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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Welcome to the 711th DPReview newsletter!

The past few days have seen glorious sunshine here in Seattle, so we've been out shooting as much as we can, with several cameras and lenses, including Sony's RX 10IV and new (ish) zooms from Sony and Tamron. We've also been updating our buying guides and working on our full review of the Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200, which should be online in the next couple of days. Keep an eye on our homepage for that one, and in the meantime, here are some links to recently-published content.

Buying guide update: The Sony a7 III is the best camera you can buy for under $2000

The Sony a7 III impressed us in our recent in-depth review, and we've revisited our collection of buying guides to reflect our final conclusions. Click through for links to our updated guides covering the best cameras under $2000, and the best cameras for people and events.

Click here to read our updated buying guides

Tamron 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD sample gallery

For $800, the Tamron 70-210mm F4 VC includes Tamron's well-regarded image stabilization, rated to four stops, as well as overall moisture resistance. Take a look at our initial sample gallery, and stay tuned for more as we continue testing Tamron's newest tele-zoom.

Check out our gallery of sample images from the new Tamron 70-200mm F4

DPReview TV: Sony RX10 IV Review

This week on DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan are off to the sunny shores of the Pacific Ocean in Monterey, California, where they review the Sony RX10 IV. Watch to find out how this all-in-one superzoom camera held up to the sun, surf and a challenging range of shooting scenarios.

Watch Chris and Jordan take on the Sony Cyber-shot RX10 IV

Sony 24-105mm F4 G OSS sample gallery

Sony's 24-105mm F4 G OSS has been in the company's lineup since late 2017. While we've featured photos from the lens in previous articles, we've never dedicated a full sample gallery to it – and we figured we'd change that.

Check out our gallery of images from the Sony 24-105mm F4

Sony RX10 IV sample gallery updated

The Sony RX10 IV is among the most capable all-in-one camera packages money can buy, and we've updated our gallery with plenty more samples.

Take a look at our updated Sony RX10 IV sample gallery

News updates
Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:18:00 PM GMT

One man's feature is another man's bug. Photographer Robert Hall has discovered a quirk about how the live view and EVF on Sony's full-frame mirrorless cameras respond when you attach a flash. Fortunately, he's also found a way to work around it.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 6:43:00 PM GMT

Microsoft's Surface Hub 2 is a massive collaborative touchscreen display that may or may not have any practical use for professional photographers... but it sure looks impressive nonetheless.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 5:33:00 PM GMT

Google is replacing its existing Google Drive plans with newly packaged Google One plans that are 50% cheaper and come with live chat support. Two terabytes of cloud storage will now cost you just $10/month.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 5:13:00 PM GMT

Photographer David Oastler got his hands on an early copy of the Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Sony FE lens, and while he couldn't take pictures with it, he did get to test its focusing capabilities. The great news: this thing focuses just as fast a Sony native lens.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 2:46:00 PM GMT

Canon Rumors is reporting with near-certainty that Canon will unveil two new 70-200mm L-lenses in early June. The site says it is 100% certain the 70-200mm F4L IS II is on the way, and 95% certain the 70-200mm F2.8L IS III will also be announced.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 2:25:00 PM GMT

Photographer Henry Stuart has created a 24-hour panoramic timelapse of London that combines 6240 D850 files to form a picture that contains over 7 billion pixels. The 155° view presents the city in an incredible amount of detail, with Nikon claiming you can read signs up to 5 miles away.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

If it feels like we've been writing a lot about Sony recently, you haven't been imagining things: we've been writing about its products and technologies quite a bit. Here's why.

Published Tuesday, May 15, 2018 2:00:00 AM GMT

Fujifilm has announced the Instax Square SQ6, an analog instant film camera that resembles the old Instagram logo. The SQ6 takes Fujifilm's Instax Square film which gives a 62 x 62mm (2.4 x 2.4") images on 86 x 72mm film. It will cost around $130.

Published Monday, May 14, 2018 6:31:00 PM GMT

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and Intel have developed a neural network that can brighten extremely low-light images without adding any noise. It's not an exaggeration to say the results are incredible.

Published Monday, May 14, 2018 4:31:00 PM GMT

Nikon Corporation has released financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2018, and the news is good. Thanks to strong sales of the D850 and some restructuring measures paying off, the company reported an 8x increase in overall profit despite a slight drop in revenue.

Published Monday, May 14, 2018 3:26:00 PM GMT

Yongnuo has released version II of its ultra-affordable nifty fifty lens for Canon EF Mount: the 50mm F1.8 II. Version II drops the minimum focusing distance to 35mm, adds a focus distance indicator to the lens, and more, but costs only $75.

Published Monday, May 14, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

Sony's 24-105mm F4 G OSS has been in the company's lineup since late 2017, and since then we've spent many-an-outing shooting with it. We've got a full gallery of samples from this versatile zoom.

Published Sunday, May 13, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

This week on DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan are off to the sunny shores of the Pacific Ocean in Monterey, California, where they review the Sony RX10 IV. Watch to find out how this all-in-one superzoom camera held up to the sun, surf and a challenging range of shooting scenarios.

Published Sunday, May 13, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

The Sony RX10 IV is among the most capable all-in-one camera packages money can buy, and we've updated our gallery with plenty more samples.

Published Saturday, May 12, 2018 4:00:00 PM GMT

In Part 2 of his series on shooting Greenland, landscape photographer Erez Marom is treated to some gorgeous winter weather, and a spectacular display of the aurora borealis over Uummannaq.

Published Saturday, May 12, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

Tamron's 70-210mm F4 VC is a decent bit cheaper than similar on-brand Canon and Nikon offerings. We're just getting started testing this tele-zoom; take a look at some of our first sample images.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 6:41:00 PM GMT

ON1 has released a major update to its ON1 Photo RAW photo editor. Version 2018.5 will be available in June and boasts, "a massive boost in overall performance" in addition to bug fixes and some important new features like LUTs and camera profiles.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 3:32:00 PM GMT

The Sigma 70mm F2.8 MACRO Art lens—the first macro lens to join Sigma's much-beloved "Art" lens lineup—will be available in Canon EF mount at the end of this month for $570. Sigma shooters will have to wait until June.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 2:58:00 PM GMT

The system described shows the images from both cameras simultaneously, side-by-side. This allows users to compare the field-of-view of both cameras while shooting, and pick the one they prefer.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 2:42:00 PM GMT

Chinese lens manufacturer Meike has added a new version of its existing 50mm F1.7 lens to its range—this time for full frame Sony users. The previous model was aimed at users of mirrorless cameras systems and comes in APS-C and MFT mounts.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 1:47:00 PM GMT

The 8x10 app lets you monetize your Instagram account by selling fine art prints of your photography directly through the photo sharing app. The app handles all the fulfillment and shipping details for you, taking a cut of your profit to cover the costs.

Published Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00:00 AM GMT

Panasonic has announced the Lumix DC-TS7 (known as the FT7 outside of North America), which is the first waterproof compact with an electronic viewfinder.

Published Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:02:00 PM GMT

Overall, CMOS image sensors accounted for 81% of all image sensors sold in 2017, making CMOS by far the most utilized image sensor technology.

Published Thursday, May 10, 2018 6:44:00 PM GMT

The clip-on camera for smartphones follows a very similar concept to Sony's QX-cameras, the Olympus Air, DxO One or the Kodak PixPro models.

Published Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:07:00 PM GMT

Sony has released new firmware for its a7R lll to insert a new option for Pixel Shift Multi Shooting that reduces the delay between frames to 0.5 sec. Firmware v1.10 adds the 0.5 sec delay setting to the menu so users can halve the current shortest time between frames taken with the camera in Pixel Shift Shooting mode.

Published Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

Award-winning wildlife photographer Roie Galitz shares his experience shooting polar bears with the new Nikon 180-400mm F4E TC1.4 FL ED VR in one of the harshest places on Earth. Find out why Galitz calls his $12,000 behemoth "a dream lens."

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7:09:00 PM GMT

Budget camera gear brand Yongnuo has debuted a new lens. Made for the Canon EF mount, the YN 60mm F2 MF macro lens offers a 1:1 magnification ratio at a minimum focusing distance of 23cm. No word yet on how much (or how little) it will cost.

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2018 5:48:00 PM GMT

The limited edition lens joins the original black and brass versions, as well as the chrome-plated version released last year. You just have to be willing to pony up an extra $150.

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2018 3:59:00 PM GMT

DJI has released a new(ish) drone: the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0. The updated P4P features almost all of the same internal specs of the original, but integrates a new high-res low-latency 'OcuSync' transmission system and decreases flight noise by 60%.

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2018 2:04:00 PM GMT

Google announced a bunch of AI-powered improvements to its Google Photos service at the I/O developer conference yesterday, including a feature that will suggest photo edits to improve your images, and automatic colorization for black-and-white photos.

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:00:00 PM GMT

The Sony a7 III impressed us in our recent in-depth review, and we've revisited our collection of buying guides to reflect our final conclusions. Click through for links to our updated guides covering the best cameras under $2000, and the best cameras for people and events.