Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Thursday, May 7, 2020

Battery Mags are designed to hold three or four batteries in a 3D printed magazine, and to allow photographers to see at a glance which are fresh and which are dead

The event is set to take place on Adobe Live on Wednesday, June 17. You can register to virtually attend the event on Behance.

The 300W/s monolight is battery-powered and isn't much larger than your standard 70-200mm F2.8 telephoto zoom. Despite this, it packs in plenty of power and features for just $499.

Ultra-wide lenses pose special challenges when shooting video, but can create dramatic effects. We review the Laowa 12mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine lens, which shares the same optical formula as the company's 12mm F2.8 lens for full frame cameras.

In a first for Capture One, the company showed off a trio of new features ahead of a free update, scheduled to release by the end of May. Among the new features, Capture One 20 will get new heal and clone brushes plus a new before/after view.

The 5th annual All About Photo Awards attracted submissions from all over the world. 4 out of the 5 top winning entries are black and white pictures. Here are some of the highlights.

Just because we can't get out and about like we normally would doesn’t mean we have to stop taking pictures. There’s still plenty you can do, provided you're prepared to use some imagination. Here are a few ideas to keep you shooting until normal life resumes.

According to the New York Post, B&H has furloughed roughly 400 of its 2,000 employees due to troubles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

High-resolution live preview via USB makes checking details and focusing much easier with this $100 update, or buy a special version of the EOS R with the function pre-installed.

In addition to the new keyboard, the updated 13-inch models offer double the base storage (256GB), faster CPU options and Intel's latest Iris Plus Graphics with the 10-gen Intel configurations.

AVID's popular Media Composer video editing software has been transitioned over to a 64-bit program, ensuring the video editing application will now work with the latest macOS devices.

Over the course of finishing up our Panasonic FZ1000 II review, we took it out and about in Knoxville, Tennessee to see just what 400mm of (equivalent) zoom reach can do.

Facing the loss of a season's worth of wedding gigs, New York-based photographer Aaron DuRall is spending isolation creating colorful, subversive work that's worlds away from his typical documentary style.

We're continuing to highlight our favorite reader responses to the question "What piece of gear made the biggest impact on your photography?" Answers this time ranged from books to mentors to classic film cameras and beyond.

The Mavic Air 2 is a great all-around drone for almost anybody, but how are its photos? We shot Raw and JPEG images at both 12MP and 48MP, as well as 'SmartPhotos' that promise improved image quality. Compare the results in our sample gallery.

DPR Editor Dale Baskin shares the story of one of the cameras that helped him make the transition to digital – the Canon PowerShot G3.

Smithsonian Magazine recently announced winners and finalists for their 17th Annual Photo Contest. Here are some of the highlights.

Have significant firmware updates changed Chris and Jordan's recommendations? Take a look at their updated entry-level full-frame mirrorless comparison.

Next year should see the first devices that can run DisplayPort 2.0 features through a USB-C port, giving this one port the ability to power external accessories as well as run high-resolution monitors and displays - with amazing data rates

The controller runs off two 'AAA' batteries and can remotely control Edelkrone's line of dollies, heads, jibs and sliders from up to 25m (82ft) away.

The new 3-in-1 card reader features slots for SD, microSD and CompactFlash cards, while the new 2-in-1 reader offers two slots for SD and microSD memory cards.

The Nikomat FT2 is a heavy, overly-complicated, fingernail-destroying film SLR from the 1970s and is easily one of Nikon's most difficult cameras to use, ever. Still, one reviewer found reason to love this ugly duckling of a film camera.

The XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS is a telephoto zoom for Fujifilm's X-mount system, covering a full frame equivalent range of 82.5-300mm. We used it to shoot mountains, wildlife and some scenes from the American west.

The program will help fund both personal projects and work directly commissioned by Adobe.

The Xperia 1 Mark II borrows some of its camera technologies from the company's Alpha series of cameras, making it, at least on paper, one of the most interesting phones for photography at the moment.

The content is open to the public but only available for use with a restrictive Creative Commons license.

The new 'High Quality Camera' uses a C and CS lens mount and is built around the Sony Type 1/2.3” (7.9mm diagonal) Sony IMX477 image sensor.

Lens availability is a critical part of choosing a camera system. We have a look at the four full-frame mirrorless mounts to see how their lineups and technologies currently compare.

The DJI Mavic Air 2 is a Goldilocks drone. It's not the biggest or the smallest model out there, but it delivers just the right balance of size and features.