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DJI has introduced a new camera stabilizer for professional sets called the Ronin 2, and from all appearances it may be the most advanced gimbal of its type that exists. The Ronin 2 has more power and torque to carry larger cameras than its predecessor, and has more "intelligent features" to allow for new and...

 

 

Seagate and DJI had previously announced a strategic partnership, and that arrangement has yielded its first product: the Fly Drive. With 2TB of storage and a built-in microSD card reader, the Fly Drive is designed to give drone pilots an in-the-field backup option. Seagate says the drive should appeal to drone...

 

 

With the NAB Show slated to kick off tomorrow in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week's Firmware Friday roundup has epic proportions. In total, we have news of almost 20 updates for cameras, lenses and imaging gear from nine different manufacturers, and a fair bit of it adds new features, rather than being limited just to...

 

 

In Jay P. Morgan’s continuing video series, “Laws of Light,” his latest video focuses on creating separation between your subject and the background. Having control over light is critical for capturing portraits with dimension and depth, as we saw in a previous “Laws of Light” video focused on dimension and...

 

 

Why should your drone be limited to the air, how about a submergible drone? Naturally a standard drone can’t be dipped in a lake or ocean, but specialist drone maker SwellPro makes a variety of waterproof drones.

Dustin Dunnill tried a SwellPro Splash Drone for his YouTube channel and in the video below, you can...

 

 

For the past several years, Sony's rise had been bookended by quibbles that allowed the personified Canikon to sleep at night. Sure, the advancements in her rival were... impressive, but at least there was the battery life, the overheating, the lack of weather sealing, and the literal hit-or-miss autofocus problems...

 

 

GoPro has announced a pilot program for a new product called the GoPro Fusion, a 5.2K spherical camera that GoPro says is "designed to be the ultimate capture device for both fully immersive virtual reality content as well as conventional non-VR video and photo formats." It is a high-performance portable spherical...

Sigma has announced the 14mm T2 and the 135mm T2, bringing their cinema lens lineup to seven total optics covering the range from 14mm to 135mm. Sigma indicates that both new lenses are capable of resolving up to 8K footage. The new lenses are available in Canon, Sony E and PL mounts, and Sigma is now offering the option...

 

 

To add to the video capabilities of their latest professional camera, Canon has announced that they are making their log profile, Canon LOG (C-LOG), available on the 5D Mark IV DSLR. Current EOS 5D Mark IV owners can have the C-LOG feature upgrade installed for $99 at any of the Canon service centers across the...

 

 

When working in the field, there can be a lot of things to consider and it isn’t always easy to keep everything in mind. Suppose you’re shooting portraits with a zoom lens and there is a distracting element in the background you want to get rid of. You can just zoom in, right? Sure, that’s an option, but don’t...

 

 

As Nikon celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Japanese giant is marking the occasion in a number of ways. We have seen their special edition products, including gunmetal gray Nikon D5 and D500 cameras, but they also want to call attention to how their products have been used over the last century.

Nikon’s...

 

 

Adobe has announced updates to Premiere Pro, After Effects, Character Animator, Audition and Media Encoder bringing new features for graphics and titling, polishing audio, refining color and sharing assets to the connected programs. Most notable is the addition of what Adobe is calling the Essential Graphics Panel...

 

 

The drone industry is soaring to great heights. A new report from market research company NPD shows that U.S. consumers spent more than twice as much on drones, 117 percent more to be exact, from February 2016 to February 2017 compared to the same time period the prior year.

The first two months of 2017 saw...

 

 

Sony hosted a press conference in New York this morning at which the company announced two new imaging-related products: The Sony A9 full-frame mirrorless camera and a new FE 100-400mm GM lens. We've blogged live from the company's press conference, so for all the details click here for our Sony A9 preview,...

 

 

LaCie, a Seagate company, has announced a nifty little desktop do-it-all hard drive, featuring two magnetic disks that can be connected via Thunderbolt 3 or USB 3.0 and includes both CF and SD card slots, as well. The new drive called the 2Big Dock is both a hard drive and a docking station that provides ports for...

 

 

Fujifilm's Instax line of cameras, film and printers have proven very popular with photographers looking to either shoot film for the first time or relive the nostalgic experience of analog photography. To capitalize on this popularity, Fujifilm has announced the Instax Square SQ10, a square format hybrid instant...

 

 

With the release of the Fuji GFX 50S in late February, the Japanese company officially entered the digital medium format mirrorless market. The high-resolution camera has impressed us so far, but the launch lineup of lenses was sparse with only three lenses being available to early adopters. Fujifilm had previously...

 

 

Panasonic continues its partnership with Leica in the creation of the new DG VARIO-ELMARIT 8-18mm / F2.8-4.0 ASPH lens, offering an equivalent field of view of 16-36mm in 35mm terms. The lens is small and lightweight, tipping the scales at just over 11 ounces, while offering advanced features and all the technology...

 

 

Some 15 months after the debut of the Lumix ZS60, Panasonic has today taken the wraps off a followup model, in the form of the pocket-friendly Panasonic ZS70 long zoom. If you're familiar with the earlier model then a lot will prove equally recognizable here, as the ZS70 retains its predecessor's 30x optical...