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Unveiled about a month ago and just now appearing on store shelves, the new Nikon D3400 serves as the Japanese camera maker's latest entry-level DSLR. We recently got our hands on this new piece of kit, and given the impressive image quality of its predecessor, we were anxious to get this new model into the lab to...

 

 

Uncage the Soul Productions recently took the specialized Canon ME20F-SH video camera out under the stars to capture footage at ISO 400,000. The camera was paired with a Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens and follows a group of high school students from an astronomy camp as they observed this year’s Perseids meteor...

 

 

If you've been waiting patiently in the hopes of a higher-end offering for Canon's EOS M-series lineup of mirrorless cameras, your wait is over: The company has just taken the wraps off the Canon EOS M5, and unlike its entry-level predecessors, the new model looks to offer much better performance in an...

 

 

11 years ago, Canon launched its EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM zoom lens. It's had a good run, but today its successor is here in the form of the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM zoom. There's quite a bit of new tech in the followup, including an interesting new built-in LCD panel on which to preview some...

 

 

Do you like to shoot wide? Really wide, and yet with minimal distortion? If so, Chinese lens manufacturer Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology -- better known by the name Venus Optics -- has a couple of new products that will likely pique your interest. The company, which is building something of a reputation...

 

 

The Panasonic GX85 is the third most popular camera on our site as of this morning, as seen on the homepage in our "Most Popular Cameras" section to the right. That listing is populated by you, the readers, and it places this latest mirrorless offering in esteemed company indeed!

Our reviewer extraordinaire Eamon...

 

 

If you're eagerly waiting to get your hands on the Fuji X-T2, the Japanese camera maker would like to offer you an apology. According to a statement published late last week on its Japanese-language website, Fujifilm has found itself facing greater demand for the X-T2 than was expected, and that's left it...

 

 

If you're shooting with a recent Apple iPhone or iPad and want to maximize the versatility of your rear-facing iSight camera, we've good news for you. Alongside the launch of Apple's iOS 10 update, Adobe has simultaneously released an update to its Lightroom for Mobile apps supporting both iPhone and iPad...

 

 

Continuing the incredible deluge of lens news of late, Japan's Kenko Tokina has unveiled a new lens line for mirrorless camera optics, and populated it with its first offering for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras. And the company has also announced several new optics aimed at the fast-growing cinema lens...

 

 

2016 is turning out to be a huge year for South Korean optics manufacturer Samyang. The company has already launched nine lenses this year with, between their different mounts, a total of close to 50 different variants. Now it has launched a new premium lens line, and populated it with two new prime lenses,...

 

 

Earlier this year, we told you about Meyer-Optik-Görlitz's new Trioplan f2.8/100 lens, a recreation of an optic that was first released a century back in 1916. Enthusiastically received by photographer and filmmaker Mathieu Stern, the lens -- famed for its soap bubble bokeh -- was followed onto Kickstarter by...

 

 

Even for amateur photographers, the sky is quite literally the limit these days as a raft of clever robot drones have taken our cameras -- and our passion for photography -- aloft. But there's another frontier which remains the preserve of the specialists: Deep-ocean diving. Now, a new robot drone of a very...

 

 

It's the camera everyone's talking about, whether it's in praise of new features like Dual Pixel Raw, or sharing their concerns about missing video capture features. But what lies inside the brand-new body of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV? The good folks over at LensRentals just got a batch of 5D IV bodies in to...

 

 

More durable, more comfortable, and better-equipped for your laptop or tablet: That's the story of Think Tank Photo's updated Airport-series rolling camera bags in a nutshell. And for good measure, the company has also unveiled a new backpack for the DJI Inspire aerial camera platform, helping to protect your...

 

 

Just 14 months after its last major milestone, Canon is celebrating production of its 120-millionth EF-mount lens right on time, as shipments continue at a steady (and extremely impressive) rate of around 23,200 lenses per day.

Canon passed the 100 million mark on April 22nd 2014, some 27 years and one...

 

 

The Nikon P900 camera proved to be highly popular and was difficult to find in stock for a long time after its spring 2015 launch as a result. During my field test of the superzoom, I found that its 24-2000mm equivalent lens made it particularly well-suited for photographing wildlife, but its small 1/2.3-inch...

 

 

New York-based street photographer Donato Di Camillo actually became interested in street photography while confined within the walls of a medium-security federal prison. This wasn’t the first time the 47-year-old Di Camillo found himself on the wrong side of the law; his first arrest came at age 12 for theft.

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a rather lengthy one, with quite a few updates (or news of upcoming updates) for six cameras, two lenses, one printer and one video camera. Among the mix are the Canon 7D II, 5DS and 5DS R; the Leica T (Typ 701); the Nikon D5000 and S9700; Sigma's Nikon-mount 120-300mm...

 

 

Fancy a new manual-focus prime lens for your Canon EF-mount or Nikon F-mount camera? If so, Zeiss has several new options for you to choose from in its Milvus lens line!

The metal-bodied Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15, Milvus 2.8/18 and Milvus 2/135 are intended for both still and video use, and each features a...