Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The new Sony NEX-EA50 was quite the surprise when Sony unveiled it a couple of weeks ago. Dan Chung of DSLR News Shooter recently got a hands-on demo of the new APS-C powered, ENG-style camera at the BIRTV show in Beijing.
Check out the video below for a walkthrough of the NEX-EA50’s features. [Read more…]
Photo Rumors has word that Pentax will officially announced the production version of its new DA 560mm f/5.6 super telephoto lens at Photokina 2012. Pentax had previously shown off a prototype version of this lens, but the new lens is expected to be unveiled later this month with an availability in early 2013.
Adobe has updated Photoshop CS6 to version 13.0.1, which provides a number of updates, including 76 core issues.
Specific fixes include the following: [Read more…]
DxO Optics Pro v7.5.4 is now available and adds support for the Pentax K-30 and the Sony DSC-RX100, along with more than 400 new camera/lens combinations added since the last version. With the latest update, DxO Optics Pro 7 now has over 8,000 available DxO Optics Modules.
More details on the DxO website.
Along with the new CZ.2 28-80mm cine lens, Carl Zeiss announced a new CP.2 25mm T2.1 cine prime lens – not to be confused with the current Zeiss CP.2 25mm T2.9 lens. The CP.2 25mm T2.1 lens will be available with interchangeable mounts for PL, EF, F, MFT and E mounts. It is a full frame lens, covering a 36 x 24mm image circle, so it works with cameras like the 5D Mark III, as well as Super 35mm cameras like the C300.
The Zeiss CP.2 25mm T2.1 cine lens will be available in October for $4,500.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Carl Zeiss has announced a new cine zoom lens, the CZ.2 28-80mm T2.9, which will be available in 5 different mounts (PL, EF, F, MFT and E). It features a full frame 36 x 24mm image circle for compatibility with HDSLRs like the 5D Mark III and cine cameras like the Canon C300 and Sony NEX-FS700. This new lens will mate nicely with the Zeiss 70-200mm T2.9 that was announced earlier this year.
The Zeiss CZ.2 28-80mm T2.9 will be available in the second quarter of 2013 at a retail price of $19,900.
More details in the full press release below. [Read more…]
Mayeul Akpovi shot this incredible moving time lapse of Paris. The video is a culmination of 3000 images captured with a 5D Mark II and 5D Mark III.
The the moving shots, he physically picked up the tripod and moved it for each shot. The resulting parallax created a beautiful dolly-esque camera move it what feels like an impossible time lapse of these great Paris scenes.
Lenses used include the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Fisheye, Samyang 14mm f/2.8 and Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD, along with a range of ND2 to ND400 filters.
Thanks for sending this in Mayeul. You can check out more of Mayeul’s work here on Vimeo.
All the recent leaks and rumores for the Nikon D600 are pointing to an almost certain release of the full frame DSLR prior to Photokina 2012. That is, expect it sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Additionally, some new specs have leaked out on the D600 that add even more excitement to the upcoming full frame little brother to the D800. [Read more…]
Western Digital’s new My Book VelociRaptor Duo is a new 2TB Thunderbolt drive that sports two 1TB 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor drives. It includes two Thunderbolt ports for connecting multiple Thunderbolt devices, including daisy-chaining additional My Book VelociRaptor drives for insane RAID 0 speeds. [Read more…]
Along with the new Canon C100 announced yesterday, Canon previewed a pair of new cinema prime lenses – the 14mm T3.1 and 135mm T2.2 EF. These new prime lenses will work on both 35mm full frame and Super 35mm crop cameras (e.g., both the 5D Mark III and the Canon C300). [Read more…]