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Rolling with the Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm F1.7
Published Jan 4, 2021 | This is sponsored content, made possible with the support of Panasonic and Amazon [embedded content] The Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is a fast zoom lens for Micro Four Thirds that covers several popular focal lengths. It provides a focal length range equivalent to 20-50mm, so you can cover 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm or 50mm with a single lens (and a fast one, at that). Perfect for video work thanks to its sharpness, speed and handling, the 10-25mm F1.7 is a great lens for travel and ‘run and...
read moreUtah – America’s Hidden Gem
Have you been to Utah yet? If not, why not? It is, after-all, the most beautiful state… NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14mm, ISO 64, 1/100, f/4.0 I had no idea what to expect but I fell in love with Utah from the moment I first set foot there. It’s different. The people are very nice, friendly and polite. The towns are beautiful. And the landscape is unlike anything I’ve seen anywhere else. NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 26mm, ISO 64, 1/25, f/22.0 Consider the Mesa Arch in Canyonlands for a second. If it’s your first time...
read moreThe Sony a7R IV remains the best camera for landscape photography
Published Dec 30, 2020 | dpreview staff Previous 1 Introduction 2 Next Landscape shooters have a unique set of needs and requirements for their gear. On the image quality side of things, a good landscape camera should offer plenty of resolution and lots of dynamic range; from a physical standpoint, it should be weather-sealed and well constructed. Features like in-body stabilization, touch-sensitivity, a tilting LCD and good battery life are also a plus. We’ve rounded up the cameras we think are good options for landscape photography...
read moreFujifilm XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR sample gallery
Published Jan 2, 2021 | dpreview staff Fujifilm’s updated XF 10-24mm R OIS WR doesn’t come with any optical changes over the older model, but does add weather sealing, improved image stabilization and a physical aperture ring. The most impressive part? The new lens is actually a little lighter than the previous one. We’ve taken advantage of some rare winter sun in the Seattle area and around Puget Sound to see what it can do when paired with Fujifilm’s X-S10. Gear in this story As we press on with our full review,...
read moreHappy New Year from DPReview!
Pictured – some (but not all) of the hardworking people that bring you DPReview and keep everything running on the backend. We finally made it to January 1st. How are you doing? How are you feeling? What’s the weather like in your brain? As 2020 staggers to an end, I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing good riddance to this exceptionally long year and looking forward to a brighter few months ahead. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘pandemic’ as “prevalent over a whole country or the world” and...
read moreHappy New Year (and what a year it was!)
With the year 2020 finally behind us, I wanted to wish a very Happy New 2021 Year to our readers all around the world. Thank you for being our readers, and for continuing to come back to Photography Life. It is an honor to write for such an amazing group of people, many of whom have become my friends over the years. I wish you the very best, and I hope you and your family have lots of health, love, stability, and prosperity in 2021 and beyond. Without a doubt, 2020 was a tough and turbulent year for many of us, including our team here at PL....
read moreLensrentals’ most popular gear: Canon once again dominates with Sony, Nikon far behind
It’s the end of the year and that means Lensrentals has once again rounded up a list of the most popular camera bodies, lenses and accessories rented from Lensrentals and LensProToGo customers in 2020. Although this year has been, shall we say, different than most, the macro-level look at the most popular rental gear hasn’t changed much. That said, there are a few interesting trends emerging based on the 2020 data. As it has been since 2017, the Canon 24–70mm F2.8L II lens takes the top spot of the most popular item to fly off...
read moreGear of the Year: Carey’s choice – Sony a9 II
Photo: Dan Bracaglia We were being out-paced by a semi-truck on a dirt road off an Idaho interstate in a mad gambit to skip an hour’s worth of stop-and-go traffic. As the 18-wheeler rounded a corner far ahead of us, leaving our sight, I felt a bit of humility. Mostly relief. Though if we’d wanted, we could easily have kept up with the truck in the little Subaru we were bouncing around in. It was nice to take comfort in the certainty that every photo I would take on this trip would be reasonably exposed and perfectly focused. But...
read moreThe top 10 most popular cameras of 2020 (according to our Instagram)
What’s the best camera costing over $2500? The best high-end camera costing more than $2000 should have plenty of resolution, exceptional build quality, good 4K video capture and top-notch autofocus for advanced and professional users. In this buying guide we’ve rounded up all the current interchangeable lens cameras costing over $2500 and recommended the...
read more2020 in review: the biggest photo news stories of the year
I’ve spent the past two or so weeks attempting to construct a sentence that accurately summarizes the year 2020. While I have a few scattered about in my journal, none of my prose comes close to more aptly encapsulate this year than this quote from Clarke Smith, age 9, from Beverly Hills, Michigan: ‘[It’s] like looking both ways before crossing the street and then getting hit by a submarine.’ Such wisdom from one so young. In this gallery, we’re revisiting some of the stand-out news stories of this wildest of years, selected by the...
read moreUpdate: Canon patent applications show pistol-grip-style mirrorless camera with pan/tilt and zoom functionality
Editor’s Note: (Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 1:13 PM): The original version of this article stated these were patents for a DJI Osmo Pro-style gimbal. This coverage was based on the limited information we found at the time. The article has been re-written after poring over the actual patent documents we weren’t aware of at the original time of publishing. A new series of patent applications from Canon shows the company has put a great deal of thought into developing a rather unique pan/tilt mirrorless camera that’s attached to a...
read moreDPReview TV: We share our 2021 predictions while freezing our asses off
Published Dec 30, 2020 | dpreview staff [embedded content] It’s time for our annual predictions episode! Chris and Jordan tell us what to expect from each camera company in 2021. And like true Canadians, they do it while ice fishing. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. As we press on with our full review, we’ve analyzed just how the Zeiss ZX1 stacks up in front of our standard studio test scene. See for yourself how it performs. Fujifilm’s latest X-S10 is a likeable mirrorless...
read moreFAA releases final rule on Remote ID and operations over people/night flights
On Monday, December 28th, the Federal Aviation Administration released its ruling on Remote Identification (Remote ID) for drones along with a final rule on flights over people and at night. Coming in roughly a little less than a year after the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Remote ID was published, this nearly 500-page document, written mostly in legalese, will take awhile to fully unpack. A final rule for Remote ID What is certain for now, thanks to an Executive Summary provided by the FAA, is that a highly contentious part of the...
read moreVideo: Here’s how Adobe Lightroom Mobile works on the Zeiss ZX1
Published Dec 29, 2020 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Part smartphone, part full-frame compact camera, The Zeiss ZX1 is a unique device, dominated by a large touchscreen. It comes with Adobe Lightroom Mobile installed – but how does it work? In this video, Reviews Editor Carey Rose explains all. Gear in this story We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the prices. We’ve just finished processing our Zeiss ZX1 studio scene, and holy cow, that lens looks amazing. Click through to see for...
read morePatent shows Canon may be developing a DJI Osmo Pro-like gimbal
According to a filed patent, Canon appears to be working on an all-in-one gimbal and camera device, similar to the discontinued DJI Osmo Pro. In the patent diagrams, first seen on Twitter via user OsitaLV, the prospective Canon product comprises a handle, a rear display, gimbal, controls, a camera sensor and a lens mount. On top of the camera area, there’s also a hot shoe. Near the hot shoe is some sort of a switch, which Josh Spires of Drone DJ speculates could be a toggle switch for stabilization or as a release for the lens mount....
read moreThe Overlooked Technique of Image Averaging
Almost all photographers know about panoramas and HDRs. Most also know about focus stacking. But how often do you hear photographers talk about a fourth method of blending photos together – image averaging? Although image averaging has picked up a bit more popularity in recent years, it’s still not especially well-known. That’s a shame; depending on what subjects you photograph, image averaging can extend your shooting capabilities significantly. Let me demonstrate. Table of Contents What Is Image Averaging? As the name implies, image...
read moreNikon Z6 II vs Canon EOS R6 – which is best for you?
Canon and Nikon dominated the DSLR market for around two decades but the move to mirrorless saw Sony gain a significant foothold in the full-frame space before the former ‘Big Two’ weighed in. The second-generation full-frame mirrorless cameras from both brands are hugely capable though, so in the absence of an update from Sony, the Canon EOS R6 and Nikon Z6 II are the midrange models to beat. But which is right for...
read moreThe Canon EOS R5 is the best camera between $2500 and $4000
Published Dec 22, 2020 | dpreview staff Previous 1 Introduction 2 Next If you’re a serious enthusiast or working pro, the very best digital cameras on the market will cost you at least $2500. That’s a lot of money, but generally speaking these cameras offer the highest resolution, the best build quality and the most advanced video specs out there, as well as fast burst rates and top-notch autofocus. To keep these cameras as comparable as possible, we’ve set a price limit of around $4000. Our pick: Canon EOS R5 Canon threw...
read moreHow one drone pilot got slapped with $182,000 in fines from the FAA
A drone pilot from Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, was slapped with a $182,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The individual, whose identity remains anonymous, incurred this massive fee after conducting at least 26 separate flights that violated Federal Aviation Regulations between December 2019 and August 2020. The story made its rounds in the news earlier in the month. Recently, respected aviation attorney Jonathan Rupprecht, who was granted access to a copy of the penalty letter, went more in depth on the nature of the...
read moreDPReview TV: How set up Sony’s ‘Real-Time’ autofocus tracking
Published Dec 26, 2020 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Did Santa leave a new Sony camera in your Christmas stocking? If so, your first step should be to enable Sony’s ‘real-time’ autofocus tracking. In this video, we show you how to set up this useful feature. These instructions should work for the Sony a6100, a6400, a6600, RX100 VII, RX10 IV, a7R IV, a9, and a9 II. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. As we press on with our full review, we’ve analyzed just how the Zeiss...
read moreDPReview TV: How to set up Sony’s ‘Real-Time’ autofocus tracking
Published Dec 26, 2020 | dpreview staff [embedded content] Did Santa leave a new Sony camera in your Christmas stocking? If so, your first step should be to enable Sony’s ‘real-time’ autofocus tracking. In this video, we show you how to set up this useful feature. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. As we press on with our full review, we’ve analyzed just how the Zeiss ZX1 stacks up in front of our standard studio test scene. See for yourself how it performs. Fujifilm’s...
read moreRoger Cicala: Understanding field curvature for fun and profit
When deciding which 35mm lens to buy, what do you want to know? How sharp it is? How it handles? How much it costs? I want to know what its field curvature looks like. (Spoiler: the plot on the right is from the little guy.) I’m not a fan of lens testing purely for the purpose of winning pissing contests. I am, however, a great fan of lens testing for learning how to best use a lens. There are a few tests I find particularly useful, and the single most important one is field curvature. Field Curvature (in metrology speak MTF v Field v...
read more7Artisans releases a $195 35mm F5.6 golden pancake lens for Leica M mount cameras
Chinese optics manufacturer 7Artisans has announced its latest lens, a gold-adorned 35mm F5.6 manual focus pancake lens for Leica M mount camera systems. The ultra-thin lens is constructed of five elements in four groups, including two ultra-low dispersion elements. It has a fixed F5.6 aperture but somehow manages to squeeze in a manual focus system (30cm to infinity) that’s controlled via a small lever on the lens. As for size, the lens measures on 21.75mm (.8″) thick (including the mount), 60mm in diameter and weighs only 128g...
read moreReview update: Zeiss ZX1 studio scene analysis
Introduction Studio product photography by Dan Bracaglia The Zeiss ZX1 is the first-ever digital camera to come with Adobe Lightroom Mobile built-in, encouraging you to shoot, edit and upload images from a single device. It has a 37.4MP full-frame sensor, a fixed 35mm F2 lens and the largest screen we’ve ever seen on a modern digital camera at 4.34″ (11cm) diagonal. It’s also a camera that I wondered if I’d ever see; it was announced way back in 2018, and there was a stretch of more than a year and a half where we...
read moreSkyPixel announces 6th annual drone photo and video contest
Last year, to commemorate its 5th anniversary online, SkyPixel announced a photography and videography contest aimed at creators capturing aerial imagery. Since launching in 2014, around the same time consumer-grade drones became mainstream, the platform has garnered over 18 million submissions from 140 countries. A few days ago, a follow up competition was announced. For SkyPixel’s 6th Anniversary Aerial Photo and Video Contest, $83,000 in cash and prizes, including DJI products, will be awarded to over 55 winners and finalists. Photos...
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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.