Last month, NiSi announced that they’re entering the lens market with five new F3 prime camera lenses. Today, they’re releasing more information about the F3 series to shed more light on their new products. You’re probably wondering how a reputable lens filter company got into the lens business. Well, it all started when NiSi took ownership of Bokkelux and took over the development of the now-defunct company’s lenses. People have been speculating that NiSi is merely rebranding Bokkelux’s existing lenses....

Biggie Smalls estate (Notorious B.I.G., LLC) has filed a lawsuit against the wife of the famous hip hop photographer Chi Modu. According to Biggie’s estate, the late photographer’s wife should stop selling merchandise with the famous rapper photos. They claim it violates their right to publicity, even calling Chi Modu “a parasite.” Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G. is considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Similarly, photographer Chi Modu was a superstar among the 1990s hip hop photographers, forming the visual identity of the rap scene of the time....

OPPO has announced that they’ve gone into mass production on their new 10x zoom camera module for smartphones and will release a phone utilising it in the second quarter of 2019. It’s a three-camera system which OPPO says is “built to work in perfect harmony” and allows them to offer an equivalent focal length range of 16-160mm – hence, 10x zoom. The three cameras are split into wide angle, normal and telephoto....

Comedian Tanya Hennessy might already be well known to some of you. She posted a video to Facebook last year, titled Things people say to Photographers, which proved rather popular. It particularly struck a chord with Australian photographer Karen Alsop. And when Tanya recently posted that she dreamed of being a princess, Karen was more than happy to help turn her dream into a reality. Karen specialises in creating fantasy. We’ve featured her work on DIYP before....

Samyang recently put out a teaser to build up some hype for five new lenses it was about to release. There was much speculation abound about what these lenses were. Particularly, was Samyang finally dipping its toes into the world of autofocus? It turns out that the answer is an emphatic no, not quite yet. They have now officially announced the first of those five new lenses, though, the Samyang 135mm T/2....