Gear of the Year: Shaminder’s Choice
The Lecia Q3 was the most fun I had with any gear in 2023. Photo: Shaminder Dulai No camera stood out to me more this year than Lecia’s Q3. But it’s not for the reasons you may imagine. It’s expensive, and the fixed 28mm lens limits how far you can go with it, literally and […]
Five settings to get the most out of the Fujifilm X-T5: Digital Photography Review
The Fujifilm X-T5 offers a ton of features. Here are five settings you might explore to get your camera set up right. Photo: John Greengo The Fujifilm X-T5, like most of the company’s cameras, is known for the dials and tactile controls, at least on the outside. Inside, they sport hundreds of features like any […]
Datacolor Spyder X2 Elite Color Calibration $199 (Reg $269)
Adorama has the recently updated Datacolor Spyder X2 Elite Color Calibration as their Deal of the Day for only $199 (Reg $269). Datacolor Spyder X2 Elite Video & Cinema Targets (Rec. 709, Rec. 2020) Advanced Display Mapping & Analysis Unlimited Calibration Settings Soft Proofing Ideal for both photography and video work Native USB-C connection. Also […]
Lexar 512GB Professional CFexpress Type B SILVER $129 (Reg $169)
B&H Photo has the Lexar 512GB Professional CFexpress Type B Card SILVER Series in their Deal Zone for only $129 (Reg $169). Lexar Professional SILVER Series 512GB Storage Capacity PCIe 3.0 x2 Bus Max Read Speed: 1750 MB/s Max Write Speed: 1300 MB/s Min Sustained Write Speed: 850 MB/s Records 8K Video and Raw Photos […]
A safe bet in a world of danger
Posted on Dec 19, 2023 Acclaimed adventure photographer Michael Clark explains why he can depend upon the FUJIFILM GFX100 II when out making awe-inspiring images in unforgiving environments Advertisement feature If a photographic calling involves putting yourself on the line, it’s all the more important to have a camera that can be relied upon. While […]
Lens functions adjusted with orientation
In this patent application, Canon describes setting lens barrel button functions based on the orientation of the camera body. The idea that they are batting around is that as you change the orientation and you are hand holding a heavy lens, the buttons can be then in an awkward position when you are trying to […]
Gear of the Year: Dale’s choice
My gear of the year is the Sigma 14mm F1.4 Art lens: a big, heavy and glorious ultra-wide prime lens with a fast aperture. I know, I know. I did it again. I picked another fast, ultra-wide lens as my Gear of the Year. At this point, you could call it a trend. If you […]
TTArtisan Releases an RF APS-C 10mm F2
TTArtisan released an intriguing 10mm F2.0 for APS-C systems. It’s manual focus and manual aperture but it’s 10mm F2.0 so there’s that. Because there are no electronics, Canon ignores it as if it does not exist and so it’s available for the RF mount. Unfortunately, it has a fair amount of tangential astigmatism which makes […]
Behind the scenes: Setting up DPReview’s studio test chart: Digital Photography Review
Senior Editor Shaminder Dulai inspects the test scene before mounting it on the wall. Photo: Dale Baskin A few weeks ago, we took you behind the scenes to tell you about the move to our new studio and some of the complexities involved. Although we’ve been in the new space for a while now, there’s […]