360Photography

Category: Uncategorized

  • Panasonic unveils tiny Lumix DMC-GM1 ILC and compact 12-32mm lens

    GM_s_front_H_FS12032-small.png

    One of the original promises of the Micro Four Thirds system was to permit the design of small mirrorless cameras. Today Panasonic released its Lumix DMC-GM1, a tiny camera which can literally fit in the palm of your hand. Don’t be fooled, though: it shares the same 16 megapixel sensor as the GX7 and also offers silent shooting at shutter speeds as high as 1/16000 sec, Wi-Fi, and 1080/60i video recording. It’s bundled with a new 12-32mm F3.5-5.6 lens (also available separately) that rivals a pancake lens for compactness when ‘collapsed’.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Nikon D5300 adds pixels, Wi-Fi, and GPS while leaving AA filter behind

    D5300_GR_18_55_front.png

    Nikon has announced its new D5300 midrange DSLR which, as you might have gathered, is the follow-up to the D5200. New features include the omission of an AA filter from its 24MP CMOS sensor, a larger 3.2in articulated LCD and also a slightly larger optical viewfinder, 1080/60p video, and built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. Nikon claims that the D5300’s Expeed 4 processor improves performance (allowing for 5 fps burst shooting) and photo quality, while reducing power consumption. You’ll be able to pick up the D5300 this month, in your choice of black, red, or gray. Click through for more details. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Movin’ on up: Nikon D5300 first impressions review

    d5300thumb.png

    Nikon’s latest consumer DSLR, the D5300, evolves the design of its predecessor but raises the feature bar, bringing it closer to the D7100. In fact, it’s likely that the 24MP D5300 even uses the sensor of its big brother since it also lacks an AA filter. The D5300’s larger LCD and viewfinder serve to further close the gap, while built-in Wi-Fi, GPS, and 1080/60p video recording go beyond what the D7100 offers. We’ve had some time with a pre-production D5300, and you can click through to read our first impressions review.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • First impressions review: Tiny Panasonic GM1 under the microscope

    specs.jpg

    It’s not every day when you see a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that can fit in the palm of your hand. That’s why we jumped at the chance to take a look at Panasonic’s new Lumix DMC-GM1, which offers many of the features of its larger siblings, in a much smaller package. Read our first impressions review after the link.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sigma announces 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM full frame standard zoom

    635_24-105mm.png

    Sigma has announced the 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM – an image stabilized normal zoom for full frame DSLRs. The 24-105 becomes the latest addition to the company’s ‘Art’ series of lenses designed to offer high image quality. The lens features a 19 element/14 group design including Sigma’s FLD glass and both single- and double-sided aspherical elements which the company says will minimize aberrations. It has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm throughout its range, giving a maximum magnification of 1:4.6. Prices and availability have yet to be announced.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sigma announces 24-150mm F4 DG OS HSM full frame standard zoom

    635_24-105mm.png

    Sigma has announced the 24-150mm F4 DG OS HSM – an image stabilized normal zoom for full frame DSLRs. The 24-105 becomes the latest addition to the company’s ‘Art’ series of lenses designed to offer high image quality. The lens features a 19 element/14 group design including Sigma’s FLD glass and both single- and double-sided aspherical elements which the company says will minimize aberrations. It has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm throughout its range, giving a maximum magnification of 1:4.6. Prices and availability have yet to be announced.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Samyang announces five full frame E-mount lenses

    samyang.png

    Samyang has announced that it will be making five full frame lenses in E mount, which will be available within 2 months. The lenses are all based on existing designs, namely the 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC, 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC, 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC, 85mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC, and the T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-and-shift. All feature manual focus and aperture operation too. As these are essentially SLR lenses with an adapter tube permanently fitted, they won’t offer any of the size advantages achievable by ‘native’ lenses.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sony announces five full-frame E-mount ‘FE’ lenses, updates 70-200mm

    SEL2470.png

    Sony has announced no fewer than five ‘FE’ full frame E-mount lenses to accompany the A7 and A7R. First up is the FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS, an image-stabilised ‘kit’ zoom for the A7. There are three premium lenses with Zeiss badges: the FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Sonnar T*, the FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Sonnar T*, and the FE 24-70mm F4 Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar T*. The fifth lens is a ‘G’ class telezoom, the FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. Sony has also updated its Alpha-mount fast telezoom to make the 70-200mm F2.8G SSM II. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sony introduces large-sensor ‘high-zoom’ Cyber-shot RX10

    RX10_front_2.png

    Sony has announced an addition to its RX-series of premium fixed-lens cameras, the Cyber-shot DSC-RX10. With the same 1″ sensor as the RX100 II, the RX10 offers a Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* 24-200mm equivalent zoom lens with an F2.8 constant maximum aperture. It uses a Bionz X image processor with offers improvements in resolution, noise reduction, and diffraction reduction. Other features include a tilting 3-inch LCD, OLED electronic viewfinder, Wi-Fi with NFC, and 60p video recording. Click through for more details.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sony announces A7 and A7R: first full-frame mirrorless ILC cameras

    ILCE-7_wSEL2870_right.png

    Sony has announced the A7 and A7R – the world’s first full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras. Externally, the two bodies are nearly identical and feature a pentaprism-like EVF housing, generous handgrip and plenty of manual controls. The differences are internal – sporting a 36 megapixel sensor, the A7R has no optical low-pass filter and is limited to contrast-detect autofocus, while the less expensive A7 has a 24 megapixel sensor with a low-pass filter and on-chip phase detection. Both bodies are designed around the Sony NEX E-mount, though new ‘FE’ lenses are needed to take advantage of the larger sensor. Click through for more details.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)