If an iPhone plays a big role in your photography, either as a pocket computer or as a primary camera, and you suffer from dead-battery anxiety, there’s some good news for you: Apple just announced an official battery case that greatly extends your phone’s battery life.
Brad Mangin. Photo by Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group.
Brad Mangin (link is external) is a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He regularly shoots for Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseball Photos, and he has photographed 16 World Series and... more (link is external)
This is less the story of a DPReview.com editor professing his favorite piece of gear from the year, and more the story of a photographer and system owner holding out several years for the perfect camera. This isn't about Nikon vs Canon or Sony or mirrorless vs DSLR. It's about investing in a system, expectations, and the joy of photography.
Nikon D750 - What I love:
24MP Full-frame sensor offers excellent high ISO performance and great dynamic range
For the past several years, a guy in Seattle named Florin Mehedinti has been pranking his wife, Gracie, with “The Forever Pose.” Florin will pretend to take a photograph of Gracie posing, but instead he’ll actually be shooting a short video clip. The 2-minute video above is a compilation of all of these “forever” poses (note: there’s some strong language).
According to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review (link is external), Panasonic has decided to resume image sensor development in order to speed up the drive for 8K video. The company suspended its development program a few years ago, the report says, but now Panasonic is preparing to invest 10bn/$80.8m to get its R&D back up to speed.
It seems like just yesterday that we were trying to come up with a sensible name for mirrorless cameras but 2016 will mark the eighth anniversary of the first Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera. In that time they've gone from being an interesting new development to an credible alternative to APS-C and full-frame DSLRs.
This is incredible: German photographer Lukas Fritz (link is external) wanted an easier way to process his film at home, so he spent a year creating the Filmomat, a fully automatic film processor that can handle everything from B&W 35mm film to 5×7-inch color slides.
