Photography Industry News

July 15, 2019

Amazon Prime Day 2019 Deals: Find Great Deals On Camera Gear And Camera Accessories
This year use the two-day Amazon Prime Day event to find deals on camera gear, software, and photo accessories
By Terry Sullivan
This is the fifth year Amazon is holding its Prime Day sales event, which runs for two days—today, July 15th and tomorrow, July 16th. And while in the past, Amazon’s Prime Day hasn’t always provided tremendous value for photographers on some camera gear, you will find some deals, particularly on select lenses, software, printers and other camera... Read more
July 10, 2019

Canon Claims New RF 24-240mm F4-6.3mm IS USM Lens Uses Dynamic Image Stabilization For Both Stills And Video

This week Canon announced its first 10x optical zoom compact and lightweight lens for its full-frame mirrorless cameras: the new RF 24-240mm F4-6.3mm IS USM lens for Canon’s R-series full-frame mirrorless cameras, including the Canon EOS R and the EOS RP. There are several reasons the 24-240mm lens, unlike Canon’s other mirrorless RF lenses, is Read more…

By Terry Sullivan
This week Canon announced its first 10x optical zoom compact and lightweight lens for its full-frame mirrorless cameras: the new RF 24-240mm F4-6.3mm IS USM lens for Canon’s R-series full-frame mirrorless cameras, including the Canon EOS R and the EOS RP. There are several reasons the 24-240mm lens, unlike Canon’s other mirrorless RF lenses, is... Read more
July 9, 2019

Sony Expands Full-Frame Lens Lineup With New FE 35mm F1.8 Prime
Sony’s new 35mm lens is the 14th prime E-mount lens
By Staff
Today, Sony announced a new lens for its full-line of full-frame and APS-C mirrorless cameras: The FE 35mm F1.8 prime lens. Small, compact and lightweight, Sony says this new 35mm lens is ideal for portrait, street photography, landscape, candids and near-macro photos, as well. Sony makes a number of claims for the features on this lens, which we’ll... Read more
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June 28, 2019

Photo News Digest: Buzz Gone Bad—The $1,000 Apple Monitor Stand That Launched A Thousand Memes, A New Book from Daido Moriyama And More
Find out what’s happening in the photo world today.
By Terry Sullivan
One of several funny memes that appeared on BoredPanda.com and other websites poking fun at Apple’s $1,000 monitor stand   Buzz Gone Bad—The $1,000 Apple Monitor Stand that Launched a Thousand Memes Earlier this month, when Apple introduced the new ultra powerful Apple Mac Pro workstation and its new Display XDR monitor, the media... Read more
June 19, 2019

Great Deals: Tiffen Cuts Prices On 2 Steadicam Air Monopods
Tiffen, which makes photo accessories for enthusiast and pro photographers and videographers, has made 2 of its monopods more affordable
By Staff
Monopods, like tripods, are incredibly effective tools for improving images and video for photographers and videographers at every level. That’s why Tiffen’s current sale is great news for photographers. The company has reduced each of its two Steadicam Air Monopods by $100: The Steadicam Air 15 Monopod (15lb. weight capacity) is now $299.95 The... Read more
June 19, 2019

Hasselblad Introduces Updated X1D II 50C Medium-Format Camera, Lens, App And More
The renowned camera manufacturer refines its groundbreaking medium-format mirrorless X-series camera and introduces additional products
By Terry Sullivan
If 2018 was a banner year for full-frame-sensor mirrorless cameras, it looks like 2019 is turning out to be a banner year for medium-format mirrorless cameras: Today, Hasselblad announced it’s updating its first-generation X-series camera to the new X1D II 50C. The X1D II 50C Medium-Format Mirrorless Camera The Hasselblad X1D II 50C Medium-Format... Read more
June 17, 2019

New BenQ Monitors Claim Less Eye Strain
Photographers may benefit by using an additional monitor for reading and research
By Terry Sullivan
A screen grab from BenQ’s website featuring its anti-eyestrain technology. While most photographers and videographers would rather edit their images and video all day long, the truth is most content creators need to do a lot of reading, writing and research. And all of that gazing into a monitor can lead to eyestrain, or perhaps, worse. According... Read more
June 14, 2019

Tamron Adds Fast Prime To SP-Series Lens Lineup
The new 35mm F/1.4 lens marks Tamron’s 40th anniversary of producing this series of lenses
By Staff
Tamron has recently introduced a new fast prime lens, the Tamron SP 35mm F/1.4 Di USD (Model F045), to commemorate its 40th anniversary of producing SP series lenses. The lens, which Tamron says is equipped with a large F/1.4 aperture and high-speed, high-precision autofocus functionality, offers “exceptional reliability, plus other features for increased... Read more
June 13, 2019

Sony a6400 Firmware Update Includes Eye AF For Animals
Sony’s latest firmware (Version 2.0) allows Sony a6400 to perform real-time Eye AF for animals
By Staff
If you had to name the most important part of a portrait or image that includes living beings—whether human or animal—and has remained so throughout the centuries, going back as far as the Italian and Northern Renaissance right up to the present day, it would be this: The eyes. And it’s perhaps one of the reasons Sony is so focused on expanding... Read more
June 12, 2019

Sony Expands Lens Lineup With Telephoto And Telephoto Zoom
Sony brings two new powerful but pricey lenses to the market
By Terry Sullivan
Sony has introduced two new powerful lenses into its full-frame lens lineup: The FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS super-telephoto zoom lens (model SEL200600G) and the FE 600mm F4 GM OSS super-telephoto prime lens (model SEL600F40GM). Both offer photographers the ability to capture subjects at the same super-telephoto focal length (600mm), but at much different... Read more