Here is an interesting innovation announced by Canon today with this f/4 L series telephoto lens, the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM. The innovation lies in the integration of the optical extender which allows an extra x1.4 focal length to turn the 200-400mm into a more powerful 280-560mm (still f/4 !) with just a gesture while [...]
Nikon is getting its Nikon 1 lens range a  bit more interesting today with the launch of the 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 lens, a high-end fast portrait lens which will certainly help photographers considering the Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras a bit more seriously. Here is the first high-end prime lens available in Nikon CX mount [...]
Olympus unveils the Pen E-P5. After announcing its little brothers in the digital mirrorless cameras range, Olympus today unveils a serious, very serous, mirrorless camera that gets a lot of DSLRs. With the Pen E-P5, Olympus advances the high-end of the PEN family to tickle the OM-D supposedly higher. The Pen E-P5 brings many progresses [...]
Pelican Imaging has developed a plenoptic camera system that embeds in fact a network of over 16 lenses to capture a clear image of various given focus distances, 3D information, color, etc … This could land on our smartphones next year and probably on Nokia Lumia Windows Phones since the Finish smartphone manufacturer took a participation [...]
I have taken a Sony HX300 to the Caribbean for a week of intensive camera and lens testing (Nikon D7100, Sigma 35mm F1.4 ART, Casio ZR1000, Nikon 70-200mm F4, Panasonic FZ200 and Sony HX300). I have no word to describe the huge range of the lens of the HX300 which is a bridge camera that [...]
Sebastião Salgado is one of my top 5 favorite photographers. He is quite famous all around the world but is really a huge iconic photographer in France where he studied economics and got a pHD (Doctorat). In this deep thought video from TED talks where Salgado is on stage, you will have a unique opportunity [...]
This new Panasonic lens is rather a new version of the 14-140 mm lens that was seen forst with the GH1 at the time. Here is the LUMIX G VARIO 14-140mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH / POWER OIS. Its main interest is compactness by the capitalized efforts of Panasonic engineers who have succeeded in miniaturizing the lens dramatically. [...]
Look at this interesting little piece of camera ! The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 is really small, but yet, it embarks a large format sensor, 1/1.7″, a 12-megapixel backlit CMOS. This small compact camera also receives WiFi with the great addition of the NFC for ease of setting and an electronic viewfinder. As mentioned, the Panasonic [...]
Did you like the Sony HX20, this megazoom compact camera stuffed with technology? If so, then, you will probably love the HX50, 2013Â update of the Cyber-shot technology showcase. This year, the Sony HX50 adopts a new more powerful zoom featuring a range of 30x receives the Wi-Fi which takes the place of the GPS. But [...]
Panasonic updated today its advanced mirrorless camera in MFT mount, the Lumix DMC-GF6 replaces the DMC-G5. It brings some changes starting with a more powerful processor of the lastes generation that will be responsible for improving the noise reduction of the 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor. The autofocus has been boosted to be more efficient in [...]
Ahead of my full review of the Sony HX300 which had a small place in my camera bag for my trip to the FWI in the Caribbeans, and to answer some of your questions and comments about the huge and insanely wide focal range fo its lens, here are significant images that show what it [...]
The manufacturer of digital sensors Aptina announced the development of a new CMOS 1″ sensor capable of recording video in 4K, and the smooth rate of 60 fps, if you please… But is not it! The new Aptina 1″ 4K sensor will offer video recording in two high definition formats: Quad HD format of 3840 [...]
Sigma redesigns its entire range of lenses and today announced the it 18-35 mm F1.8 DC HSM, a transstandard zoom lens designed for APS-C DSLRs and shines with a very  fast aperture on its entire zoom range. Here is the Sigma 18-135mm F1.8 DC HSM ART. Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM ART: fast lens [...]
What’s in a name. The Fujinon XF55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS has : a maximal aperture ranging from f/3.5 to f/4.8; an optical image stabilization system announced effective on 4.5 EV by Fujifilm; an aperture ring on the lens barrel (that is what the “R” stands for in Fujinon references; the latest dual linear AF [...]
Alongside the announcement of its new long focal length zoom for the E1-X and X-Pro1, the Fujinon XF55-200mm, Fujifilm communicates on the roadmap of the X-series lens (XF-mount). What’s coming ? Well, interesting new lenses : three prime lenses and a wide angle zoom, in addition to a new of XF lenses for Fuji X [...]
Pentax Ricoh announced a new compact digital APS-C sensor camera : the Ricoh GR. It receives an APS-C CMOS sensor (16-megapixel), a fixed lens of 28mm equivalent and pretty fast ( f/2.8) and the new GR Engine V image processor. Here is a new player in the segment of compact cameras equipped with an SLR [...]
500px has revised the design of its portfolio which now offers more freedom of customization for photographers and advanced settings with new interaction between photographers who follow your activities and photographers who exhibit their work on 500px. A new blog system and new storage areas are also coming next May 2013. The new portfolio system [...]
Here is a sample image gallery of images taken with the Panasonic GF6. Today, I had the opportunity to actually test the Panasonic GF6 mirrorless camera here in Vienna, Austria, where Panasonic has organized its huge European convention. You can refer to the article I wrote yesterday about the Panasonic GF6 to get more information about [...]
Just one year after its announcement, it was in April 2012, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 is replaced by the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 which brings some improvements in terms of the already very convincing autofocus of its predecessor and image quality with the adoption of a new 16-megapixel sensor. The Panasonic mirrorless camera accesses WiFi and [...]
For portrait photography Cobra SLR flashes deliver a way too harsh light for our subjects. There are various accessories on the market to soften the light emitted by our flashes like portable light boxes, rather bulky and expensive, often difficult to put on the camera / flash. An other commonly used solution is these small [...]
