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Gudsen updates Moza Slypod Pro electric monopod arm with longer reach, better battery
Gimbal manufacturer Gudsen has updated its Moza Slypod electronic monopod, adding a longer extension, faster motion and better battery life. The Moza Slypod Pro is essentially a motor-driven monopod that allows videographers to create smooth slider and jib-style camera movements using automatically extending telescopic tubes. [embedded content] The Slypod Pro can be controlled via the Moza App to extend the telescopic tubes at a given pace to allow mounted cameras to slide across the scene, towards or away from the subject, or to raise or...
read moreSlideshow: Large format film portrait series wins Sony World Photography Awards
Sony World Photography Awards A British photographer shooting on an 8x10in film camera has scooped the $25,000 top prize in the Sony World Photography Awards. Craig Easton won the professional section of the contest with a series of pictures that sets out to challenge the simplistic way in which places that have a diverse population are represented in the media. The black and white series shows a wide range of people from, and views of, a district called Top Bank on the outskirts of Blackburn, Lancashire in the UK, and forms a part of...
read moreTaking a closer look at the new Canon RF 400mm F2.8 and 600mm F4L I.S.
Canon has announced two new telephoto prime lenses for the RF mount. The RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM and 600mm F4L IS USM have the same optical makeup as their EF-mount equivalents, which were released relatively recently, in late 2018. Click through for a closer look at these two new telephoto options for RF.
read moreThe absolute beginner’s guide to film photography: Less common camera types
Published Apr 16, 2021 | Aaron Gold Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex cameras – along with Yashica and Mamiya TLRs – can still be found in working order on the used market for a fair price. They offer an excellent gateway to medium-format shooting. Image: Chia Ying Yang The number of different types of film cameras can be confusing to a newbie film photographer. In an earlier installment of our Absolute beginner’s guide to film photography, we explored the most common types of film cameras, and in this article, we’ll cover some of the less common...
read moreSlideshow: 2021 World Press Photo Contest winners
Today, category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo of the Year competition were announced. 45 photographers from 28 countries were selected by an independent jury including representatives from National Geographic and Reuters. World Press Photo seeks to highlight the best visual journalism from the following categories: Contemporary Issues, Environment, General News, Long-Term Projects, Nature, Portraits, Sports and Spot News. ‘For the past 66 years, we have been supporting, celebrating and putting the spotlight on the important...
read moreMitakon Speedmaster 35mm F0.95 Mark II lens now available for Micro Four Thirds camera systems
Chinese optics manufacturer Mitakon Zhongyi has announced its Speedmaster 35mm F0.95 Mark II manual lens is now available for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera systems. Until now, the ultra-fast prime was only available in Canon EF-M, Fujifilm X and Sony E mount. Now, MFT users can join in on the fun with what will be a 70mm full-frame equivalent focal length. The MFT variety features the same optical construction as its other crop-sensor counterparts, consisting of 11 elements in 8 groups, including one extra-low dispersion element, two...
read moreDJI’s new Air 2S has a 1” sensor, 5.4K/30p recording, improved optical avoidance and more
DJI has unveiled the Air 2S, a follow up to the compact Mavic Air 2. Most notably, the drone features a camera with a 1″ sensor, capable of capturing 20MP photos and up to 5.4K/30p or 4K/60p video. Improvements in its Spotlight 2.0 tracking capabilities, plus an upgraded APAS 4.0 obstacle avoidance and detection system, have also been added. The Air 2S is 180×97×80 mm folded down, not much different in size from the Mavic Air 2. It’s the most compact drone to feature a camera with a 1″ sensor and a pixel size of 2.4μm....
read moreHasselblad offers 12 medium format cameras as prizes for its 2021 Masters competition
Hasselblad Masters Fashion/Beauty winner 2016 Roy Rossovich Medium format manufacturer Hasselblad has opened its bi-annual Masters competition for entries, using 12 of its mirrorless cameras to tempt photographers to enter their best images. The main part of the contest is open only to professional photographers with three years under their belt in the industry, but the Project//21 category allows any photographer of 21 years or under to enter whether amateur or professional. Entry is free, and pictures don’t need to be shot on a Hasselblad...
read moreHands-on with the Fujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR
Fujifilm’s latest lens, the XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR, is a weather-sealed fast-aperture prime lens for the company’s X-mount interchangeable lens cameras. Offering a field-of-view equivalent to 27mm on a full-frame camera, the XF 18mm F1.4 makes for a great walkaround lens for all types of photography, from landscape to street. Follow along with us for a quick tour of how the lens handles and...
read moreDPReview TV: Fujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR review
Published Apr 15, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] The new Fujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR provides a 27mm-equivalent focal length for Fujifilm’s X-mount cameras. Find out why Chris and Jordan like this fast, sharp and lightweight 18mm lens. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Sample images from this episode Gear in this story DxO has just released PureRaw, a simple, standalone program that can automatically apply its high-quality lens corrections and impressive noise-reduction...
read moreFujifilm XF 18mm F1.4 R WR pre-production sample gallery
Published Apr 15, 2021 | dpreview staff We’ve been shooting for a few days with a pre-production copy of Fujifilm’s new XF 18mm F1.4 R WR lens, which offers a 27mm full-frame equivalent field of view, and optically, we’re impressed. It offers excellent sharpness wide open, minimal distortion, and good control of flaring and aberrations; The sunstars at F16 are quite nice, too. Additionally, this 18mm is fast-to-focus (it uses linear AF motor), weather-sealed, and reasonably compact and lightweight. In short, for $1,000,...
read moreFujifilm announces XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR prime lens
Published Apr 15, 2021 | dpreview staff Fujifilm has introduced the XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR wide-angle prime lens, which is equivalent to 27mm when mounted on an X-mount body. This compact lens is surprisingly light given its fast maximum aperture, weighing in at 370 grams (13.1 ounces). The lens has a total of 15 elements (in 9 groups) and includes both aspherical and extra-low dispersion glass. The six-element focus group is driven by a ‘near-silent’ linear motor. The minimum focus distance of the 18mm F1.4 is 11cm (4.3″),...
read moreCanon’s Series of Mirrorless Announcements
Canon has announced three new mirrorless lenses – a 400mm f/2.8, 600mm f/4, and 100mm f/2.8 macro – as well as the development of the EOS R3, a pro-grade mirrorless camera with a built-in battery grip and 30 FPS shooting. The macro lens and the R3 in particular have some unusual, promising features that we at Photography Life cannot wait to test! 400mm f/2.8 and 600mm f/4 The upcoming Canon RF 400mm f/2.8L The first two lenses in Canon’s set of announcements are supertelephoto beasts: a 400mm f/2.8L costing $12,000, and a 600mm f/4L costing...
read moreReport: Samsung working with Olympus on implementing IBIS in upcoming smartphones
Seemingly, every phone manufacturer wants to partner up with an established, well-respected camera company. Around the smartphone industry, this is already seen with OnePlus and Hasselblad, Vivo and Zeiss, and Huawei and Leica. According to Sammobile, rumors suggest that Samsung is getting in on this trend by working with Olympus on upcoming Galaxy smartphones. Huawei has a partnership with Leica, as seen here with the P30 Pro smartphone. OnePlus works with Hasselblad. Vivo works with Zeiss. Is Samsung the next major player in the smartphone...
read moreDxO PureRaw review: Impressive noise and lens processing for any editing app
Introduction For years now, DxO Labs’ Optics Pro and PhotoLab products have impressed photographers with their automatic lens corrections. And more recently their CPU-intensive PRIME / DeepPRIME noise reduction technology has also garnered plenty of praise, as we saw in our recent DxO PhotoLab 4 review. Yet while DxO has earned more than a few plaudits and built a devoted following for its software, it has never gained quite the mass-market appeal of rival Adobe. With PureRaw, it aims to address this with a new approach. DxO tells us...
read moreCloser look: Canon RF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM
DxO has just released PureRaw, a simple, standalone program that can automatically apply its high-quality lens corrections and impressive noise-reduction algorithms to your Raw files, and then pass those Raw files off to your favorite editing app. We’re pretty impressed by it – find out why in our review.
read moreSony’s Xperia 1 and 5 Mark III introduce variable optical zoom and 4K 120Hz OLED
Sony has just announced the Xperia 1 Mark III, its flagship smartphone with camera technologies borrowed from its Alpha line of cameras, as well as display, cinema and audio capabilities built from the know-how of the broad divisions within Sony Electronics. The ‘zoom’ allows the Xperia 1 and 5 Mark III smartphones to optically achieve both 70 and 105mm equivalent focal lengths with its single telephoto module (with F2.3 and F2.8 apertures, respectively). The main (24mm) and wide (16mm) modules remain the same as that seen in the...
read moreCanon EOS R3: What do we know, and what can it tell us about a future ‘EOS-R1’?
The EOS R3 clearly inherits aspects of Canon’s EOS-1D series of cameras, but what else can we learn from what Canon has told us? Canon has just announced the development of what will be the highest-spec RF-mount camera yet, the EOS R3. The few details that have been released point towards a very interesting camera, but also something else; something even more capable, coming in the future. So although Canon hasn’t given away a lot away in this announcement, it’s provided enough lines for us to read between them. The name:...
read moreDPReview TV: Chris and Jordan react to the Canon EOS R3 announcement
Published Apr 14, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Canon just pulled back the curtain on a major new camera, coming (we assume) later this year. The EOS R3 will sit above the R5 in the RF lineup, and will offer professional-grade build quality and a newly-developed Canon stacked CMOS sensor. In today’s episode of DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan answer the question everyone is asking: what do they think about Canon’s EOS R3 development announcement? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every...
read moreNew Canon RF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM lets you adjust bokeh on-the-fly
Published Apr 14, 2021 | dpreview staff Canon’s new RF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM lens is the company’s first RF-mount lens designed for close-up photography. Its minimum focus distance is 26cm (10″), giving a maximum magnification of 1.4X. The lens’ image stabilization system switches to a ‘hybrid’ mode when focus distances are short, which activates shift (horizontal and vertical translation) reduction on top of the standard angular shake reduction. During regular shooting, the IS system reduces shake by up...
read moreCanon announces 400mm F2.8L and 600mm F4L RF-mount lenses
Published Apr 14, 2021 | dpreview staff Canon has announced two new telephoto prime lenses for the RF mount. The RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM and 600mm F4L IS USM have the same optical makeup as their EF-mount equivalents, with 17 elements in 13 groups, including one Super UD and two fluorite special elements, along with Super Spectra and Air Sphere coatings. Canon claims that the optical I.S. systems reduce camera shake by up to 5.5 stops regardless of which RF-mount body you’re using. The minimum focus distance on the 400mm F2.8 is 2.5m (8.2...
read moreCanon EOS R3 development announced: high-end full-frame mirrorless
Canon has revealed the first details of its high-end EOS R3 full-frame mirrorless camera. The R3 has a dual-grip design and will be able to shoot at up to 30 frames per second with full AF, but isn’t branded as a successor to the EOS-1D series of pro sports DSLRs. Relatively small details have been disclosed, but Canon says that the R3 will be built around a Stacked CMOS sensor: a first for the company. The sensor will continue Canon’s Dual Pixel AF design and will be designed and manufactured by Canon. The speed of this chip...
read more15 Tips for Photographing the Ocean
With warmer weather on the horizon (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere at least), it’s a great time to start thinking about how to photograph the ocean. The ocean is my personal favorite landscape subject, but anyone who has taken their camera along to the beach knows that capturing the sea can be trickier that it might appear. Today we are going to look at 15 tips for photographing the ocean so that you can come home from your next beach adventure with amazing photographs. Table of Contents Protecting Your Gear at the Ocean Before...
read moreSlideshow: Winners of the 2021 Storm Photo/Photographer of the Year
The winning images and photographers of the inaugural Storm Photos of the Year competition have been announced, revealing a collection of awe-inspiring shots of Mother Nature on display. The Storm Photos of the Year competition was launched in February 2021 by Emmy award-winning photographer and filmmaker Mike Olbinski when he teamed up with storm chaser and Nikon ambassador Mike Mezeul. Together, the pair added YouTuber and landscape photographer Nick Page, as well as photographer and filmmaker Linda Van Rosmalen as judges. There were two...
read moreAdobe updates Premiere Rush and Premiere Pro, adding Apple M1 support to Rush and more
Adobe has updated its video editing applications, Adobe Premiere Rush and Adobe Premiere Pro. The April 2021 release of Premiere Rush adds, among other improvements, native Apple Silicon support. Premiere Pro (15.1) includes optimizations and small improvements. Looking first at Premiere Rush, the latest version now natively supports Apple computers with Apple’s M1 chip, including recently released models like the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini. With native M1 support, Premiere Rush offers improved performance during editing and...
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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.