[ad_1] As Microsoft showed off its new Arm-based Surface Laptop Monday, just as much attention was paid to how it compares against its competition, namely, Apple’s popular MacBook Air. Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop is “the fastest, most intelligent Windows PC ever built,” with a big emphasis on artificial intelligence. That power arrives thanks to Qualcomm’s […]

[ad_1] Every week, we ask newsletter subscribers a question about gear, creativity or life. We recently asked readers: If you could only pick one lens for the rest of your life (yes, only one), what would it be and why? We got some insightful, unusual and snarky responses to the prompt. The idea of having […]

[ad_1] Last week, Google announced the Pixel 8a, which slots in below the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in Google’s smartphone lineup. Although it’s a member of the Pixel 8 family, the 8a uses the same sensors and lenses found in the Pixel 7a to keep its price lower than its siblings. On paper, […]

[ad_1] Product images by Richard Butler The Fujifilm X-T50 is a classically-styled mid-level APS-C mirrorless camera. It’s built around the 40MP X-Trans sensor used by the X-T5 and X-H2, and gains image stabilization. It also gains the majority of the X-T5’s features in a smaller, less expensive body. Key specifications 40MP X-Trans BSI CMOS sensor […]

[ad_1] Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has released the XF16-50mm F2.8-4.8 R LM WR, a replacement for one of our favorite kit zoom options, the Fujinon 18-55mm F2.8-4.0 R LM OIS. The new lens loses a little at the long end, and becomes approximately half a stop darker, but now expands out to 16mm, meaning it gives […]

[ad_1] In the last two articles in this series, I wrote about my visits to Andasibe National Park, where I photographed lemurs and chameleons, and Tsingy Rouge National Park, where I saw beautiful erosion-formed formations. This time, I’d like to write about my visit to Kirindy Forest. A Verreaux’s Sifaka, my favorite lemur species in […]

[ad_1] Photo: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced the GFX 100S II, a faster version of its $5000 GFX model with a nicer viewfinder, subject recognition AF, pixel shift high-res mode, enhanced video capture tools and uprated image stabilization. Fujifilm says the sensor isn’t the higher-speed chip included in the more expensive GFX 100II, but it’s still […]

[ad_1] In the early days of digital, cameras were big, bulky, expensive and mostly out of reach for people unwilling to shell out professional-level MSRPs. Then came the Canon EOS D30, a landmark camera that introduced a slew of film photographers to digital, inspiring photojournalists to give up high-end film cameras and a new generation […]

[ad_1] Photo: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced the GF500mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, a relatively lightweight, compact super-tele prime for its GFX medium format system. The 500mm delivers a 396mm equivalent angle of view in a lens that’s 247mm (9.4″) long and weighs 1,375g (3.03 lbs). It has built-in image stabilization rated to give up […]

[ad_1] Tucked away at the bottom of Fujifilm’s GFX 100S II press release is the news that Fujifilm has joined both the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and the Content Authentication Initiative (CAI). The two organizations are, respectively, a group developing the specifications and standards around “content credentials,” the metadata requires to provide […]