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After Sony showed off its a6300 and trio of new lenses, our staffers were able to grab an a7R II and start shooting. Above we've put together a small selection of images taken with Sony's new 85mm F1.4 GM portrait lens. 

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Katerina Plotnikova is a photographer based in Moscow, Russia, who creates beautiful dreamlike portraits of models getting up close and personal with all kinds of animals, from snakes to wolves to giant bears.

And here’s what’s amazing: Plotnikova uses real animals for... more

Hands on with Sony's a6300 and GM lenses

At a press event in New York City, Sony unveiled a new mirrorless camera and three new lenses but not just any mirrorless camera, and not just any lenses. The Sony a6300 is the much-anticipated followup to the very successful a6000. And for its full-frame range, Sony introduced a new lens class: G Master. The company has placed the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS, FE 85mm F1.4 GM and FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM in a category unto themselves, with an emphasis on... more

Earlier today Sony introduced its new a6300 APS-C mirrorless camera, an update to the very popular a6000 model. DPReview's Richard Butler was at the event in person and had a chance to get some hands-on time with the new body. In this video he gives us a quick look at Sony's new crop-sensor flagship camera. 

For more information about the Sony a6300, as well as full specifications, have a look at our... more

GoPro just released another video with sample footage captured with its not-yet-announced Karma drone. This time the company gave a Karma drone to American freestyle skier Bobby Brown and some of his friends to test out at Aspen Snowmass in Colorado. The short 1-minute video above is what resulted.

GoPro has been extremely secretive when it comes to the Karma. Aside from the name reveal and an... more

The arrival of Canon’s new flagship is hardly a surprise: the early leaking of the 1D X Mark II specifications and images online must surely have rankled at Canon. But the important thing is that the 1D X Mark II is finally here!

Conditions at the press venue were crappy but I had to share a couple of images I shot myself!

I was given the chance... more

Yahoo announced yesterday that it will be cutting 15% of its workforce, or about 1,700 jobs, in an effort to bring the flagging Internet company back into profitability. The company will also be trimming and shutting down weak and non-essential businesses to focus on core products.

Unfortunately for photographers, Flickr will reportedly be one of the businesses that will see some cutbacks in the very near future.

In the company’s earnings report yesterday, CEO... more

Panasonic today announced a trio of new CMOS sensors that offer extreme dynamic range, incredible light sensitivity, and a global shutter.

100x Wider Dynamic Range

The first sensor is an industry-first organic CMOS... more

A week ago, Nike released a new viral video (shown above) titled “Ousadia Alegria.” Promoting new soccer boots made for Barcelona superstar player Neymar Jr., the video uses a “flo-motion” hyperlapse technique that combines time-lapses and a rapidly changing point of view.

Now one of the major pioneer photographers of that technique,... more

Sony has just announced the APS-C a6300, an update to the immensely popular a6000. Its technological advances seem poised to break down some of the last remaining strongholds of DSLRs. Sony has released two videos demonstrating some of these features on the a6300: one showing 8 fps live view bursts with AF tracking, and another demonstrating AF with subject tracking in 4K video.

First thing's first: the a6300 potentially addresses one of the largest shortcomings of mirrorless... more

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