Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Friday, September 3, 2021

In a video premiere posted to its YouTube channel, Sigma says we have just six days until its next products announcement.

Asus is doubling down on OLED displays. The company has announced new ProArt Studiobook and Vivobook Pro laptops, all equipped with OLED displays. The notebooks range in price from under $1,000 to $2,500 and include many features suited to photographers and videographers.

A confused roadrunner at the United States—Mexico border wall took home first place in the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 photo competition.

The GFX 50S II takes a familiar sensor and adds the image stabilization and body design of the GFX 100S. Does this, and a lowest-ever price deliver a winning combination?

Fujifilm has announced the GFX 50S II, a 50 Megapixel medium-format camera that will cost just $4000. It features in-body stabilization, a two-axis tilting LCD, a 3.69M-dot EVF and the ability to create super-high-res 205MP photos.

Chris and Jordan tell us what they think of Fujifilm's new GFX 50S II medium-format camera. They also compare it to the GFX 100S, revealing some important differences that go beyond resolution.

Fujifilm's latest medium-format digital camera, the GFX 50S II, captures some truly lovely images. Turns out, it makes a pretty good travel camera too – one of our editors took it along for a trip home to the UK to see just what it's capable of.

We've been shooting a pre-production copy of Fujifilm's new XF 33mm F1.4 prime lens. We're pretty impressed, but check out our sample gallery to see the results for yourself.

Fujifilm today quietly rolled out an updated X-T30 and a lower-cost X-T3. The X-T30 II gains a higher-resolution LCD and additional RAM, allowing it to perform at the same level as the X-T4. The X-T3 WW is the same as the regular model, minus a battery charger.

Fujifilm has announced two new prime lenses for its APS-C format X-mount - the XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR and XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR, covering equivalent focal lengths of 35mm and 50mm respectively. Click through to learn more.

Alongside the GFX 50S II, Fujifilm has announced a compact and lightweight 35-70mm F4.5-5.6 weather-sealed zoom lens that is intended to balance excellent optical performance with portability.

Fujifilm has unveiled its latest development roadmap for X- and GF-series lenses, for the company's APS-C and medium format mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras. A total of 17 lenses are on the roadmap, including a tilt-shift lens for medium format.

Fujifilm's latest 'X Summit' event is underway in Tokyo, with promises of news about new products for both X and GFX series. You can watch it live here and we'll be reporting the announcements as they happen.

The V-RAPTOR ST is the first camera in RED's new DSMC3 generation of cameras and packs inside a 35.4MP CMOS sensor (8192 x 4320 pixels) capable of capturing over 17 stops of dynamic range.

Digital camera technology improves rapidly, but that doesn't mean old cameras can't capture good images, right? Photographer Eduardo Pavez Goye put this theory to the test by going hands-on with the original Canon EOS-1D, Canon's first pro DSLR.

The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards takes a more lighthearted approach to wildlife photography, all while raising funds for a good cause. This gallery showcases 11 of the 42 finalist photographs of this year’s contest.

No, really. We mean it. They actually may.

Panasonic has announced the compact Lumix S 24mm F1.8 full-frame lens for L-mount. It features seven special elements and a linear focus motor, and weighs just 310 grams (11 ounces).

We've been shooting with the new Panasonic 24mm F1.8 L-mount lens for the last few days and have published our initial gallery. Click through to see how it performed in a variety of situations.

Jarred Land, CEO of RED Digital Cinema, shared an Instagram post that shows off the screen of an unreleased RED camera system.

The Polaroid Now+ offers a collection of new and improved shooting modes, but you'll first need to connect it to the Polaroid mobile app via your smartphone.

In 1981, Canon introduced its first and only autofocus lens for the FD system, the 35-70mm F4 AF. It's a fascinating lens, and YouTuber Kai W has gone hands-on with it on a Sony A1 to see if the archaic AF lens still works in 2021.

We've shot and processed our standard studio test scene for Panasonic's Lumix DC-GH5 II (GH5M2). Our review will focus mainly on video, but talk of improved dynamic range made us want to check whether we could see an improvement over its predecessor.

LEGO Ideas user Pandis Pandus has created a LEGO Ur-Leica camera. The camera, released in 1914, could become an actual LEGO set if it gets enough support on LEGO Ideas. The Ur-Leica was the first camera to use the now-standard 35mm format.

Leofoto is one of the best-known names in the world of affordable tripods and supports, but not necessarily for the best of reasons. With the LM-364C, Leofoto appears to offer some innovation and high value – so how does it perform?

A slideshow of the winning images of International Garden Photographer of the Year's inaugural 'Captured at Calke' photo competition.

Google might just be turning CSI's laughable 'Enhance!' scenes into a reality.

The 2021 ASUS Zephyrus G14 offers a phenomenal combination of performance, power efficiency, and portability. With its AMD Ryzen CPU, RTX 3060 GPU, and color-accurate WQHD display, this little laptop might just be an M1 MacBook Pro killer.

Chris and Jordan are taking a well-deserved break this week, so we're re-posting one of our favorite episodes from the archives. In this humorous video they discuss the right way – and the wrong way – to clean a lens. Beware of broken glass!

A graphic shared by Leica Rumors shows Zeiss will be increasing the price of some of its lenses at the start of October.

Seven existing Laowa lenses get new mount options, including the 24mm Probe lens which now comes fitted for Nikon Z and Canon RF, while the wide Cine lenses come to Nikon Z and the L mount

Six-color LED lights not only produce more accurate skin tones across a range of white balance settings but also create a much wider spectrum of color effects too. Such lights used to be only for those with Hollywood budgets, but Prolycht has just brought the price down. We all could be using them soon.

If you're looking for fast portable external drives, and your PC or Mac has the right port, then Thunderbolt is the way to go. We compared the integrated Samsung X5 against the enclosure-style Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus. See which one came out on top.