Canon has introduced its 430EX III-RT midrange Speedlite. This is the company’s second flash to support radio-based wireless TTL (though it acts only as a slave), which offers longer ranges, more flexible positioning, and no line-of-sight requirement like traditional optical wireless flash systems. The 430EX III-RT is also faster, lighter and features refined rear controls, more custom settings, and a built-in catchlight panel. Read more
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Travel: Zoom! Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V real-world sample gallery
The Sony Cyber-shot HX90 has the kind of specs that should appeal to a travel photographer looking for something compact. It packs a 30x optical zoom covering a 24-720mm equiv. range and offers an 18.2MP BSI CMOS sensor. With Wi-Fi and GPS built in, it’s road-ready. DPReview Editor Barnaby Britton has been carrying it around for a while – check out our sample gallery to see how it performs. See gallery
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Ricoh announces THETA+ app and two new camera accessories
Ricoh has announced a new app called THETA+ for iOS and Android. With THETA+, owners of Ricoh’s THETA spherical camera can edit images shot with the device via a smartphone or tablet. The new app is designed to work with the existing THETA app, which enables shooting and sharing from a smartphone. Read more
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Samyang 100mm macro lenses for stills and video photographers
Korean lens manufacturer Samyang has announced two versions of a new 100mm macro lens. The 100mm F2.8 ED UMC Macro is designed for stills photographers, while the 100mm T3.1 VDSLR ED UMC Macro is aimed at those shooting video. The lenses are essentially the same internally, using 15 elements in 12 groups but the VDSLR version is fitted with an uncoupled aperture ring and gears around both aperture and focus controls. Read more
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Nikon D810A: An astrophotographer’s perspective
We first became acquainted with Adam Woodworth when we featured his portfolio earlier this year. His photos capture the interplay between the earthly and the celestial, often framing the center of the Milky Way Galaxy in alignment with landscape formations. Recently, he’s been trying out Nikon’s D810A, the world’s first full frame camera dedicated to astrophotography. See some of his photos and find out his impressions on using it. Read more
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Canon EOS 5DS R sample gallery updated
We’ve just added some more images to our Canon EOS 5DS R sample gallery. While we’re working through our extensive Canon lens catalog, for this update we stuck to telephoto and portrait lenses. Check out the gallery for some additional portraits (including samples from the Zeiss Otus 85mm F1.4) and vintage race car shots. See gallery
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GoPro HERO4 Session waterproof cube-shaped camera announced
GoPro has introduced the HERO4 Session, a cube-shaped waterproof camera that is half the size of and 40% lighter than its other HERO4 cameras. The HERO4 Session is waterproof to a depth of 33ft/10m without requiring a separate housing and features one-button operation. Read more
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Instagram stores higher resolution images
After its recent app update it seems Instagram has further improvements up its sleeve – the mobile image sharing platform has started storing higher resolution images on its servers. In the app and on the web interface images are still displayed at the smaller 640 x 640 pixel size, but a look at the website source code reveals that images are now actually stored at 1080 x 1080 pixels. Read more
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G whiz: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 review posted
Panasonic’s newest DSLR-styled mirrorless camera is the Panasonic Lumix G7, offering a 16MP Four Thirds sensor capable of 4K video recording. It boasts an improved autofocus system, 2.36 million-dot EVF and a fully articulated 3″ 1.04 million-dot touch-sensitive LCD. It’s a strong feature set on paper, but how does it perform in real-world and studio testing? Read more
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Plains, trains and automobiles: The landscape photography of Bill Leigh Brewer
Bill Leigh Brewer’s career in photography started with a road trip, a Canon AE-1, lots of Kodachrome 25, and The Clash. His landscapes lend a surrealist quality to the commonplace and unique aspects of Americana, without demeaning its subjects. Take a look at his work and read our Q&A. See gallery