The dust and moisture-sealed FUJINON GF 45mm F2.8 R WR is a 36mm equivalent fast prime for Fujifilm’s GFX 50S. Optical construction comprises 11 elements in eight groups, including one aspherical and two ED elements. But does all of this add up to great image quality?
Judge for yourself in our gallery of real-world samples.
It’s not everyday you have the opportunity to shoot with a lens like the Hasselblad XCD 21mm F4. It’s currently the widest lens in the company’s medium-format lineup (and the widest lens on the roadmap, for that matter). It’s also, as we discovered, incredibly sharp. You’ll see plenty of detail in the 50MP image files in the gallery above, and if there’s a 100MP future for Hasselblad’s XCD system, we think the 21mm will do just fine.
Take a look at a selection of sample images from DPR contributor Damien Demolder, and be on the look out for more to come as we get our hands on one in Seattle.
The Sony RX100 VI is only a few days old, but we’ve already been out shooting with it quite a bit. Sony’s RX100 series represents some of the most advanced technology we’ve ever seen in a compact camera, and the latest iteration makes an interesting shift to a longer lens range. Take a look at the latest images we’ve added to our existing sample gallery.
The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 VI represents a slight departure from the models that preceded it, breaking the mold with a 24-200mm equiv. zoom. We’ve been shooting with the new camera in New York, and we’ve prepared an initial JPEG sample gallery to give you an idea of how well it performs.
Click the link above to check out our images, and and keep an eye on our homepage for updates as we continue shooting with the latest member of the RX100 family.
Kodak Professional has posted a video to its Instagram page and a few sample photos to its Facebook page teasing the first test images taken with its revived Ektachrome slide film, as well as images of what the packaging will look like.
Back in January 2017, Kodak Professional announced it was bringing back its beloved Ektachrome slide film from the dead. Since then, the only major update we’ve heard is from back in 2017, when a few higher-ups at Kodak Professional detailed the progress it had made on bringing the film back from the dead on the Kodakery podcast.
Ektachrome 100: Our Development team is still working hard on the update! In the meantime, here are some successful test photos from our pilot-scale equipment. #KodakProfessional #Ektachrome #Ektachrome100 #Photography
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Now, we finally have something to look at. Alongside a video that slideshows through 12 different images, including color cards, sample shots, and photos of the packaging material, the Kodak Professional Instagram account writes, ‘Ektachrome 100: Our Development team is still working hard on the update! In the meantime, here are some successful test photos from our pilot-scale equipment.’
As a few Facebook and Instagram commenters have pointed out, the sample images appear a bit grainy in the video. Kodak Professional replied, saying the video did appear to make the photos appear more grainy and less impressive than the stills. They said to see more accurate samples, to check out its Facebook post, embedded above, which includes three sample images seen in the Instagram video.
There’s still no definitive date on when the public launch will be, but seeing test photos means we’re one step closer to seeing it back on the shelves.
The SeaLife DC2000, known as the (much cooler-sounding) Sea Dragon in Europe, is a waterproof, rugged compact camera with a large 1″-type sensor and a fixed 31mm-equivalent F1.8 prime lens. You’d be forgiven for not being aware of this camera’s existence; it’s almost exclusively marketed toward hardcore divers, with the retail kit including an additional case that takes its waterproof rating from 18 meters (60 feet) on its own to 60 meters (200 feet) when safely tucked inside the enclosure.
A quick search across the interwebs turns up no shortage of stunning underwater photography that’s been captured with this camera, but remarkably little from its use above land as a large-ish sensor point-and-shoot that’s both easy to carry around and will withstand a knock or two. So, we took it upon ourselves to create that gallery. After all, it’s the only camera with a 1″-type sensor and fast, fixed prime lens currently on the market.
The SeaLife DC2000 on its own is very well-built, and could be considered pocketable.
When inside its additional case, it is of course not pocketable, but going to 60 meters of depth is impressive.
We’ll be writing more on the SeaLife DC2000 / Sea Dragon soon, going into its image quality in greater depth as well as what it’s like to use. But for now, enjoy our selection of photos taken near the water, if not beneath it.
The Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD has a lot going for it. It’s sharp, lightweight and at €829 / $ 799, is far cheaper than Sony’s own 24-70mm F2.8 GM. We’ve got our hands on a production model and are putting it through a full review, but in the meantime, we’ve been shooting with it around town to get a feel for its performance.
Take a look through our gallery to see for yourself how the lens lends itself to everything from landscapes to portraits (of both humans and, of course, cats).
Tamron’s 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD is a lightweight, weather-sealed and cost-effective alternative to first-party constant aperture zooms. It’s also likely to be used for everything from portraits to action, and we figured we should test out its autofocus chops by aiming it at some muddy motorcycles tearing around a track.
Check out how Tamron’s DSLR telezoom does with these fast-moving machines in our updated sample gallery.
The Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero-D is an ultra-wide lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras designed with minimal distortion. Available in Canon M, Fujifilm X and Sony E-mount it provides a 13mm equivalent focal length and a surprisingly fast F2.8 maximum aperture, given its wide angle of view. We took an E-mount version of the lens out for a spin on the a6500 – take a look at the results.
See our Venus Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero-D sample gallery
Sony’s 24-105mm F4 G OSS has been in the company’s lineup since late 2017, and since then we’ve spent many-an-outing shooting with it for various camera reviews. While it may not look quite as exciting as the faster 24-70mm F2.8 G, there’s a lot to like about it – especially considering it’s one of the lightest full-frame 24-105mm F4 lenses on the market.
While we’ve featured photos from the lens in previous articles, we’ve never dedicated a full sample gallery to it – and we figured we’d change that.
