Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-G7, updating its mid-range mirrorless line with 4K (30p/24p) video and still recording and some slight spec upgrades across the board. It offers a built-in 2,360k-dot OLED viewfinder, fully articulated 3″ 1,040k-dot LCD, improved autofocus speeds, 8 fps burst shooting (6 fps with continuous AF) as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. Read more
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Hands-on with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 improves on its predecessor the G6 with a newer sensor, 2.36 million-dot electronic viewfinder and improved autofocus – plus this year’s must-have feature: 4K video. Panasonic came to see us recently and dropped off a working pre-production sample for us to look at. Click through for our first impressions.
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Palm-sized: Hands-on with new Fujifilm X-T10
The latest in Fujifilm’s X-series lineup, the X-T10, offers most of the core specifications as its big brother the X-T1 but wraps them in a smaller, less-costly body. We’ve been using a pre-production X-T10 for a few days, and as well as real-world and studio samples we’ve also prepared some first impressions of its handling and performance. Click through for more
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Fujifilm X-T10 First Impressions & Image Samples
The Fujifilm X-T10 shares a similar relationship to the X-T1 that the OM-D E-M10 shares with its siblings – advanced features borrowed from a higher-spec model in a compact body. The X-T10 uses the X-T1’s 16MP APS-C X-Trans sensor but offers slightly downgraded hardware and lacks weather-sealing. We’ve had the X-T10 in our hands long enough to get familiar with it and put together some first impressions. Read more
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The week in review: Coming into focus
It was a week of lens announcements, sample galleries and updates to our existing content for one of the year’s most notable new cameras – the Canon EOS 5DS R. And if that wasn’t enough, we went and added a second installment of our series exploring the source of noise. Catch up on any photography news you may have missed over the busy week, here and elsewhere. Read more
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10 competitions to keep your photography inspired
Entering photography competitions is a great way to maintain a level of drive and inspiration in your photography, as well as winning cash and photo-related equipment. We can all collect cameras and lenses, but when it comes to using them we sometimes run out of things to take pictures of. Using the themes and category titles from photo competitions can provide a little bit of the oomph we often need to get shooting. Read more
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Microsoft launches its Hyperlapse app
Last year, Microsoft introduced its hyperlapse algorithm for stabilizing camera footage into smooth timelapses. Now, the technology comes to life as the company has released the product as an app for Windows Phone, and as a beta app for Android devices as well as other Microsoft platforms. Read more
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Leica’s Red Dot Forum warns of crash risk with Monochrom Raw files in Apple’s Photos App
Users of the new Leica Monochrom (typ 246) risk wiping out their Apple Photos library if they try to use it to store the DNG Raw files created by the camera, according to a statement from Leica’s Red Dot Forum. Mac computer owners running OS X Yosemite will find the files cause the library to crash, which Leica says could lead to all images saved in the library being destroyed. Read more
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Shutterdial offers Flickr searches based on EXIF
Despite the service’s recent major update, Flickr doesn’t yet offer a way for users to search content based on camera settings. Shutterdial, a website from photographer Tianhe Yang, fills that void by using the Flickr API to offer photo searches based on based on four criteria: subject, focal length, shutter speed and aperture. Read more
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The Long Journey of ‘The Long Night’: Tim Matsui’s work to document underage sex trafficking in the US
We spoke with photographer and multimedia artist Tim Matsui last year about the making of his feature documentary, The Long Night. A year later the film has won some of the top awards in photojournalism and the work hasn’t stopped for Matsui. We caught up with him again to discuss what it took to make and distribute this film and what comes next for him. Read more