The Rokinon / Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE is an absolutely tiny full-frame lens built for Sony's E-Mount. Similar in size and specification to Sony's own Zeiss 35mm F2.8, the Rokinon is listed at an MSRP of $349 whereas the Sony is listed at $699 at the time of this writing.
Semantic image segmentation is the task of categorizing every pixel in an image and assigning it a semantic label, such as road, sky, person or dog. And now, Google has released its latest image segmentation model as open source, making it available to any developers whose apps could benefit from the technology.
The function can be used in many ways. One... more
We are getting close to the launch of Huawei's upcoming flagship P20 smartphone on the 27th of March, and thanks to a number of leaks we're already fairly certain that the new device will come with triple cam setup, offering a total resolution of 40MP and a 5x optical/digital hybrid zoom.
Now Huawai itself has started teasing the new model with a couple... more
Earlier today, Fujifilm released firmware version 3.0 for its GFX 50S medium-format camera. And with the update come two new features: Focus Bracketing and 35mm Format Mode.
Focus Bracketing enables focus distance bracketing for up to 999 frames, shifting the focal location with each shutter activation at a scale from 1 to 10. The new 35mm Format Mode, meanwhile, results in the camera using the central 36 x 24mm portion of the... more
If you’re a business looking to license photos directly from a photographer, there are better and worse ways to respond if the photographer rejects your request and decides not to allow the use of their photos. That’s what one convention recently learned the hard way.
Photographer Jonathan Usher of Wellington, New Zealand, recently created this photo of the Milky Way rising from the horizon near his city. But get this: he wasn’t using a tripod... more
There’s plenty of speculation among photographers as to when Canon and Nikon plan to announce full-frame mirrorless cameras, but Sony itself has thoughts on when a formidable challenge to its mirrorless cameras will arise from the two juggernaut industry rivals. A Sony executive is now saying that he believes we’ll see the unveiling of such cameras within a year.
There’s something strange going on with the International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY) photo contest. 11 of the 14 photographers listed as judges for the IPOTY 2017 contest say they weren’t... more
A photo tour helicopter crashed into New York City's East River on Sunday, claiming the lives of the five passengers who were onboard. The helicopter was owned and operated by New Jersey-based Liberty Helicopters as part of a doors-off photo tour that allows passengers to take aerial images of the city.
Photographer Ariel Leshinsky of Beersheba, Israel, has spent a couple of years photographing starling murmurations, those mesmerizing, swarm-like flocks. But Leshinsky adds a dose of creativity: he... more
