Image: Viltrox Viltrox has announced the new AF 40mm F2.5 Z lens for full-frame Nikon Z-mount cameras. The lightweight prime lens provides a normal field of view, roughly approximating the perspective of human vision. Optically, the AF 40mm F2.5 Z features an internal focus design built around ten elements in six groups. This includes one […]

Image: 7Artisans 7Artisans has announced a version of its full-frame AF 50mm F1.8 lens for Nikon’s Z mount. The lens, already available for Sony E mount, is 104mm (4.1″) long and weighs 421g (14.9oz). Its optical formula is made up of 11 elements in 9 groups, including two aspherical, one ED and two high refractive […]

Image: 7Artisans Chinese lens maker 7Artisans has announced the AF 27mm F2.8 prime lens for APS-C cameras using the Sony E-Mount. The 27mm focal length gives a fractionally wide-angle ∼41mm equivalent field of view, while the semi-fast F2.8 maximum aperture should give some control over depth-of-field and better low-light performance than a kit zoom. The […]

The biggest video-centric exhibition took place last week and brought with it a ton of news, including a new dual-lens camera from Insta360 called the X4 8K. There are a lot of conflicting reports on the video quality, though and Jordan Drake has thoughts. We would like to thank our podcast sponsor, OM SYSTEM. Recently, […]

As part of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we asked manufacturers to reflect on the most significant products of the past quarter century. As you might imagine, all the senior executives picked one of their own products. But some patterns also emerged. Some simply named their current flagship as the pinnacle of the company’s R&D history so […]

Image: Tamron Tamron has announced it’s developing a version of its 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD fast wide-angle zoom lens for Canon RF-mount APS-C cameras. The 11-20mm F2.8, which is already available for Sony E-mount, will offer an 18-32mm equivalent range on Canon’s 1.6x crop cameras. The lens, released under license from Canon, was announced […]

Image: mood.camera A new camera app that wants to offer a film-like experience is now available. The mood.camera app (iOS only) targets fans of analog photography and consists of 14 film-like filters. I was given early access to the app to test it out and see if it offers anything different from similar apps on […]

As part of the work on our review of the Fujifilm X100VI, we’ve shot and processed our standard studio test images with the camera. Our test scene is designed to simulate a variety of textures, colors and detail types you’ll encounter in the real world. It also has two illumination modes to see the effect […]

Image: Sigma Sigma has announced it will be offering six of its DC DN APS-C lenses for Canon’s RF mount, making it one of the first third-party manufacturers to sell autofocus RF lenses under license. The DC DN 18-50mm F2.8 fast standard zoom will be available from July 2024, offering a 29-80mm equivalent range on […]

Launched in 2023, the T-series is Moment’s current line of premium add-on lenses for smartphones and comprises an entire lens ecosystem, including cases, filters, filter mounts, and other accessories. Compared to the previous M-series introduced in 2017, the new T-series has been designed for the larger image sensors and bigger pixel counts in the latest […]