News entries for September, 2019

Click here to read our Canon 90D Field Test Part I

 

 

A long-awaited update to Canon's popular 80D camera from all the way back in 2016, the new Canon 90D offers a familiar yet subtlely improved exterior bundled with an all-new imaging pipeline -- a new 32.5-megapixel APS-C sensor and a faster DIGIC 8 image...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is rather bigger than they've been of late, bringing with it news of some interesting feature-enhancing updates for several mirrorless cameras from Canon, Fujifilm and Sony, as well as a bug fix for another Fuji camera. The models receiving new features span a gamut from...

Click here to read part two of my Canon SL3 Field Test

 

 

Recently, I posted my first field test for the Canon Rebel SL3, an EOS-series camera that, in an increasingly mirrorless world, proves Canon nevertheless still sees demand for DSLRs even at the entry-level end of the market. And now, I've followed up...

Click here to read my Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 Field Test

 

 

As Fujifilm continues to expand their GF lens lineup for the medium-format GFX system, the company has really run the gamut with respect to the size and weight of their lenses. Recently, GFX owners have been treated to a pair of excellent telephoto lenses,...

 

 

Exposure Software (formerly known as Alien Skin Software) has launched Exposure X5, the latest version of their complete non-destructive raw editing software. The primary features of X5 include over 500 customizable presets, 3D color masking, Photoshop and Lightroom plug-in support, black and white processing,...

Canon M200 Preview

 

 

From next month, there will be a new entry point to Canon's fledgling EOS M mirrorless camera lineup, and for the first time it will include 4K video. That news comes to us this morning thanks to the launch of the brand-new Canon EOS M200, a followup to 2017's M100. Compared to its...

 

 

It's been a couple of years now since we last saw a new APS-C camera from Ricoh's Pentax brand, but it looks like that will be changing next year, as the company has today announced development of a new flagship-level APS-C DSLR for introduction in 2020. And if you're an APS-C shooting Pentaxian, your ears...

 

 

After a somewhat bigger week last time around, our regular Firmware Friday post arrives this week with news of just two cameras, one lens and one piece of software updated in the past seven days. Unless you're a Nikon or Ricoh / Pentax shooter, there's no news for you this time around. (Although you'll find...

 

 

Releasing this fall, Skylum's Luminar 4 raw image editor and library application looks to be full of many new features. We have already been given sneak peeks of AI Sky Replacement and AI Structure technologies, and now we have two more artificial intelligence-powered image editing tools to look at: AI Skin...

Click here to read our Sony A7R IV Field Test

 

 

Packed with an all-new 61-megapixel full-frame image sensor, the new Sony A7R Mark IV might seem like a prime candidate for landscapes, portraiture, architecture and other types of photographic pursuits that usually require lots and lots of image resolution. And...

 

 

By IR reader René Theuillon

I love modern art!

I have written last March a short article describing some attempts at shooting in the way of Saul Leiter, and since that time, I have made a lot of extra pictures. But I am not very satisfied by the results! In his framings, Saul Leiter had the genius to select one...

 

 

Our regular Firmware Friday roundup returns once again this week bringing news of rather more updates than in recent weeks. Canon alone has shipped new firmware for seven DSLRs in the past week, and we also have news of mirrorless camera updates from both Fujifilm and Panasonic to discuss.

Let's get right...

Fujifilm X-A7 Hands-on Preview

 

 

Right on time for its roughly 18-month release cycle, Fujifilm's budget-friendly X-A mirrorless camera line has just gained its latest model, in the form of the line-leading Fuji X-A7. Sporting a familiar-looking body that's almost exactly the same size as that of its predecessor,...

 

 

Ricoh has developed a strong reputation for itself in the 360-degree camera market. Since the 2013 CP+ show in Japan, when the company first showed off a prototype of what would become its Theta 360-degree spherical panoramic camera, it has launched numerous followup models. It's added video capture, improved...

 

 

Having shot with the Phase One XF camera system alongside both IQ3 and IQ4 digital backs, a common issue I had with the system is its immense size and weight. Designed (and excellent) for studio applications, the XF camera is simply not a great fit for the landscape photography I enjoy doing. However, the...

 

 

It's another relatively short roundup this week for our regular Firmware Friday series, with just two companies releasing updates for a total of four cameras in the past seven days. This time around it's Canon and Leica we'll be discussing, with one update for the PowerShot G7X Mark III, and one apiece for...

Click here to see our Canon 90D First Shots

 

 

While on the outside, the new Canon 90D looks nearly identical to its 80D predecessor, the insides are packing an all-new imaging pipeline centered around a brand-new 32.5-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor. In recent years, most APS-C cameras have topped-out at 24-megapixels,...

 

 

In perhaps a relatively quiet admission of their folly, Adobe today announced via email to subscribers that Premiere Clip will be laid to rest on September 17, 2019. When I first picked up Premiere Clip in 2014, I refused to review it as it felt like an incomplete product. It was more of an idea, and I wanted to...

 

 

The DSLR is far from dead. Much like Nikon did ahead of fully unveiling the professional-grade D5 DSLR camera, the Japanese company has announced the development of the Nikon D6 DSLR. Details are scarce and we don't have any specific information regarding features or release date. With that said, Nikon has stated...