Ducati says its image won’t be hurt if Marquez wins MotoGP title on old bike
The six-time premier class champion left Honda at the end of last year to join the Gresini team, which will run the 2023 bikes which dominated last season. Although the Italian manufacturer has repeatedly stressed that Dall’Igna has no influence over the choice of riders for the Faenza-based team, Marquez’s move would not have gone […]
AstrHori to launch RF 25mm f/2.8 2x-5x Macro Lens for $249
Chinese manufacturer AstrHori is bringing another niche and cool lens to the RF mount, this time in the form of an RF 25mm f/2.8 2x-5x Macro lens. While you can still use the MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1x-5x Macro lens on your RF camera, it’s still a much more expensive way to go. AstrHori 25mmF2.8 2X-5X […]
Ex-WSBK and 500cc star Anthony Gobert dies aged 48
The news of his death was confirmed by his mother Suzanne Gobert in a heartwarming post on Facebook, where she talked about his life outside of motorsport and his struggles with addiction. “My heart is breaking as I write this as my first born beautiful son Anthony has passed late this afternoon,” she wrote. “I […]
Loeb’s Dakar victory hopes end with mechanical issues on Stage 11
The 420km test between Al-‘Ula and Yanbu was expected to be one of the toughest stages of 2024, as it ran through some of the areas that caused so many punctures in last year’s edition of the rally-raid. Loeb had been trying to overhaul Audi’s Carlos Sainz for the lead when a problem developed on […]
Nissan, Honda and Toyota’s GT500 line-ups
Nissan On Thursday, Nissan announced a major overhaul of its line-up, ending the decade-long partnership between Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda. While Quintarelli will continue to pilot the flagship #23 NISMO entry, as he has done since 2013, Matsuda will move across to Kondo Racing alongside GT500 newcomer Teppei Natori. Quintarelli will have a new […]
Canon Patent Application: Canon RF Super Zooms
Back in the Canon EOS EF days, Canon made several large super zooms, mainly the Canon EF 100-300mm f/5.6L, and the Canon EF 35-350mm f/3.5-5.6L USM. But outside of the consumer Canon RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM, they haven’t dipped into that segment of the market too heavily yet. In this patent application (2024-005834), we […]
Canon Patent Application: Cheap Primes
This is an odd patent application (2024-006604), let’s dive into the dirty details. These embodiments are odd for several reasons. The 18mm image height lenses would have to have an extreme amount of image stretching for full frame. The usual image height for full frame lenses is atypically 21.64mm in Canon’s patent literature. So even […]
Sony is bringing shutter angle to the FX3 and FX30 (eventually): Digital Photography Review
Image: Sony Since they were released in 2021 and 2022, respectively, Sony’s two more affordable alpha-branded Cinema Line cameras, the FX3 and FX30, have been missing an exceedingly valuable creature comfort possessed by the more premium FX6: the ability to set exposure using shutter angle. Now, Sony has announced a firmware update that will bring […]
Sony is bringing shutter angle to the FX3 and FX30 (eventually): Digital Photography Review
Image: Sony Since they were released in 2021 and 2022, respectively, Sony’s two more affordable alpha-branded Cinema Line cameras, the FX3 and FX30, have been missing an exceedingly valuable creature comfort possessed by the more premium FX6: the ability to set exposure using shutter angle. Now, Sony has announced a firmware update that will bring […]