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The Magazine For Photographers - Issue 62
Gelatin Labs’ New Revolutionary Film Scanning Approach? New Jersey-based Gelatin Labs just announced GelForm , which they’re pitching as...
The Magazine For Photographers
May 11, 2025
Latest Photography News
New Photoshop And Lightroom Updates
credits: Adobe Adobe has rolled out the April 2026 updates for Photoshop and Lightroom, bringing Photoshop to version 27.6 and Lightroom to its latest desktop release, with a mix of AI tools, workflow changes, and performance improvements. A lot of the focus this time is on making everyday editing a bit quicker and less tedious, especially for photographers dealing with large files, layered edits, or big batches of images. In Photoshop, the Remove tool now has an improved “Fi
12 minutes ago2 min read
More Chinese Brands Prepare AF Zoom Lenses
credits: Thypoch/Venus Optics There is a lot happening in the Chinese lens market right now, and it is not just about recent announcements. New reports suggest that, alongside Thypoch and Laowa (Venus Optics), two more Chinese manufacturers are preparing to release autofocus zoom lenses. There are no confirmed details yet, neither the brands nor the specs have been revealed, but the expectation is that these lenses could arrive later this year. To put that into context, this
12 minutes ago1 min read
Thypoch’s Upcoming Voyager 24-50mm f/2.8
credits: Thypoch Thypoch is starting to reveal more about its upcoming Voyager 24–50mm f/2.8, ahead of its official announcement on May 14. It is one of the company’s first autofocus zoom lenses, and from the specs so far, it looks pretty decent. On the technical side, the lens covers a 24–50mm focal range with a constant f/2.8 aperture, giving a field of view between 83° and 47°. The optical design uses 16 elements in 13 groups, which is fairly complex for a lens like this a
1 day ago1 min read
Sigma Releases New Lens Firmware Update
credits: Sigma Sigma just rolled out a firmware update for eight of its lenses, and it brings some fairly practical changes. The main addition is the ability to reassign the manual focus ring when the lens is set to autofocus. Normally, that ring just sits unused in AF mode, but now it can be mapped to things like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance, or even autofocus mode. There is also an option to reverse the focus ring direction in manual fo
1 day ago1 min read
Sony’s Upcoming 100-400mm f/4.5 GM II Lens
credits: Sony The upcoming Sony FE 100–400mm f/4.5 GM II is starting to take shape, with new reports and leaks adding a bit more clarity around its design and expected price. Nothing is official yet, but based on what sources are saying, this looks like a fairly substantial update over the current version, especially in how the lens is built and how it handles. One of the bigger changes is the switch to an internal zoom design, meaning the lens will not extend when zooming. T
2 days ago1 min read
The Ultimate Phone For Photographers?
credits: Oppo Oppo is bringing the new Find X9 Ultra to the global market and, according to the company, it is ‘the ultimate phone for mobile photographers’, with Hasselblad co-engineering the system. The phone uses a quad-camera setup, including a 50MP periscope telephoto with 10x optical zoom, two 200MP sensors, and a 50MP ultra-wide (14mm). The periscope module is one of the more interesting parts, using a five-prism system to bend the light path and keep the module relati
2 days ago2 min read
TTArtisan’s New Neo Series Lenses
credits: TTArtisan TTArtisan has announced two new full-frame autofocus lenses under its new Neo series, the AF 50mm f/1.8 and AF 85mm f/1.8, with the 50mm being the first to launch. The whole idea behind the Neo series is to keep things simple, and that shows in the design. There is no aperture ring and no traditional focus ring, which is a bit unusual and suggests most controls are meant to be handled through the camera instead of the lens itself. Looking at the specs, the
3 days ago1 min read
DJI’s New Lito Drones
credits: DJI Less than two weeks after teasing a new drone lineup, DJI has introduced the Lito X1 and Lito 1. Both models are positioned as lightweight, ready-to-fly options that do not require much setup (similar to the Mini), which the company says lowers the barrier for new users getting into aerial photography. The Lito X1 is the more advanced of the two, using a 48MP Type 1/1.3-inch sensor paired with a 24mm equivalent f/1.7 lens. The Lito 1 drops down to a smaller Type
3 days ago1 min read
Viltrox’s New Evo Prime Lenses
credits: VIltrox Viltrox’s new AF 35mm f/1.8 Evo and AF 55mm f/1.8 Evo lenses are here. Both were announced at NAB Show 2026 and are built around an apochromatic (APO) optical design, which is meant to bring red, green, and blue wavelengths into the same focal plane. In real-world use, that usually means less chromatic aberration and cleaner edges, especially in high-contrast scenes, along with more consistent colour rendering. On the inside, both lenses use fairly complex op
6 days ago1 min read
Canon’s Latest Lens Patents
credits: Canon Canon has filed a new set of lens patents in Japan, outlining three very interesting designs, a 130mm f/1.8, a 300mm f/2.8, and a 500mm f/5.6. As always with patents, there is no guarantee any of these will actually become real products, but they do give us a glimpse into what Canon is at least exploring for the RF system. The most unusual of the three is the 130mm f/1.8 (technically closer to 128mm in the patent). On paper, it overlaps quite a bit with Canon’s
6 days ago1 min read
Canon’s Retro Cam May Arrive As The EOS R8 Mark II
credits: Canon Canon’s long-rumoured retro camera might not end up being a standalone model after all. Instead, it now looks like it could show up as the EOS R8 Mark II. For years, people expected something like an “EOS RE-1” to celebrate the AE-1’s 50th anniversary, but it seems Canon is going in a slightly different direction. Rather than creating a completely separate line, the company may be folding that retro idea into an existing series. According to the latest reports,
Apr 231 min read
7Artisans’ Upcoming 135mm f/1.8 Lens
credits: 7Artisans Last month, 7Artisans started teasing a new lens, and now the company has begun sharing more concrete details about its upcoming AF 135mm f/1.8. The lens will be available for Sony E, Nikon Z, and L-mount, and is positioned as a full-frame telephoto prime in a familiar portrait and short telephoto range, paired with a fast f/1.8 aperture. The company still has not revealed everything, but there is enough information now to get a clearer picture of what it i
Apr 231 min read
Panasonic’s New Lumix S 40mm f/2 Lens
credits: Panasonic Panasonic has announced the Lumix S 40mm f/2, a compact full-frame prime that looks like it is designed to sit somewhere between a standard and a wide-angle lens. At 40mm, it offers a slightly wider field of view than a typical 50mm, which tends to give a more natural perspective without feeling too tight. The lens is also pretty small, coming in at 144 grams and 40.9mm in length. From a technical standpoint, the lens uses a 7-element, 6-group optical desig
Apr 221 min read
Meike Unveiled New Lenses
credits: Meike Meike has unveiled/shown two new lenses at NAB 2026, adding both a full-frame portrait option and a fast APS-C prime to its lineup, the AF 85mm f/1.4 II and the AF 58mm f/1.2. Both lenses continue Meike’s recent push into autofocus with faster apertures, while still keeping things relatively compact compared to some of the larger options in this category. From the early looks, both lenses feature a physical aperture ring with marked stops, along with a dedicate
Apr 221 min read
DxO’s New Nik Collection 9
credits: DxO DxO’s new Nik Collection 9 is here. It is the latest version of the company’s long-running suite of photo editing plugins, and this update focuses on AI-assisted masking and more flexible editing controls. The collection still works both as a standalone app and as a plugin for software like Photoshop and Lightroom Classic, but the main thing this time is improving how you handle local adjustments rather than changing the overall workflow. The biggest additions ar
Apr 222 min read
Leica Partners With Gpixel
credits: Leica Leica Camera AG and Gpixel, a leading global provider of CMOS image sensors, have announced a new strategic partnership. The two companies are working together to co-develop a new high-performance image sensor for next-generation Leica cameras. That lines up with what Leica chairman Andreas Kaufmann mentioned late last year, when he hinted that the company was getting back into sensor development after relying more on off-the-shelf solutions in recent models. R
Apr 211 min read
Brightin Star’s New 12mm f/2.8 Ultra-Wide
credits: Brightin Star Brightin Star has introduced a new AF 12mm f/2.8 ultra-wide-angle lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras, built around a design that tries to balance field of view with more controlled distortion. At 12mm, the lens delivers a 122.5-degree angle of view, which sits in ultra-wide territory, but unlike many lenses at this focal length, it is not designed to produce a fisheye-style photo. Instead, the goal here is to keep straight lines more intact, which i
Apr 211 min read
Viltrox’s New AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB Lens
credits: Viltrox Viltrox has released a new version of its AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB lens, this time without the built-in TFT/LCD screen. Aside from that change, the specs appear to be essentially identical to the original version. It is available for Sony E and Nikon Z mounts, and like before, it is positioned as a high-end, fast full-frame prime. The lens uses a 15-element, 10-group optical design, including 5 ED elements, 3 high-refractive index elements, and 2 aspherical elements
Apr 201 min read
Insta360 Is Making A MFT Camera?
credits: Insta360 Back in January, Insta360’s CEO Jingkang “JK” Liu shared a teaser photo on Weibo that showed two unreleased products, but did not say much about either of them. Now, a new leak is starting to fill in some of the gaps, and it looks like one of those products could be a pretty unusual entry into the Micro Four Thirds space. Leaked photos, which briefly appeared on Bilibili before being taken down, show what looks like a new Insta360 camera built around a 20MP
Apr 201 min read
Thypoch’s Upcoming 24-50mm f/2.8 Lens
credits: Thypoch Thypoch looks ready to officially show its new 24–50mm f/2.8 at NAB 2026, and it marks a pretty significant step for the company. This is its first autofocus zoom lens, and notably, one of the first Chinese full-frame constant-aperture f/2.8 zooms with autofocus. The company has been teasing the lens for a few weeks, but is now starting to share more concrete details, giving us a clearer idea of how it fits into the lineup. The lens covers a 24–50mm focal ran
Apr 171 min read
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