Photography News

RED and Facebook have unveiled Manifold, a new VR camera for shooting 3D and 360 imagery. It’s a “first studio-ready camera system for immersive 6DoF [6 degree of freedom] storytelling.”

“Manifold is a single product that redefines immersive cinematography with an all-in-one capture and distribution framework, giving creative professionals complete ownership of their 3D video projects, from conception to curtain call,” Facebook... more

Sigma has issued a statement confirming that its current lenses operate without any issues when mounted on the Nikon Z7 via FTZ adapter. The company notes that interchangeable lenses lacking AF drive motor will function only in manual focus, and that some older lenses that aren't compatible with current DSLRs will not operate on the Z7. Sigma plans to keep testing and verifying whether... more

Zeiss has announced the new Batis 40mm f/2 CF (Close Focus) lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras, a product the company calls “the most versatile lens in the Zeiss Batis family.”

Sitting between the Batis 25mm f/2 and the Batis 85mm f/1.8, the new 40mm f/2 is designed specifically for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras such as the a7 and a9 lines. The Batis lineup now covers five focal lengths ranging from 18mm to 135mm.

The Batis 40mm f/2 CF... more

A popular camera store in the UK was targeted this week by burglars who made off with over $200,000 in Leica cameras and lenses.

Ffordes in the North of Scotland says that it was broken into in the early hours on... more

Multi-camera setups with a variation of focal lengths are pretty much the norm on high-end smartphones these days. However, thus far you've had to decide if you want a super-wide-angle module (like on most recent LG models) or a tele-camera (like on the iPhone X, Huawei P20 Pro or Galaxy Note 9) next to the camera's "standard" wide-angle lens.

Pretty soon you'll be able to have both. LG just "pre-announced" its new LG V40 ThinQ on its... more

Photographer Reuben Wu recently traveled to Pastoruri, one of the few glaciers left in tropical South America, and photographed it with lighting from an LED drone.

“At 17,... more

Gitzo has released the details of its upcoming travel tripod, the Gitzo Mini Traveler.

Designed for 'professional photographers and promising amateurs who use mirrorless cameras or DSLR cameras with small lenses,' the Gitzo Mini Traveler is made of Gitzo's 'state-of-the-art' carbon eXact tubes and an aluminum head.

The tripod weighs 265g/0.63lbs and measures 22.1cm/8.7in in length when closed with the tripod head attached. When used... more

Google is taking another big step in protecting photographers’ copyright through the Google Images image search engine: it just added image rights... more

Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you'll encounter in the real world. It also has two illumination modes to see the effects of different lighting conditions.

The Nikon Z7 has a sensor said to be very similar to the one in the D850 DSLR. We've found a few differences, which we'll be discussing soon, but we wanted to let you have a look straight away.... more

New Voigtlnder lenses for M and E-mount

Voigtlnder is one of the oldest names in photography. These days licensed by Japanese lensmaker Cosina, the Voigtlnder brand is still going strong. We're at Photokina, where we got our hands on the company's newest lenses.

First up is a lens that was... more

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