Sony’s New NEX-5R Combines Excellent Silicon With Inventive Features
2012 is shaping up to be a good year for cameras. In addition to all those D800s and EOS-1D Xs and OM-D E-M5s trickling into people’s hands finally, we just keep getting more nice new cameras being...
View ArticleFuji Announces New X Body: X-E1, 2 Lenses
Fuji today has announced a nearly-identical “little” brother to its popular APS-C retro interchangeable lens compact, the X-Pro 1. Like big bro, it’s a very classic, rangefinder-inspired metal body...
View ArticleSony’s NEX-6 Brings Standard ISO Hotshoe to Mirrorless
While not quite as exciting as its other, more full-frame announcements today, Sony has also announced some more product into its ever-burgeoning NEX line of mirrorless interchangeable lens compacts....
View ArticleNikon Boosts 1 System With 18.5mm f1.4 Lens, 50mm Equivalent
So, yeah, after that other Nikon blog post, this one falls a bit flat, but hey! Nikon has made a fast, 50mm equivalent standard prime for their still-fledgling 1 system mirrorless line-up. There’s not...
View ArticleOlympus Refreshes Pen Line with E-PM2 and E-PL5
Olympus has also announced two new additions to the Pen series, the entry-level E-PM2 (Pen Micro), and the mid-level E-PL5 (Pen Lite). Both models pack 16 megapixel 4/3 sensors with a 2x crop factor...
View ArticlePanasonic Announces new GH3 Video-Oriented Mirrorless and 70-200mm f2.8 Equiv
Well, now that the Olympics are over and the GH2 is no longer the official camera of a multi-billion dollar twice-a-decade franchise, Panasonic has dropped it like thousands of Americans convince...
View ArticleNikon 1 V2 Adds Well-Considered Enthusiast Features
Nikon has also today updated the Nikon 1 V1 with the new Nikon 1 V2 (whew, that’s a mouthful. I still vote we stop letting engineers name products. It goes badly). As with all Nikon 1 bodies, you’re...
View ArticleMore CES: Nikon Bolsters Nikon 1 System with 2 Bodies, 2 Lenses (No Partridge...
Tired of me yet? Yes? Well, tough, like Jon Davis I’m here to stay, and so long as CES continues to explode my feeds, my suffering is your suffering. So, let’s grab another cup of coffee and continue...
View ArticlePanasonic US Confirms G6 and LF1
We’re going to be honest with you: we suspect we’re not the only camera blog you read. It’s OK. We understand. *sniff* So, we also assume most of you are probably by now already aware that Panasonic...
View ArticleOlympus Comes Clean With New Pen E-P5
Back when Olympus launched their mirrorless Micro Four-Thirds system with the rebooted Pen brand and the Pen E-P1, it was one of the best looking cameras anyone had made in ages. Then, along came...
View ArticlePanasonic Becomes Aware Of Retro-Love, Announces Sexier GX7
That’s not it. That’s the GX1, the outgoing model in Panasonic’s GX line (and the first!) Well, at least we won’t be mixing them up on the shelves, I can tell you that. Clearly Panasonic has read...
View ArticleSony Bumps NEX Line With NEX-5T
Have I mentioned how awesome it is that we live in a world where you can buy cameras where the mount is bigger than the body? Because it is. And the NEX line is pretty good at that. This one is no...
View ArticleOlympus Announces New Top-End OM-D E-M1 Mirrorless Camera, Matching 12-40mm...
Behold! The mighty Olympus OM-D E-M1 is now a thing, and steps into the light as the new gold standard for pro-ready m4/3 bodies. The retro-meets-moden body style I feel is actually quite nice....
View ArticleNikon Announces First Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera For Going Underwater
You know what’s cool? Cameras that don’t fear water. I have a soft-spot for them. It’s annoying that in the age of electronics one of the most abundant substances on earth becomes a real concern for...
View ArticleSony Announces New A5000
So, if you read any of those other tech blogs (lord knows we do here), you’ve probably heard the line on Sony’s new camera: NEX is out, Alpha is king for both A and E-mount bodies from them. Well,...
View ArticleOlympus Drops OM-D Below $1000 With OM-D E-M10
Do you love hyphens? No? Well, too bad, because I’m here to talk about more from Olympus’ hyphen-happy but genuinely good OM-D line. The OM-D E-M5 won hearts all around the world by finally fulfilling...
View ArticlePanasonic Announces New GH4, Freaking Awesome 4K Video Adapter Grip
So, that camera there is Panasonic’s newest mirrorless system camera, the GH4. If you’re new to the game, Panasonic’s GH lines is a fork of the original Micro-Four Thirds line (like, on the market,...
View ArticleSony’s A6000 Is a Beast. Possibly Two Beasts.
Remember Sony’s A5000, aka the camera that killed the NEX brand? Sure you do, because you are clearly a royal reader of this blog, as I knew you would be. So, through the sheer power of your...
View ArticleNikon Expands 1 System: New V3 Body, 2 New Lenses
Check it. The Nikon 1 system (you know, the weird Nikon mirrorless line with the so-called “CX” mount built around a weird 1″ sensor with a 2.7x crop factor) has grown by three today with a new V3...
View ArticleSony’s Upcoming A7s Has Awesome Lowlight Video
So, earlier this week Sony announced a new A7s counterpart to its other two full-frame mirrorless bodies (the A7 and A7r). Unlike them, the A7s has a constrained 12 megapixels so it can focus on...
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