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DJI releases the OM 5, a portable and lightweight 3-axis gimbal for smartphones
DJI has released the latest device in their OM series of 3-axis gimbals for smartphones. Compact, lightweight, and roughly one-third smaller in size than its predecessor, the OM 5 also boasts a new ShotGuides feature, an upgrade to Active Track 4.0, a built-in extension rod, and upgraded phone clamp. It comes in two colors: Athens Gray and Sunset White. DJI says their 3-axis stabilization technology helps users create steady footage, plus some unique effects, with a few taps. A newly designed smartphone clamp fits more models compared to the...
read moreCanon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM sample gallery
The Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM is a compact, medium-aperture wideangle zoom lens for the company’s mirrorless RF mount. Offering an advanced optical makeup, and high build quality despite its lightweight build, the 14-35mm slots in beneath the pricier – and brighter – 15-35mm F2.8 in Canon’s lineup. So how does it perform? We’ve been shooting with a production sample for a few days, and you can view our gallery from the links above and below. Our initial impressions are positive, and while it’s clear that...
read moreON1 announces Photo RAW 2022: Sky Swap AI, Time-Lapse Creation, NoNoise AI & more
ON1 has announced an all-new version of ON1 Photo RAW. With many new features, including Sky Swap AI and NoNoise AI, ON1 Photo RAW 2022 promises to be a significant update over previous iterations. ON1 Photo RAW 2022 is made to be an all-in-one photo editing application, like prior iterations of Photo RAW. The software is a photo organizer, raw processor, layer editor and photo effects app. New to Photo RAW 2022, the application can now host Photoshop plugins. ON1 writes, ‘With a considerable amount of new features and new AI-based...
read moreCanon teases September 14 launch event, calls is ‘the most exciting announcement of the year’
[embedded content] It looks like September 14, 2021 is going to be a busy day. First, Apple announced it will be hosting a livestream event. Now, Canon has announced that it too will be hosting a livestreamed event on YouTube at 12pm CEST (+2 UTC). Canon doesn’t say what we can expect to see at the event, but the animated graphic in the teaser video shows an illustration of an RF camera mount. Make of that what you will. You can click through on the video to set a reminder on YouTube to be notified when the event goes live. The GFX 50S II...
read moreApple announces September 14 livestream event, expected to unveil its latest iPhone models
Apple has sent out invitations for its annual fall event, which is set to take place on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 1pm EDT. The event is returning to its usual September timeframe after it was pushed back into October in 2020, presumably due to issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Click to enlarge. Apple doesn’t specifically reference any products in the announcement, but the Cupertino company has historically shown off its latest iPhone devices during its autumn presentations. Rumors are aplenty, as usual, but some of the most...
read moreSamsung reveals plans to develop 576MP smartphone sensor by 2025
If you thought the megapixel wars were over, you might want to gear up once again. Samsung has revealed plans to release a 576-megapixel smartphone sensor by 2025. At the SEMI Europe Summit, which took place back on September 1, 2021, Samsung’s Senior Vice President and Head of Automotive Sensors, Haechang Lee, presented a slide showing the history of the company’s image sensor technology. As visible in the graphic below, and first reported on by Image Sensors World, the timeline highlight’s the company’s ambitions to have a 576MP smartphone...
read moreHands-on with the Fujifilm GFX 50S II and GF 35-70mm lens
The Fujifilm GFX 50S II and its kit lens, the GF 35-70mm F4.5-5.6, have just landed! If you follow the digital camera industry, the 50S II will no doubt look pretty familiar: it’s essentially the same camera body as Fujifilm’s existing GFX 100S model. But if you’re newer to the world of Fujifilm digital medium format cameras, well, then join us in a tour of the 50S II, followed by its new kit lens, and find out what’s...
read moreZhong Yi Optics releases $299 135mm F2.5 lens for full-frame DSLR, mirrorless camera systems
Chinese lens manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon 135mm F2.5. A fast, manual telephoto portrait lens for full-frame DSLR and mirrorless camera systems. The lens is constructed of nine elements in seven groups, including two extra-low dispersion and two ultra-high refraction elements. It has a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, an aperture range of F2.5 through F22, a minimum focusing distance of 100cm (4′) and uses a 67mm front filter thread. Despite offering a 135mm focal length, the lens is rather compact at just 137mm...
read moreHome at last: a travelogue with the GFX 50S II
I had no idea, when I boarded the Boeing 787 at Heathrow in May 2019, that I wouldn’t see my friends, much of my family, or my homeland, for over two years. This inability to return has, with time, started to rub. Not to the point of becoming unbearable, but enough that it keeps catching my attention: ‘much of what you care about is a long way away, and there’s nothing you can do about that.’ Not that the past eighteen-or-so months have been much fun for anybody, but this was a distinct component of the emotional white noise that I recognized...
read moreUpdated: Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM sample gallery
Published Sep 5, 2021 | dpreview staff It’s not a new lens, but the Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM still sets the standard for optics in Canon’s mirrorless EF-M range. We’ve been shooting with, and enjoying the 32mm F1.4 for some time, and with summer starting (finally) to fade here in Seattle, we’ve taken this opportunity to update our previously-published gallery with some samples from Canon’s 32MP EOS M6 Mark II. Click to view our gallery of samples from the Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM Gear in this story The EF-M 32mm...
read moreSlideshow: Ocean Photography Awards 2021 finalists
Finalists across six categories, including Collective Portfolio, Youth Photographer of the Year, and Conservation have been announced for the second annual Ocean Photography Awards. Public voting to decide the winners is currently open. Winners will be announced in a series of videos that will air September 10th – 16th. An open-air exhibition will be available to the public on September 17th alone the River Thames, close to Tower Bridge. ‘As a keen scuba diver and underwater photographer, I appreciate what it takes to capture...
read moreHands-on with the new Fujifilm XF33mm F1.4 R LM WR
Fujifilm’s XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR is the latest in a series of primes from the company that offer modern alternatives to some of the first optics in the X-mount system. I say ‘offer alternatives’ rather than replace, because the company says the 33mm won’t replace the nine-year-old XF 35mm F1.4 R and instead both will be available alongside one another. Although Fujifilm also announced a 23mm F1.4 sister lens alongside the 33mm, it’s the longer lens that will become available first. It’s expected to arrive...
read moreDPReview TV: Our thoughts on Fujifilm’s X Summit announcements
Published Sep 4, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Chris and Jordan analyze all the announcements from Fujifilm’s recent X Summit: GFX 50S II, X-T30 II, new X-mount lenses, new GF-mount lenses, and a teaser for a stacked CMOS sensor and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Gear in this story The GFX 50S II takes a familiar sensor and adds the image stabilization and body design of the GFX 100S. Does this, and a lowest-ever price deliver a winning combination? Fujifilm has announced...
read moreFujifilm GFX 50S II sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Published Sep 4, 2021 | dpreview staff Chris and Jordan from DPReview TV just reviewed the Fujifilm GFX 50S II. Check out their sample gallery to judge image quality for yourself – and to see some sweet interpretive dance moves by Jordan. View the Fujifilm GFX 50S II sample gallery from DPReview TV Gear in this story The GFX 50S II takes a familiar sensor and adds the image stabilization and body design of the GFX 100S. Does this, and a lowest-ever price deliver a winning combination? Fujifilm has announced the GFX 50S II, a 50 Megapixel...
read moreHow to Take Better Photographs Indoors
Many new photographers find that while shutter speed, aperture, and ISO make sense in theory, it is hard to know where to start in practice. Even if you understand basic camera settings, getting high quality photographs – especially indoors – is not always an easy task. In other words, maybe you have a basic understanding of the exposure triangle… but now what? How do you actually take a good photograph in low light or bad lighting conditions, like those often found indoors? That’s what I’m going to cover today. However, instead of a list of...
read moreAstronaut captures images of stunning blue auroral display from space
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, whose photos we’ve featured before, recently captured photos of the Aurora Australis, otherwise known as the southern lights (the counterpart to northern lights for the southern hemisphere). While photographing the brilliant night sky spectacle from Earth is interesting enough, to do so from outer space is even cooler. Further distinguishing Pesquet’s image is the blue color of the southern lights, a rare hue for the phenomenon. Blue Aurora Australis only occurs with specific, unusual geomagnetic...
read moreDPReview TV: Fujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR review
Published Sep 3, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] In this review Chris and Jordan explain why they’re pretty impressed with Fujifilm’s new XF 33mm F1.4 prime lens. They also provide a head-to-head comparison against Fujifilm’s older 35mm F1.4 lens to see how they differ. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Full resolution sample photos from this episode Gear in this story Pre-order now The GFX 50S II takes a familiar sensor and adds the image stabilization and body design...
read moreFujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Published Sep 3, 2021 | dpreview staff Chris and Jordan have been busy this week! This gallery features full resolution sample images from their review of the new Fujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 prime. Take a trip to Canada’s Maritime provinces and enjoy the tail end of summer. View the Fujifilm XF 33mm F1.4 sample gallery from DPReview TV Gear in this story Pre-order now The GFX 50S II takes a familiar sensor and adds the image stabilization and body design of the GFX 100S. Does this, and a lowest-ever price deliver a winning combination?...
read moreFilm Friday: A look at one of the Soviet Union’s first SLR cameras, the KMZ Start
[embedded content] Stephen Dowling, founder of Kosmo Foto, has published the its inaugural camera overview video to its YouTube channel. And to kick things off, the Kosmo Foto team has gone with a rather quirky camera—the KMZ Start. This interesting little camera was developed back in the 1950s by one of the Soviet Union’s largest camera manufacturers, KMZ. The camera was only in production for half a decade, and barely known in the west, but as Dowling explains in the video, it actually beat the Nikon F to market, a camera often thought of...
read moreSigma will announce new products on September 9
[embedded content] Just a month after announcing its new 150–600mm F5–6.3 DG DN OS ‘Sports’ lens for E and L mounts, Sigma is back with a teaser for another announcement on September 9, 2021. In a video premiere posted to YouTube, Sigma says it has a ‘New Products Presentation’ planned for 12:00 PM UTC on Thursday, September 9, 2021. As has been the case for past teasers, no information has been shared at this time regarding what kind of products we can expect to see. Whatever the case is, you might want to mark your calendars and set a...
read moreAsus announces ProArt Studiobook and Vivobook Pro notebooks for visual artists
Asus has announced a pair of new laptops designed for visual artists, including photographers. The new ProArt Studiobook and Vivobook Pro models join the existing Zenbook Pro series to offer customers more options at different performance, feature and price levels. The newly-formed trio of notebooks includes 4K OLED HDR displays. The displays are VESA DisplayHDR 600 True Black certified. To meet Pantone Validated standards, the displays are calibrated at the factory before being shipped to consumers. The new ProArt Studiobook adds Calman...
read moreSlideshow: A bewildered roadrunner at the US—Mexico border took home the grand prize in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition
Winners of the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Year awards were announced today. Over 22,000 images were submitted from around the globe. Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto took home the £5,000 grand prize for his image of a roadrunner standing next to the 3,000km-long US–Mexico border. ‘The border wall crosses deserts, mountains, and even mangroves. It is not just desert, and is in fact very biodiverse with more than 1,500 animal and plants species threatened by the wall,’ says Prieto. ‘I have watched many different...
read moreFujifilm GFX 50S II review
The Fujifilm GFX 50S II is the company’s third 50 Megapixel medium format mirrorless camera, and the first to feature in-camera stabilization. In almost every respect, the 50S II is a lower-res version of the GFX 100S, sharing more with its high pixel-count sibling than it does with the original GFX 50S. The means it benefits from all the refinements Fujifilm has introduced in the five years since the first GFX 50S was launched but also sees some features pared back. It’s also Fujifilm’s least expensive medium format camera...
read moreThe Fujifilm GFX 50S II is the least expensive medium-format digital camera ever
Published Sep 2, 2021 | dpreview staff Fujifilm has announced the 51 Megapixel GFX 50S II camera that – at $4000 – is the cheapest medium-format digital camera that’s ever been released. The 50S II is largely similar to the GFX 100S, but with a lower resolution sensor and a lack of 4K video capability. Relatively compact in size, the GFX 50S II offers in-body stabilization, with up to 6.5 stops of shake reduction. (The IBIS system can also be used to create ultra-high-res 205MB images.) The camera has a substantial grip and has plenty...
read moreDPReview TV: Fujifilm GFX 50S II review
Published Sep 2, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Chris and Jordan tell us what they think of Fujifilm’s new GFX 50S II medium format camera. They also compare it to the GFX 100S, revealing some important differences that go beyond resolution. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Fujifilm GFX 50S II sample gallery from this episode Gear in this story Leofoto is one of the best-known names in the world of affordable tripods and supports, but not necessarily for the best of reasons. With...
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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.