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Hands-on with the Sony FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G
Introduction The Sony FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G is the sixth consumer power zoom for the E-mount system and the second of them to cover the full-frame format. At first glance it’s a pretty compact, semi-bright, constant-aperture wide angle zoom, but there’s more to it the closer you look. And it’s worth putting emphasis on the word ‘consumer’ in that last paragraph, since Sony has also makes a $5,500 power zoom for the pro/cinema market, coincidentally also a 16-35mm but with a T3.1 (which is likely to equate to F2.8)....
read moreD3s or D500
Tom Kielick posted a new topic: I am looking for D3s shooters who have also used a D500 for low light action shots. I’ve always wanted a D3s but as an amateur could never justify the expense. I noticed recently that used prices on MPB have dropped below $675 for bodies in Good condition and shutter counts in the 50 and 60K actuations – a real steal for such an iconic camera. I’ve got a D700 and a selection of FX primes and zooms; also CD cards and EN-EL4a batteries so I am no stranger to FX. I am looking for your thoughts on how the D3s...
read moreSlideshow: Winners of the 7th annual SkyPixel 7th Anniversary Contest
SkyPixel, a community with over 30 million registered users, in partnership with drone manufacturer DJI, today announced the winners of their annual Anniversary Aerial Photo & Video Contest. Now in its 7th year, it received close to 30,000 submissions from aerial photographers, videographers – both professional and enthusiast – from 124 countries and regions. Winners and finalists in 10 photography and videography categories received a variety of DJI products and accessories. The Video category Grand Prize winner is Wenrui Ye, who used...
read moreJuno spacecraft photographs Jupiter and two of its moons in a single stunning image
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a stunning view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere during the spacecraft’s 39th fly-by of the planet on January 12, 2022. The image is beautiful at first glance, but when you look closer, you can see two of Jupiter’s moons, Io and Europa. When the image was captured, the Juno spacecraft was about 61,000 kilometers (38,000 miles) from Jupiter’s cloud tops when it captured the photo below. The spacecraft’s latitude was about 52 degrees south. The raw image was processed by...
read moreRicoh is crowdfunding a limited-edition ‘Jet Black’ K-3 Mark III kit (in Japan)
Ricoh Imaging has announced it will be releasing an extremely limited-edition ‘Jet Black’ version of its Pentax K-3 Mark III camera in Japan via a crowdfunding campaign. This new colorway is the first product Pentax is releasing as part of its Co-Creation Project and was chosen as the most popular of the five designs presented at a meeting held back in November 2021. The camera underneath is the same 26MP K-3 Mark III we’ve seen before. The only difference is its all-black paint job that would be right at home on Bruce Wayne’s desk....
read moreReview: Rotolight AEOS 2 and NEO 3 lights use RGB LEDs to offer loads of creative color options
There are many reasons LED lights are becoming more and more popular with both stills and movie photographers. Initially, the attraction was the much lower power consumption and the significantly lower operating temperatures when compared to traditional continuous lighting. Then came the ability to vary the warmth of the output between cooler-than-daylight to warmer-than-tungsten, which drew plenty of attention too. In the more recent stages of their evolution, LED lights are adding primary-color LEDs to produce a wider range of hues of light...
read moreSlideshow: Winners and Shortlist for the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
The annual Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners and shortlisted entries for its 2022 Open Competition. The Open Competition recognizes the best single images submitted in 2021. Over 170,000 images were submitted from around the globe. 100 photographers were shortlisted while 10 overall category winners were selected. The Open Competition was judged by Newsweek Japan’s Director of Photography, Hideko Kataoka. ‘I enjoyed judging this wide variety of categories from Object to Street Photography….The photographs in...
read moreInsta360 ONE RS modular action camera announced with more powerful Core and 48MP 4K Boost Lens
Insta360 has announced the Insta360 ONE RS interchangeable lens action camera. Like the Insta360 One R, the new ONE RS utilizes a modular design. The action camera comprises three main parts, the battery, the processor and three quick-swapping lenses. The camera can swap between being a traditional action camera and a 360-degree camera. The Insta360 ONE RS features a new high-performance 4K Boost Lens that features a 1/2″-type 48MP image sensor, promising highly detailed wide-angle photos and videos. An improved ‘Core’...
read moreCanon Australia recalling ‘very small number’ of EOS R5C units due to autofocus issues
Canon Australia has posted a notice on its website issuing a recall for some early EOS R5C units, which are said to contain a manufacturing defect that causes the camera to go in and out of focus when using autofocus for video shooting. Canon Australia says its ‘aware that a very small number of units have been delivered to customers prior to this issue being identified’ and are asking consumers who received their EOS R5C units ‘on or before March 21, 2022 and are experiencing this issue to organize a return of the unit from the retailer from...
read moreCanon Australia says ‘very small number’ of EOS R5C units affected by autofocus issues
Update (Wednesday March 23, 2022 at 8am ET): Regarding units affected in other areas, a Canon representative said ‘Canon Americas EOS R5 C units were updated and corrected before distribution within the territory.’ Update (Friday March 25, 2022 at 12pm ET): The original version of this article stated this was a recall of Canon EOS R5C units. While Canon is seeking out affected units, Canon has clarified that this issue has not met the threshold for a full recall and as such we have updated our article and headline accordingly....
read moreSony 16-35mm F4 G PZ Sample Gallery
With its compact size and video functionality, you might expect the Sony 16-35mm F4 G PZ would have to make sacrifices in optical performance. However, we were very impressed by the photos captured by this new hybrid optic. Take a look at our sample gallery and judge for yourself! Want to learn more about this lens? Watch our hands-on review from DPReview TV. View our Sony 16-35mm F4 G PZ sample gallery Gear in this story The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED is one of the most versatile creator laptops we’ve tested. This laptop combines...
read moreSony unveils new $1,200 16-35mm F4 Power Zoom lens for E-mount camera systems
Sony has announced the PZ 16–35mm F4 lens, a power zoom lens designed for ‘hybrid creators who capture both stills and video,’ but with a heavy emphasis on video usability. It’s the company’s sixth consumer power zoom lens, its second for full-frame cameras and the first to drive both autofocus and zoom using linear motors. Its small, light design with internal zoom and focus mean it can be used on a range of gimbals without the need to re-balance. There are six of what Sony calls ‘Extreme Dynamic (XD) linear...
read moreDPReview TV: Sony 16-35mm F4 PZ Review – Photographers should care too!
[embedded content] Sony already has the well regarded Sony/Zeiss ZA 16-35mm F4 in their lineup so we were surprised when they announced a new 16-35mm F4 G PZ. Sure, the power zoom feature is great for video shooters, but we think there’s a lot here photographers will like as well. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Sony 16-35mm F4 G PZ sample images from this episode Gear in this story The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED is one of the most versatile creator laptops we’ve tested. This...
read moreVideo: Mac Studio teardown gives us a close look at M1 Ultra
Update (Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:30pm ET): The original version of this article stated the Mac Studio had upgradeable SSD storage. While there is an extra port that — at least in theory — should allow for users to add additional storage, Apple has a software block disabling third-party storage at this time. We have updated the headline and a few details in the article to reflect this clarification. The new Mac Studio is a great computer. In our review, we called Apple’s new M1-powered desktop ‘The Apple desktop we’ve been...
read moreVideo: Tour the Kodak factory and see how it makes its photographic film support base
Engineer and educator Destin Sandlin, from the YouTube channel ‘Smarter Every Day,‘ loves analog film photography. ‘There’s something to me about being able to capture a memory in a physical object with light and physics and chemistry. It’s just beautiful.’ In a video last summer, Sandlin investigated how film photography works and visited Indie Film Lab in Montgomery, Alabama. Understandably, Sandlin hasn’t had his fill of film and has kicked off a new three-part series featuring a Kodak factory...
read moreNikon Z9 studio scene shows great speed comes at little cost
The Nikon Z9 uses a Stacked CMOS sensor but with a pixel count and base ISO shared with the single layer BSI chip used by the Z7 and Z7 II. That was already one of the best-performing sensors we’ve ever encountered, so our look at the Z9 is more likely to be a question of ‘what’s the cost of the stacked chip’s added speed,’ rather than ‘how much better is the IQ.’ Studio scene Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you’ll encounter in the real...
read moreKodak is reviving Kodak Gold 200 for medium format cameras
Get your wallets ready, film shooters! Kodak Moments, a division of Kodak Alaris, has announced it’s bringing its popular Gold 200 color negative film stock back to 120 format. While Kodak Gold 200 has been available in 120 rolls in the past, it hasn’t been available in rolls of 120 since 1997 when it was called Kodacolor Gold 200. Based on the tech sheet and information provided in the FAQ accompanying the film stock’s release, it appears as though this ‘new’ film stock is indeed a new formula compared to the 120 format Kodak Gold 200...
read moreOM System OM-1 Indoor Hockey Sample Gallery
DPReview TV’s Chris Niccolls took the OM System OM-1 to shoot the local Calgary Canucks hockey team. See the results from the OM-1’s stacked Micro Four Thirds sensor in this challenging environment. Note: These images were all shot through thick plexiglass, which will impact the sharpness. Want to see how the OM-1 fared against the Canon EOS R3? Watch the full episode from DPReview TV. View our OM System OM-1 indoor sample gallery Gear in this story We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the...
read moreDPReview TV: OM System OM-1 vs. Canon EOS R3 Indoor Sports Shootout
[embedded content] The OM System OM-1 brings a stacked sensor, interchangeable lens camera to an affordable price for the first time. How does it hold up next to the Canon EOS R3, a premium flagship sports camera? Chris Niccolls and The Camera Store TV’s Evelyn Drake went to shoot some indoor hockey and find out. Special thanks to Evelyn Drake, the Calgary Canucks and Max Bell Center Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. OM-1 sample gallery from this episode Please note that these images were...
read moreAcer Storage announces new line of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB CFexpress B memory cards
Acer Storage has announced a new line of CFexpress Type B memory cards that will see the company release three capacities with read and write speeds up to 1,600 and 1,200MB/s, respectively. While the Acer brand is most known in the computer market, these cards are designed and manufactured by BIWIN Storage Technology, which produces its own line of solid state storage and DRAM memory modules, as well as HP-branded hardware through a license, which is what it’s doing with the Acer Storage brand and these new CFexpress Type B cards. The Acer...
read moreDxO PureRAW 2 announced: Faster and more versatile, plus Fujifilm X-Trans support
This week, DxO released DxO PureRAW 2, the latest version of its RAW processing app and plugin. If you’re not familiar with PureRAW, it takes the same great DxO DeepPRIME RAW demosaicing and noise reduction technology as DxO’s all-in-one editor, PhotoLab, and lets you use it without changing your existing workflow. For example, if you use Adobe Lightroom, you can use DxO PureRAW 2 inside Lightroom to get the most quality out of your RAW files while still using Lightroom to perform all your edits. You can also use PureRAW 2 as a...
read moreFilm Friday: Foma Bohemia releases retro-inspired packaging for its 35mm Fomapan films to celebrate 100 year anniversary
Image: Fomo Bohemia Black and white film manufacturer Foma Bohemia has announced it will be wrapping up its 35mm film in retro-inspired packaging for the company’s 100th anniversary, according to a report from Kosmo Foto. While Foma Bohemia showed off its similarly-designed retro packaging for its 120 film stocks back in 2019, since the company technically celebrated its centennial birthday last year, the release of the nostalgic 35mm film stocks were delayed due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re finally here though and...
read moreNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reaches another alignment milestone, and its optics are working correctly
NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has reached another alignment milestone. On March 11, the Webb team completed the critical alignment stage known as ‘fine phasing.’ Fine phasing is the fifth of seven major alignment steps. It is conducted three times, directly after each round of coarse phasing, and measures and corrects remaining alignment areas. NASA writes, ‘These operations measure and correct the remaining alignment errors using the same defocusing method applied during Segment Alignment. However,...
read moreVenus Optics unveils $399 25mm F0.95 Argus APO lens for Micro Four Thirds
Venus Optics has announced its new Laowa Argus 25mm F0.95 MFT APO lens for Micro Four Thirds camera systems. The apochromatic lens, which offers a 50mm full-frame equivalent field of view on Micro Four Thirds camera systems, is constructed of 14 elements in eight groups, including one aspherical element, one extra-low dispersion element and three ultra-high-refractive index elements. It uses a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, offers an aperture range of F0.95 throguh F11, has a minimum focusing distance of 25cm (9.8”) and uses a 62mm front...
read moreWayback Machine: The evolution of Panasonic’s GH-series cameras
Above: When the Panasonic GH5 was introduced in 2017, we got all the GH siblings together for a family reunion. It’s hard to believe Panasonic’s video-centric GH camera series is 13 years old. For those of us who used or covered the series from the start, it’s also a stark reminder that we’re a bit older than we used to be. Oh, how time flies! Fortunately, the GH series has aged well, evolving from a scrappy upstart video camera into a mature product with some of the most advanced video features on the market, short of...
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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.