Equipment

Photographers use all kinds of equipment to craft their art, from cameras and lenses to lights and accessories. We cover the latest news and information on the tools of the trade in the photography industry.
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10 Great Vintage Lenses for Portrait Photography

Vintage lenses are often talked about as if their only value is “character.” That usually means lots of flare, low contrast, possibly swirly bokeh, spherical aberration, or some other charming defect that gives digital images a little analog grit. There is nothing wrong with that, of course. A flawed lens can be a wonderful creative tool. But the more interesting vintage bargains are not always the strange ones. Sometimes the best buys are lenses that are simply much better than their used …

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This New Open-Source Camera Has Swappable Sensors and Lens Mounts

German electronics company CircuitValley has launched the CHC5 on Kickstarter, which it describes as "the world's first commercially available modular camera system for advanced imaging." The CHC5's claim to fame is that the user can freely swap out the image sensor, rotating through a wide range of sensor sizes and formats.

Now Truly Independent, OM System Wants to Be More Competitive

When Olympus’s imaging business was spun off to form OM Digital Solutions, it did so under the investment of private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). But in April, CEO Shigemi Sugimoto and the OM Digital Solutions management team purchased control of the company from JIP, which he says will allow them to be more competitive.

A collection of various camera lenses and a GoPro camera sit on a wooden surface against a black background, with a PetaPixel Reviews logo in the top left corner.

GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS Review: A Bit of a Head Scratcher

A few months ago, GoPro launched an entirely new line of cameras, targeted more at professional videographers than the more consumer-focused Hero series has traditionally been. At that time, we were promised a Micro Four Thirds mount camera in the future, and that future is now. After spending some time shooting with a wide array of lenses, I have some thoughts on the utility of this $700 camera and whether it will be the massive success GoPro desperately needs.

The screen of a Canon digital camera displays the title screen of the 1993 video game Doom.

You Can Play Doom On a 16-Year-Old Canon DSLR

It's possible to run the pioneering 1993 first-person shooter video game Doom on just about anything, even cameras. By using Magic Lantern software on a Canon EOS 550D from 2010, also known as the EOS Rebel T2i and EOS Kiss X4, photographers can install a custom build of Doom on their APS-C cameras.