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Top-notch high-res mode: Panasonic Lumix S5 review update
Image quality Out-of-camera JPEG.ISO 100 | 1/160 sec | F5.6 | Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6 lens @ 40mmPhoto by Jeff Keller Featuring a familiar 24MP sensor that’s similar to competing cameras, the Panasonic Lumix DC-S5 turns in really solid image quality in Raw, and its JPEG engine produces some really nice out-of-camera images. Key takeaways: Great Raw detail capture, similar to other 24MP rivals JPEG engine offers excellent performance, even at the highest ISO values Dynamic range is also a match for rival cameras High-res mode...
read moreSony 35mm F1.4 GM sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Published Jan 14, 2021 | dpreview staff Our team at DPReview TV recently published its review of the new Sony 35mm F1.4 GM lens. How good is it? Take a look at the photos they took while reviewing the camera and judge the image quality for yourself! View the Sony 35mm F1.4 GM sample gallery Gear in this story Exposure X6 is the latest Adobe Lightroom competitor from Exposure Software. With great image quality, impressive speed and powerful features, it’s a compelling option that doesn’t require a monthly subscription....
read moreCostco is shuttering all remaining in-store photo departments in Canada, US by February 14
American wholesale retailer Costco informed customers in an email sent earlier today that it will be closing all remaining photo centers inside of its U.S. and Canadian warehouses by February 14, 2021. In 2015, Costco started cutting back on its in-store photography departments when it announced it would no longer offer film development services. Then, in March 2019, Costco took it a step further and announced it would be closing a number of in-store photo departments due to insufficient demand. Costco never specified which warehouses lost...
read moreHands-on with new Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM
It’s been a long time coming, but Sony has finally announced a G Master series 35mm lens for its full-frame mirrorless system. The new FE 35mm F1.4 GM is Sony’s 39th full-frame E-mount lens, and does not replace the older Zeiss-branded optic. It should and – spoiler alert – does outperform it in most respects, according to our testing. Click-through for a closer look at Sony’s newest full-frame prime...
read moreThese open-source medium format cameras are 3D-printed
In the last five years, Dora Goodman has gone from creating hand-crafted adornments and making modifications to existing classic cameras to offering original open-source, 3D-printed analog cameras. In 2016, PetaPixel interviewed Goodman about her incredible hand-crafted custom classic cameras. Since then, Goodman has moved toward open-source, 3D-printed analog cameras. On her website, you’ll find a variety of creations from Goodman and her team, including the 3D-printed, customizable Goodman Zone Camera. This camera was originally...
read moreSony FE 35mm F1.4 GM sample gallery
Published Jan 13, 2021 | dpreview staff We’ve been busy shooting around with Sony’s brand-new, compact and lightweight FE 35mm F1.4 G Master lens and initial impressions are quite positive: It’s extremely sharp wide open and across the frame, and the optical design controls ghosting, flaring and chromatic aberration with ease. Jump into our sample gallery and have a look for yourself. See our Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM sample gallery Gear in this story Exposure X6 is the latest Adobe Lightroom competitor from Exposure Software....
read moreDPReview TV: Sony 35mm F1.4 GM review
Published Jan 13, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] The 35mm F1.4 GM brings one of photography’s classic focal lengths to Sony’s G Master series of lenses. How does it perform? According to Chris and Jordan, it’s pretty darn good. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Sony 35mm F1.4 GM sample gallery from this episode Gear in this story Exposure X6 is the latest Adobe Lightroom competitor from Exposure Software. With great image quality, impressive speed and powerful features,...
read moreSony launches super-sharp, lightweight FE 35mm F1.4 GM lens
Published Jan 13, 2021 | dpreview staff Sony has just launched the FE 35mm F1.4 GM, the 39th full-frame E-mount lens in the lineup. Users of Sony’s mirrorless cameras have been able to use the FE Zeiss 35mm F1.4 for years, but this new lens is meant to improve on it; it’s also smaller and lighter, coming in at 524g (1.16lb) to the Zeiss’ 630g (1.39 lb). The Zeiss will remain on the market alongside the GM. The FE 35mm F1.4 GM comes with a complex optical formula of 14 elements in 10 groups, including two XA (extreme...
read moreSigma CEO confirms RF/Z mount lenses are a ‘possibility,’ estimates camera industry will stabilize this year and more
Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki, pictured at the CP+ 2019 show in Yokohama, Japan. Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki recently penned an article in the ICAN Management Review that confirms the Japanese company is looking at the ‘possibility’ of bringing Sigma lenses to Canon RF and Nikon Z mount camera systems. In addition to the possibility of new lenses, he also notes Sigma estimates the overall decline of the photography industry will stabilize sometime this year and explains why Sigma will continue to make cameras, even if it comes at ‘considerable’...
read moreViewSonic unveils new ColorPro monitors, including 32″ 8K display aimed at photographers
ViewSonic has unveiled a wide array of monitors at this year’s virtual CES 2021 show. Among the new monitors is the company’s first 8K ColorPro monitor. The display has been designed for photographers demanding high resolution and wide color gamut coverage. The new 32″ 8K ColorPro monitor, the VP3286-8K, has a native 8K resolution (7,680 x 4,320) and displays 99% of the Adobe RGB color space. Connectivity features include Thunderbolt 3 and DisplayPort plus a USB hub. The monitor has a color-blind mode, which includes...
read moreBCN+R data shows digital camera sales in Japan were down 40% year-over-year
BCN Retail (BCN+R), a Japanese analyst firm that collects daily sales data of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras from both online and in-person points of sale in Japan, has published (translated) a summary of its 2020 camera sales data, confirming camera sales were down in the Japanese market due to an already-shrinking market further compounded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to BCN+R’s data, digital camera sales dropped 40.4% year-over-year (YoY). This is over double the 16.8 percent drop BCN+R recorded in 2019 (compared...
read moreFujifilm GF 120mm F4 Macro sample gallery updated
A hundred megapixels is a lot of resolution, no doubt about that, and such resolution places extraordinary pressure on lenses. Good thing the GF 120mm F4 Macro is up to the challenge. We’ve just had the chance to update our lens gallery with shots from the GFX 100 so check out how the lens performs for yourself! Gear in this story In this article, expert macro photographer Thomas Shahan shares advice for successful closeup photography of bugs, insects and small animals. Need a quick refresher? We’re always adding product overview...
read moreReply to EOS 5Ds and 5Ds R
Photos Members Group Since EOS 5Ds and 5Ds R wbyoungphotos says: Does anybody use these large sensor bodies?If so,how do you utilise the files? 1:44AM, 11 January 2021 PST (permalink) wbyoungphotos says: Perhaps the file is over sized,but then people were talking about Medium cameras…It is just ahead of it’s times? 🙂 13 hours ago (permalink) Would you like to comment? Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you’re already a...
read moreSony reveals new information about its upcoming ‘Airpeak’ drone
Last November, Sony sent out a press release announcing its entrance into the drone industry with ‘Airpeak.’ A few more details surfaced, today, in conjunction with the launch of the annual Consumer Electronics (CES) show. In its latest unveiling, Sony claims ‘Airpeak [is] the industry’s smallest class of drone that can be equipped with the Alpha system.’ Airpeak is expected to be released to the public in Spring 2021, and aimed at professional photographers and video creators. While the exact dimensions of the...
read moreSome versions of Capture One are now more expensive
A rumored price increase to selected versions of Capture One software has officially taken effect. As of today, January 11, branded (Fujifilm, Nikon and Sony) versions of Capture One software are more expensive for new purchases, subscriptions and upgrades. A new perpetual license for Capture One for Fujifilm, Capture One for Nikon and Capture One (for Sony) will now cost customers $199 USD (€209, £199). Prior to the January 11 price increase, a new perpetual license for these branded versions of Capture One cost $129. Upgrade pricing has...
read moreOWC’s new Envoy Pro FX SSD is an ‘ultra rugged’ SSD with max sequential read speeds of 2,800MB/s
Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Envoy Pro FX, a waterproof and ‘ultra rugged’ plug-and-play SSD that offers sequential read/write speeds of up to 2,800MB/s. The bus-powered SSD is constructed of aluminum. In addition to making the SSD IP67 rated, the aluminum housing also acts as a heat sink to passively cool the internal OWC Aura memory. The Envoy Pro FX is plug-and-play with essentially any device that can accept a USB-A, USB-C or Thunderbolt connection, including Linux, macOS and Windows computers, as well as iPad Pros,...
read moreBest Camera for Sports and Wildlife Photography in 2021
NIKON D3S + 300mm f/4 @ 300mm, ISO 3200, 1/250, f/8.0Copyright Nasim Mansurov If you are into sports and wildlife photography, you might be wondering which camera is the best for these two genres today. Without a doubt, action photography can be challenging even for the most expensive cameras on the market, since it has very specific requirements. Action cameras need fast autofocus systems, fast continuous shooting speeds, minimum blackout, large camera buffers, extensive weather sealing, solid build quality, and the intelligence to be able...
read moreAmbarella releases new CV5 SoC that will likely power next-gen DJI, GoPro devices
Ambarella, a semiconductor design company that focuses mainly on imaging hardware, has announced the released of its new CV5 system on a chip (SoC). This new 5nm SoC can process one 8K or four 4K streams while using minimal power consumption and provides plenty of overhead for AI-powered features and capture modes. Ambarella might not be as familiar a name as other semiconductor manufacturers, but it’s played a major role in the imaging industry. Since 2008, the Santa Clara-based company has been manufacturing chipsets for popular...
read moreRoger Cicala: Understanding field curvature for fun and profit (part 2)
Hi, Roger here – I’m going to talk about field curvature again. And first, some admin: If you only use primes with flat fields, shoot only at F11 or F16, or like to pretend your zoom lenses have flat fields, then this article will be of no interest to you. In my last article I discussed how to evaluate your lens for field curvature and why that’s worthwhile information to have sometimes. Today I’m going to show an overview of what to expect from different types of lenses. There are some general tendencies of field...
read moreEOS 5Ds and 5Ds R
wbyoungphotos posted a new topic: Does anybody use these large sensor bodies? If so,how do you utilise the files?
read moreExposure X6 software review: Faster than ever and even more capable
Exposure Software Exposure X6$129-149 | exposure.software Back in 2020, I reviewed Exposure Software’s Exposure X5 and discovered much to love. A rival to the likes of Lightroom and Capture One, I found Exposure X5 to be blazingly fast and quite capable. With a pretty affordable price tag and no subscription fees, it made for a very credible alternative to its more established rivals, especially for photographers on a budget. Now the follow-up, Exposure X6, is here, and I’ve tested all of its new features to see how they stack up....
read moreNASA’s HiRISE orbital camera captures enlightening close-up shots of Martian surface
Image credit: University of Arizona, NASA, JPL. Researchers at the University of Arizona have used NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Experience (HiRISE) camera to capture images of the Valles Marineris canyon on Mars. Researchers want to study the canyon, which is 2,500 mi (4,000 km) long and has depths up to 4 mi (7 km), to better understand how it formed and what its formation means for the history of Mars itself. Valles Marineris is the largest known canyon in the solar system and it may hold the key to solving numerous Martian...
read moreDPReview TV: Nikon Z7 II review
Published Jan 9, 2021 | dpreview staff [embedded content] The Nikon Z7 II has the same great ergonomics as its predecessor, but has more processing power, dual card slots, 4K/60p video, improved autofocus and more. Chris and Jordan tell us why it’s a solid choice for many shooters. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Nikon Z7 II sample gallery from this episode Gear in this story The new Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II are solid updates, but the gap at the top of Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless...
read moreNikon Z7 II sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Published Jan 9, 2021 | dpreview staff Our team at DPReview TV just wrapped up its review of the Nikon Z7 II. Check out the photos they took along the way and judge the image quality for yourself! View the Nikon Z7 II sample gallery Gear in this story The new Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II are solid updates, but the gap at the top of Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless lineup for a truly ‘professional’ model still exists. So what can the Z6 II and Z7 II tell us about what Nikon might do next? The new Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II are iterative...
read moreNikon is killing off its international warranty in favor of regional warranties
Nikon has announced it will no longer provide a comprehensive international warranty for its products, citing issues with ‘differences in regional laws and safety standards. Instead, the company says it will transition to regional warranties for interchangeable lenses and accessories by the end of this month. Nikon says the change will affect ‘NIKKOR interchangeable lenses (F mount and Z mount lenses, mount adapters, etc.) and accessories (Speedlights, etc.).’ Going forward, if you purchase a Nikon product with an international...
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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.