Tag: Canon

Panasonic GH5 with Rokinon 35mm lens

Filmmaking Challenge: Use only a prime lens to shoot your next project

Limiting yourself to a manual prime lens can ultimately improve your composition and focusing skills, and maybe even lead to more creative results.
Canon EOS RP specs and first thoughts Clinton Stark

Canon EOS RP full-frame mirrorless camera is lighter, smaller, and — best of all — cheaper

In the camera world 2018 will be remembered as the year that both Canon and Nikon finally entered the full-frame mirrorless market. Canon with a single model, the EOS R and Nikon with a pair of full-frame models, the Z6 and Z7. It was a long time coming. Sony had...
Panasonic GH5 top controls

Trendspotting: Digital camera market decline continues, could be down 50% in two years

Digital camera makers continue to face heavy headwinds, primarily from the do-all cameras we're carrying with us 24/7: smartphones. The advent of the smartphone and something called "computational photography" which leans on software processing to provide additional capabilities is continuing to disrupt the traditional camera market. That means pain for...
Canon EOS R Mirrorless Digital Camera

Hopefully Canon listens to buyers, removes Touch Bar on upcoming EOS R cameras

In my time with the Canon EOS R I found a lot to like. The relatively small camera packs a full-frame sensor into a mirrorless design --- Canon's first. For far less you're essentially getting a Canon 5D IV in a small body, with all the great features mirrorless...
First Look Review: Rode Videomic Pro+ On-Camera Shotgun Condenser Microphone

Top 3: Must-have accessories for your new DSLR or mirrorless camera

Here's 3 camera accessories that will help round out your DSLR or mirrorless camera setup. A camera body is obviously the core of any camera setup, be it for photography or, as is mostly the case for me, videography. But if you plan to get serious and step-up your craft a...
Yongnuo YN450 mirrorless camera runs Android OS

Trendspotting: Are mirrorless smartphone cameras the next big thing for consumers?

Things are changing dramatically in the camera market these days. Smartphones -- mostly iPhone and Androids -- have all but killed the point-and-shoot compact camera. Entry level DSLRs have also been hurt by the built-in cameras in our phones which are increasingly more than "good enough." And this year the...
AmazonBasics Li-Ion Battery Canon Cameras (LP-E8)

Camera News: High quality, cheap batteries for your Canon DSLR, Rebel T2i/T3i/T4i/T5i, EOS camera

Finally some good news if you're looking for low cost, but high quality batteries for your Canon DSLR camera. Amazon has made available an AmazonBasics version of the popular LP-E8 battery. Rated at 1100mAh you can use this battery in a variety of Canon cameras including those from the Rebel and...
Fujifilm X-T3 DPReview score gold - Camera Review, News, Videos

Camera Review: Fujifilm X-T3 awarded Gold (88%) by DPReview

DPReview (Digital Photography Review) has spoken. In a hot-off-the-presses and highly anticipated review the team have officially given the new Fujifilm X-T3 a score of 88% and awarded the mirrorless camera Gold. Those that follow these sorts of camera reviews will know that's high praise. One of my favorite camera...

Canon EOS R vs. Fujifilm X-T3: Comparing photo quality just for kicks (Nothing too serious!)

Here's a few absolutely, definitely, positively non-scientific comparison photos taken by the Canon EOS R and Fujifilm X-T3. Jump below to see the street shots. I rented both over the past few weekends and wrote up my first impressions of each (EOS R first impressions | Fujifilm X-T3 first impressions). With...
Fujifilm X-T3 Key Specs

Fujifilm X-T3 Mirrorless Camera: First impressions from a GH5 video shooter

It's the year of the mirrorless camera. For a guy like me, who lives and dies by his camera, year in and year out, that means lots of comparisons and tests. When a bunch of new tech hits I want to ensure I'm shooting with the best tool for the...