Two years ago, Fujifilm’s GFX 100 set the standard for image quality, but perhaps not for portability. With an integrated vertical grip and a fairly mature OLED viewfinder, it is a fairly big camera. This is not only because it has a large 102 megapixel image chip of 44 x 33 mm, but the camera …
It’s compact, light, sharp, and made for Panasonic’s L-format full frame cameras. The 85 millimeter is also the first in a series of lenses for the L-mount, all of which have fixed focal lengths, with f1.8 as the best brightness. Three other lenses in the same class with shorter focal lengths – 24, 35 and …
The extremely sharp RF50mm f1.2, is probably the best 50-millimeter we have tested. For Canon photographers, it’s a dream to use, well, if your budget allows it. So bright lenses, cost money. Much money. The much smaller and almost as bright RF 50mm f1.8 STM, costs a tenth and is almost as sharp, and in …
It is small enough to nearly fit in your pocket, yet it is powerful enough to fly several kilometers away, and film everything in 4K resolution. Mini 2 is DJI’s smallest and lightest drone, which sneaks below 250 grams, by one gram, and is so easy to handle that everyone can get nice pictures and …
One of the disadvantages of creating a brand new camera system is that you have to create new lenses. But you can turn that to your advantage, because then you get the opportunity to start afresh. For Canon, it has been absolutely necessary to develop new lenses for the new EOS R camera system. The …
Many photographers have acquired a drone, because it gives them the freedom to take pictures and make videos, which is not possible with a regular camera. For example, how to make a wedding video shot from a bird’s eye view without a drone? Or take landscape photos from above? It says itself. Most drones in …
Time flies. It seems like we tested the Nikon Z7 yesterday, when in fact it was in December 2018. In the meantime, the competitors have launched new camera models and updated existing cameras, which we have tested continuously. Meanwhile, it has been quiet from Nikon, who released two full-frame cameras in 2020. The compact Z5 …
For many photographers, the fifty millimeter falls between chairs. It’s not a wide angle, and it’s not a tele, not even a short tele. But it is quite possible to take nice landscape photos with something other than a 24mm, and portraits do not always have to be taken with an 85mm. A 50mm can …
A complex construction is the reason why wide angle zooms can cost a lot of money. Often more than a telephoto zoom, especially if they have good brightness, such as Sony’s FE 12-24mm f2.8 GM. It covers ultra-wide 122-degree image fields at one end and 84 degrees at the other, all the time with up …
When Panasonic launched full-frame system cameras, it hit like a ‘bomb’ in the photo industry. At least there were many who were surprised. Until then, in 2018, Panasonic had exclusively made system cameras with MicroFourThirds format. They still do, so why launch full-frame cameras? Part of the reason for the sudden change in strategy is …
Someone has to be first with innovations. It is in the nature of things. Some were first out with film on roll, others were first out with built-in light meters, and then some others were first with autofocus, digital cameras and so on. Then we have those who were first with video in a still …
Although flying is fun, not all drones are toys. But the DJI Mavic Mini Combo is so fun to fly that it borders on being a toy, even if the camera drone is not. The small drone can quickly be confused with a toy, but it is far more potent than it seems to be, …
We’ve all seen them. Row upon row of huge lenses, tight ringside at sporting events. The whites are Canon lenses, the blacks Nikon. Some other cameras can hardly be seen in a sports context. It must have annoyed the Sony management to the limit to see the two camera manufacturers share the lucrative professional market …
Fujifilm is among those who have been very good and succeeded well in building a new camera system from scratch. The system appears to be a successful compromise between a full-frame system camera and the smaller microfourthirds system. The cameras with image chips in APS-C format, do not require as large lenses as on the …
Few cameras are as refined as Canon and Nikon’s flagships. This has been the case ever since the first analog Canon F-1 challenged the Nikon F2 in the early 70’s. At the time, Nikon had over 10 years of experience in building SLR cameras for demanding professional users. It was to turn out to be …