Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Thursday, March 18, 2021

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched its first independent Mars mission last July with the Tianwen-1 probe. After entering Mars' orbit in February, Tianwen-1 has captured highly detailed images of Mars, which have been shared this month by CNSA.

GoPro has released a refreshed version of its Quik app for Android and iOS devices. With Quik, users can edit photos and videos and create automatic highlight videos of their favorite events.

The webcam accessory kits include a USB cable as well as a dummy battery and charger for connecting your Canon DSLR or mirrorless camera to your computer.

Good news for E-mount shooters: While the Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA optic was impressive, the new Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM appears to exceed it in nearly every respect. Click through for a closer look.

DPReview has been able to confirm with Leica its entire product lineup—barring a few new releases—will see prices increase at the beginning of April.

In this video, photographer Taylor Jackson takes the Nikon Z6 II deep into the mountains of Washington State to see what it can do.

Skylum today announced Luminar AI Update 2. The free update includes significant improvements to Sky AI, including the ability to show sky replacement reflections in water.

The StudioDock, first shown off at CES, is a charging dock for iPad Pro and iPad Air devices that adds an array of ports for connecting a display and peripherals, as well as a UHS-II SD card slot for offloading photos and video.

The 64th annual World Press Photo Contest recently announced its nominees. Winners will be announced on April 15th.

Adobe has released a slew of updates for Lightroom, Lightroom for mobile and Lightroom Classic.

It's rare that Chris and Jordan review a lens with almost no faults, but the Sony 50mm F1.2 GM hits the mark. Watch their review to find out just how good it is.

The Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM features the company's latest and greatest optical technology, but does the image quality live up to this lens's billing? Click through to see our sample gallery.

Sony has announced its ultra-fast 50mm F1.2 GM premium full-frame lens. With three special elements, four linear focus motors and an 11-blade aperture, Sony promises quick focus speeds, minimal aberrations and 'smooth' bokeh in a relatively compact package.

Learn to pronounce the names of German cameras, lenses and photo companies the way a German would with this handy lesson from Analog Insider

With dual processors, dual card slots and more, Nikon's Z7 Mark II is a more capable camera than its predecessor in every way. But we have a few remaining qualms: find out just what we make of the Z7 II.

The new Primoplan 58mm F1.9 lens pays homage to its classic predecessor, but features an improved construction with better materials for an array of lens mounts.

First launched in early 2004 under the name Optics Pro, DxO rebranded its raw processor as PhotoLab back in 2017. The latest version is DxO PhotoLab 4, and if you're curious about what it does, and how it performs, click through to read our full review.

500px offers Pro members a new web-building tool for creating portfolio sites to show off their work beyond the 500px community

Modern cameras have some amazing features, but they're not always turned on by default. This week, Chris and Jordan share their recommended setup for two popular models: the Canon EOS R5 and R6.

In Myles Matsuno's 'We're the People' video series, Matsuno highlights different people. One of his subjects, Terry Fouche, is a photographer and pastor. Fouche loves building relationships with people, and it's inspiring to listen to him speak about his photography.

The update doesn't have a release timeframe, but Atomos and Sony are working together to add 12-bit ProRes RAW recording to the Ninja V monitor/recorder when used with the FX3 Cinema Line camera.

In the late 1980's, East German camera conglomerate Pentacon was all set to launch a high-end autofocus SLR called the Praktica BY60. But it never happened. Despite this, some of its technology and design live on...

OPPO launched its latest smartphone today, the Find X3 Pro. The new flagship phone features a pair of 50MP cameras that can capture one billion colors.

After announcing DaVinci Resolve 17 in November and fully releasing the final public build last month, Blackmagic Design has updated Resolve and Fusion to version 17.1. The new update adds native support for Apple's M1 Macs.

The kit doesn’t appear to be limited-edition in any sense, but it does pair the black D-Lux 7 camera with a hand grip, extra battery and paracord hand strap designed in collaboration with COOPH.

The Panasonic Lumix DC-S5 is the company's most portable full-frame stills/video hybrid camera. Read our in-depth review to see how it stacks up against the competition.

The Fujifilm GFX 100S packs an image-stabilized 100MP medium format sensor into a body about the size a typical full-frame camera. It delivers great image quality in a walk around camera, and also includes a new film simulation: Nostalgic neg.