With the X-M5 came two new lenses for the X mount. The XF 500mm f5.6 and the more compact XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR II. Preorders in case you are here and want to dive into the X-mount; FUJINON XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR II Preorders Fujinon XF 500mm F5.6 Preorders Press Announcements Prime Performance,

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Fujifilm today announced the X-M5 26.1MP camera. The notable feature of this camera is the size and weight of it.

SmallRig x Brandon Li have launched their new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max video kit for all the iPhone video shooters out there. The new video kit will start shipping on October 17 and is available for Preorder now. SmallRig x Brandon Li Mobile Video Kit Features: Preorder

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Insta360 makes a lot of popular action style cameras. It seems the action camera segment has a lot of great competition between Insta360, DJI and stalwart GoPro. Insta360 has a partnership with Leica and their lenses are branded as such. They’re obviously not made by Leica, but are Leica built to Leica’s suggested design. Insta360

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Laowa has announced a couple of new tilt-shift lenses for the RF mount. Both of the new tilt-shift lenses are for full-frame image sensors. Laowa’s Venus Optics brand make some of the better third-party manual focus lenses for the RF mount, they also make some cool stuff like the probe lenses. We’re waiting impatiently for

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Sony has been pretty boring in 2024 outside of the Alpha A9 III that we didn’t find all that exciting for photographers. If you’re a videographer, it seems like a great tool, if you’re a photographer? $6500 was a tough pill to swallow for a lower IQ globel shutter sensor and the same mid tier

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I am a sucker for goalie shots, but on pro fields you often cannot stand in good locations to shoot the goalie. Well, the goalie that is close to you anyway... So at this game I thought I'll just shoot the length of the field. I brought my trusty 600mm f4 IS, set it up on a sturdy tripod with a bible head, and shot from one goal to the other. For corner shots and other events likely to involve the goalie, I prefocused on him and fired away.

The results were good. Maybe not spectacular, bit it was my first time. It was also a 1-0 game with very few shots on goal... These are the best 2.

The Canon EOS R5 Mark II launch showed how popular the 5 series line continues to be, but there are a lot of us quietly waiting on Canon’s first 1 series RF mount camera in the EOS R1. The Canon EOS R1 continues to be tested professionally across the globe and more and more explorers

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Never really gave much thought to adapted lenses, but when I sold off all my Fuji gear, I was left with an 18-55 that they wouldn’t take because it had a small scratch on the front element. It’s been sitting on my dresser for about a year now and it just occurred to me to try sticking it on my R5. Because, why not?

B&H seems to have the requisite adapter

I know it will be manual focus and am dimly aware that the focus assist won’t work. Somewhere in the menus is a crop mode setting…I think… would that “fix” the disparity in image size? What else do I need to know? (Other than it’s a stupid idea).

7D Battery drains down in less than a minute even with a new battery...? Any insight?

Australian filmaker Rubidium Wu, the founder of Canon Masterclass has launched the Canon Cinema EOS C400 masterclass. The Canon Masterclass for the CInema EOS C400 includes 20 chapters, over 3 hours of content as well as CLog2 and Clog3 LUTs. For a limited time, you can enroll in the Canon Masterclass UNLIMITED subscription, which includes

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I'm trying to get the shutter actuation count on my 7DII. I read that you can get it using EOS Utility by looking under the Camera Settings tab. But I don't see that on the menu. All options I see are Firmware Update, Date/Time/Zone setting, Register lens correction data, Register Picture Style file, and Owners Name/Copyright.

On October 8th, the Natural History Museum, London, announced the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024".

Grand title winner: Shane Gross (Canada)

Equipment:
Nikon D500, Tokina fisheye 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 lens at 11mm, 1/200 at f13, ISO 640, 2x Sea & Sea strobes, Aquatica housing

Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Grand title winner: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas (Germany, hey my home country, yeah )

Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix G91, Laowa 25mm f2.8, 2.5-5x ultra macro lens, 1/200 at f4, ISO 200, Nikon SB-900 Speedlight flash, Cygnustech macro diffuser, focus stack of 36 images

Explore the gallery. Once again, a lot of great pictures there, no matter what gear was used.

In this patent application (2024-141604), Canon is looking at developing an electrochromic filter that uses organic elements. The primary goal of this patent application is to reduce the power requirement for using the filter.

Things are super quiet at the moment. The next big thing around here will be the shipping of the EOS R1, which should be happening some time in November. Canon is starting in-store demos with a lot of official retailers in the coming weeks, be sure to check out your local store to see if

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The patent application (2024-140521) for the Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 IS STM has shown up in Japan. This is a little curious as we get to see the design criteria that Canon used, and how the theoretical lens should perform.

I took the gamble of buying Patona branded versions of the LP-E6P and LP-EL this weekend and they arrived today. The LP-EL works fine in my EL-5 (which luckily doesn't drain batteries overnight) and the LP-E6P works in the R5II.
The R5II detects it as an LP-E6P, I can register it in the camera and both pre-capture in stills at 30fps and 8k60 RAW video recording worked without issues. I'm now charging it through the USB-C port in the battery itself.

Since they arrived less than half an hour ago, I can't say anything about capacity or longevity, but at half the price of their OEM counterparts they have some goodwill

KolariVision who is my personal favorite company to get my infrared camera conversions done, has released their teardown article on the Canon EOS R5 Mark II.

Yodobashi Camera has posted its latest ranking report for September. Now, this is just one of the largest retailers in Japan, so it's a pretty significant look at what prosumer and professional camera users are purchasing there.

I posted this in another thread but the thread is for a different issue. When I am using my R5M2 in video mode with auto focus and image stabilization on, my camera clicks louder than normal when it is focusing between near and far objects and the video noticeably twists/distorts periodically. Has anyone seen this in their R5M2s? It only does this in video mode and works fine in image mode. If I turn image stabilization off the issue goes away. Below is a link to a short video I took with my phone looking through the viewfinder as it seems to be more pronounced that way than using the rear screen, however it still does it when not looking through the viewfinder.

Edit, the video won't play unless downloaded, only drawback from my file sharing system.

In this patent application (2024-135864) Canon is exploring increasing the heat dissipation in a small R5C-looking camera body. In particular, Canon is worried about the heat buildup around the media card, and looking to improve heat dissipation around the card without increasing the size of the camera. With good reason, those CF Express cards can get quite toasty.

In this patent application (2024-135951) Canon is discussing how to improve the manufacturing of a diffractive optical element of a curious nature.

The launch of the EOS R5 Mark II has been somewhat of a mixed bag. There have been a lot of inventory issues outside of the USA and the camera seems to have suffered from a bevy of bugs. Canon addressed some of those bugs with a recent firmware update, but there still seems to

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