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OM Digital Solutions, the corporation spun out of Olympus Corporation's Imaging Business, has announced an all-new branding initiative, dubbed "OM SYSTEM," replacing the historic "Olympus" name used for their digital cameras, lenses, audio products and other consumer imaging services. 

If you recall, back at the...

 

 

As Adobe MAX 2021 kicks off, Adobe has announced many new updates across its family of products. We're focusing on the photography-oriented apps, but if you use other apps like Dreamweaver, there's a lot to read about over at Adobe's dedicated MAX 2021 website.

Adobe Photoshop on desktop and iPad

Adobe is...

 

 

Sony has announced a new smartphone that aims to redefine mobile photography. The Xperia PRO-I smartphone is the world's first to include a 1.0-type image sensor with phase-detection autofocus. We also think it's one of the first of its kind to be available in North America with a 1.0-type sensor. However, there...

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Earlier this year, Ricoh quietly added a new model to their popular GR series of premium pocketcams, the GR IIIx. This new camera doesn't replace the previous Ricoh GR III from 2019, however, but instead offers photographers a different focal length option while...

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Sony A7 IV Hands-on Review, Part 1
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It's been quite a while since we've seen an update to Sony's wildly-popular "basic" A7-series full-frame mirrorless camera, with the last version, the A7 III, debuting back in 2018. While that's not as large of a gap...

 

 

The third teaser video for the upcoming flagship full-frame mirrorless Nikon Z9 camera is here. In the first teaser video, we got our first look at the back of the Nikon Z9, including seeing the new dual-tilt touchscreen in action. Last week, the second teaser highlighted the Z9's 8K/30p video recording...

 

 

DxO has announced two new software applications, DxO PhotoLab 5 and DxO FilmPack 6.

DxO PhotoLab 5

PhotoLab 5 is highlighted by a new DeepPRIME denoising tool. DeepPRIME is trained using deep learning methods which have analyzed millions of images. The artificial intelligence improves over time. That said, in...

 

 

Sigma has announced its first mirrorless-exclusive APS-C standard zoom lens, the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary. The compact lens offers a full-frame equivalent zoom range of 27-75mm with a constant f/2.8 aperture. We were able to go hands-on with the L-mount version ahead of today's announcement, although...

 

 

About a month after its iPhone and iPad event last month, Apple hosted another event today. The focus was on music and the Mac.

Music

Apple’s AirPods are popular. I'm not sure it's possible to walk around in a city or on a college campus without seeing many people walking around with Apple's iconic white...

 

 

Fujifilm has announced the Instax Link Wide Smartphone Printer. The latest addition to the Instax lineup of instant printing devices lets users print images in a larger format than 2019's Instax Mini Link Smartphone Printer directly from their mobile devices and from the Fujifilm X-S10.

'This product came to life...

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Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II Hands-on Review

 

 

Sony has announced its first Mark II G Master lens, the FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II. The original 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens came out in 2016 and was one of the first G Master lenses in Sony's rapidly expanding E-mount system. Since then, Sony...

 

 

Last week, Nikon released the first teaser video of its upcoming flagship mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z9. That teaser gave us our first look at the back of the dual-gripped full-frame camera. Today, Nikon has released a second teaser showing a wildlife photographer working with the Z9. We also get a look at the...

 

 

Back in 2015, Nikon released a new, versatile "travel zoom" lens for their APS-C-based DSLR cameras, the 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED DX VR. Today, they've unveiled a similar optic for their APS-C-format mirrorless cameras, the NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR. Like the DSLR-format sibling, this all-in-one zoom lens...

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The original Fujifilm GFX 50S kicked off Fujifilm's medium-format GFX camera system in 2017. Since then, the Japanese company has released the GFX 50R, GFX 100 and GFX 100S cameras. With the new GFX 50S II, Fujifilm is returning to its GFX roots with a...

 

 

Panasonic today announced a new member to its unique "box-style" video camera line, the Panasonic Lumix BS1H. As you can probably guess from the model name, the new BS1H, is essentially a full-frame Lumix S1H mirrorless camera put into a small cube-like body. Like its Micro Four Thirds-based sibling, the BGH1, this...

 

 

Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 and Premiere Elements 2022. This year's release adds numerous new features, including more Adobe Sensei AI-powered tools to edit photos and videos.

Looking first at Photoshop Elements 2022, one of the key new features is the ability to use Adobe Sensei to...

 

 

Canon has announced its most unusual RF lens yet, the RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L Dual Fisheye lens. The new lens brings stereoscopic 3D virtual reality (VR) capture to the EOS R5 as part of the EOS VR System, which includes a future firmware update for the R5 camera.

The upcoming firmware update will provide compatibility...

 

 

Nikon has released a new teaser video for its upcoming flagship mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z9. The Z9 was first announced in March of this year, as a 'development' announcement, so initial details were scarce. We got a look at the front of the camera, plus a few key features.

Months later, we still don't have...

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Last month, Ricoh quietly introduced a new member to their popular GR series of compact, fixed-lens cameras. The new Ricoh GR IIIx, as the name suggests, is quite similar to the previous GR III model, maintaining the same exterior design with its...