Articles tagged "video"

It's that time of the year when Chris and Jordan look back on the year's best and worst releases of photo and video gear. As has become traditional, they've devised a drinking game to help ensure that their recollection ends up as hazy as the output of the worst lens...

Gordon Laing is back again, this time to take an in-depth look at the PowerShot Pro1, a third-generation bridge camera from Canon that featured a familiar red ring that would never again show up on a fixed-lens Canon camera.

There's an old adage about standards: the great thing about them is there are so many to choose from. That pretty accurately describes the state of USB power in 2021. In this video, Chris explains everything you need to know about USB power and how to use it.

Ben Krasnow, from the YouTube channel Applied Science, has used a homemade X-ray camera to capture a timelapse that shows what goes on inside a zoom camera lens as it goes through its focal length range.

The new Sony a7 IV offers a range of updates over the popular a7 III, but at a higher introductory price. Are the new features worth the cost of upgrading? In this week's episode of DPRTV, Chris and Jordan get to the bottom of what makes the two cameras different, and which might be right for you.

The 20mm F1.4 Pro is the first M.Zuiko lens released under the new OM System brand. Does it live up to its heritage of Olympus Pro-series glass? Chris puts it to the test to find out.

Chris and Jordan have been testing a production EOS R3 and pushing it to the limits: high ISO tests, dynamic range, eye-controlled AF, flash photography and more! Also, find out whether Jordan had to worry about overheating when shooting video.

Filmmaker and photographer Jan van Ijken has turned his microscope toward plankton for a new short film. Planktonium shows plankton in a way they are very rarely seen.

The Tamron 35-150mm F2-2.8 may seem like an odd focal range at first, but Chris argues that it hits the sweet spot for many people like wedding photographers, portrait shooters, and even for travel. It's also fast. Watch his full review to find out what he thinks of it.

Filmmaker Seán Doran rescaled and remastered nearly 80,000 images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory to create an incredible 4K timelapse of one month of the Sun's activity.

The DJI Ronin 4D is a 4-axis gimbal with an integrated full-frame cinema camera. Despite some quirks, DPReview TV's Jordan Drake thinks it's one of the most innovative video products in years. Watch his review to find out why.

Dr. Adrian Smith is back with another excellent slow-motion video of insects filmed with a high-speed Phantom camera. Dr. Smith's latest video is inspired by Stephen Dalton's book, 'Borne on the Wind: The Extraordinary World of Insects in Flight.'

The original Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 was a Goldilocks lens for many Sony E-mount shooters. Now Tamron is back with a second gen version that promises to be even better. Does it deliver on that claim? Chris and Jordan did a side-by-side comparison to find out.

Gordon Laing is back at it again with another Retro Review. In this episode, Laing goes back 25 years to provide an in-depth overview of Nikon's unique Coolpix 300 camera, which was half compact camera, half PDA.

The Z9 may be Nikon's most significant camera in a decade. Does it live up to the hype? Find out what Chris and Jordan think as they go hands-on with a pre-production Nikon Z9 to shoot sports.

Jordan is seriously impressed with the Nikon Z9's video capabilities. Find out why he calls it 'One of the most enjoyable experiences I've ever had.' Could it replace his trusty Panasonic S1H for video? Tune in to find out.

Ken Dono, who runs the OriginalDobo channel on YouTube, felt reviewers didn't test out the stabilization of Google's Pixel 6 Pro Android phone. So, he strapped it to a phone to try it out.

This is the fourth and final teaser Nikon is releasing—at least in an official capacity—ahead of its Z9 online launch event, which will take place tomorrow.

Blackmagic Design has announced DaVinci Resolve 17.4. The new version of the popular video editing application promises significantly improved performance, especially on Apple's new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.

The leak was posted to Nikon India's YouTube channel, but was quickly removed. The slides in the video suggest the Z9 might have more power behind it than Nikon has so far led us to believe.

There's a lot to test on the Sony a7 IV. To cover it all, Chris and Jordan took a road trip through southern Alberta to test both stills and video. Watch to find out if the camera lives up to the hype.

Nikon's latest Z9 teaser video hints at very capable Eye AF and Vehicle AF modes. We also hear a burst of the shutter, which suggests 20 fps capture will be present on the flagship mirrorless camera system.

Chris loves the tiny size and fast speed of the new Sigma 18-50mm F2.8, but it's not without some compromise. Find out where this lens excels – and where it falls short – in our DPReview TV review.

While the teaser itself doesn't reveal much about the forthcoming camera, the metadata tags for the video premiere hint at the name of the camera and what sort of capabilities we're looking at.

Chris and Jordan are taking a well deserved break, so we're bringing you a classic rerun: DPReview TV episode #1. Take a trip in the wayback machine and watch our review of the Sony a7 III.

The Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM II promises to deliver pro-level performance that competes with the best zooms in its class. Can it deliver? Chris and Jordan tell us what we need to know in their hands-on review.

We shot this entire review on the iPhone 13 Pro. See real world examples of Cinematic Mode, Portrait Mode, Night Mode and more. Also, find out the one thing that made Jordan declare, 'It's like having a fork dragged across my eyeballs.'

This week Jordan reviews the Panasonic BS1H, the company's first full-frame box camera. How does it compare to the S1H and Panasonic's first box camera, the BGH1? Tune in to find out if boxy is better.

The 30-second video doesn't reveal much, but one clear detail we're shown is a dual-pivoting display that will be on the back of Nikon's upcoming camera system.

Wing, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, almost lost a delivery drone when a raven attempted to take it down.

Gordon Laing looks back at Sony's Mavica FD5, its first digital Mavica camera that used 3.5" floppy discs to record between 20-40 images per 1.4MB floppy.

The Ricoh GR IIIx brings a 40mm equiv. focal length to Ricoh's legendary GR series of cameras. Find out why Chris describes the GR IIIx as a camera '...that's easy to covet and love.'

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.

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 three-minute video is an overview of the features Samsung's new HP1 mobile image sensor offers, including its various pixel-binning modes, Smart ISO and Double Super PD autofocus capabilities.

Find out why DPReview TV's Jordan Drake is planning to buy the iPhone 13, what excites him about its new cameras, and what he thinks of Cinematic mode. He also explains why he probably won't use ProRes for video.

Gordon Laing is back with another episode of Retro Review, this time showing off the first digital camera he owned, a 3.3MP Sony S70, which was released 21 years ago.

Chris and Jordan received a lot of feedback after their preview of the Canon EOS R3, and in this episode the pair answer some of the questions that came up in the YouTube comments. Watch the video to see if they answered one of yours.

In the latest episode of Japan Camera Hunter’s ‘Camera Geekery’ video series, Bellamy Hunt provides an in-depth look at one of the most sought-after Rolleiflex TLR cameras to ever be produced.

Chris and Jordan have been using a pre-production copy of the new EOS R3. Find out what they think of it after a day of shooting sports and wildlife, including the return of Canon's eye-controlled focus.

The timelapse consists of more than 13.3 million photographs capturing the 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S.

Chris and Jordan review the Laowa Argus 35mm F0.95, available in E-mount, Z-mount, and RF-mount. Find out why Chris concludes, "there's nothing else like this lens on the market."

Chris and Jordan have a special treat for this episode: reviews of the new Sigma 24mm F2 DG DN and its 90mm F2.8 sibling. See how they perform and whether they should end up in your camera bag.

Chris and Jordan analyze all the announcements from Fujifilm's recent X Summit: GFX 50S II, X-T30 II, new X-mount lenses, new GF-mount lenses, a teaser for a stacked CMOS sensor and more!

In this review Chris and Jordan explain why they're pretty impressed with Fujifilm's new XF 33mm F1.4 prime lens. They also provide a head-to-head comparison against Fujifilm's older 35mm F1.4 lens to see how they differ.

While not known by much of the west until after the fall of the Berlin Wall, production of the high-end KMZ Start totaled 75,000 units and actually beat the Nikon F to market. Click through to learn more.