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RED has officially given its EPIC and SCARLET cameras the ability to shoot true still images in RED’s R3D raw format with the latest firmware update for the two cameras.

Founded in 2005, by Jim Jannard, the owner/founder of sunglasses and sportswear company Oakley, RED is a motion picture camera company that wanted to take the concept of RAW...

 

 

Shortly after Ricoh's enthusiast-grade Pentax K-3 II DSLR hit our lab a month or so back, I took readers on a journey of geektastic delight with an in-depth look at Pixel Shift Resolution, one of its landmark new features. Yesterday, I took it with me to the historic town of Jonesborough, Tennessee's oldest...

 

 

Photography accessory manufacturer Kenko has announced two new teleconverters for Canon EF and EF-S lenses, the Teleplus 1.4x HD DGX and 2.0x HD DGX.

The Kenko Teleplus 1.4x HD DGX is made up of three elements in 2 groups and weighs in at 110g with a 25mm barrel length. It offers full autofocus operation on...

 

 

We've been salivating over the Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM "A" since its announcement a month ago. Fortunately, Sigma gave us a chance -- albeit a brief one -- to get our hands on one of the new lenses and run it through our SLRgear test lab!

This new zoom is the world's first constant-aperture f/2.0 zoom lens for...

Fujifilm has announced the discontinuation of a number of film stocks and an increase in price on the film stocks it will keep around.

Today, in a press release, Fujifilm announced it is killing off the following film stocks:

• Fujicolor PRO160NS (35mm)
• FUJICHROME PROVIA400X (35mm and 120)
• FUJICHROME Velva50 (220)
• FUJICHROME...

 

 

Last March, Nikon launched a new generation for its enthusiast-grade DSLR line, following the well-received D7100 with the Nikon D7200. At first glance, the two cameras look mighty similar, but there are some very important upgrades under the skin, as you'll see in our Nikon D7200 review!

Perhaps the key...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup is here once more, and this week it's packed with cameras from Ricoh, Samsung and Sigma. If you're shooting with the Samsung NX1, Sigma dp1 Quattro, Sigma dp2 Quattro, Sigma dp3 Quattro or Ricoh WG-30W, you'll want to get your camera ready for the weekend with a quick update to...

Lytro has released updates for its Lytro ILLUM light field camera and accompanying Lytro Desktop software. The update provides a number of new interactive and editing features designed to make the light field photography workflow more intuitive.

For its Lytro ILLUM 2.0 software, Lytro has included ‘living picture playback’ on the camera and...

Apple has released Digital Camera RAW 6.05, a substantial update bringing support for ten new cameras to OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan, which is currently available as a public beta.

This updates affect all Apple software compatible with viewing or editing images, including Apple’s new Photos app. RAW image support has been added for the...

In 1987, Canon started production of its very own lenses for its Canon autofocus EOS SLRs. Almost thirty years later Canon has announced it’s reached an impressive milestone in its lens manufacturing.

On June 22, 2015, Canon produced its 110-millionth EF-series lens for Canon EOS cameras, an EF 11–24mm f/4L USM.

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Just two months after the launch of its Pentax K-3 II DSLR, Ricoh Imaging has today moved quickly to address an issue discovered in early production of the camera. According to the company, certain K-3 II bodies can fail to turn off even after the Power switch is moved to the Off position, if the camera is...

 

 

Nikon has issued a service advisory for owners of its D750 regarding a shutter issue that can sometimes leave a portion of an image underexposed. The issue, which causes the shutter to ‘not function properly’, is said to affect D750 models made in the months of October and November of 2014.

This marks the second...

 

 

Canon, not content with watching folks needing higher resolution images jump ship to Nikon's 36.3MP D810, came back swinging with their 50.6MP full-frame 5DS and 5DS R cameras earlier this year. Just now arriving on store shelves, we've finally managed to get our hands on final production versions of both models...

 

 

Film stocks are thinning out with each new month, but analogue photography is far from dead, an idea echoed in Jonathan Canlas’ ’Film Is Not Dead’ movement. One of the largest online proponents of film photography is Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter, who recently shared an absolutely brilliant project...

[Editor's update November 2017: Bryce Wilson has now reformed his life and is a combat photographer in the Ukraine. He has freely admitted wrongdoing for past actions and has turned his life into positive pursuits and positive missions with his photography. We wish him the best and salute everyone with the courage to turn past mistakes...

Today, Canon announced its newest speedlite, the Canon 430EX III-RT. In addition to a number of new features, this update marks the first time a speedlite in Canon’s 430EX series offers radio-controlled triggering capabilities.

Compared to its predecessor, the Canon Speedlite 430EX II, the new 430EX III-RT features two new flagship features,...

 

 

The Canon Rebel-series of DSLRs has long been Canon's consumer-focused, entry-level models, but this year's introduction of the Canon T6s brings something new to the Rebel family in the form of more enthusiast-grade advanced features and amenities. Items such as a top-facing LCD info panel, Canon's Control Dial...

First reported by The Verge, Instagram has now confirmed it’s increasing the size of images uploaded to the Facebook-owned social network; a long overdue change, as smartphones have grown in resolution exponentially since Instagram was founded in October of 2010.

Photos from Instagram will now measure in at 1080 x 1080 pixels...

Print photography magazines are folding left and right in the digital era, but their impact on photography and the legacy they’ve left will forever be held in high regard in the hearts of many. One of those individuals is Daniel Neal, who has decided to digitize a number of Leica Photography magazines that he recently acquired and distribute...