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Phase One just launched Capture One 12, the latest major version of the popular RAW conversion, photo editing, and asset management software.

“This release takes a top-down approach to streamline,... more

Art has arguably been around almost as long as humans have. The moment we learned to mark something for others to see and interpret, the moment art was born. Thankfully for us photographers, we neednt go quite that far back to begin learning from the history of art. In fact, we only need to go as far as the “Old Masters.”

Old Master Who?

To those unsure as to who the Old Masters were: they are the painters that worked in Europe prior to the 1800s. More specifically,... more

While the rest of the world has been concentrating on making cameras smaller and lighter photographer Ian Ruhter was making one literally the size of a house in order to make the worlds largest wet collodion plate. Ian and his team sealed up an abandoned house in California and mounted a lens in the wall to create a massive camera. The camera was used to produce a portrait of a 100-year-old local resident on a sheet of glass measuring 66x90 inches.

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Instagram is taking a step toward being more accessible by adding auto and manual descriptions of photos for visually impaired users.

“We are introducing two new improvements to make it easier for people with visual impairments to use Instagram,” Instagram... more

It seems the moody edit trend has been going strong for quite a few years now and it doesnt appear to be slowing down. Theres probably not a better time of the year to capture moody landscape photos than the winter months.

Its interesting: if you search the web for moody landscape photos youll instantly see a trend of cool, blue-and-green toned, subdued images — these characteristics appear to be the most common qualities of a good moody image.

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Samyang has announced the new XP 35mm f/1.2 lens for Canon EF cameras. Also called the Rokinon SP 35mm f/1.2, the new premium-quality manual-focus lens is designed to meet the needs of professional shooters.

The new 35mm is the fourth premium manual focus lens created by Samyang, joining the XP 14mm f/2.4, XP 50mm f/1.2, and XP 85mm f/1.2.

Samyang says the image quality of the lens is suitable for high-resolution imaging, including 50-megapixel still photos... more

Instagram has announced it's making changes to its platform in order to make it more accessible to the more than 285 million people in the world who have visual impairments.

The first new feature is automatic alternative text. This will allow visually... more

Filmmaker Kiliii Yuyan has been a friend of DPReview's for several years. He spoke at our PIX2015 event in Seattle and joined us later that same year in what was then called Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiavik) for a long-form video shoot.

Since then, Kiliii has returned to Alaska... more

Product photo provided by Samyang

Third-party lens manufacturer Samyang has discreetly announced its new XP 35mm F1.2 manual focus lens for Canon EF mount cameras.

The XP 35mm F1.2 lens joins Samyang's XP 14mm F2.4, XP 50mm F1.2 and XP 85mm F1.2 lenses to... more

DJI has announced the new Osmo Pocket, the world’s smallest 3-axis stabilized camera designed for the... more

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