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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Welcome to the 817th DPReview Newsletter

The big news this week is that Sony has an Alpha 7S Mark II successor in the works - and coming soon. We don't know much, but reading between the lines in our exclusive interview, I'm sure a lot of filmmakers are as eager as we are to see the official specs. We'll share more information on the presumed a7S III when we have it, and in the meantime you'll find links to other recent content below.

Thanks for reading!

Barney


Exclusive: Sony confirms a7S II successor this summer - "Everything is new"

Recently we spoke to Kenji Tanaka of Sony, on video chat (with a little help from his ZV1) about the impact of COVID-19 on his business, the growing market for video and – yes – the successor to the a7S II.

Read our interview

Tamron 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 Di III RXD sample gallery

Tamron's new 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 is a versatile zoom lens for Sony E-mount. Well-suited for travel photography, it's compact, lightweight, and fast/quiet to focus.

Check out our samples from the new Tamron 28-200mm

DPReview TV: A call for slow, professional full frame lenses

Professional full frame lenses are usually large and have fast apertures. In this episode of DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan argue that there's a need for slow professional lenses – inspired by some of their favorite Micro Four Thirds lenses.

Watch the latest episode of DPRTV

Fujifilm GF 30mm F3.5 R WR sample gallery

Fujifilm's latest lens is a sharp, reasonably compact and well-built wide-angle for the company's GFX medium-format cameras. We took it out and about in the warm Seattle summer with the company's 50 and 100 Megapixel camera bodies to see what it can do.

View samples from the new Fujifilm GF 30mm F3.5

News updates
Published Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:46:00 PM GMT

The scam, which involves sending fake copyright violation notices, has been circulating on the social media platform since at least June 9.

Published Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:41:00 PM GMT

Fujifilm is one of just two producers of tape media (the other being Sony) and it is hard at work on a breakthrough that will allow single tape storage drives to offer 400TB capacities in the coming years.

Published Wednesday, July 1, 2020 3:40:00 PM GMT

The National Parks Service says it's investigating the incident, which took place just two days after the park opened following a shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published Wednesday, July 1, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

Professional full frame lenses are usually large and have fast apertures. In this episode of DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan argue that there's a need for slow professional lenses – inspired by some of their favorite Micro Four Thirds lenses.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 6:14:00 PM GMT

The camera maker joins Olympus, Fujifilm and others is a legal tussle over US digital camera technology patents held by DigiMedia Tech.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 3:19:00 PM GMT

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) photographs the sun every 0.75 seconds. In its first decade in space, the SDO has captured more than 425 million images of the sun. NASA has compiled these images into an amazing time lapse, come check it out.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 2:00:00 PM GMT

The lens is available for Leica M, Sony FE, Nikon Z and L-mount camera systems, and now holds the title as the world's widest rectilinear lens for full-frame camera systems.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

Tamron's new 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 is a versatile zoom lens for Sony E-mount. Well-suited for travel photography, it's compact, lightweight, and fast/quiet to focus.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:00:00 AM GMT

Fujifilm has announced that its GF 30mm F3.5 R WR wide-angle lens for its medium format cameras will ship in late July or early August.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:00:00 AM GMT

Fujifilm's latest lens is a sharp, reasonably compact and well-built wide-angle for the company's GFX medium-format cameras. We took it out and about in the warm Seattle summer with the company's 50 and 100 Megapixel camera bodies to see what it can do.

Published Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:00:00 AM GMT

Fujifilm has issued firmware updates to the GFX 100 and GFX 50 models, with the 100MP camera gaining the most significant improvements.

Published Monday, June 29, 2020 11:55:00 PM GMT

Although the channel is still growing, it currently has nine videos that offer concise overviews of just a few of the cameras Japan Camera Hunter founder Bellamy Hunt has sitting around his Japanese storefront.

Published Monday, June 29, 2020 8:43:00 PM GMT

ON1 has launched ON1 360, the latest version of ON1 Photo RAW 2020 with ON1's new Photo Mobile application for iOS, iPadOS and Android mobile devices. The new solution syncs raw processing between your mobile device and computer.

Published Monday, June 29, 2020 2:58:00 PM GMT

Switching screw-on filters between lenses of different thread sizes is much quicker with the Revoring adjustable step-up ring. It uses a sprung iris that expands to fit a range of filter thread sizes, so a single filter can be used on multiple lenses

Published Monday, June 29, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

That's right folks, you heard it here first. Read on for the full interview, with Kenji Tanaka of Sony.

Published Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:18:00 PM GMT

Kodak's discontinued Aerochrome film gets a digital remake in the form of a new Lightroom preset pack from film emulation specialists Really Nice Images.

Published Sunday, June 28, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

We've updated our Best cameras under $2000 buying guide, and the Fujifilm X-T4 is our top pick for those seeking a camera that excels and both stills and video shooting.

Published Sunday, June 28, 2020 12:00:00 PM GMT

Chris and Jordan didn't forget about stills when they previewed the video-centric Panasonic G100 earlier this week.

Published Saturday, June 27, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

The Canon EF-M 11-22mm F4-5.6 is by no means a new lens, but it's one we've been shooting with over the years, and appreciate for its compact form, solid build and useful wide-angle range.

Published Friday, June 26, 2020 10:26:00 PM GMT

Mauritius is a remote island off the southeastern coast of the African continent that's never had Google Street View. So, an island resident, Reuben Pillay, decided to use his own DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone to create more than 220 high-resolution 360-degree images of the island.

Published Friday, June 26, 2020 6:08:00 PM GMT

Pye Jirsa explains how blowing out the highlights in an image — usually a no-no in the world of photography — can result in a 'perfectly imperfect' photo that feels more authentic and natural.

Published Friday, June 26, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

Here's a fresh take on a classic debate, or why both film and digital are awesome.

Published Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:08:00 PM GMT

A recent copyright infringement lawsuit against Newsweek, as well as Facebook's subsequent statement about its sublicensing terms, prompted the judge to reopen the case against Mashable.

Published Thursday, June 25, 2020 2:32:00 PM GMT

Sigma's fp full-frame mirrorless camera is now able to output a 4K raw stream that can be captured as ProRes Raw by an Atomos Ninja V or Blackmagic Raw on the Blackmagic Video Assist 12G, as part of a major update.

Published Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:00:00 PM GMT

DPR readers submitted more than 250 photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ or S20 Ultra. Here are some of our favorites.