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    Sony announces major firmware upgrades for a1, a9 III, a7S III and a7 IV

    Photo: Dan Bracaglia Sony has announced major firmware updates for four of its current full-frame range, bringing many features and behaviors up to its latest standards and adding C2PA authenticity verification capabilities. Sony a1 f/w v2.00 Firmware v2.00 for the Sony a1 is perhaps the...
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    Tamron announces 28-75mm F2.8 Di III VXD G2 for Nikon Z mount

    Image: Tamron Tamron has announced it will release its popular 28-75mm F2.8 Di III VXD G2 fast standard zoom for Nikon's Z-mount. Recent Videos Nikon already sells a 28-75mm F2.8 with an optical formula and calculated MTF charts that are a match for Tamron's original, stepper-motor driven...
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    Nikon announces the Z 28-400mm F4-8 VR, a superzoom for Z-mount

    Image: Nikon Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 28-400mm F4-8 VR, a superzoom lens with a 14.2x zoom range. Nikon tells us the lens is designed to meet the needs of both photo and video users. Recent Videos The 28-400mm F4-8 comprises 21 lens elements in 15 groups, including three aspherical...
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    How to photograph an eclipse (and why you shouldn't try)

    Star Flyer – the 2013 eclipse as seen from the deck of a four-masted sailing ship racing across the Atlantic. Totality was 42 seconds long and I was on a quickly moving (and rocking) surface. Photo and caption by Tyler Nordgren Editor's note: We originally ran this story in conjunction with...
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    Sony a7R V vs Leica SL3: 60MP full-frame cameras compared

    Introduction Photo: Richard Butler At the core, both Sony's a7R V and Leica's SL 3 share a fundamental building block: a 60MP BSI CMOS sensor. But almost everything layered on top of that foundation diverges in radically different directions. With the SL3 having dropped earlier this week...
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    Sony World Photography awards announces 2024 category winners

    Sony World Photography Awards: Open competition winners The World Photography Organisation has announced the category winners for the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards 'Open' competition. The ten winners took home awards in popular photo categories, including portraiture, landscape...
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    Nikon adds Easy Shooting Setup to SnapBridge app

    Nikon has updated its SnapBridge remote control and image transfer app, adding an "Easy Shooting Setup" option that sets up a camera to suit a series of common shooting situations. This function works with the company's entry and mid-level cameras, from the Z30 up to the Zf. Recent Videos The...
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    Nikon Z9 gets firmware v5.0 with portrait processing options and feature refinements

    Nikon has released firmware 5.0 for its Z9 pro sports flagship, enhancing the Auto Capture function introduced last Jun, offering presets for countering LED flicker, adding the portrait color mode and processing options from the Z8 and Zf, along with a series of smaller refinements. Recent...
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    Sony a9 III sample gallery update

    Recent Videos All gallery images are uncropped out-of-camera JPEGs with accompanying lossless-compressed Raw files. In spite of all the coverage coming out of CP+, we've been quietly at work in the background pushing through our final Sony a9 III review. While we've got some more shooting...
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    Nikon is acquiring RED Digital Cinema

    Image: RED Nikon has just announced it will be acquiring US cinema camera manufacturer RED Digital Cinema. Founded in 2005 by Jim Jannard, RED has produced cinema cameras that were used in the production of over 25 percent of top-grossing films in the mid 2010s as well as Oscar winners like...
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    Sony a9 III sample gallery update

    Recent Videos All gallery images are uncropped out-of-camera JPEGs with accompanying lossless-compressed Raw files. In spite of all the coverage coming out of CP+, we've been quietly at work in the background pushing through our final Sony a9 III review. While we've got some more shooting...
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    Nikon adds Easy Shooting Setup to SnapBridge app

    Nikon has updated its SnapBridge remote control and image transfer app, adding an "Easy Shooting Setup" option that sets up a camera to suit a series of common shooting situations. This function works with the company's entry and mid-level cameras, from the Z30 up to the Zf. Recent Videos The...
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    Nikon Z9 gets firmware v5.0 with portrait processing options and feature refinements

    Nikon has released firmware 5.0 for its Z9 pro sports flagship, enhancing the Auto Capture function introduced last Jun, offering presets for countering LED flicker, adding the portrait color mode and processing options from the Z8 and Zf, along with a series of smaller refinements. Recent...
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    Sony World Photography awards announces 2024 category winners

    Sony World Photography Awards: Open competition winners The World Photography Organisation has announced the category winners for the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards 'Open' competition. The ten winners took home awards in popular photo categories, including portraiture, landscape...
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    Sony a7R V vs Leica SL3: 60MP full-frame cameras compared

    Introduction Photo: Richard Butler At the core, both Sony's a7R V and Leica's SL 3 share a fundamental building block: a 60MP BSI CMOS sensor. But almost everything layered on top of that foundation diverges in radically different directions. With the SL3 having dropped earlier this week...
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    Nikon is acquiring RED Digital Cinema

    Image: RED Nikon has just announced it will be acquiring US cinema camera manufacturer RED Digital Cinema. Founded in 2005 by Jim Jannard, RED has produced cinema cameras that were used in the production of over 25 percent of top-grossing films in the mid 2010s as well as Oscar winners like...
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    Nikon Z fc firmware update 1.60 brings welcome screen and more

    Photo: Richard Butler Nikon has released firmware version 1.60 for the Z fc , which includes a few tweaks and creature comforts for the 2021 camera. Buy now: $997 w/ 16-50mm at Amazon $997 w/ 16-50mm B&H Photo $997 w/ 16-50mm at Adorama The update adds a variety of new 'welcome...
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    Sony FE 24-50mm F2.8 G sample gallery

    Photo: Eric Limer Sony's FE 24-50mm F2.8 G is a fast, compact walk-around lens for its full-frame E-mount cameras. We took it out in snow and sun in New Jersey to put it through its paces. Recent Videos In practice, we found that it makes for a light and portable package with convenient and...
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    Nikon's Z9 slated to go to the moon in 2026

    The Nikon Z9 is going to the moon. NASA has selected the high-end Z9, one of the most complete cameras we've ever tested, as the official handheld camera for the Artemis III mission, set to launch in 2026 (give or take), which will put astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972...
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    World Photography Organisation announces professional finalists for Sony World Photography Awards 2024

    Sony World Photography Awards finalists The World Photography Organization has announced the professional category finalists and shortlisted photographers for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024. This year over 395,000 images from more than 220 countries and territories were submitted...
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