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The Absolute beginner’s guide to film photography: Parts 1 – 10 – start your analog awakening here
Published Jul 30, 2021 | dpreview staff Curious about film photography? Don’t know where to begin? We’ve got you covered! Parts 1-10 of our absolute beginner’s guide to film photography address all the basics of the medium, from film and camera types to advice on choosing the absolute best camera for your needs. We also cover the nuts and bolts of exposure, including the Sunny 16 Rule, as well as logistical questions, like, ‘Where do I get film developed?’ We cover all the basics of the medium, from film and...
read moreRecommended Equipment for Milky Way Photography
Simply seeing the Milky Way is already an awe-inspiring experience, and photographing it is one of my favorite things in the world. Although I’ve already written several articles about photographing the stars, today I wanted to specifically cover the gear needed to get great night sky photos. This article is a continuation of my recent article on the best equipment for landscape photography. As such, I’ll be using the same rating scale to judge the usefulness of each type of astrophotography gear: 1/4: Rarely worth getting 2/4: Can be useful...
read moreCanon EOS R3 shows off its 30fps continuous shooting during Tokyo 2020 Olympics
The Canon EOS R3 is on its way. We know quite a bit about it already, but very few individuals have gone hands-on with Canon’s upcoming pro-grade mirrorless camera. However, several photographers are testing the unreleased camera at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. One such photographer is Atiba Jefferson, a photographer and skateboarder with an impressive list of publications on his résumé, including Slap, Thrasher, Juxtapos and Transworld. Jefferson works and lives in Los Angeles and is a Canon Explorer of Light. Jefferson is covering the...
read moreLeica’s first smartphone, the Leitz Phone 1, hits the Japanese market
Leica has introduced its Leitz Phone 1 to the Japanese market. Leica writes it’s ‘the first smartphone to combine uncompromising quality, peerless optical engineering, and imaging software mastery with iconic Leica design.’ The Leitz Phone 1 is the first smartphone designed by Leica. Leica’s new phone is named in tribute to its founder, Ernst Leitz (II). The Leitz Phone 1 promises to deliver the ‘world-famous’ Leica experience to smartphone users. Part of the Leica experience is camera design and usability....
read moreBoxfish Luna is an 8K underwater drone housing for Sony’s a1, a7S III cameras
Two engineer friends from New Zealand shared a passion for underwater photography but were disappointed in the ROV (remotely operated vehicles) technology available at the time. The felt it had stagnated since the early 1990s. When one was forced to give up diving in 2016, the duo set out to create a solution for capturing high-quality imagery. The Boxfish Luna ROV houses both Sony’s a1 and a7S III cameras, making it capable of capturing up to 8K footage. The ROV’s dimensions are 71 x 44 x 35 cm (28 x 17 x 14 in) and it weighs 24...
read moreIn-depth tripod review: Sirui SR-3204
The Sirui SR-3204 out in the cold, with the Sirui PH-30 Carbon Fiber Gimbal on top, loaded with a 150-450mm zoom on a full-frame Pentax. Sirui SR-3204Sirui.com | $550 Back in a 2014 roundup of ball heads, Sirui was mentioned as a ‘relative newcomer,’ but today they are an established and well-respected brand, not only for tripods but also for such unusual items as humidity-control cabinets and anamorphic lenses. The full Sirui support catalog includes a very wide range of tripods and monopods, as well as a variety of those highly...
read moreCanon’s Q2 financial results credit its EOS R5, R6 mirrorless cameras for 101% YoY net sales increase
Canon has released its financial results for the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year (Q2 FY2021), revealing better-than-expected performance, particularly within its imaging division. The data In its investor relations presentation shows Canon’s consumer camera division pulled in 112.1B yen ($1B) in net camera sales—more than double its 55.7B yen ($500M) in sales in the same quarter last year. Granted, Q2 FY2020 was when COVID-19 was hitting much of the world the hardest, this recovery is even better than Canon expected. This increase is...
read moreTamron 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD sample gallery
Published Jul 29, 2021 | dpreview staff The Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD is a compact ultra-wide zoom (with a very long name) for Sony APS-C E-mount bodies. While not the most solid-feeling lens, it impressed us with its corner-to-corner sharpness and minimal aberrations. And, it’s priced a bit cheaper than Sony’s slower (but stabilized) 10-18mm F4 lens. See how it performed in a variety of situations in our sample gallery. View our Tamron 11-20mmF2.8 Di III-A RXD sample gallery Gear in this story The The SIrui SR-3204 is an...
read moreNikon preparing to launch the first camera with GNSS instead of GPS, according to government filing
Reports out of Japan are suggesting future Nikon digital cameras may include GNSS instead of GPS. Nokishita tweeted an unreleased Nikon camera, registered as N2014, is poised to include GNSS in addition to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If the reports come true, it’d be the first consumer camera with GNSS. ニコンの未発表デジタルカメラ「N2014」には、Wi-FiとBluetoothの他にGNSS(GPS等の衛星測位システム)も搭載されるらしい。#認証情報 pic.twitter.com/qWM8DBpNu8 — 軒下デジカメ情報局 (@nokishita_c) July 23, 2021 So what is GNSS? It’s Global Navigation Satellite System, and it’s an alternative to...
read moreMetadata from Olympic photographer’s photos suggests the EOS R3 will have a 24MP sensor
Jeff Cable, a photographer covering the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, appears to have accidentally shared the sensor resolution of Canon’s forthcoming EOS R3 mirrorless camera To date, Canon has announced the EOS R3 is in development and even shown off the body of the camera, but it hasn’t yet revealed what specifications we’ll find from the hardware inside the camera. However, we might have at least one piece of the puzzle thanks to Cable, who has been testing out Canon’s unreleased EOS R3 camera at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Note the ‘Image Width’ and...
read moreHands-on with the Sony ZV-E10
The Sony ZV-E10 is an APS-C, E-mount interchangeable lens camera designed primarily for vlogging. It’s largely based on the company’s entry-level a6100, with a three-capsule microphone and fully articulating LCD display (and no electronic viewfinder) being the main cosmetic differences compared to the older model. It offers the same excellent autofocus system, image quality and performance as the a6100. It inherits most of the software features from the ZV-1 compact vlogging camera, including the background blur and Product...
read moreSony ZV-E10 sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Published Jul 28, 2021 | dpreview staff The Sony ZV-E10 may be aimed at vloggers, but it’s a capable stills camera too. Check out this gallery from our team at DPReview TV that includes everything from landscapes to portraits. View the Sony ZV-E10 sample gallery from DPReview TV Gear in this story The new Sony ZV-E10 is seemingly a vlogger’s dream. It shoots uncropped 4K/24p video, offers headphone and microphone ports, a touch-sensitive selfie screen, class-leading AF and a darn good onboard mic. Unfortunately, jiggly 4K and...
read moreSigma to release new products on August 4
[embedded content] Mark your calendars, people. Sigma has published a YouTube Premiere placeholder video teasing the launch of new products on August 4, 2021. No additional information is shared in the placeholder image, nor in the video’s description, but the plural ‘products’ suggests it will be more than one accessory, camera or lens. According to L-Rumors, at least one product it expects to be announced is a new 150–600mm F5–6.3 DG DN lens. While the rumored lens remains under wrap, officially, Sony Alpha Rumors (a sister site of...
read moreShooting an elopement with Carl Zoch and the Zeiss Batis 40mm F2 CF
Published Jul 28, 2021 | Sponsored content, created with the support of Zeiss [embedded content] The Zeiss Batis 40mm F2 CF is a high-quality prime lens designed for Sony’s E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. Offering excellent sharpness and high-grade weather-sealed construction, the 40mm F2 is an excellent lens for portraiture and everyday shooting. In this video, photographer Carl Zoch takes the Zeiss Batis 40mm F2 CF to the Utah desert to shoot an elopement wedding. Join him as he captures a day in the life of a very happy...
read moreKodak faces backlash for removing Instagram post from photographer who called China’s Xinjiang region an ‘Orwellian dystopia’
Eastman Kodak has come under fire recently after Instagram users noticed the company had removed a post from its profile that featured photographs depicting the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of the People’s Republic of China: an area where the current Chinese administration is accused of numerous human rights violations against the Turkic ethnic group. Kodak, whose Instagram account features the work of photographers from around the globe, shared a gallery of images from French photographer Patrick Wack. The post showcased ten...
read moreRecommended Equipment for Landscape Photography
You can easily fill a backpack (or even the trunk of a car) with a landscape photography kit. Cameras and lenses only scratch the surface – there’s an overwhelming number of other accessories out there. This article breaks down what’s available and explains exactly what a landscape photographer really needs. This article isn’t meant to be a review of any specific product or company. Instead, it covers all the camera gear and accessories that are commonly used for landscape photography, along with my thoughts on whether or not they’re...
read moreNecessary Camera Equipment for Landscape Photography
You can easily fill a backpack (or even the trunk of a car) with a landscape photography kit. Cameras and lenses only scratch the surface – there’s an overwhelming number of other accessories out there. This article breaks down what’s available and explains exactly what a landscape photographer really needs. This article isn’t meant to be a review of any specific product or company. Instead, it covers all the camera gear and accessories that are commonly used for landscape photography, along with my thoughts on whether or not they’re...
read moreBest Camera Equipment for Landscape Photography
You can easily fill a backpack (or even the trunk of a car) with a landscape photography kit. Cameras and lenses only scratch the surface – there’s an overwhelming number of other accessories out there. This article breaks down what’s available and explains exactly what a landscape photographer really needs. This article isn’t meant to be a review of any specific product or company. Instead, it covers all the camera gear and accessories that are commonly used for landscape photography, along with my thoughts on whether or not they’re...
read moreThe new ‘entry-level’ Phantom TMX 5010 video camera can shoot at up to 1.16M FPS
Vision Research has announced a new model in its Phantom TMX ultrahigh-speed camera lineup, the TMX 5010. The new camera is an ‘entry-level’ slow-motion camera. By ‘entry-level,’ we mean less expensive than the TMX 7510 and TMX 6410 cameras, but estimates still put the TMX 5010 at costing between $60,000 and $80,000. [embedded content] The Phantom TMX 5010 features a backside-illuminated image sensor capable of shooting up to 1.16 million frames per second in standard mode. At these blazing-fast speeds, the...
read moreCanon patent application shows shutter-like barrier mechanism for protecting mirrorless image sensors
Left: The barrier mechanism when it’s closed; Right: The barrier mechanism when it’s open. Canon has filed a new patent application for an in-camera mechanism designed to protect the shutter and image sensor of its mirrorless cameras from dust and debris when no lens is attached. Japanese patent application number 2019–234718 describes (machine-translated) an ‘invention related to interchangeable lens imaging equipment with a barrier mechanism to protect the imaging element.’ What’s interesting about the mechanism described in the...
read moreSony ZV-E10 review
Introduction Product photos by Dan Bracaglia The Sony ZV-E10 is a 24MP APS-C mirrorless interchangeable lens camera aimed at vloggers. It features an articulating selfie screen with touch capability, 4K video capture, headphone and microphone ports and a variety of add-on accessories to assist in video capture, including the handgrip seen in the photo above (sold separately) and a range of sophisticated microphones. Specification-wise, the ZV-E10 is familiar: everything from its sensor to its AF system to its video capability is the same as...
read moreDPReview TV: Sony ZV-E10 vlogging camera review
Published Jul 27, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Chris and Jordan review the ZV-E10, Sony’s new E-mount vlogging camera. Does it raise the bar for vloggers? Also, how does it compare to Sony’s compact vlogging camera, the ZV-1? We try to answer both questions. Most important, can Chris be bribed with Swedish fish gummies? Tune in to find out. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Sony ZV-E10 sample gallery from this episode Gear in this story The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm F1.0 R...
read moreSony ZV-E10 sample gallery
Published Jul 27, 2021 | dpreview staff The new Sony ZV-E10 may be aimed primarily at vloggers, but it’s still a highly capable stills camera thanks to its 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor, the same found in the likes of the a6100, a6400 and a6600. We put it through its paces with the kit 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 lens attached to give you a sense of its real-world image quality. Click the gallery above or link below to view, and just a heads-up, there’s no shortage of cute pups pics in this one! View our Sony ZV-E10 sample gallery Gear in this...
read moreSony announces the ZV-E10, an Alpha series APS-C mirrorless camera aimed at vloggers
Sony has announced the ZV-E10, the first Alpha-series camera aimed at vloggers. It’s based largely on Sony’s entry-level APS-C camera, the a6100, and includes many of that camera’s standout features, such as Sony’s Real-time autofocus. However, it adds several modifications designed specifically for vlogging. The ZV-E10 includes a fully articulating screen, making it easy for vloggers to monitor video while shooting. A zoom lever around the shutter button can operate power zoom lenses, with eight user-selectable speed...
read moreLuminar AI gets new Portrait Bokeh AI mode and more with free update
Skylum has released Luminar AI Update 4, delivering numerous new features, including Portrait Bokeh AI. Portrait Bokeh AI builds upon Luminar AI’s depth mapping tools to isolate a portrait subject from the background. The tool recognizes people in groups or even in unusual poses. Once the subject, or subjects, are separated from the background, Portrait Bokeh AI blurs the background to ’emulate the rich, hazy bokeh of a high-end lens at a wide open aperture.’ Image credit: Maryna Yurlovkskaya The software creates intelligent...
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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.