Gear
Can you shoot effective portraits with a wide-angle lens? Well, yes, you can
Mar 12, 2020
John Aldred
Ultra-wide-angle lenses are typically associated with portrait photography. In fact, most people will specifically avoid them for portraits, casting them out as “useless”. But this…
How well does Fujifilm’s Acros-R film simulation compare to real 35mm Fuji Acros 100II film?
Mar 12, 2020
Dale Rogers
I shoot about 50% film and 50% digital these days. For digital, I shoot with the Fujifilm X series cameras and lenses. Fujifilm cameras appealed…
Here are the first images taken with the Laowa 15mm f/4.5 full frame shift lens
Mar 10, 2020
Udi Tirosh
Here is some exciting news. A while back Sony Alpha Rumors reported on a new Laowa 15mm f/4.5 full-frame W-Dreamer shift lens. We now have…
A Tale of Two 24-70’s: Nikkor S and G
Mar 10, 2020
Blair Bunting
First, a little backstory to this piece… For much of my young career, I shot Canon. Be it the 1D, 1D2, 1DS, 1D3, 1DS2 and…
Nope, this device from Vecnos doesn’t wipe your memories – It captures them in 360°
Mar 10, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A new consumer-grade 360° camera is coming to the market soon from Vecnos, a new startup spun out of Ricoh. While it looks like it…
Irix has finally announced the 45mm f/1.4 they first showed off in 2016
Mar 9, 2020
John Aldred
We first discovered the Irix 45mm f/1.4 way back at Photokina 2016. It was just a lowly prototype hidden under a glass box back then. It…
How to “scan” your film shots with the Nikon ES-2 digitizer and your camera
Mar 7, 2020
John Aldred
The Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter was announced way back in August 2017, along with the Nikon D850. It looks like somebody finally bought the…
Leica’s medium format S3 DSLR is out and it can be yours for “only” $19,000
Mar 6, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
First photos of Leica S3 leaked ages ago, and earlier this year we saw the specs leak as well. But now it’s official: Leica S3…
Olympus demonstrates its 150-400mm f/4.5 lens with an insane zoom shot of the sun behind Mt. Fuji
Mar 6, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
CP+ was supposed to take place last week, but it was cancelled due to the coronavirus concerns. Still, just like Adobe made its Summit conference…
Canon working on universal battery grip, patent suggests
Mar 5, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
An interesting patent from Canon was recently spotted, one that many photographers could find very useful. Judging from the patent application filed with the US…