The joy of seeing an image slowly emerge in real life has made instant or polaroid cameras hugely popular. As soon as you press the shutter button, a small process starts where a paper image is developed right before your eyes. The downside is that it happens every time you press the shutter button. But …
10 years after Fujifilm launched its brightest normal zoom for the X system, a successor has surprisingly arrived. Same focal length and brightness, but with redesigned optics and mechanics. On the one hand, it was a bit strange that they thought of making an XF 16-55mm II, but on the other hand, the test shows …
If it’s true that the demand for long telephoto lenses is only increasing, it’s no wonder Fuji film is launching a 500mm telephoto lens. It’s a focal length they haven’t had in their catalog, and photographers looking for equipment for bird photography, for example, have had to find it from other manufacturers. The closest Fujifilm …
With Profile Wireless, Sennheiser takes its famous sound quality from the studio to social media. It’s a microphone that can be used by a beauty vlogger as well as a technology reviewer. Profile Wireless has some special features and functions that make recording easier and more reliable. Elegant design and ease of use The smartest …
Heavy processing is one of the reasons you can get very good image quality from the tiny cameras on the back of mobile phones. But as we often see in our tests, there are limits to how much advanced image processing can correct. Very small image sensors have incredibly small pixels, and although records are …
A quick check of the battery container showed not only that it was stuffed, but also that there were at least 50 batteries in all sizes. I did not want to count what all the batteries had cost together, but my conscience told me in clear terms that I had wasted the money and at …
The camera is so small that one suspects it to be a compact camera. But the Fujifilm X-E4 is a full-blooded system camera, it’s just a lot smaller than most people are used to. The small camera fits nicely in a jacket pocket, especially if you use the new 27mm as we did, and is …
Two years ago, Fujifilm’s GFX 100 set the standard for image quality, but perhaps not for portability. With an integrated vertical grip and a fairly mature OLED viewfinder, it is a fairly big camera. This is not only because it has a large 102 megapixel image chip of 44 x 33 mm, but the camera …
It’s compact, light, sharp, and made for Panasonic’s L-format full frame cameras. The 85 millimeter is also the first in a series of lenses for the L-mount, all of which have fixed focal lengths, with f1.8 as the best brightness. Three other lenses in the same class with shorter focal lengths – 24, 35 and …
If you tried to run after the kids while filming with your mobile phone, you have probably discovered that the recording was not as fun to watch as you thought. Although the phone may have image stabilization, it does not manage to compensate for a lot of movement. Then the solution is a gimbal, a …
The extremely sharp RF50mm f1.2, is probably the best 50-millimeter we have tested. For Canon photographers, it’s a dream to use, well, if your budget allows it. So bright lenses, cost money. Much money. The much smaller and almost as bright RF 50mm f1.8 STM, costs a tenth and is almost as sharp, and in …
It is small enough to nearly fit in your pocket, yet it is powerful enough to fly several kilometers away, and film everything in 4K resolution. Mini 2 is DJI’s smallest and lightest drone, which sneaks below 250 grams, by one gram, and is so easy to handle that everyone can get nice pictures and …
One of the disadvantages of creating a brand new camera system is that you have to create new lenses. But you can turn that to your advantage, because then you get the opportunity to start afresh. For Canon, it has been absolutely necessary to develop new lenses for the new EOS R camera system. The …
Many photographers have acquired a drone, because it gives them the freedom to take pictures and make videos, which is not possible with a regular camera. For example, how to make a wedding video shot from a bird’s eye view without a drone? Or take landscape photos from above? It says itself. Most drones in …
Time flies. It seems like we tested the Nikon Z7 yesterday, when in fact it was in December 2018. In the meantime, the competitors have launched new camera models and updated existing cameras, which we have tested continuously. Meanwhile, it has been quiet from Nikon, who released two full-frame cameras in 2020. The compact Z5 …