MetaLog iOS App makes it easy to record metadata for your film photography
If you’re a film photographer with an iOS device, you might find Christopher Curzio’s new app helpful. The new app, MetaLog, is a photo and camera data logging program that makes it easy to capture metadata for your film photography. Inspired by the desire to capture the film stock, settings Continue Reading
Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS sample gallery
Sigma’s 100-400mm F5-6.3 for full-frame Sony mirrorless (and L-mount cameras) offers quite a bit of reach for under $1000. It’s a bit slower than some of Sony’s own E-mount telephoto zooms, but it’s a comparably light and affordable alternative for FE shooters looking to add a telezoom to their kits. Continue Reading
Canon EOS R5 sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Much of the early attention surrounding the Canon EOS R5 focused on video specs, but it’s a mean photo machine as well. Check out this new gallery from DPReview TV, complete with Raw images. View the Canon EOS R5 sample gallery
DPReview TV: Canon EOS R5 review
The EOS R5 is Canon’s flagship mirrorless camera, and there’s a lot to like. We put it to the test for both stills and video and also address the overheating issues you may have heard about. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Continue Reading
Canon says ‘first set’ of EOS R5 units shipped out this week, quieting rumors over delays
Over the past few days, there have been numerous reports Canon is delaying shipments of its EOS R5 camera and that retailers weren’t receiving shipments as expected. While Canon Japan did mention there could be delays due to demand earlier this month, these reports suggested several retailers in the UK Continue Reading
MegaX ultra-slow-motion 4D camera records pulse of light bouncing between mirrors
Using an ultra-slow-motion camera that records at 24,000 frame-per-second, researchers with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPLF) were able to capture a pulse of light as it bounced between a series of aligned mirrors. According to EPFL School of Engineering’s Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory head Edoardo Charbon, Continue Reading
Study: smartphone camera use on the rise among pro photographers
Your average consumers use — almost exclusively — the cameras inside their smartphones for picture taking these days. Professionals use big black cameras with even bigger lenses. Or, at least that’s the perception most us have when thinking about camera use. But is this actually true? The analysts at Suite48Analytics Continue Reading
MS Optics reveals its latest lens, the Elnomaxim 55mm F1.2 for Leica M-mount cameras
Miyazaki san of MS Optics fame has released his latest M-mount lens, the Elnomaxim 55mm F1.2. Bellamy Hunt over at Japan Camera Hunter is still working to translate the details of the lens, but what is known at this point is that the lens uses a gauss type optical design Continue Reading
Film Fridays: Are premium 35mm compact cameras a waste of money?
Photo: Dan Bracaglia Back in the 1990’s virtually every camera manufacturer produced a line (or multiple lines) of premium autofocusing pocket cameras. Many of these cameras packed excellent optics and great metering into impossibly small, easy-to-use bodies, making them perfect for capturing spontaneous moments. These days, with the resurgence of Continue Reading
Canon Q2 financial results: Camera division still profiting, but down 93.9% year-over-year
Canon has published its second-quarter (Q2) financial results, which covers from the beginning April 2020 through the end of June 2020, and, as you would expect in these difficult times, the camera division isn’t looking all that great. Canon made it clear in its first quarter (Q1) results that things Continue Reading