The return of the PEN means photographers traveling light have a choice Richard Butler I’m not sure how it took us so long to get back to this point, but in my head, the launch of the OM System PEN marks the return of a time when keen photographers have some really good choices for […]
Testing the PEN in its natural environment: outward bound and broadly abroad Richard Butler We received the PEN just in time to shoot the studio scene before I headed off to the UK for a short break. This meant I got to spend a chunk of time using it the way it’s intended: for everyday […]
Yes, there are similarly-priced APS-C cameras. But what do you sacrifice for the extra IQ? OM System Earlier this week, OM System announced the PEN, a small, interchangeable lens camera with a Four Thirds sensor. Our initial review mainly focuses on it versus the higher-end range-finder style cameras that it descends from and competes against, […]
Apple is fashionably late to the folding phone market. How does its first foray compare to phones several generations in? Apple This week, Apple announced its first foldable: the iPhone Duo. It’s launching into a mature market with lots of competition, though it adopts the still relatively rare passport form factor. This means it’s designed […]
The DPReview crew discusses a very busy week in camera news. Apple It’s been a week packed full of launches and announcements, so we thought: what better time to bring back our DPReview Discussions podcast series, where we get the editors together to discuss the latest cameras, lenses and more? This episode is a bit […]
We took Sigma’s latest small, full-frame zoom lens to the UK Richard Butler Earlier this week, Sigma announced the 20-60mm F2.8-4 DG Contemporary, a surprisingly small full-frame lens that offers better range and a faster aperture than most full-frame kit lenses, in a package that’s smaller than any of its immediate rivals. It arrived just […]
Twenty-five years ago, I spent several days photographing American flags in New York. It might be some of the most important work I’ve done. Copyright Dale Baskin It’s difficult to believe that 9/11 happened 25 years ago this week. It’s equally difficult to think that day helped shape the photographer I became. Both are true, […]
If you’ve ever wanted to see how a camera works in more detail than your eye could possibly manage, here’s your chance. The Slow Mo Guys Gavin Free, one half of the YouTube duo The Slow Mo Guys, is a camera nerd through and through. His 2015 video “Inside a Camera at 10,000fps” was one of […]
A rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds body, Apple’s first moving-aperture phone camera and many new lenses all landed this week. Get caught up on everything we saw released. Richard Butler This year started out quite quiet for new cameras and almost as quiet for photography-related gear in general. We saw some lenses and a few cameras […]
The San Diego Air & Space Museum unpacked an unused reconnaissance camera associated with the Lockheed A-12, showing off the camera that produced six-foot-long negatives. All Day Aviation Photographers usually discuss focal length in millimeters. But the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s newly unpacked reconnaissance camera is identified in inches: 24 of them, or […]
