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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Welcome to the 739th DPReview Newsletter

With 2019 just around the corner, we're thinking back twenty years, to Christmas 1998, when DPReview.com was launched into an unsuspecting world. Two decades later the site looks very different, and I spoke recently to employees #1 and 2, Phil Askey and Simon Joinson, who shared their memories of the early days.

In other news, our final readers poll of 2018 is still open, and we've been sharing our own personal picks for the best photo equipment of 2018 in our annual series of 'Gear of the Year' articles.

From all of us here at DPReview, I hope you're enjoying a fun festive season, and we'll see you in the new year!

Barney

DPReview 20th Anniversary: Phil Askey on the first ten years

As DPReview enters its 20th year of publishing, we spoke to the site's founder, Phil Askey. In this interview Phil takes a look back at the first ten years of DPReview's development from its original conception, through a period of massive growth, to the site's acquisition by Amazon.

Read our interview with DPReview founder Phil Askey

DPReview 20th Anniversary: Simon Joinson on the Seattle years

Simon Joinson was DPReview's second general manager, during a time when the site underwent enormous changes, not least our relocation from London Seattle, on the West coast of the U.S.A. In this interview, Simon looks back at his time at the helm.

Read our interview with DPReview's second general manager, Simon Joinson

Why we haven't taken a stance on in-body stabilization vs OIS - and why that has changed

We've never taken sides in the row over whether image stabilization should be provided in-body or in the lens, but we'll now list the absence of in-body stabilization as a Con in our camera reviews. Here's why.

Read our article

Gear of the Year 201: DPReview staff pick their favorites

Every year in December, DPReview staff get together and make their own personal picks for their favorite equipment of the year. It doesn't need to be a lens or a camera, and doesn't even need to have been released in 2018. These articles are all about those products that have consistently found a place in our bags over the past 12 months.

Read our 2018 'Gear of the Year' articles

News updates
Published Wednesday, December 26, 2018 3:00:00 PM GMT

Simon Joinson was DPReview's second general manager, during a time when the site underwent enormous changes, not least our relocation to the U.S.A. In this interview, Simon looks back at his time at the helm.

Published Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

The Nikon P1000 is a bit of an oddity, but the unique shooting opportunities it makes possible are why it's Editor Jeff Keller's pick this year.

Published Tuesday, December 25, 2018 4:18:00 PM GMT

The open source Lightroom alternative darktable has released a major update in the form of darktable version 2.6.0.

Published Tuesday, December 25, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

As DPReview enters its 20th year of publishing, we spoke to the site's founder, Phil Askey. He takes a look back at the first ten years of DPReview's development from its original conception, through a period of massive growth, to the site's acquisition by Amazon.

Published Tuesday, December 25, 2018 8:50:00 AM GMT

Sigma has released 'Sigma X3F Plug-in for Photoshop', a Raw conversion plugin for processing files from its Foveon Merrill and Quattro sensors.

Published Monday, December 24, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

Editor Dan Bracaglia's pick is the lens that he's recommended more than any other in 2018 – and the one he feels Sony's mirrorless system desperately needed.

Published Sunday, December 23, 2018 9:20:00 PM GMT

The four thieves made off with more than $50,000 in cameras and accessories from Hunt's Photo and Video in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Published Sunday, December 23, 2018 8:38:00 PM GMT

Portrait and photojournalist Sabrina Weniger goes hands-on with Zeiss' yet-to-be-released ZX1 camera in Düsseldorf's Little Tokyo.

Published Sunday, December 23, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

Senior Editor Barney Britton's pick this year is the camera that he describes as "close to perfect" for the kind of photography he does.

Published Saturday, December 22, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

For weeks, we've been getting hammered with the question "Will Chris and Jordan continue their tradition of doing a Best and Worst year-end episode?" Oh yes, dear readers, they will. And here it is. Pour yourself a cocktail and enjoy.

Published Friday, December 21, 2018 6:55:00 PM GMT

ON1 has released its first update for ON1 Photo RAW 2019, free of charge to current users.

Published Friday, December 21, 2018 3:45:00 PM GMT

French company GT Company has licensed the AgfaPhoto brand and launched a range of new budget products.

Published Friday, December 21, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

Technical Editor Richard Butler's pick helped him capture his favorite images of the past 12 months: all 17,100 of them. Specifically, two series of 8MP images. Shot at a rate of 23.97 frames per second.

Published Thursday, December 20, 2018 7:17:00 PM GMT

Officials say 'rogue drones' have caused 'chaos' and shut down London's Gatwick airport.

Published Thursday, December 20, 2018 5:38:00 PM GMT

With many users creating very large albums using the new Live Album feature, Google has decided to double the image and video limit for albums in Photos.

Published Thursday, December 20, 2018 4:53:00 PM GMT

As promised, Sony has delivered an incremental firmware upgrade for its a7 III and a7R III mirrorless cameras that fixes issues found in firmware version 2.0

Published Thursday, December 20, 2018 2:00:00 PM GMT

We've never taken sides in the row over whether image stabilization should be provided in-body or in the lens, but we'll now list the absence of in-body stabilization as a Con in our camera reviews. Here's why.