Sony has announced the Cyber-shot RX10 II, offering a 1″ type stacked 20MP CMOS sensor, 4K video recording (up to 29 minutes) and improved readout speed thanks to a new DRAM chip. The body design and lens specs remain in line with the RX10, including a Zeiss-branded 24-200mm equivalent F2.8 lens. Read more
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Fully stacked: Hands-on with Sony’s RX100 IV and RX10 II
Sony has released updates to its popular RX-series compact cameras, leaving the externals pretty much unchanged, but with a major update to their sensors. Both the RX100 IV and RX10 II feature a newly-developed 1inch 20MP stacked CMOS sensor, which allows them to capture 4K video and a whole lot more besides. We’ve had our hands on pre-production samples and you can see (and read) more after the jump
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Sony RX100 IV compact records 4K video, uses a stacked sensor
The Sony RX100 series of compacts has gained quite a positive reputation in the somewhat short time it’s been around, for squeezing a relatively large sensor into a small compact. The RX100 IV continues that tradition and uses Sony’s next generation sensor, a stacked 20.1MP 1″-type Exmor RS CMOS sensor, coupled with an attached DRAM memory chip for speedy processing. Read more
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Alpha dog: Hands-on with Sony a7R II
42 is a good number – as well as being the answer to life, the universe and everything, it’s also the number of millions of photodiodes that Sony has packed onto the sensor of its new a7R II. And it’s not just any old sensor too – the a7R II features the world’s first full-frame backside illuminated CMOS, in a body which incorporates all of the major ergonomic changes made in the a7 II, released last year. Click through for a closer look at Sony’s new flagship
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Das ist Gut: Hands-on with the Leica Q
The Leica Q has everyone in the DPReview office drooling and anxiously checking our bank statements. Boasting a 24MP full-frame sensor, ultra high-resolution electronic viewfinder and pin-sharp 28mm F1.7 lens, the Q has some serious enthusiast credentials. Add full manual control and a well-implemented touchscreen into the mix and it is very attractive indeed. Take a tour of the Leica Q
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Wait for the Q: Leica Q First Impressions Review
Despite the naming similarity with Pentax’s tiny mirrorless cameras, the Leica Q, with a 24MP full-frame sensor and fixed 28mm F1.7 stabilized lens it’s not quite like anything we’ve seen before. It has all the good looks of an M-series rangefinder, adding modern features like a 3″ 1.04M dot touchscreen and built-in Wi-Fi. Our first impressions review takes an in-depth look Leica’s new enthusiast compact. Read more
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 sample gallery updated
Our first foray out and about with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 took us to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We’ve followed up with an update to that gallery featuring some low light samples and stills from the camera’s 4K Photo Mode. Take another look at the G7’s capabilities. See gallery
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Samsung launches rugged Galaxy S6 Active
Samsung has launched a rugged version of its flagship Galaxy S6, the S6 Active. The device is exclusively available from AT&T in the US and has a similar specification to the standard S6. In the camera department the S6 Active comes with the same 16MP resolution on the back and 5MP at the front as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, but there is no talk of an optical image stabilization system. Read more
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Magnum offers signed square prints for $100 in limited edition sale
Photo agency Magnum is offering prints from 50 of its photographers in a limited edition sale with each print costing $ 100. In a similar event to the one it ran last year, the agency challenged a collection of its photographers to find ‘an image that changes everything’ from their archive. The images will be made into 6×6″ prints, most of which will be signed by the photographer. Read more
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NCTech announces single-shot 360 camera for Google Street View applications
UK imaging systems firm NCTech is to introduce a four-sensor, single-shot camera that it says can create a 360 degree image of a street scene or an interior in less than two minutes. The iris360 uses four lens units in front of four 10MP sensors arranged at 90 degree intervals, and images can be uploaded directly to Google Street View. The lenses are triggered simultaneously and the resultant images are stitched together automatically in-camera. Read more