Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Monday, September 20, 2021

Today, at its Surface event, Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Duo 2, all of which bring welcomed improvements to their respective predecessors.

Photographer Markus Hofstaetter is never one to back down from an interesting photography project. His latest work takes his wet-plate photo process and applies it to food photography.

This year's iPhone 13 lineup is all about bigger sensors and faster lenses. Apple managed to cram the 12 Pro Max camera into the 13 Mini this year, and have stepped up the game with its largest sensor ever.

While we're waiting to receive our review unit, we've rounded up a collection of video and written reviews that dive into the details of Apple's new iPhone 13 lineup.

The budget-friendly lens offers autofocus, EXIF support and a built-in USB-C port for installing future firmware updates.

A little over a year after releasing the OM 4, DJI returns with the OM 5, a smaller, more capable model. It's can deliver great results, though as we found, not without a little bit of practice.

Vaonis has announced another smart telescope, the Hyperia. Vaonis's latest telescope camera has a 61MP full-frame image sensor and a large 1050mm optic.

The three-minute video is an overview of the features Samsung's new HP1 mobile image sensor offers, including its various pixel-binning modes, Smart ISO and Double Super PD autofocus capabilities.

The monitor doesn't quite match the specifications of Apple's Pro Display XDR monitor, but it does include a built-in stand and retails for $1,000 less than Apple's offering.

Find out why DPReview TV's Jordan Drake is planning to buy the iPhone 13, what excites him about its new cameras, and what he thinks of Cinematic mode. He also explains why he probably won't use ProRes for video.

Capture One 22 will launch this December with new features like HDR merging and panorama stitching. If you've yet to give Capture One a go, Capture One has announced that new users can purchase Capture One 21 during a limited window and receive Capture One 22 for free in December.

Ilford aims to make film photography more approachable and fun with a trio of new products, including a Pop-Up Darkroom, Darkroom Starter Kit and 35mm Gift Calendar.

The new CFexpress Type A Cobalt line offers solid performance at a relatively affordable price, a combo ProGrade hopes will the CFexpress type A format to catch on with more consumers and manufacturers.

TTartisan hasn't shared the price or release date of the lens, but has confirmed it will be available for Canon EOS M, Fujifilm X, Micro Four Thirds, Nikon Z and Sony E mount APS-C camera systems.

The Sigma 90mm F2.8 DN DG | C is the latest in the company's I series range of compact, mid-priced primes for E- and L-mounts. We caught what might be the last of Seattle's sunshine in our 90mm sample gallery.

ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021 is a fully-featured alternative to Adobe's Lightroom for Windows users. So how does it compare? Read our detailed review to find out.

Eye Control might sound like a complicated gimmick, but Richard Butler found himself looking at it as a technology to cut through the complexity of modern cameras.

Apple has just released a 7-minute video outlining the key improvements to the phones, mainly in the camera photo and video department. It's worth a watch if you're trying to determine which model to pre-order.

Gordon Laing is back with another episode of Retro Review, this time showing off the first digital camera he owned, a 3.3MP Sony S70, which was released 21 years ago.

Chris and Jordan received a lot of feedback after their preview of the Canon EOS R3, and in this episode the pair answer some of the questions that came up in the YouTube comments. Watch the video to see if they answered one of yours.

Jupiter is hit with objects throughout the year, but it's an infrequent event that's often observable for only a second or two. Amateur astronomer José Luis Pereira observed Jupiter on a clear night earlier this week and caught such an impact with his camera and telescope.

Did our coverage of new film emulsion No. 5 last month pique your interest? Arnas Špaka, the creator of NoColorStudio, shares how the initiative's first film stock came to fruition, speaking to our friends at 35mmc.

In the latest episode of Japan Camera Hunter’s ‘Camera Geekery’ video series, Bellamy Hunt provides an in-depth look at one of the most sought-after Rolleiflex TLR cameras to ever be produced.

GoPro's Hero9 action camera included a new design and a 23MP sensor. GoPro has retained the same sensor and design this year but added a faster chip inside the camera. With more speed, the camera takes better advantage of its sensor and offers improved all-around performance.

Chris and Jordan from DPReview TV recently reviewed Sigma's new 24mm F2 DG DN 'Contemporary' lens. Check out the sample gallery from their review to see what this lens can deliver.

The all-metal, fully manual lens is a tribute to SLR lenses released in the late 1960s.

Canon recently paid a visit to the DPReview headquarters and took us out for some sports shooting with pre-production EOS R3's. One of the first things we wanted to know was, can Eye Control AF replace the tried-and-true AF joystick?