August 24, 2023, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Shogo Sakuraba), a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces the launch of the 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Model A058), a fast-aperture telephoto zoom lens for Nikon Z mount cameras on September 21, 2023. Preorder PRODUCT NAME 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III

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August 24, 2023, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Shogo Sakuraba), a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces the development of the 17-50mm F/4 Di III VXD (Model A068), a wide-angle zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. PRODUCT NAME 17-50mm F/4 Di III VXD (Model A068) For Sony

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There has been a lot of discussion about Canon’s RF lineup and certain areas that are in dire need of being addressed. We have been talking to a few people about what Canon has in store for lens announcements over the next 6 months, and we have been told more than once to expect “a

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Western Digital has had a rough go with the SanDisk line of portable hard drives, with the latest issue causing drive failure and/or complete data loss. Western Digital has also been sued in California over this issue. Affected SanDisk Drives If you have one of these drives, it’s in your best interest to head over

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Sony will unveil new cameras and lenses on August 29, 2023 at 23:00 JST. Which will be Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 10:00 New York time. It’s expected that Sony will announce the alpha A7C II, alpha A7CR and a GE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II lens. Sony A7c II Specifications (Rumored) Sony A7cR Specifications (Rumored)

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Tamron has announced that president and CEO Shiro Ajisaka will resign. Mr. Ajisaka is currently under investigation for the misappropriation of funds for person gain. Tamron has appointed current Vice President Shogo Sakuraba as the new CEO. In July, a whistle blower reported that Mr. Ajisaka brought a third-party woman with him during a business

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We’re excited to announce a groundbreaking new wireless microphone system for filmmakers and content creators, the Wireless PRO. Fresh off the back of releasing the Wireless ME, the perfect grab-and-go mic for creators, RØDE has now unleashed the most powerful compact wireless system ever with the Wireless PRO. Preorder The Wireless PRO boasts an unprecedented feature

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BCN has released its lens rankings for the first half of 2023. Just in case you don’t know, BCN is a sales tracking company in Japan. They track well over 50% of all sales in Japan and assemble the results for us. So this data is quite indicative of the Japanese camera market. You can

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From what I can tell, the 5d3, 5d4, and the 1DX Mark III all have fixed focusing screens (from looking at the manual)

So if you want an officially-supported split-prism focusing screen for manual focusing through the OVF, the 1DX Mark II is the only available choice from Canon?

Does anyone have an EC-B screen? Does it work well?

Canon will be announcing new gear in late September if the latest report at The Camera Insider is accurate. Late August through late September is usually a pretty active time for camera related announcements from most manufacturers. We know both Nikon and Sony have big announcements coming soon. I suspect Fuji will also be rolling

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I am using my EF 70-200 II lens attached via adapter to my EOS R6 and EOS R6 Mark II. This is my Goto work horse of a Lens and when using on my R6's. But sometimes the lens loses focus between shots. I am a sports shooter. and when I say loses focus its in-between subjects. I may photograph a horse rider and take several shots. No issue. But then Pause waiting for next rider. then when I attempt to shoot, the lens struggles to acquire focus. But after manual focus, the lens will then acquire focus. (I lose some initial shots) I have NOT had any maintenance done on the lens. At the moment, can't afford a RF 70-200. think I need to send in for general maint? thoughts? I have rechecked all switches on lens.

Reading through the interviews from the Photo and Imaging 2023 show felt like I was back in the early days of the EF mount. But it's not the late 80s and early 90s when FD mount users were picking their jaws up off the floor. Back then film was still king, Velvia was amazing, Tmax was made by actual wizards, and new and exciting technologies such as USM and IS were coming out. All the major players were still in the game. It was a great time for the camera companies, carrying through all the way past the first decade of the new millennia. They could literally do what they wanted when they wanted. Money was to be made.

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Update: 8/31: Returned the camera for service and the LED panel was found to be faulty and replaced.
I just purchased the EOS R5 camera and am loving the pictures it takes. However, I seem to be having an issue when I am going through the menus and it changes menu views on its own. This only happens when using the reear screen. Have only had the camera a couple of weeks. Anyone else experience similar? Such a bummer..thanks

The Meike AF 85mm f/1.4 was first shown to the world at the NABShow 2023 back in April, but not much has been seen or heard of since. It now appears that Meike is planning to officially announce the lens this month. It also appears that this will be the first licensed autofocus third-party lens

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It looks like GoPro is readying an announcement for the HERO12 Black later this month, with an expected availability to purchase of September 13, 2023. This follows DJI, who announced the 1/1.3″ sensor equipped OSMO Action 4. By the looks of the rumored specifications, the HERO12 Black is a very evolutionary upgrade to the HERO11

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For those who came from another system, and decided to switch to a Canon RF body, or those who were purchasing a brand new digital camera without having anything in a previous system - What were you coming from, and why did you do it? What convinced you it made sense for you? What else were you considering and why?

Curious what drew y'all in and whether that has changed, for the better or for the worse.

During the Photo & Imaging show in Shanghai earlier this month, Canon representatives did their normal interviews with various publications. As per usual, they were tight lipped about future products. However, sometimes you can read between the lines, especially when they cannot confirm or deny a product is coming in the future, or at least

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I'm looking for a portable battery solution for charging LP-E6 batteries in the field when I'm not near an AC outlet and don't have a spare battery (or if I have a spare and it's empty, too). You may be familiar with power banks that can charge smartphones. I ask because I just purchased an Anker 511 PowerHouse battery for charging laptops and other devices that has an AC outlet. Could that be used with the Canon LC-E6 charger? Or do you have another solution? Here's a link to what I bought (Yex, I know it's easier to carry three Canon batteries ....)
https://www.anker.com/ca/products/a17101f2?ref=search_511&variant=44496241066148

We think it's safe to say one of the most frustrating things with Canon's EOS R system is the lack of autofocus third-party lenses from the likes of Sigma and Tamron, along with the glaring wide-angle L lens holes in the line-up. As we all know, the third-party manufacturers make great value lenses and fill the

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I am heading to Mongolia in January to photograph the palas cat and whatever else comes our way. The average daily temperature will range between -10c to -25c.

I was wondering if anyone has shot with an EOS R7 body for an extended period time in the bitter cold and snow? From my understanding, the body isn't as well sealed as its EOS 7D series relative. If you have, did you have any issues worth noting? Any error codes, freezes or crazy battery drain? I can't find a review or two of the R7 used in those sorts of conditions.

I'm looking at the R7 w/100-500 as a second body to the SL2 (I'm trading in the SL2-S for more pixels) w/90-280 combo. I like the APS-C 2nd body and love the 100-500.

The Canon EOS R3 was the first camera produced by Canon to come with a Canon manufactured stacked image sensor. This was a much needed advancement from Canon to keep up with Sony’s industry leading image sensor business. We have been told that Canon will be announcing 3 new camera bodies, all with different resolution

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Anhui China, 15 August 2023 – Venus Optics is once again pushing the boundaries of probe lens innovation. With the exciting teaser released early this month, Laowa is now proudly announcing the official launch of the 24mm T8 2X Macro Pro2be. The Pro2be represents an impressive evolution from the renowned Probe lens. The cine-ready new

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Hi!
Would anyone who owns the 430EX III - RT and EL-5 be willing to post a few photos of how they compare size-wise, please?
I am trying to determine whether to get the EL-5 now or keep waiting for the 430EX III replacement, which seems to be taking forever to materialize.
I use flash only rarely, but would like to have one for some macro work on the R3 and R6 II during an upcoming trip.
Thanks!

Venus Optics continues to roll out new lenses for the RF mount under the Laowa name. The latest appears to be a new ‘cookie’ lens, the Laowa RF FFii 15mm f/4. Laowa FFii 15mm f/4 Cookie We’re going to order a couple of Venus Optics Laowa lenses today to get a full understanding of the

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Post your images from Canon's fifth 'great white' RF lens and first big white RF zoom, which is also the first big white lens to be designed for RF from the ground up (the first four were adapter±2xTC 'bolt-ons' of the EF 400/2.8 III and 6004/ III, at least from an optical standpoint).

This lens seems ideally-suited for indoor events and sports – that has been the majority of my use so far, and the lens does not disappoint. However, some have asked about performance with the 2x TC, as a possible substitute for a 600mm prime. The 600/4 + 1.4x was and remains my go-to for birding, but on an outing this past Saturday I took along the 100-300 + 2x planning to shoot at least one quick 'real world' comparison. This slow-moving great egret helpfully remained in the same location as I switched from 600/4 to 100-300 to 100-500. The first two are from a monopod, though I can handhold the 600/4 I often shoot on a monopod in warm weather. The 100-300/2.8 is definitely lighter than the 600/4, but neither is a light lens. That felt especially true the afternoon I took these, since I had spent that morning scuba diving.

EOS R3, RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS + 2x @ 600mm, 1/2500 s, f/5.6, ISO 250


EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/4, ISO 125


EOS R3, RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS @ 500mm, 1/2500 s, f/7.1, ISO 400