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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
The Latest Canon EOS R6 V Rumours
credits: Canon A bunch of new details about the Canon EOS R6 V have started to come out, and they change quite a bit compared to the earlier rumours. At first, it sounded like Canon might strip things back, especially when it came to stabilisation and cooling. Now, the newer info points in the opposite direction, with the camera actually getting features that make it look like a much more serious hybrid body. One of the bigger updates is IBIS, which is now expected to deliver
16 minutes ago2 min read
Light Lens Lab’s New 50mm f/1.9 Lens
credits: Light Lens Lab Light Lens Lab has announced a new 50mm f/1.9 “Rigid-ZS6” (Super Six) lens for Leica M-mount, adding another option to its Rigid Series. The lens is built around the original “Super-Six” double-Gaussian optical formula, using a 6-element, 4-group design with full-frame coverage. The goal seems to be keeping that older rendering style, especially in terms of bokeh and colour, while making some adjustments so it works a bit better on modern digital senso
16 minutes ago1 min read
Kase’s 150mm f/5.6 Reflex Lens Is Here
credits: Kase Kase’s new 150mm f/5.6 AF Reflex lens is now officially here, and it is a bit of an unusual one. It is a mirror (catadioptric) lens, which already makes it different from most modern lenses, but the bigger deal here is the fact that it actually has autofocus. That is something you almost never see with this type of design, especially at a relatively short focal length like 150mm. On the inside, the lens uses a 5-element, 4-group optical design that combines mirr
1 day ago1 min read
The Latest Sony A7R VI Rumours
credits: Sony The rumour mill around the Sony A7R VI is really starting to heat up. For a while, it was just talk that the new full-frame camera would show up sometime in May, but now there is a more specific date going around, with the A7R VI expected to be announced on May 13, 2026. If that lines up, it will land right in the middle of a pretty busy period for camera announcements. The biggest talking point is the rumoured 67-megapixel fully stacked full-frame sensor. That
1 day ago2 min read
The Latest Nikon Compact Camera Rumours
credits: Nikon New rumours suggest that Nikon’s planned compact full-frame camera could end up with a fixed focal length lens, which would definitely be a bit of a surprise. Back in early February, rumours of a compact Nikon full-frame camera started circulating, possibly based on the Nikon ZR and specifically built for photographers. At the time, the idea was a viewfinder-less system camera with interchangeable lenses. Now there is a new twist, and it is still not clear if t
4 days ago2 min read
DaVinci Resolve Photo Tools Update
credits: Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 21 Beta 2, a quick follow-up to the recent public beta. It comes less than a month after the first version and mostly focuses on fixing issues and smoothing things out, especially around the new Photo page. The fast turnaround suggests Blackmagic is paying close attention to early feedback as it continues pushing Resolve further into photo editing. Most of the changes in Beta 2 are about reliability, to
4 days ago1 min read
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
5 days 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
5 days 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
6 days 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
6 days 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
Apr 281 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
Apr 282 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
Apr 271 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
Apr 271 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
Apr 241 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
Apr 241 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
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