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Venus Optics has announced a brand-new lens, the Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 FF. It's the world's fastest full-frame 35mm prime lens and the widest f/0.95 lens designed for full-frame cameras.

As you'd expect, the 35mm f/0.95 full-frame lens isn't exactly compact for a 35mm prime lens, although it's not massive,...

 

 

Our Nikon Z fc Hands-on Review is in progress. So far, the camera has proved to be impressive and fun to use. It has also proved intriguing to customers. DIY Photography wrote earlier this week that the new retro-styled Z camera is a hit in Japan. The camera seems to be striking a chord with both young and...

 

 

Profoto has announced the B10X and B10X Plus portable battery-powered strobe lights. The new lights build upon the foundation laid by 2019's B10 and B10 Plus lights while adding more power, improved performance and new features.

Profoto writes of the B10X and B10X Plus, 'They're both multipurpose. This means...

 

 

Surprise, surprise Olympus fans! OM Digitial Solutions continues to expand their impressive Olympus lens lineup, announcing the development of two more Zuiko PRO series lenses -- one fast prime lens and one compact telephoto zoom. On the prime side of things, OM Digital Solutions -- hereafter referred to as...

 

 

Ricoh has announced the Ricoh GR IIIx, a high-end compact all-in-one camera. It is a revised version of 2018's GR III and includes a newly-designed 26.1mm GR lens, which provides a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 40mm on the GR IIIx's 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS image sensor. GR enthusiasts looking for a more natural...

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Back at the end of 2020, Sigma launched a new family of prime lenses, the "I Series," which encompassed the compact 45mm f/2.8 lens that debuted alongside the Sigma fp mirrorless camera as well as three additional...

 

 

Skylum has announced a new creative image editor, Luminar Neo. The software builds upon the foundation of Luminar AI and adds new features and improved performance.

'As the latest member of the Luminar family, we designed Luminar Neo to allow artists to take on more challenging image creation work and achieve...

 

 

Last week, the winners were announced for the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 contest. This year's competition attracted more than 22,000 image entries from all over the world.

The grand prize was awarded to Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto for his photograph, seen below, of a roadrunner standing next to...

 

 

Photographer Sean Tucker has a wide variety of content on his YouTube channel. He does some traditional photography content, like tutorials, but also creates more emotional and philosophical content. His latest video bridges that gap, even such a gap even exists, by interviewing documentary photographer Jim Mortram...

 

 

ON1 has announced ON1 Photo RAW 2022. The new version of ON1's flagship all-in-one photo editing application incorporates many new features, including some that utilize artificial intelligence, further bolstering the company's impressive array of AI technologies. Let's look at the key new features in ON1 Photo RAW...

 

 

Samsung has announced new Pro Plus and Evo Plus SD and microSD cards aimed at advanced photographers, videographers and content creators. The cards promise fast read and write speeds suitable for capturing bursts of images and 4K video.

'Professionals and consumers of all kinds want memory cards that make it easy...

 

 

Sony Artisan Colby Brown partnered up with B&H to create a four-part video series aimed at beginning landscape photographers. The video series started in mid-August and wrapped up yesterday, so we've got all four of Brown's excellent videos to share with you today.

The first video covers the topics budding...

 

 

There are many challenging aspects to portrait photography. Lighting can be tough, for example. Selecting the right camera gear and settings isn't always easy. However, even for experienced photographers, posing your subject, or subjects, can be hard.

If you're photographing a model, they might handle much of the...

 

 

Zhong Yi Optics (ZY Optics) has announced a new portrait prime lens, the Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/2.5 APO Portrait lens. The wide-aperture lens is rebuilt from ZY Optics's prior 135mm lens, the 135mm f/2.8. The lens is available in Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z and Sony FE mounts.

ZY Optics writes, 'The...

 

 

What is mixed lighting and how to deal with it?

Adorama recently released a two-part video series about mixed lighting. What is mixed lighting? It's a challenging situation when a scene has different types of lights. Lights can be different colors, different brightness or both. It can be an unflattering light...

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Nikon Z MC 50mm f/2.8 Hands-on Review

 

 

This summer, Nikon added a pair of new macro lenses to its mirrorless Z system. We first went hands-on with the Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Nikkor lens. We've now published our hands-on review of the smaller, lighter and less expensive new Z macro...

 

 

At today's X Summit, Fujifilm has made a lot of new announcements. On the X Series side, there are new XF 23mm f/1.4 R WR LM and XF 33mm f/1.4 R WR LM lenses, plus some minor updates to the X-T3 and X-T30 lines. This article is focused instead on updates to Fujifilm's medium-format GFX system. There's some big news...

 

 

Alongside some new exciting products for their medium-format GFX series, Fujifilm's annual X Summit event brings some new goodies for their popular APS-C X Series lineup, as well. Fujifilm unveiled not only a pair of new fast f/1.4 prime lenses but also an updated lens roadmap as well as some new camera options --...

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Panasonic S 24mm f/1.8 Sample Gallery

 

 

Back in July, Panasonic announced a compact and affordable 50mm f/1.8 S lens for their full-frame S series cameras. Alongside this lens, they mentioned two more f/1.8 primes were in the works, a 24mm and a 35mm. Today, the 24mm flavor makes its...