The sensor in the Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) is an interesting one. Without a color filter array, the 24MP CMOS sensor doesn't lose sharpness through interpolation, much like a first-generation Foveon sensor or Pentax's pixel shift mode found in the K-3 II. The catch is, of course, no color. However, it also means the sensor is more... well... sensitive at base ISO, making this ones' base ISO 320... more
Astoria Station Sunrise, 2013. Photo by Scott Matthews
DPR reader Scott Matthews is an early riser, which is a lucky thing to be if you also have access to sweeping views of the New York skyline. He captures the colors of sunrise, sunset and the night lights of... more
CES isn't always a blockbuster show for photography, but Nikon fixed that for us this year. Welcome to 2016, the year of the long-awaited D300 replacement. But that wasn't all - a few hours before Nikon trounced all over the other show announcements, Olympus took the wraps off a 300mm F4 Pro lens, Panasonic put a 1" sensor into a... more
Nikon’s big announcement at CES 2016 in Las Vegas this year was the new flagship D5 DSLR. In the company’s exhibition space, Nikon is displaying a Nikon D5 DSLR and... more
Smartphone camera quality has gotten pretty darn good in recent years, but one of the limiting factors is still the tiny lens that’s found in front of the (usually) tiny sensor. Accessory makers have started addressing this problem by creating add-on lenses that you can attach to your phone to improve the look of your photos — even ZEISS jumped into the game this week... more
The Federal Art Project was a Depression-era program that launched in 1935 to fund projects by visual artists in the US. That same year, American photographer Berenice Abbott received funding for a “Changing New York” photo project to document New York City.
She shot 305 photos for the project between 1935 and 1939, and her work was published... more
A solar-powered action camera that can take 70% of its charge from the sun in just 30 minutes has been announced by Activeon. The Solar X uses a 16MP CMOS sensor to shoot a combination of stills and video footage, and can supplement its two-hour internal battery with four hours of additional charge from a pair of solar panels mounted on its detachable charging case. In Burst Speed Charging mode the case takes half an hour to get the battery from flat to 70%, and then it takes a further half... more
