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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Welcome to the 838th DPReview Newsletter!

This week saw the announcement of our annual DPReview Awards, in which we recognize the best of the products announced during the year. You'll find a link to the full article below, and (as always) there's an opportunity to have your say in the comments!

Meanwhile, the first of our end-of-year gift guides went up up, Carey gave us his take on the unique Zeiss ZX1, and I've been reflecting on the Fujifilm X100V (and the crazy things we've all been through in 2020).

It's Thanksgiving eve here in the US, and while it won't be a conventional holiday for most of us, as always at this time of year, our thoughts are with family and absent friends. We'll be taking the day off, but don't worry, our homepage will be as busy as always!

Thanks for reading

Barney


Our favorite gear, rewarded: DPReview Awards 2020

This year, despite the disruption, plenty of amazing cameras, lenses, accessories and other products came through our doors. Now, as the year winds down, we're highlighting some of our standout products of the year. Check out the winners of the 2020 DPReview Awards!

Find out which products won in this year's DPReview Awards

Zeiss ZX1 initial review

Vaporware no more: the much-speculated-about Zeiss ZX1 has arrived. Combining a 37MP full-frame sensor, minimalist controls and Lightroom Mobile built in, it's a refreshing – if a bit quirky – take on the smartphone-meets-camera concept.

Read our initial review of the Zeiss ZX1

Gear of the Year: Barney's choice (part 1) - Fujifilm X100V

In a year when social distancing became a way of life overnight, Senior Editor Barney Britton maintained a small sense of connection via the Fujifilm X100V.

Read more about my year with the Fujifilm X100V

Canon Rebel T8i review

The Canon EOS Rebel T8i (also known as the EOS 850D or Kiss X10i in some markets) is a 24MP DSLR aimed at first-time DSLR buyers and enthusiasts. Read our full review to find out how it performs.

Read our review of the Canon Rebel T8i

News updates
Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:00:00 PM GMT

MIOPS has announced Flex, a new smart camera gadget designed to make it easy and simple to capture lightning strikes, action images, holy grail timelapse videos and much more.

Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 3:00:00 PM GMT

This year, despite the disruption, plenty of amazing cameras, lenses, accessories and other products came through our doors. Now, as the year winds down, we're highlighting some of our standout products of the year. Check out the winners of the 2020 DPReview Awards!

Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 2:35:00 PM GMT

Fujifilm's 3.00 firmware update adds a new Pixel Shift Mult-Shot mode to its GFX 100 camera that works alongside a new Pixel Shift Combiner program to output 400MP Raw images made up from 16 individual still images.

Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

You don't need to spend a fortune to buy a camera that's designed for videography. We took a look at the field and selected the Panasonic S1H and GH5 as the best cameras for serious videographers.

Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 5:54:00 AM GMT

Fujifilm has announced a special version of its 100MP GFX 100 for infrared imaging. The new camera will be available for special order in early 2021.

Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 9:45:00 PM GMT

The event, which will show off a new 'DN' lens for mirrorless camera systems, is set to take place at 7am ET (4am PT) on December 1.

Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 9:30:00 PM GMT

The 'One Shot' documentary highlights the incredible amount of preparation and work involved in photographers capturing iconic moments in Olympic history. It also features nearly 150 wonderful images from past Olympics games.

Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 5:47:00 PM GMT

The adapter will bring full autofocus, aperture control and EXIF data transfer capabilities to Pentax K-mount lenses when used on select Sony E-mount camera systems. No price is given at this time, but the adapter is set to be available by the end of the year.

Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 3:00:00 PM GMT

In a year when social distancing became a way of life overnight, Senior Editor Barney Britton maintained a small sense of connection via the Fujifilm X100V.

Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

The Canon EOS Rebel T8i (also known as the EOS 850D or Kiss X10i in some markets) is a 24MP DSLR aimed at first-time DSLR buyers and enthusiasts. Read our full review to find out how it performs.

Published Monday, November 23, 2020 9:10:00 PM GMT

We've rounded up a collection of the best deals currently active on cameras, lenses, software and accessories. This will be a living article that gets updated throughout this holiday week, so be sure to check back to keep up with the latest offers.

Published Monday, November 23, 2020 6:31:00 PM GMT

With new iPhone models comes new iFixit teardowns. iFixit has taken apart the iPhone 12 Pro Max and found some interesting details and gotten a look at the iPhone 12 Pro Max's internals, including its new camera technology.

Published Monday, November 23, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

Canon's RF 85mm F2 Macro IS offers EOS R-series shooters an affordable, stabilized and fast-ish portrait prime. Take a look at what it can do.

Published Monday, November 23, 2020 1:57:00 PM GMT

Oceanographic Magazine recently announced the winners of its 2020 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards.

Published Sunday, November 22, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

For many of us, photography is a welcome retreat from the raging storm that is 2020. If you happen to be shopping for a photographer this season, we've got some gift ideas that we think will help enable and enrich this pursuit.

Published Saturday, November 21, 2020 7:58:00 PM GMT

Finnish company VALOI has launched a new Kickstarter campaign for the VALOI 360 film digitizing system. By combining the VALOI 360 with a digital camera and light source, you can easily digitize your rolls of 35mm and 120 film.

Published Saturday, November 21, 2020 8:00:00 AM GMT

Smartphones capture amazing video, but to kick production value up a notch consider adding a compact gimbal to your kit. This week, we test three leading smartphone gimbals: The DJI OM 4, the Moza Mini MX and the Zhiyun Smooth XS.

Published Friday, November 20, 2020 7:29:00 PM GMT

Don McCullin's illustrious career is set to arrive on the silver screen in a new film adapted from McCullin's autobiography. Tom Hardy is set to star as McCullin with Angelina Jolie directing.

Published Friday, November 20, 2020 6:06:00 PM GMT

In addition to the 23mm and 33mm F1.4 lenses it announced for Fujifilm cameras, Tokina has also unveiled a 17–35mm F4 lens for Canon EF and Nikon F mount camera systems.

Published Friday, November 20, 2020 4:05:00 PM GMT

Nikon has released an updated version of its visual lens roadmap, showing off three new silhouettes for its forthcoming 'Micro 50mm' prime, 400mm S-Line super-telephoto and 600mm S-Line super-telephoto lenses.

Published Friday, November 20, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

From funky film stocks, to home developing and digitizing solutions, we think these are the best film photography gifts in 2020.

Published Friday, November 20, 2020 5:00:00 AM GMT

The new 23mm and 33mm F1.4 offer 35mm and 50mm full-frame equivalent focal lengths, respectively. The 23mm and 33mm F1.4 lenses will be available for $479 and $429, respectively, starting December 11.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:37:00 PM GMT

Chroma Cameras has announced the 679 camera system. It is a modular medium format camera system allowing photographers to easily, and affordably, build a versatile 120 film camera for multiple lens systems and film backs.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:17:00 PM GMT

Halide Co-founder and Designer, Sebastiaan de With, has shared an incredibly detailed analysis of the iPhone 12 Pro Max's camera tech and explains why the changes, compared to the iPhone 12 Pro, are far more impressive than initial reviews suggested.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:08:00 PM GMT

Camera battery design has been relatively unchanged for years, but new Kickstarter campaign for the X-tra battery hopes to upend convention and give photographers a more powerful, quicker and better camera battery.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:43:00 PM GMT

Canon has released firmware updates for four of its mirrorless cameras, its flagship 1D X Mark III DSLR and its RF 50mm F1.2 L USM lens. The updates mainly address minor bugs and brings support for newer lenses to Canon's mirrorless cameras.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

Vaporware no more: the much-speculated-about Zeiss ZX1 has arrived. Combining a 37MP full-frame sensor, minimalist controls and Lightroom Mobile built in, it's a refreshing – if a bit quirky – take on the smartphone-meets-camera concept.

Published Thursday, November 19, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

Nikon unveiled the Z6 II last month, adding some more processing power and a few other modest upgrades to its 'multimedia' full-frame mirrorless offering. We got our hands on one and have some preliminary samples to share – take a look.