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Canon 77D First Shots: Lab images from Canon’s new sub-$1000 intermediate-level DSLR
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Simultaneously announced alongside the T7i last month ahead of CP+, the new Canon 77D features an altogether similar imaging pipeline as its Rebel-series sibling, housing a high-res 24-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and the latest-generation DIGIC 7 image processor....
How is your color vision? Take these quizzes to find out
Unless you exclusively photograph black and white images – which don’t get me wrong, I love black and white photography and find it to offer its own unique set of challenges – color plays an important role in your photography. We spend a lot of time searching out beautiful color and finding ways to process our...
Lomography goes wide with new Instant Automat Glass Magellan, first wide angle instant camera
Using Fujifilm Instax Mini Film, the new Lomography Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Magellan is the first wide-angle instant camera. Equipped with a 21mm-equivalent lens (actual focal length is 38mm) with a maximum aperture of f/4.5, “the Lomo’Instant Automat Glass has everything you need to capture the world in...
Canon T7i First Shots: Canon’s first DIGIC 7 Rebel-series DSLR makes its way to our testing lab
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The latest Rebel-series camera, the Canon T7i is the first EOS DSLR model, along with simultaneously-announced EOS 77D, to feature the latest DIGIC 7 image processor. We now have our review unit in our hands and are ready to share our signature First Shots series of...
Canon G9X II First Shots: The smallest 1-inch sensored compact hits our test lab
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With a new and improved processor, the Canon G9X Mark II seeks to build upon the popularity of the Canon G9X launched in 2015. That camera redefined how small a 1-inch sensored camera could be, and was awarded a Dave's Pick from us at IR for its small size...
Up to Utsunomiya: An extremely rare look at Canon’s primary lens factory

(by William Brawley and Dave Etchells)
It was still nighttime when we awoke in Yokohama, Japan the Monday following the CP+ expo. No time for any breakfast, but the hotel wasn't serving it yet anyway. We had to dash to the lobby to meet the group.
So why wake up before the crack of dawn? IR publisher Dave Etchells and I had the extremely...
Nikon shares its love for New York City and historic N line with new “Love Letters” campaign
Do you love New York City, the city so nice they named it twice? Nikon does and they’re showing it with their new “Love Letters” campaign. The campaign starts with “Love Letters from the N Line,” which focuses on the well-known N Line that traverses three of New York City’s boroughs and carries nine million...
Canon lens factory tour interview: Better lenses yet lower prices, new details about nano-coatings!
Shortly after the completion of this year's installment of the annual CP+ tradeshow in Yokohama, Japan, IR founder and publisher Dave Etchells and Senior Editor William Brawley headed a couple of hours north to Utsunomiya, the capital of the Tochigi Prefecture, and home to Canon's primary lens factory. The reason:...
Fuji GFX Extended Gallery: Delving into portraits, higher ISO’s and more
One of the most exciting cameras to grace the halls of our headquarters in some time, we've all been eager to get out into the field with the Fujifilm GFX. Our first gallery series came to you live from Japan courtesy of our senior editor William Brawley, who then handed this huge-sensored camera with the...
New algorithm from Google reduces JPEG file size while also increasing perceived quality
Compressing JPEGs to retain as much quality as possible while also reducing their file size is nothing new. In fact, such compression is used by many to keep the size of images on websites down in order to increase performance. But compression to this point has always resulted in either at best mostly retaining...
Nikon D5600 Field Test: Compact DSLR offers great image quality and Nikon SnapBridge compatibility
We've just published our Field Test of the new, compact Nikon D5600 DSLR. The D5600 follows very closely in the footsteps of its excellent predecessor, the D5500. The latest model uses the same 24.2-megapixel APS-C sensor and processor, resulting in a camera, that while great, doesn’t give existing D5500 owners a...
How to find the optimal ISO for astrophotography: Understanding ISO, noise and dynamic range
As part of their free “Astrophotography 101” series focused on photographing the Milky Way, Lonely Speck has written an incredibly in-depth article about finding the best ISO for astrophotography.
Finding the best exposure settings – shutter speed, aperture and ISO – for astrophotography can be tricky, especially...
New photography grants aim to help women photojournalists tell visual, impactful stories
Women Photograph has established four grants aimed at increasing the amount of women in photojournalism. The primary grant, which is supported by the Pulitzer Center, offers $5,000 for established photographers. Three other grants, worth $2,500 and financed by bag-maker ONA, are aimed at emerging photojournalists.
...GoPro is cutting 270 more jobs in their attempt to retain company value
GoPro is planning on cutting 270 more jobs this quarter, this in addition to the 100 cut a year ago and the 200 back in November. This news came in addition to a pre-announcement of first quarter earnings released yesterday, which shows GoPro meeting their goal of hitting the "upper end of its previously announced...
Field Test: The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D lens is far more impressive than expected
Venus Optics is probably a relatively new name to most of you, as it is certainly a newer player to me. They have a few lenses that are currently available (two that are covered in Adobe Camera Raw's lens corrections list), but the most interesting to me was the 12mm f/2.8 that was Kickstarted last summer and...
The black plastic Holga 120N medium format film camera is coming back from the dead this summer
In 1981, the original Holga camera was introduced in China, offering an inexpensive 120 film format camera for a market clamoring for more affordable photography. Only a few years later, however, 35mm film took over the Chinese market and Holga was in trouble. Fortunately, Holga took hold in western markets where...
ZEISS Photography Awards: Belgian takes home prize with beautiful look at desolate Faroe Islands
Started in 2016 with the World Photography Organization, the international ZEISS Photography Awards offers professional and amateur photographers a chance to win great prizes and showcase their work to a large audience. The winner of the 2017 edition of the contest has just been announced. The distinguished...
A complete mobile workflow: Photographer takes his Fuji gear to Iceland, leaves laptop at home
Armed with a Fujifilm X-T2 and a trio of Fuji XF lenses: XF 16-55mm f/2.8, XF 50-140mm f/2.8 OIS and XF 14mm f/2.8, landscape photographer Dan Cook headed to Iceland. What made Cook’s trip unique is that he was editing and sharing his fantastic images directly from the field using his iPhone.
Cook notes that "In...
The Four Thirds system is no more: long live Micro Four Thirds
In a product catalog showcasing the lineup of current Olympus lenses, a simple sentence on page 23 announced the fate of the Four Thirds system:
Production of all ZUIKO DIGITAL Four Thirds lenses has been discontinued.
With that simple stroke of a pen, Olympus moved on from the Four Thirds system to...
Lens manufacturer’s headquarters infiltrated, over 200 lenses stolen in heist
Mirrorless camera filmmakers have been relying on Veydra Mini Prime lenses since the company’s successful Kickstarter campaign in December, 2014. Their selection of Veydra Mini Prime lenses includes focal lengths from 12mm to 85mm for Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mounts with prices ranging from around $900 to...
