Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Friday, February 25, 2022

This year marks the 15th competition, which saw more than 340,000 photographs submitted from across more than 211 countries and territories. We've rounded up some of the finalists from each of the ten categories into a slideshow.

Oppo has launched the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro. The new Find X5 series incorporates Oppos' new MariSilicon X Imaging NPU, promising improved low-light performance and 4K Ultra Night Video.

The 800mm F5.6 lens features an all-new optical construction compared to its EF predecessor, while the 1200mm F8 offers a unique proposition for those who need the longest focal length available short of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Canon has issued a press release ahead of the 35th anniversary of the company's historic EOS System, which has seen dozens of film and digital cameras—and more than 100 EF and RF lenses—released since 1987.

The iQOO 9 series smartphones promise quite a bit of performance for the price. The flagship iQOO 9 Pro includes a three-camera array and uses a top-end Snapdragon processor.

The Panasonic GH6's 'DR Boost' mode is based on an interesting sensor design, but it's not the same as the 'dual gain' chips we've become accustomed to. We look at the differences and why you use gain at all.

CIPA's 2022 forecast suggests total digital camera shipments, by volume, will be down 6.1% year-over-year (YoY). Take out cameras with built-in lenses, however, and the drop is only expected to be 1.1% by volume for interchangeable lens cameras.

Sigma's announcement that it's bringing its DC DN lenses to Fujifilm's X-mount is a welcome gift to the system as it enters its tenth year.

TTArtisan has added yet another APS-C mount option to its $99 23mm F1.4 lens, this time bringing the affordable manual prime to L-mount APS-C camera systems.

The teaser images, posted to Canon China's Weibo profile, have been counting down the days to a new product announcement.

Sigma's full-frame Foveon sensor has been years in the making. After originally anticipating a 2020 release for a new full-frame Sigma camera, Sigma restarted development from scratch. Now, Sigma has announced the much-anticipated Foveon sensor has reached the prototype evaluation development stage.

The lens is fully-manual and fairly primitive across the board, but offers yet another option for Fujifilma and Sony APS-C shooters looking for that distinctive fisheye look.

This past weekend, during a collegiate tournament, Major League Baseball tested out using a DJI drone to showcase in-game aerial footage for the first time ever.

The Panasonic GH6 is the latest in the company's line of video-focused Micro Four Thirds cameras. It brings a new, 25MP sensor and 10-bit 4K capture at up to 120p. We've dug into a camera with some of the broadest and deepest video feature sets ever.

The video-centric Panasonic GH6 has finally arrived and includes some big upgrades. Is this new Micro Four Thirds camera destined to become Jordan's new camera of choice?

The Panasonic GH6 raises the Micro Four Thirds resolution bar for the first time in years, thanks to its new 25 megapixel sensor. Check out our pre-production sample gallery to see how it compares to previous sensors.

The Lumix DC-GH6 is the latest video-centric hybrid Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic that brings a slew of new and improved features and specifications over its four-year-old predecessor, the GH5S.

The NONS SL660 has launched on Kickstarter. The film camera features an EF mount and uses the widely available Fujifilm Instax Square film. The camera has a built-in optical system to extend full-frame lenses to cover the medium format size of 6 x 6.

Sigma has announced the three F1.4 prime lenses that will kick off its Fujifilm X-mount offerings: the 16mm F1.4, 30mm F1.4 and 56mm F1.4. The lenses are set to be available starting April 2022 and Sigma says it's planning on an X-mount zoom lens to follow in December 2022.

Chris and Jordan are impressed with the new OM-1 Micro Four Thirds camera, but they have some advice for OM Digital Solutions after using the company's newest flagship camera.

Autel's Nano and Lite drones received a firmware update that adds more video options and fixes the 'jello effect' on the Nano footage.

Chris Niccolls of DPReview TV has two passions: cameras and fishing. Both pursuits require the right gear, and the OM System OM-1 might just be the perfect tackle to land that adventure assignment of a lifetime.

Photography has long played an important role in various video games. A pair of games hitting PlayStation next month utilize photography in very different ways. 35mm is a post-apocalyptic horror game in which the player freezes time with a 35mm film camera. Gran Turismo 7, on the other hand, uses advanced technology to let the player capture beautiful, realistic photos of cars at stunning locations around the world.

Electronics Hub has tracked nearly 350,000 tweets and ran them through a 'Complaint Detector' to see which electronic devices frustrate people the most. As part of the extensive data, we see which cameras people complain about most. Is it your favorite camera that takes the top spot?

For this week's installment of Film Friday, we take a look at an article from Dirk Fletcher, shared on 35mmc, that shows how he built one of his latest custom cameras, a 6x9 medium format camera with a 47mm Scheider-Kreuznach lens.