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R Is For Resign Says One Brutal Take On The New Canon Eos R Mirrorless Camera

Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand, fast! It’s only been public for five minutes and already some of the biggest Canon proponents are slating the new Canon EOS R mirrorless camera. “R is for Resign,” says EOSHD’s Andrew Reid. And I have to be honest, I see his point. Although the first DSLR to shoot video was the Nikon D90, it was Canon’s 5D Mark II which really paved the way for serious video in small form factor cameras (thanks, Vincent!...

Raspberry Pi Upgrades Its Camera Boards With A New 8Mp Sony Sensor In Regular And Infrared Flavours

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have today announced that they are introducing a new 8MP camera board to replace their popular 5MP OmniVision based camera board. The new camera, based around a Sony IMX219 8MP sensor, is available at the same low price of $25 in both regular colour as well as infrared versions. With the previous OmniVision OV5647 sensor being end-of-lifed at the end of 2014, the Raspberry Pi Foundation acquired a large stockpile of sensors, allowing them to keep producing camera boards, while a new source was found....

Review The Laowa 15Mm F 2 Fe Lens Delivers Fine Results At A Fair Price

A few weeks ago Laowa sent me a copy of their first lens dedicated to Sony’s full frame e-mount system, the 15mm f/2. This lens is meant for landscape & astrophotographers who want to capture as much of the beautiful night sky as possible; which means wide and fast. Last year I was able to get a copy of their 12mm f/2.8 for Canon and used it on my Sony A7Rii with a Metabones adaptor....

Rode S Lavalier Ii Features A New Low Profile Design For Everything From Content Creation To Cinema

Rode has announced their new Rode Lavalier II microphone. It’s the latest iteration of Rode’s premium lavalier microphone first introduced around 2010. It comes with a new low-profile design that not only differentiates it from its predecessor but pretty much every other lav on the market. The new design should make it much more discreet and easier to conceal underneath clothing or other items. The new microphone boasts “broadcast-grade sound quality” with a flat frequency response and omnidirectional polar pattern....

Sigma Announces New 28Mm 40Mm And 105Mm T1 5 Cinema Lenses

Sigma has today announced the addition of three new full frame lenses to their Cinema line. The 28mm T1.5, 40mm T1.5 and 105mm T1.5 are the newest high-speed cinema lenses from Sigma. This brings the total lineup of Sigma’s full frame high-speed cinema lenses to ten. With the addition of the three new lenses, eight out of the ten are now a super fast T1.5 aperture, with only the 135mm and 14mm lenses sitting at T2....