Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Finalists for the Animal Friends Comedy Pet Photo Awards, 2021, were announced today.

Exposure Software has announced Exposure X7, its latest photo editing application. Exposure X7 includes a new intelligent masking tool, improved workspaces and more.

The lens is a stills version of the 30mm cine lens Irix released a few months back.

The Fujifilm XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR is a recently announced prime for X-mount. The DPReview gang got their hands on this fast 35mm-equivalent lens and put it through its paces. They also compare it with Fujifilm's original 23mm F1.4 R prime.

Chris and Jordan from DPReview TV just reviewed Fujifilm's new XF 23mm F1.4 prime lens. Check out some of the sample photos they shot for their review and judge image quality for yourself.

The Canon EOS R3 sits above the EOS R5 at the pro/enthusiast end of the company's mirrorless lineup. But how do they compare, and is the R3 better at everything?

Adobe has unveiled a new masking experience for Adobe Camera RAW and Adobe Lightroom. The new masking engine introduces AI-based tools first made available in Photoshop, plus the Adobe team has redesigned the user experience when using masks.

Autel Robotics today announced they're releasing two new drones – a sub-250g EVO Nano+ drone and the Lite series.

The Panasonic GH5M2 is a refresh, rather than complete reworking, of the company's image-stabilized, video focused GH5. We didn't find live streaming as reliable as we'd hoped but we appreciated the improved feature set.

Compact camera releases are few and far between these days, which is why we're excited to try out the new Ricoh GR IIIx. It's based around the same 24MP APS-C sensor as the GR III, but features a 40mm equivalent F2.8 lens. See how the image quality looks in our sample gallery.

To celebrate 80 years of manufacturing cameras, Hasselblad has released a limited-edition kit for its 907x camera that will retail for $15,000.

In 2018, Pixii announced its first product, the Pixii camera. The 12MP digital rangefinder eschewed a rear display and card slot. Now, Pixii has a new version of its camera, featuring the same design but a different 26MP image sensor.

iPhone release season isn’t complete until iFixit gets its hands on Apple’s latest devices to tear them apart and see what’s inside.

Sigma's designed-for-mirrorless 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS 'Sports' lens provides great image quality across a wide zoom range – get all the ins and outs of how this lens performs in our field review.

Hasselblad has taken to social media to tease an announcement that will take place at 1pm CEST (UTC+2) on September 28, 2021.

The year 1839 began with the announcement that people could make permanent pictures. But it was the middle of that year before anyone (other than the few inventors) really could. And the drama involved meant that for quite a while after 1839, some people couldn't.

Canon was a pioneer of electronic, multi-mode cameras, and some of the design decisions that the company made way back in the 1980s persist even now, in its high-end EF and RF cameras. So join us, as we go back in time...

ACD Systems has announced ACDSee Photo Studio 2022. The digital asset management and photo editing application leverages AI to deliver new facial recognition tools, improved organization and more.

The app, which is available to download for free with an optional in-app purchase, includes more than 40 film simulation recipes you can apply to JPEGs captured with Ricoh GR, GR II, GR III and GR IIIx cameras.

Stephen Dowling, founder of Kosmo Foto, shares the details of the OM-X, a prototype camera Olympus had planned on releasing before 'technical difficulties' during production led them to releasing the OM-1.

There are conflicting reports as to whether it'll be 6GB or 4GB per minute, but whatever the case is, be prepared to have plenty of storage on hand.

The annual Siena Drone Photo Awards recently announced their winners and finalists.

Tired of multiple devices using different charging cables? So is the European Union's European Commission. Proposed legislation will require all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports starting in 2023.

The Rokinon (Samyang in most regions) AF 35mm F1.8 FE is an impressively sharp standard prime for full-frame Sony mirrorless bodies. See how it performs in a variety of situations in our sample gallery.

Entrepreneur Chris Whalen is using his app, Historik, to bring parts of his hometown back from the distant past. Using augmented reality, Historik lets users explore 3D AR recreations of historical artifacts.