in December. From today through October 4 at 6:00 PM ET, if you buy Capture One 21, you’ll get the next major release, Capture One 22, for free, rather than paying an upgrade fee. This deal is aimed at users who prefer to purchase lifetime user licenses rather than subscribe to Capture One. After all, subscribers receive all...
read moreRange Masks Explained: One of Lightroom’s Most Powerful Tools
For years, Lightroom’s tools for selective adjustments left something to be desired. The “detect edges” feature often adds noise to soft areas like clouds, whereas the standard brush and gradient tools can affect too much of the image. Range masking fixes those problems. Table of Contents What Is Range Masking in Lightroom? Range masking was added to Lightroom a few years ago and has since become one of my favorite post-processing tools. Lightroom has two types of range masking: luminance (which selects portions of the image by brightness)...
read moreIlford announces Pop-Up Darkroom, Darkroom Starter Kit and film gift calendar
Ilford Photo has announced a trio of new products, all aimed squarely at film photographers across all skill levels. The first product we’re looking at is the Ilford Pop-Up Darkroom. Ilford writes, ‘The Ilford Pop-Up Darkroom is the perfect solution for film photographers who want to print their negatives and otherwise may struggle to convert existing spaces into suitable working darkrooms.’ It is precisely what the name suggests, a mobile darkroom solution that you can erect in most standard rooms. It has an external metal...
read moreProGrade announces $330 160GB CFexpress Type A card with max read speeds of 800MB/s
ProGrade Digital has announced the release of the CFexpress Type A Cobalt, a new lineup that offers read and write speeds of 800MB/s and 700MB/s, respectively, at a relatively affordable price. While the CFexpress Type A format is smaller than the more ubiquitous SD card – and up to three times faster – the format has struggled to take hold, for two reasons in particular. First, Sony is the only camera manufacturer that currently has cameras with the slot and support to use the media. Second, CFexpress Type A cards tend to be quite a bit more...
read moreTTartisan teases a new 40mm F2.8 1:1 macro lens for APS-C mirrorless camera systems
[embedded content] TTartisan has announced the details of the 40mm F2.8 Macro, a forthcoming 1:1 macro lens for various APS-C camera systems. TTartisan says the manual lens is constructed of eight elements in seven groups, including two low-dispersion elements. Few additional details are provided in the video, but based on the images of the lens shown in the video, the lens will have an aperture range of F2.8 through F16, have a 52mm front filter thread and have a minimum focusing distance of 17cm (6.7”). TTartisan hasn’t shared what the...
read moreSigma 90mm F2.8 DG DN | C sample gallery
The Sigma 90mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary is the latest in the company’s I series range of compact, mid-priced primes for mirrorless cameras. We’ve been shooting it on the Panasonic S5, to have a look at how it handles portraiture, among other subjects, as we made the most of what might be the last of Seattle’s autumn sunshine. You can judge the impact on the bokeh shape of its nine rounded aperture blades, and see how it handles direct sunlight. View our gallery of sample photos Gear in this story ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate...
read moreSoftware review: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021 is a speedy Lightroom alternative
Over the past couple of years, I’ve reviewed several subscription-free rivals to Adobe Lightroom, including DxO PhotoLab 4, Exposure Software’s Exposure X6 and Phase One’s Capture One 20. After publishing every one of those reviews, I heard from readers praising ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate, a Windows-only Lightroom alternative that allows you to forego a subscription. Jump to: Introduction |What’s new |Interface |Tests |Conclusion Introduction It’s been many years since we last took a look at ACDSee, but...
read moreHistorical footnote to technology of the future: three moments with the Canon EOS R3 that changed my opinion of Eye Control
The EOS R3’s Eye Control system works on a similar principle to the one used in the late 90’s and early 2000s, but isn’t really trying to select individual, discrete AF points To me, Eye Control has always been some great ‘what if,’ that inevitably gets mentioned when camera geeks of a certain age spent too much time together. I went straight from a manual focus SLR to digital cameras, so I’ve never felt those pangs of nostalgia, myself: it just sounded like a failed technology that even Canon seemed happy...
read moreApple’s 7 minute video helps you decide which iPhone 13 has the best camera for you
Apple has just released a 7 minute video detailing some of the biggest upgrades to the iPhone 13 camera systems. If we wanted you to walk away with one take-home from the keynote, other than the Cinematic Mode everyone’s talking about, it’d be this: Apple crammed the rather large 1/1.9″-type sensor with 1.7µm pixels from last year’s largest iPhone 12 Pro Max into this year’s smallest iPhone 13 Mini. Meanwhile, all models saw modest sensor size increases, and you no longer have to choose the largest phone to get...
read moreVideo: a Retro Review of the 3.3MP Sony S70 digital camera, 21 years after its release
[embedded content] Gordon Laing, founder of Camera Labs, is back with another episode of ‘Retro Review,’ an ongoing series wherein Laing reviews old digital cameras and electronics decades after they first hit the market. For this latest review, Laing reviews the first digital camera he ever owned, a 3.3MP Sony CyberShot S70. As Laing shares in the 15-minute review, the S70 was released back in 2000, alongside the more entry-level S50 and S30 models. It retailed for $800 at the time, undercutting its two main rivals, the Canon G1 and Nikon...
read moreDPReview TV: Chris and Jordan answer your questions about the Canon EOS R3
Published Sep 18, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Chris and Jordan received a lot of feedback after their preview of the Canon EOS R3 (most of it good), and in this episode they answer some of the questions that came up in the YouTube comments. Watch the video to see if they answered one of yours. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Gear in this story Pre-order now Released on Nov 30, 2021 We conducted an ask-me-anything thread over on Reddit on Tuesday, inviting questions about the EOS R3....
read moreA dedicated amateur astronomer in Brazil caught an object hitting Jupiter’s surface
An image of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Brazilian amateur astronomer José Luis Pereira was shooting Jupiter on September 13 when an object struck the gas giant. Pereira used a QHY5III462C camera with a Newtonian 275mm F5.3 telescope in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil when he captured the incredible event. It was a clear night, so he recorded 25 videos to put through a program called DeTeCt. The software is used to analyze video and detect impacts on Jupiter and Saturn. The camera Pereira used records color at...
read moreFilm Friday: More information about how NoColorStudio developed its new ‘No. 5’ emulsion
For this week’s installment of Film Friday, we’re taking a closer look at ‘no.5,’ a new film stock from NoColorStudio, an independent film photography company that focuses on large format film camera accessories and, now, specialty film stocks. We posted a first look at this new film last month, but since then our friends at 35mmc have taken a deeper dive, and interviewed Arnas Špaka, creator of NoColorStudio. As with many ‘new’ films nowadays, this isn’t a new formula designed by NoColorStudio, but a repurposed film that’s recently gone back...
read moreVideo: A look at the rare ‘white face’ Rolleiflex 2.8F twin-lens reflex camera
[embedded content] Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter fame is back with another episode of Camera Geekery, his ongoing YouTube series wherein he highlights the unique designs and features of older film cameras. This episode of the ongoing series features the much-requested Rolleiflex 2.8F, a twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera that was first available in 1949, but continued to be produced all the way through 2014 with the Rolleiflex 2.8FX. As Hunt explains in his video, the particular model he shows off isn’t your average Rolleiflex 2.8F either,...
read moreGoPro announces Hero10 Black with new chip, better performance and improved usability
Precisely one year ago, GoPro announced the Hero9 Black action camera. Today, GoPro has announced its successor, the Hero10 Black. While GoPro’s latest action camera looks familiar, a new GP2 chip inside results in significantly improved performance. With its GP2 chip, the Hero10 Black features double the performance frame rates compared to 2020’s Hero9 Black. The increased processing power has other benefits. The Hero10 can upload a video to your phone or the cloud 30 percent faster than the Hero9. The Hero10 can plug directly...
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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.