This Photographer Added a Cosmetic Film Advance Lever to Their Fujifilm X100VI
A Chinese X100VI owner added a film advance lever to his camera, and it has proven to be an extremely controversial camera modification.
A Chinese X100VI owner added a film advance lever to his camera, and it has proven to be an extremely controversial camera modification.
Gordon Laing of Cameralabs just published his newest Retro Review, this time looking at what he describes as Canon's first "truly desirable-looking consumer compact," 1998's PowerShot A5.
In a development that should come as no surprise, Synology's self-branded SSDs for its newest NAS systems have arrived, and they are expensive.
Light Lens Lab is all about recreating classic -- and hard-to-acquire -- lenses from the past. Its latest revelation is a faithful homage to the P. Angenieux S21 50mm f/1.5 lens. Originally designed in the 1950s with an M42 thread mount for the Exacta SLR, the S21 delivered that Silver Screen look, with soft corners and a gentle glow to the frame when shooting wide open.
The newest entry in Nikon's fantastic ongoing "The Thousand and One Nights" series focuses on the Nikon Mini AF600QD compact camera, which was known as the Nikon Lite-Touch AF elsewhere. When it launched in 1993, it was the smallest and lightest autofocus-equipped camera.
Canadian musician turned photographer Malcolm-Jay Wilson is back with another awesome camera conversion project. In 2023, Wilson converted a broken Yashica Electro 35mm film camera into a Raspberry Pi-powered digital camera. Now he has returned with an infrared camera sensor to create a compact IR point-and-shoot camera.
The Fujifilm X-Pro3 was released in 2019 and is the most recent version of the beloved rangefinder-style camera. While it has been six years, somehow an incredible and heartwarming Easter egg in the camera was only discovered this past week: after 100,000 photos, the camera will roll credits, just like after beating a video game or at the end of a movie.
The Genki Moonbase is a stylish and powerful power strip that is sure to liven up any workspace. It's also chock-full of ports, featuring three AC outlets and four USB-C ports.
In a notable addition to its growing catalog of budget-friendly yet capable manual lenses, 7Artisans has officially announced its new 10mm f/3.5 ultra-wide-angle lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras.
The Nikon Z8's feature-packed firmware update 3.0 is now available, but photographers with Tamron Z-mount lenses may want to hold off on the update, as Tamron has confirmed that the new firmware update negatively affects the performance of at least some of its lenses.
The DJI Power 2000, the company's latest portable power solution, is extremely powerful and can be expanded to a whopping 22,528Wh. When expanded, it has enough power to charge a typical DJI drone 24 times, a laptop nearly 20 times, and a digital camera 118 times.
Over the last couple of years, the number of computers, headphones, cameras, and portable batteries that charge with USB-C that I've acquired has ballooned substantially. I've resorted to using batches of individual USB-C plugs cobbled together in my aging infrastructure, but it's an inelegant solution. That's where the UGreen Nexode came in.
Sony's $25,000 Burano 8K digital motion picture camera is an absolute beast of a cinema camera. Sony has significantly improved the camera via firmware updates, and more are in the works. The company has also addressed a color reproduction complaint via free new hardware, which is unusual.
Nikon Z8 firmware version 3.0 has arrived. Announced in early June, the major firmware update gives the Z8 the world's first pixel-shift high-resolution shooting mode equipped with focus shift and AE bracketing.
Thypoch has been pumping out new lenses for Leica M-mount regularly for the past year, and while there are certainly digital cameras that they work great on, I think the company knows its biggest market is probably going to be analog fans.
Tamron has announced the 16-30mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 zoom lens for both Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount, completing its second generation trinity -- the "Daisangen" as Tamron calls it -- as the new lens joins the 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 and 70-180mm f/2.8 G2 telephoto zooms.
The 46th Leitz Photographica Auction ended last week in Wetzlar, Germany. The auction, which doubled as part of Leica's centennial celebrations, entered two new cameras into the top five most expensive cameras in history.
Did Christmas come early? It’s the middle of the summer, and I am testing my favorite lens focal length. Not only that, the lens also happens to have a fast f/1.4 aperture and this comes just days after having tested the very impressive Viltrox 85mm f/1.4 Pro. I must be really lucky because the Sirui Aurora 85mm f/1.4 is lightweight, well-built, and a very affordable $600.
Recently, at the Bild Expo in New York City, I asked some prestigious photographers and creative professionals an important question: What is the greatest digital camera of all time? Some said the Fujifilm X100 series, some said the Nikon D780, and I even heard the DJI Pocket 3. Of course, they were all wrong. The correct answer is, of course, the Panasonic Lumix GM-5.
Tamron, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, has published a new report that says that the company has the largest market share of all third-party lens manufacturers.
Panasonic is taking a page out of Apple and Adobe's playbook with a strong push into education support: it's called Lumix EDU. Announced earlier this week, the company has detailed to PetaPixel its particularly impressive set of offerings meant to support newcomers to the creative field and, of course, get them using Lumix cameras.
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Lite Zero-D FF, a new full-frame ultra-wide-angle lens designed specifically for mirrorless camera systems. While some configurations are manual focus only, the Nikon Z and Sony E versions feature autofocus.
Sony today announced the beta release of what it calls "Camera Verify," a new feature of its Camera Authenticity Solution that allows newsrooms to share the authenticity of a photo via a dedicated URL so that third parties can view those results directly and remotely.
In January, Insta360 revealed the Flow 2 Pro, an AI-powered smartphone gimbal aimed at enthusiast and pro content creators. Now, Insta360 has announced the Flow 2, an affordable, creator-friendly alternative.
In addition to the 100 Years of Leica M11-D and Centenary Set, Leica Camera AG also unveiled two more special edition cameras designed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Leica I, the first mass-produced 35mm camera. The Leica D-Lux 8 100 Years of Leica and Sofort 2 100 Years of Leica feature distinctive anniversary designs.
Leica is celebrating its 100 Years of Leica centennial with an exclusive special edition of its M11-D rangefinder camera, and two lenses, including a recreation of the Leica I's original fixed 50mm f/3.5 prime. One of these special edition cameras is also Leica's 1,000,000th M camera.
Leica is marketing the 100th anniversary of the Leica I, the first series-produced 35mm camera, with an exclusive special edition of the Leica M11. The Leica M11 100 Years of Leica 'Wetzlar Germany' camera is poised to be a must-have collector's item for Leica's most passionate -- and well-heeled -- fans.
The eufyMake E1 UV Printer recently launched on Kickstarter, drawing attention for its promise to bring professional-grade printing to home users and small businesses alike.
Pergear has announced a pair of new CFexpress 4.0 Type B Master-series memory cards, each promising high-speed performance and strong value.
In the world of wildlife photography, capturing fast-moving subjects from a distance requires the perfect blend of reach, speed, and image quality. Sigma, renowned for its high-performance lenses, has recently announced the launch of the Sigma 300-600mm f/4 DG DN OS Sports, a powerful zoom lens specifically designed for wildlife photographers.