Image: TTArtisan Today, TTArtisan has officially released its AF 56mm F1.8 autofocus lens for X and E-mount cameras. The APS-C portrait lens is another budget offering from the China-based company. The company's website also includes specs for a Nikon Z-mount version but lists it as "Sold Out." Recent Videos The 56mm F1.8 lens has ten elements in nine groups and has nine aperture blades. The lens is built with a stepper motor, which TTArtisan claims delivers fast and quiet autofocus. It has a minimum focusing distance of 0.5m (19.6") and a minimum aperture of F16. TTArtisan says th ..read more

Subscribe today for free and get the latest news, reviews and more from DPReview, delivered weekly. Photo: Shaminder Dulai If you haven't signed up for the free DPReview newsletter, you're missing out. It's more than a recap of the website; we regularly share behind-the-scenes information, reader questions of the week, photo challenges and exclusive stories that can only be found in the newsletter. Recent Videos In the last three months, we have given newsletter readers early sneak peeks at our testing and talked about our studio scene, product studio and what's going on in the D ..read more

Image: Fujifilm, including photo by Jonas Rask Entries for Fujifilm US's Limited Edition X100VI raffle are now officially open. Entry is free and only open to US residents (18+). The raffle closes on April 21st (11:59 p.m. EDT), so if you want access to Fujifilm's highly talked about camera, you'll need to enter quickly. Recent Videos Unlike other photography raffles, the prize isn't a free camera. Instead, you're entering to win an opportunity to purchase the camera at the list price of of $1995.95 (plus taxes and shipping). That's still considerably cheaper than the aftermarket p ..read more

Multi-shot modes can have their moments, especially if there's any degree of motion correction available. I had to borrow a tripod to capture this shot and even after all that it doesn't show a major boost over the single-shot image of the same scene. Sony a7R V | Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II @ 28mm | ISO 100 | F9 | 1/400 sec Photo: Richard Butler This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'd argue that multi-shot high-resolution modes are all but pointless. Recent Videos Not entirely pointless: I'm sure there are applications out there where the subject stays still en ..read more

Recent Videos The Sony FE 16-25mm F2.8 G is a relatively compact wide-angle zoom E-mount lens aimed at street and travel photographers. We were able to get our hands on the lens for a day and figured most readers would be curious to see some street and architectural photography out of this lens, so we hit the streets of downtown Seattle and ducked into the Seattle Public library when the weather turned ugly. View our Sony FE 16-25mm F2.8 G sample gallery Note: Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page ..read more

Image: Sony Sony has announced the FE 16-25mm F2.8 G, a fast, compact wide-angle zoom designed as a twin to the recent FE 24-50mm F2.8 lens. Recent Videos The 16-25mm is roughly the same dimensions as the 24-50mm and offers essentially the same features. This makes it a little longer but narrower than the existing 16-35mm F4. Buy now: $1198 at B&H Photo The design is made up of 16 elements in 13 groups, including three extra-low dispersion elements to rein in chromatic aberration and four aspherical elements (one of which is an ED aspheric), helping to keep the lens compact ..read more

Image: Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design has unveiled its latest Ursa Cine camera, a 12K camera with support for interchangeable Arri PL, Arri LPL, Canon EF and Hasselblad lens mounts. It features a large sensor, propriety memory and a slew of industry-standard connections. Recent Videos At the heart of the Ursa Cine 12K is a RGBW 36x24mm 12K sensor, which Blackmagic Design says can support resolutions from 4K to 12K. It also claims the sensor can capture 16 stops of dynamic range, the most ever for a Blackmagic Design camera. It can shoot open gate 12K from its full 3:2 region a ..read more

We have a winner for sensor Top Trumps: the LSST camera is the world's largest astronomy camera. It's more than 350 times the size of a full-frame sensor, for reference. Photo: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory "Space," according to Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. "is big. Really Big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." Recent Videos It turns out the same is true of cameras made to map space. You m ..read more

Madagascar. A huge, wild, faraway Island. Even mentioning its name provokes an exotic, exciting feeling in my soul. I had wanted to visit Madagascar for many years before finally realizing my plans in 2022. It was one of the most wonderful trips I've done in recent years, one that stayed with me for a while. It included many adventures, diverse and exciting locations, new experiences and a heck of a lot of photography. Enough photography to be interesting (in my opinion, at least) even for the general photography crowd, not to mention nature photographers. Madagascar may not be a ..read more

Image: Atomos Atomos has announced the Ninja Phone, a monitor and recorder that connects cameras with HDMI out ports to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The unit acts as a 'co-processor' to encode a camera's HDMI signal to 10-bit ProRes or H.265 and send the encoded video to the phone. There is also support for USB-C mic input. Recent Videos A Ninja Phone iPhone app was also announced to control the unit. Through the app, users can control settings and file transfer between the Ninja Phone and their iPhone. The app will also allow for vertical video capture, live streaming ..read more