Gear

Last month, Tamron released a teaser for one new zoom and three primes that the company would be adding to its lineup of Sony full-frame E-Mount lenses. Thanks to a new report from Sony Alpha Rumors, we now know that the zoom lens will be a 70-180mm f/2.8. The original ...

Phase One just announced the new XT Camera System, a compact medium format camera that’s the smallest digitally integrated field camera ever. “The XT Camera System perfectly marries extraordinary image quality and extraordinary photographic technology,” Phase One says. “It’s versatile, flexible, and remarkably intuitive to use. With components that communicate ...

Not to be left behind by the likes of Nikon, Canon and Sony, it seems Leica is planning to release a new full-frame mirrorless camera of its own. Japanese rumor site Nokishita has published a set of leaked images and specs of the alleged Leica SL2, a followup to the ...

For several years I had believed that shooting a medium format camera at high ISO would yield terrible results. Most likely there would be no point in trying, I thought. However, a few days ago I nevertheless brought the Pentax 645Z and the Pentax 25mm f/4 out into the darkness ...

Last year, during a panel discussion at one of the yearly industry conferences, I said that my hope was for DSLRs to soon vanish… I said this not because I haven’t enjoyed the incredible strides made in photo technology during the era of the DSLR — both as a camera ...

One of Japan’s largest newspapers has published a report that contains two very interesting tidbits for Canon mirrorless shooters. First, they claim that Canon will release a 1D X-level EOS R in 2021; and second, the report revealed that Canon is working on some sort of ‘converter’ that can turn ...

ASUS is going hard for creative professionals at IFA 2019. Not only did they announce a new 1600-nit ProArt Display that takes aim at Apple’s Pro Display XDR, they also unveiled the ProArt StudioBook One: the world’s most graphically powerful laptop. The ProArt StudioBook One can make this claim because ...

Apple made a big splash with their Pro Display XDR, promising unmatched performance for creative professionals, but “unmatched” might no longer apply. ASUS just unveiled a new lineup of ProArt Displays at IFA 2019, including a beastly 32-inch, 1600-nit 4K HDR display that promises to go step-for-step with Apple. The ...

An updated Nikon Z-Series lens roadmap appeared online this morning, purporting to show all of the NIKKOR Z lenses that Nikon has in store for 2020 and 2021. From an 85mm f/1.2 to a 100-300mm f/4, it seems Nikon has a lot of glass in the pipeline for its full-frame ...

We really didn’t know what to expect going into this. Panasonic hasn’t even made an APS-C body before, never mind a full-frame flagship mirrorless camera. Though, it seems they realized the S1 series needed to make a splash if its release was going to trail behind Canon and Nikon’s first ...