News entries for September, 2015

Instagram is many things to many people.

For some, it’s simply an outlet to share your life in photos and videos with the world. For others, such as myself, it’s an efficient and effective means of inspiration.

Unfortunately, for those who use it as a medium of inspiration, there’s no easy way to curate all of the photos you like in an...

This year’s Photo Interactive Experience, better known as PIX 2015, is being held on October 6–7th, 2015 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. Alongside a plethora of camera manufacturers who have partnered up with DPReview and Photo Marketing Association for the expo, 30 professional photographers will be dropping by to share their...

Earlier this month, Olympus issued a service advisory for OM-D E-M10 Mark II owners whose cameras were affected by a lens mount locking pin issue that caused plastic mount lenses to not secure properly to the camera body. As a result, Olympus also announced it was pausing the sales of all E-M10 II until the issue was fixed for all units in...

Earlier this week Rokinon announced two new fast primes for mirrorless cameras, the 21mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.2.

Rokinon’s new 21mm f/1.4 lens, features manual controls for both its internal focusing mechanism and aperture, the latter of which uses a 9-blade diaphragm design for smooth bokeh at shallow depths of field.

The optical design...

It’s easy to get caught up in the intricacies of the technological marvels we call DSLRs. But it’s significant to remember that cameras can be far more rudimentary than what most of us shoot with.

If you need an example, look no further than to the work of Kotama Bouabane, a Toronto photographer who’s turned coconuts, yes coconuts, into...

GoPro has announced its latest action camera, the GoPro HERO+ WiFi. Designed to be an entry-level camera, the GoPro HERO+ drops all the fancy features and keeps it simple providing 1080p60 video and WiFi connectivity for only $200.

This new entry-level camera might seem redundant or insignificant at first, but it fills a gap in GoPro’s...

Selfies are very much a trite topic, but to understand how self-portraiture turned into the phenomenon it currently is, we must look back to our past. Furthermore, we must understand the proper and ethical way to go about documenting ourselves, as to not further dilute the value of a self-portrait.

To assist the world with all of the above,...

 

 

When we first heard that we were to receive Fuji's latest XF prime lens in for review, the Fujinon 90mm f/2 WR, I have to admit that my first thought was "Hmmm… but we already have the 50-140mm f/2.8, and it has built-in O.I.S.!" Well, I'm here to tell you that while I very much love the 50-140mm f/2.8, and would...

 

 

After going over the design, ergonomics and general shooting experience in Part I of his Fuji X-A2 Field Test, Eamon Hickey is back with his Field Test Part II, which dives in deeper to the camera's performance, it's Wi-Fi and video-shooting capabilities, as well as exploring how it handles with some additional...

Ricoh has announced the Pentax-D FA 24–70mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR, a fast, full-frame lens that further lends credit to the fact that the company is working on a full-frame Pentax DSLR, which is recently teased on a microsite.

While we’ll be waiting until Spring of 2016 for the mysterious Pentax camera to come around, this new lens should tide...

 

 

August has proven to be an interesting month in our contest, as four out of five entries recognized in this month's awards have been recognized in previous months in our contest. And the only photographer on the podium this month who's not yet been recognized in our Photo of the Day monthly awards just happened to...

 

 

Moose hide is thick and strong, but is also soft... very soft, actually, as well as flexible. It has some stretch and give, like a thick piece of neoprene, yet it's also breatheable. Edlef Wienen makes his Eddycam camera straps from moose hide in his workshop in Bavaria. He uses two layers of this thick, soft...

Get your tripods and telescopes ready, ladies and gentlemen. This Sunday night, going into Monday morning, a supermoon (also referred to as a harvest moon) coincides perfectly with a total lunar eclipse, resulting in a ‘blood red’ moon that’s roughly 14% larger than usual.

Assuming you aren’t preparing for the apocalypse, a la the Blood Moon...

 

 

Adobe has just announced the new Elements: Photoshop Elements 14 and Premier Elements 14 to be exact, and they are now available. The Elements version of these software products is intended for the non-professional and have various modes of functionality depending upon the level of experience of the user. In...

 

 

Over the last several years, few cameras have excited and inspired us quite like the Sony RX10. Now, the Sony RX10 II takes things to the next level, building on the original design and bringing upgrades in many important areas. And we've just finalized our full review of the RX10 II, putting the finishing touches...

Almost two years ago, photo essay platform Exposure was brought to life by the team at Elepath. Since then Exposure has been spun off and grown into a massive photography-centric platform with over 72,000 members, tens of thousands of stories and over 1.5 million photos on their servers.

As do many startups, Exposure started off with...

 

 

Want a full-frame, interchangeable-lens camera that's compact and fully-featured? The Sony A7R has ticked all the boxes since it first launched back in late 2013 -- and now its successor is here in the form of the Sony A7R II.

No question about it: I fell in love with the original Sony A7R, and so did my Imaging...

To roughly rework the already misquoted Neil Armstrong, ‘one small step for drone owners, one giant leap for Goodell.’

Five months after applying for an exemption, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission for NFL Films, the leagues media production division, to use drones, making it the first professional sports...

 

 

We don't normally do book reviews here at IR, let alone reviews of management memoirs. This felt worth sharing, though.

I've read my fair share of management books and executive biographies, and honestly, a lot of them seem to be just collections of catchphrases and cheerleading. I have a foggy miasma of...