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It was bound to happen sooner or later.... a truly pocketable Full Frame mirrorless camera would come along to shock our senses and wow our imaginations. Today in Tokyo, Japan, Sigma has finally announced the existence of just such a small wonder. The Sigma FP is a Full Frame 24mp ILC that is absolutely tiny.

 

 

Alongside Sigma's rather bombshell announcement of the Sigma fp, a compact photo/cinema full-frame camera, they also debuted a trio of new lenses for full-frame mirrorless cameras for Sony E-mount and, of course, Sigma/Panasonic/Leica's L-mount. Additionally, Sigma has refreshed three earlier APS-C prime lenses,...

I'm here in Tokyo for a press event put on by Sigma Corporation, starting in just a few minutes. (That's 4pm Japan Standard Time, which is 3am US Eastern Time or 8am Central Europe time)

I think this is going to be something really BIG, because this is the first time I know of that Sigma's ever brought journalists in from around the world for an event here in Japan.

 

 

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is in full swing. This means that there are many opportunities to photograph butterflies and other insects. Macro photography, especially of moving subjects, comes with its own set of challenges. What are the best techniques you can use to capture sharp macro shots...

 

 

Photographer Ben Horne, well-known for his use of large-format analog cameras, recently went on a photo trip to the redwoods in northern California. Horne had previously visited the area with his wife for camping trips, but he has never visited the redwoods on a dedicated photography adventure.

Shooting with a...

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When it comes to prime lenses for Sony's full-frame E-mount cameras, the company has two product lines: a high-end "f/1.4 series" and a lighter, more affordable "f/1.8 series." Aimed at professional and high-end photographers, the f/1.4 series, which hits the...

Canon G7X III Preview • Canon G5X II Preview

 

 

Canon, today, announced updates to two of their most popular PowerShot models, debuting the cosmetically-similar Canon PowerShot G7X Mark III and the redesigned Canon PowerShot G5X Mark II. As with prior generations, both of these models are designed around a common...

 

 

Canon has introduced a new all-in-one RF travel lens, the first entry-level zoom lens in the RF system, the RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM. This new full-frame telephoto zoom lens is designed to offer good all-around performance in a compact and lightweight form, all at a budget-friendly price point.

Of the new RF...

 

 

Ricoh Imaging has today announced the release of the HD Pentax-DA Fish-Eye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 ED lens. This is an updated version of the existing Pentax 10-17mm lens and features the latest Pentax HD coating and a redesigned body.

The zoom lens provides a 180-degree diagonal angle of view at 10mm on APS-C format...

 

 

Adobe Lightroom, both the Classic and newer CC versions, are very user friendly for a variety of reasons. One of the most intuitive and accessible way to process and edit your raw photos is through the user of sliders, such as exposure, contrast and saturation sliders, just to name a few. Photographer Thomas Heaton...

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Are you a serious or professional sports photographer, wildlife photographer or anyone else who shoots fast-moving subjects with telephoto lenses? Do you need an ergonomic, durable and yet highly portable camera system? If so, then the unique Olympus...

 

 

Our regular Firmware Friday roundup returns this week as an all-Ricoh affair, as the company was the only one to release any new firmware in the past seven days. And with that being the case, it's going to be a very short and sweet roundup indeed.

So what's new from Ricoh? Well, there are two of the...

 

 

We have shared numerous Kickstarter projects here on Imaging Resource before, including different photography-oriented backpacks. Another new backpack has hit the crowdfunding site, this time from Wandrd. This company has successfully funded five projects on Kickstarter, and their latest product has already far...

 

 

Landscape photographer Nigel Danson is back in the Faroe Islands. Having taken many wide-angle shots at iconic locations in the Faroes, Danson decided it was time to mix things up a bit and attach a longer lens to his camera, such as a 50-140mm on an APS-C camera or a 70-200mm on full-frame. If you ever find...

 

 

When searching for a bit more reach with your telephoto lens, many sports and wildlife photographers opt to use a teleconverter. What is a teleconverter, what does it do and how does it work? In his latest video, wildlife and nature photographer Steve Perry answers these questions and much more.

A teleconverter...

 

 

If you make extensive edits to a raw image in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom, you may introduce halos and glowing edges. These distracting issues arise most often when making heavy changes to shadows and highlights in an image, such as when you are trying to recover details from a scene which had more dynamic range...

 

 

This weekend, we have a trio of portrait retouching tutorial videos to share with you. In the videos below, you will learn how to smooth skin in Photoshop and how to process a portrait from start to finish using only Adobe Lightroom.

The first two videos are focused on skin smoothing in Photoshop. The first is...

 

 

It's Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, and it's time once more for our regular roundup of all the latest updates in this week's Firmware Friday column. And this week, it's a relatively short list, with just one camera, one mount adapter and several pieces of software receiving tweeks in the past seven...

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Tamron has announced the launch and price of its new Sony E-mount wide-angle zoom lens, the 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD. The lens is a large aperture, ultra-wide-angle lens for full-frame Sony mirrorless cameras and features a compact and lightweight design.