May 17, 2024
The camera industry's new product launch switch has officially been kicked on heading into summer.
This week, we covered five new lens announcements and published our initial review of the Fujifilm X-T50. We also squeezed in two new sample galleries – including one in the Canadian sub-arctic to shoot the aurora borealis – what other camera site does this?
Somehow, the team also found room to share stories about their first cameras – and funny enough, none of them were smartphones.
— Ben
Highlights
Fujifilm has announced the X-T50, a mid-range 40MP APS-C mirrorless camera that gains image stabilization, subject recognition AF and a host of high-res video features.
This year is DPReview's 25th anniversary. Naturally, we've been thinking a lot about cameras from the past quarter century and even beyond. The current DPReview editors reminisced about what cameras got them started in photography. For good measure, we also looked to the archives to compile some former...
In late February, Sigma announced the 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye lens, and we put it into the hands of a professional astrophotographer for a shoot in the Canadian sub-arctic. Check out his gallery and see how it performs under the night sky.
The Pixel 8a is the newest member of Google's Pixel 8 smartphone family. It uses the same cameras as its predecessor, the Pixel 7a, but gets the more powerful processor and features found in the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. We took it for a spin to see how it performs.
News Updates
Fujifilm has replaced one of our favorite kit zooms with the XF16-50mm F2.8-4.8 R LM WR, a wider, lighter but less bright premium kit lens.
Announced in April, the $340 16mm lens joins the collection of 24mm, 35mm and 55mm lenses that came before it.
Sigma has announced an updated 24-70mm F2.8 as part of its Art series of lenses. The 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN II
Fujifilm has announced the GF 500mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, a relatively compact super-telephoto prime for its GFX medium format system.
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Canon has announced it is developing (and is currently testing) the EOS R1, the "first flagship model for [the] EOS R system." US retailer Adorama has subsequently published additional specifications.
With retro-inspired design, China-based upstart Thypoch is hoping to catch eyes with its pair of lenses for Z, X, E and RF mounts.
Further Reading
• Google has announced a new watermarking system dubbed "SynthID" for AI generated images made using its own text-to-image tools. • The rumors are already swirling about four new camera features coming to the iPhone 16 Pro. • The Hubble telescope captured a stunning triple star system.Due to a technical snafu involving our reader question form, we're asking last week's question over again. What's the most overrated digital camera feature and why?Let us know via our reader question form. Thanks as well to those of you who submitted responses despite the technical issue. We're looking forward to reviewing more responses this week.