Sigma is now farming rice in Aizu, Japan, where the company’s factory is located. According to CEO Kazuto Yamaki, it’s an effort to support its own neighbors while maintaining an important Japanese tradition.Photo: Sigma For Sigma, “Made in Japan” isn’t just a marketing ethos; it signifies a commitment to the company’s home country, and to […]
Image: Westend61 / Westend61 via Getty Images Welcome back to our Question of the Week series! This reader-focused series aims to get our photographic community to share thoughts on all sorts of photography-related topics in our forums. We pose questions about gear, favorite camera stores, advice, problem-solving and more, and you share your thoughts and […]
The Canon MS-510 surveillance camera is the second to use its SPAD sensor. Image: Canon Canon has announced its second camera based around a ‘single photon avalanche diode’ (SPAD) sensor. It’s a completely different sensor technology to the CMOS sensors we typically encounter, based on a completely different physical phenomenon, and able to measure the […]
Image: Adobe Adobe is continuing the flow of video news from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show with its announcement of a new “Color Mode” for Premiere. The company says it’s a “first-of-its-kind color-grading experience,” designed to be approachable for video editors, rather than professional colorists. The mode will live as its own tab […]
Photo: MPB Spring is synonymous with growth, and it might just be the best time to upgrade your photography kit. That’s why we’ve teamed up with MPB, the leading platform for buying, selling, and trading camera equipment, to give away a $1,000 gift card. Because MPB has everything from lenses and bodies to bags and […]
Image: Leica Leica is opening a new retail store and, as we’ve come to expect, that means it’s also releasing a limited edition camera to commemorate the occasion. It’s called the Chicago Edition 17 (no points for guessing where the store’s located), and it’s an M11-P wrapped in a “boysenberry leatherette.” While the press release […]
Image: GoPro GoPro has announced a new line of cameras, dubbed the Mission 1 series, which includes something entirely new for the action-cam company: an interchangeable lens camera with a Micro Four Thirds mount. There are three cameras in the series: the Mission 1, Mission 1 Pro, and Mission 1 Pro ILS. The latter has […]
Image: BlackMagic Design Adobe Lightroom is getting a new competitor from a surprising place. BlackMagic has added what looks to be a shockingly complete set of photo editing tools to the latest version of its Davinci Resolve software, which has traditionally been designed primarily for video editing, color work, and sound design. Resolve 21 gains […]
Satoshi Maetaki (left) and Yutaka Nakamura (right) holding the Canon RF 14mm F1.4 L VCM and RF 7-14mm F2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM, respectively.Photo: Mitchell Clark Last year, we had the opportunity to tour Canon’s lens factory in Utsunomiya, to get a look at how the company produces its optics. This year at CP+, we had […]
Fans crowd around a rookie baseball player who, an hour earlier, had broken the tie in overtime, winning the game. Kids offer him hats and baseballs to sign. Photo: Mitchell Clark Our April Editors’ photo challenge theme is “Film Photography.” This month, we’re returning to the analog roots of photography. The challenge is simple: show […]
