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Sony Unveils Its First Constant F2 Aperture Zoom Lens: The 28-70mm F2 G Master

Sony officially announced the Sony 28-70mm F2 G Master, the latest addition to its renowned G Master series and the first Sony zoom lens with a constant F2 aperture. The new lens was shown off during Sony's presentation where we were finally introduced to the brand new...

Sony’s new A1 II Mirrorless Camera has been announced and is already listed on retailers

Sony’s new flagship A1 Mark II has officially been announced and will release in early December. The new camera is already listed on some retailer sites with pre orders starting tomorrow at 9:30am ET. The announcement (which took place today at 9am EST / 2pm GMT) gave us a...

DJI is getting ready to release five new products soon

DJI has had an eventful year, releasing several key products including the Mavic Air 3S drone and Osmo Action 5 Pro camera. However, new reports suggest that the company isn’t slowing down as it is set to unveil some exciting new items soon.

According to DJI Rumors, the...

Sony A1 II Camera announcement coming on the 19th November

The much anticipated official announcement of the Sony A1 II which has so far received mixed opinions is set to be on the 19th November according to B&H Photo which shared this product page today.

As well as this, Sony have officially just posted the following across their...

Nikon Z50 II officially announced, release date & pre orders now live

Nikon has finally revealed the successor to the Z50, the Z50 II. This second-generation APS-C camera received a major update and inherited features from its full-frame siblings.

The Nikon Z50 II still has the same 20.9MP BSI CMOS sensor from the previous model but is now...

Best Black Friday camera deals 2024: Photography offers now live!

Black Friday is the perfect time of year to save yourself hundreds on high-ticket items. Cameras, lenses, and other photography gear receive huge discounts in November, some of which we are already starting to see. Everything from mirrorless cameras and Polaroids to bags and...

28 Years Later was Apparently Shot on the iPhone 15, and I Have Thoughts

Danny Boyle is my favorite filmmaker of all time: from Shallow Grave to Steve Jobs, few directors have a portfolio as uniquely broad while also thematically consistent as his. His films are either critically acclaimed or criminally underrated, and I have been waiting with...

Opinion: Between Apple Intelligence and “Cinematic” Video, the iPhone 16 is spread far too thin

Apple’s Glowtime event has been and gone, and with it came the iPhone 16: Apple’s latest iteration of smartphone. As part of the package, Apple Intelligence is finally taking the training wheels off with a suite of new features headed for your pocket, starting September...

New Cloud Service Enables Storing, Accessing, Editing Photos and Videos From All Mobile Phones

TriPlay's logo. Click here to visit the TriPlay website!TriPlay's MyDigipack Cloud Sharing and Storage Service  Simplifies Uploading and Sharing of Mobile Media

New York, NY – January 6, 2012 – TriPlay, a multi-faceted technology company focused on providing globally-available multimedia services, today announced MyDigipack, a new cloud storage service that uniquely addresses the needs of users who want to...

Sony unveils new high-speed XQD™*1 memory cards

Sony's XQD memory card product packaging. Photo provided by Sony Corp.1Gbps*2 for faster write speed and superb reliability create new possibilities for advanced photographers

06 January 2012 -- Giving photo enthusiasts and professional photographers a new level of speed and performance, the new range of XQD memory cards by Sony supports the recently adopted XQD specification for high-speed, high-performance digital...

Nikon D4: Professional SLR announced, previewed!

Nikon's D4 digital SLR. Photo provided by Nikon Inc. Click for our Nikon D4 hands-on preview!Nikon Inc. has today announced the Nikon D4 professional SLR, which follows in the footsteps of the venerable--but now rather long-in the tooth--Nikon D3S and its predecessor, the Nikon D3, and we've just published our Nikon D4 hands-on preview.

The Nikon D4 has a redesigned body and features a raft of updates throughout, bringing improvements both for photographers and...

The New Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm F/1.8G Prime Lens Combines Practicality With Portability Resulting In A Versatile Portrait Lens

The AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G ships from March 2012. Photo provided by Nikon Inc.New NIKKOR Lens is Ideal for Low-Light, Portraiture and Adding Dramatic Background Blur to Both Photo and Video

MELVILLE, N.Y. (January 5, 2012) – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the addition of the new AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G FX-format lens to its legendary line of NIKKOR lenses. The new 85mm is a fast, fixed focal-length lens with medium telephoto...

Mediaclip™ unveils USimplyPrint, a new turn-key solution for personalization

Mediaclip's logo. Click here to visit the Mediaclip website!Montreal, January 5th  , 2012 . Mediaclip™ Inc., a developer of software solution for the personalization of printed products, announced today that they will be launching their new turn-key solution called USimplyPrint during PMA@CES . This solution integrates version 2.7 of the Mediaclip™ Photo Product Creator Suite ™ into a complete  e-commerce...

Panasonic LIVE @ CES, An Interactive Broadcast, Connects Enthusiasts Around the World to Live Action From International Consumer Electronics Show 2012

Panasonic's logo. Click here to visit the Panasonic website!Starting January 10, Techies Can Join the Conversation, Interact with Technology Experts, Plus Hear and See Industry Panels Live from Panasonic’s CES Show Floor

SECAUCUS, N.J. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic (NYSE:PC) (TOKYO:6752) (@PanasonicEvents) is pleased to announce that the company will host a global interactive video stream broadcast, ...

Ambarella Enables a New Class of Wireless HD Cameras With Smartphone Control, Viewing and Social Network Video Sharing

Ambarella's logo. Click here to visit the Ambarella website!Wireless HD camera solution creates the ultimate smartphone companion device

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high-definition video compression and image-processing solutions for consumer cameras, has announced the availability of the Ambarella Wireless Camera Developer’s Kit. The Kit enables the design of...

Optrix Unveils VideoPro, the Ultimate iPhone Extreme Sports Video Recording App

Optrix's logo. Click here to visit the Optrix website!iOS App for Optrix HD Sport displays and records speed, g-force, track map, lap time and more

Optrix HD and new App on display at CES 2012 at Booth 26606 South Hall

Austin, Texas--January 5, 2012--Optrix, designer of rugged mounts that transform your iPhone 4S/4/iPod Touch into an HD action sports camera, unveils the ultimate action video recording...

Accessory Review: Datacolor Spyder4

Photo s4elite.200x125The big story with Datacolor's Spyder4 is its significantly improved accuracy. But Datacolor has also made an effort to extend its software's reach to devices other than you computer monitor. And these days, you look at your images on all sorts of screens: desktop monitor, laptop, netbook, HDTV, projector, tablet, smartphone. The Spyder4 can handle them all.

We've been...

Datacolor Launches Spyder4, Offers Simplicity and Accuracy in Color Calibration for all Display Devices

Photo s4elite1 150Spyder4 Express, Spyder4 Pro and Spyder4 Elite Provide Full Spectrum Color Calibration for Creative Professionals

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Jan. 5 -- Datacolor (http://www.datacolor.com), a global leader in color management solutions, today introduced Spyder4, a line of highly advanced colorimeters able to calibrate monitors, laptops, projectors, TVs,...

Lexar Introduces Industry’s First 1000x Memory Card

Lexar 128GB PRO CompactFlash 1000x card. Image courtesy of Lexar.Blazing-Fast 1000x Memory Card Offers the Ultimate Performance for Professionals Shooting High-Resolution Images and Full-HD and 3D Video

Fremont, CA, 5 January, 2012 – Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory products, today announced the industry’s first 1000x memory card, the Lexar® Professional 1000x CompactFlash® (CF) card. The new card...

Fuji X-S1: Ultrazoom digicam comes to America

The Fujifilm X-S1 ultrazoom digital camera has a 24-624mm-equivalent lens. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.Kicking off a raft of digital camera announcements in the runup to this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Fujifilm North America Corp. has today revealed that the Fujifilm X-S1 digital camera--unveiled last November for the rest of the world--will also be coming to the US market.

The Fuji X-S1 is the third model in the company's flagship X-series, which forgoes the...

Fuji HS30EXR, HS25EXR: Two new long-zoom digicams unveiled

The Fujifilm HS30EXR boasts a high-res electronic viewfinder. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.Continuing its camera announcements for the day, Fujifilm has revealed the FinePix HS30EXR and HS25EXR long zooms.

The duo are closely related, sharing the same 16 megapixel, 1/2-inch EXR CMOS image sensor and Fujinon-branded 30x optical zoom lens, as well as a 3.0-inch LCD viewfinder with 460,000 dot resolution. Both can record 1080p Full HD movies at 30 frames per...

Fuji F770EXR, F750EXR, F660EXR: Three new F-series long zooms

The Fujifilm F770EXR adds raw file support, and a GPS receiver. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.Next up in today's flood of announcements from Fujifilm are three new Finepix F-series models: the Fuji F770EXR, F750EXR, and F660EXR.

As the model numbers would suggest, the Fuji F660EXR is the base model, with a 16 megapixel, 1/2-inch type EXR-CMOS image sensor, and a Fujinon-branded 15x optical zoom lens that has a 24mm-equivalent wide angle. Priced at about US$280,...

Fuji SL300, S4500, S4200: A trio of SLR-like superzooms

The Fuji SL300 adds a cold shoe, dual zoom toggles, and li-ion power source. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.As our tour of Fuji's roster of Consumer Electronics Show announcements continues, we take a look at the Fuji SL300, S4500, and S4200, a trio of FinePix super-zoom cameras.

The entry point to the group is marked with the Fuji FinePix S4200, based around a standard 14 megapixel CCD image sensor and Fujinon-branded 24x optical zoom with 24mm equivalent wide angle. Based...

Fuji XP150, XP100, XP50: Rugged FinePix cameras in triplicate

The Fuji XP150 is similar to the XP100, but with the addition of a GPS receiver and compass. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.We've already mentioned nine digital camera models from Fujifilm today, and we've barely reached the halfway point, with three new models for the rugged FinePix XP-series: the Fuji XP50, XP100, and XP150.

The Fuji XP50 is the most affordable of the trio, with an expected price of approximately US$200 when it ships this March. Dustproof, waterproof to 16.5 feet, shockproof...

Fuji T400, T350: Two new pocket-friendly long zooms

The Fuji T350 boosts sensor resolution to 16 megapixels. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.Nearing the end of Fujifilm's long zoom camera announcements for the day, we have the Fuji T400 and T350 digital cameras.

Both cameras will ship from March 2012, with the Fuji T350 carrying the lower pricetag of US$160. For that, you'll get a 14 megapixel CCD image sensor, a Fujinon-branded 10x zoom lens with 28mm wide angle, and a handsome body with a 3.0-inch LCD panel...

Fuji JZ250, JZ100: Two long-zoom peas in a pod

The Fuji JZ250 uses a larger 3.0-inch LCD panel. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp.Rounding out its long zoom camera announcements for the day, Fujifilm has taken the wraps off the Fuji JZ250 and Fuji JZ100, a duo of long-zoom cameras that look near-indistinguishable when seen from in front, although the JZ100 seems to be a tad bit slimmer on the top deck.

The Fuji JZ100 is the more affordable of the two, priced at US$130 and available from March 2012....

Fuji JX580, JX500, and AX550: Three new entry-level compacts

The Fuji JX580 has a larger LCD panel and higher resolution than the JX500. Image provided by Fujifilm North America Corp....and so, we reach the end of Fujifilm's deluge of digicam debuts for the Consumer Electronics Show, with the launch of three new entry-level compact cameras: The Fuji AX550, JX500, and JX580.

Starting from the bottom, the most affordable of the trio is the Fuji AX550, priced at just US$90. Based around a 16 megapixel CCD image sensor and Fujinon-branded 5x zoom lens,...

Lens Review: Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ

Panasonic14-42f35-56xOur lens review today on SLRgear is the Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER OIS LUMIX G X VARIO PZ. Panasonic has introduced a new style of interchangeable lens, replacing traditional manual focus and zoom rings with power-assisted options that work much like you would find on a standard point-and-shoot digital camera. The resulting weight and size savings is...