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Using Fujifilm Instax Mini Film, the new Lomography Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Magellan is the first wide-angle instant camera. Equipped with a 21mm-equivalent lens (actual focal length is 38mm) with a maximum aperture of f/4.5, “the Lomo’Instant Automat Glass has everything you need to capture the world in...

Click here to see our Canon T7i First Shots

 

 

The latest Rebel-series camera, the Canon T7i is the first EOS DSLR model, along with simultaneously-announced EOS 77D, to feature the latest DIGIC 7 image processor. We now have our review unit in our hands and are ready to share our signature First Shots series of...

Click here for our Canon G9X Mark II First Shots

 

 

With a new and improved processor, the Canon G9X Mark II seeks to build upon the popularity of the Canon G9X launched in 2015. That camera redefined how small a 1-inch sensored camera could be, and was awarded a Dave's Pick from us at IR for its small size...

(by William Brawley and Dave Etchells)

It was still nighttime when we awoke in Yokohama, Japan the Monday following the CP+ expo. No time for any breakfast, but the hotel wasn't serving it yet anyway. We had to dash to the lobby to meet the group.

So why wake up before the crack of dawn? IR publisher Dave Etchells and I had the extremely...

 

 

Do you love New York City, the city so nice they named it twice? Nikon does and they’re showing it with their new “Love Letters” campaign. The campaign starts with “Love Letters from the N Line,” which focuses on the well-known N Line that traverses three of New York City’s boroughs and carries nine million...

 

 

Shortly after the completion of this year's installment of the annual CP+ tradeshow in Yokohama, Japan, IR founder and publisher Dave Etchells and Senior Editor William Brawley headed a couple of hours north to Utsunomiya, the capital of the Tochigi Prefecture, and home to Canon's primary lens factory. The reason:...

 

 

One of the most exciting cameras to grace the halls of our headquarters in some time, we've all been eager to get out into the field with the Fujifilm GFX. Our first gallery series came to you live from Japan courtesy of our senior editor William Brawley, who then handed this huge-sensored camera with the...

 

 

Compressing JPEGs to retain as much quality as possible while also reducing their file size is nothing new. In fact, such compression is used by many to keep the size of images on websites down in order to increase performance. But compression to this point has always resulted in either at best mostly retaining...

 

 

We've just published our Field Test of the new, compact Nikon D5600 DSLR. The D5600 follows very closely in the footsteps of its excellent predecessor, the D5500. The latest model uses the same 24.2-megapixel APS-C sensor and processor, resulting in a camera, that while great, doesn’t give existing D5500 owners a...

 

 

As part of their free “Astrophotography 101” series focused on photographing the Milky Way, Lonely Speck has written an incredibly in-depth article about finding the best ISO for astrophotography.

Finding the best exposure settings – shutter speed, aperture and ISO – for astrophotography can be tricky, especially...

 

 

Women Photograph has established four grants aimed at increasing the amount of women in photojournalism. The primary grant, which is supported by the Pulitzer Center, offers $5,000 for established photographers. Three other grants, worth $2,500 and financed by bag-maker ONA, are aimed at emerging photojournalists.

 

 

GoPro is planning on cutting 270 more jobs this quarter, this in addition to the 100 cut a year ago and the 200 back in November. This news came in addition to a pre-announcement of first quarter earnings released yesterday, which shows GoPro meeting their goal of hitting the "upper end of its previously announced...

 

 

Venus Optics is probably a relatively new name to most of you, as it is certainly a newer player to me. They have a few lenses that are currently available (two that are covered in Adobe Camera Raw's lens corrections list), but the most interesting to me was the 12mm f/2.8 that was Kickstarted last summer and...

 

 

In 1981, the original Holga camera was introduced in China, offering an inexpensive 120 film format camera for a market clamoring for more affordable photography. Only a few years later, however, 35mm film took over the Chinese market and Holga was in trouble. Fortunately, Holga took hold in western markets where...

 

 

Started in 2016 with the World Photography Organization, the international ZEISS Photography Awards offers professional and amateur photographers a chance to win great prizes and showcase their work to a large audience. The winner of the 2017 edition of the contest has just been announced. The distinguished...

 

 

Armed with a Fujifilm X-T2 and a trio of Fuji XF lenses: XF 16-55mm f/2.8, XF 50-140mm f/2.8 OIS and XF 14mm f/2.8, landscape photographer Dan Cook headed to Iceland. What made Cook’s trip unique is that he was editing and sharing his fantastic images directly from the field using his iPhone.

Cook notes that "In...

 

 

In a product catalog showcasing the lineup of current Olympus lenses, a simple sentence on page 23 announced the fate of the Four Thirds system:

Production of all ZUIKO DIGITAL Four Thirds lenses has been discontinued.

With that simple stroke of a pen, Olympus moved on from the Four Thirds system to...

 

 

Mirrorless camera filmmakers have been relying on Veydra Mini Prime lenses since the company’s successful Kickstarter campaign in December, 2014. Their selection of Veydra Mini Prime lenses includes focal lengths from 12mm to 85mm for Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mounts with prices ranging from around $900 to...

 

 

Sony has released a new camera application called “Digital Filter.” This PlayMemories application “allows you to divide the scene into two or three areas and optimize the exposure and white balance for each area, helping you to shoot the best image.” The applications are most obvious for landscape scenes where...