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Image: Viltrox Viltrox has announced the new AF 40mm F2.5 Z lens for full-frame Nikon Z-mount cameras. The lightweight prime lens provides a normal field of view, roughly approximating the perspective of human vision. Recent Videos Optically, the AF 40mm F2.5 Z features an internal focus design built around ten elements in six groups. This includes one ED lens, one aspherical lens, three high-ref…

Image: 7Artisans 7Artisans has announced a version of its full-frame AF 50mm F1.8 lens for Nikon's Z mount . Recent Videos The lens, already available for Sony E mount, is 104mm (4.1") long and weighs 421g (14.9oz). Its optical formula is made up of 11 elements in 9 groups, including two aspherical, one ED and two high refractive index lenses. It features an 11-blade aperture diaphragm. It uses a…

Image: 7Artisans Chinese lens maker 7Artisans has announced the AF 27mm F2.8 prime lens for APS-C cameras using the Sony E-Mount. Recent Videos The 27mm focal length gives a fractionally wide-angle ∼41mm equivalent field of view, while the semi-fast F2.8 maximum aperture should give some control over depth-of-field and better low-light performance than a kit zoom. The compact prime consists of si…

The most significant products of the past 25 years As part of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we asked manufacturers to reflect on the most significant products of the past quarter century. As you might imagine, all the senior executives picked one of their own products. But some patterns also emerged. Some simply named their current flagship as the pinnacle of the company's R&D history so far. But…

As part of the work on our review of the Fujifilm X100VI, we've shot and processed our standard studio test images with the camera. Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you'll encounter in the real world. It also has two illumination modes to see the effect of different lighting conditions. Recent Videos Given the camera is based on a sensor we've …

Image: mood.camera A new camera app that wants to offer a film-like experience is now available. The mood.camera app (iOS only) targets fans of analog photography and consists of 14 film-like filters. I was given early access to the app to test it out and see if it offers anything different from similar apps on the market. Recent Videos There's been a resurgence in analog photography recently. Th…

Image: Sigma Sigma has announced it will be offering six of its DC DN APS-C lenses for Canon's RF mount, making it one of the first third-party manufacturers to sell autofocus RF lenses under license. Recent Videos The DC DN 18-50mm F2.8 fast standard zoom will be available from July 2024, offering a 29-80mm equivalent range on Canon's 1.6x crop APS-C bodies. This will be followed, later in the y…

Image: Tamron Tamron has announced it's developing a version of its 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD fast wide-angle zoom lens for Canon RF-mount APS-C cameras. Recent Videos The 11-20mm F2.8, which is already available for Sony E-mount, will offer an 18-32mm equivalent range on Canon's 1.6x crop cameras. The lens, released under license from Canon, was announced simultaneously with SIgma's announcement…

Launched in 2023, the T-series is Moment’s current line of premium add-on lenses for smartphones and comprises an entire lens ecosystem, including cases, filters, filter mounts, and other accessories. Recent Videos Compared to the previous M-series introduced in 2017, the new T-series has been designed for the larger image sensors and bigger pixel counts in the latest generation flagship smartpho…

Photo sharing site Photobucket recently revealed that it might license the images it hosts to teach AI models. Photobucket’s recent reveal that its 13 billion images may soon be licensed to teach AI models raises questions about copyright and how to protect your images. Recent Videos Cloud storage is a useful tool that allows us to back up our images and share them with others quickly. It’s not p…

Interview participants (all with Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.) Second from Right: Tomoki Tanaka , General Manager, Pentax Division Others, left to right: Kazuhiko Shibuya , Pentax Division, Business Management Department, Overseas Sales Section Hiraku Kawauchi , Marketing Group, Marketing Communication Department Takeo ("TKO") Suzuki , Designer, Pentax Division Ryutaro Aratama , Group Leader, Over…

Image: TTArtisan Today, TTArtisan has officially released its new AF 56mm F1.8 autofocus lens for X and E-mount cameras. The APS-C portrait lens is another budget offering from the China-based company. Recent Videos The 56mm F1.8 lens has ten elements in nine groups and has nine aperture blades. The lens is built with a stepper motor, which TTArtisan claims delivers fast and quiet autofocus. It h…

Photo: Richard Butler We're almost a third of the way through the year already! Here's a recap of the reviews and testing we've done this year so far, with more (and more and more) to come as the year goes on! April Panasonic S5II: Review Photo: Richard Butler The Panasonic S5II had the unfortunate luck of landing in our office right about the time we found out that our parent company planned to …

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Image: 7Artisans 7Artisans has released a new manual focus 50mm F1.4 Tilt lens , compatible with Sony and Fujifilm APS-C cameras, as well as Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras. Recent Videos The new 50mm lens is made up of seven elements in six groups and has 12 aperture blades. It has a minimum focusing distance of 0.5m (19.6") and weighs 364g (12.8oz). 7Artisans states the lens has…