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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Welcome to the 783rd DPReview Newsletter

This week we wrapped up a couple of reviews, focusing on recent enthusiast options from Canon and Sony. You can read our reviews of the Canon EOS M200 and Sony Alpha a6100 via the links below. We also published two videos, following photographers Jean Fruth and Lauren Kelly as they shot on assignment with the Sony a9 and Canon EOS RP, respectively.

Meanwhile, I got my hands on Nikon's new Noct 58mm F0.95 and wrote a eulogy for a word that used to mean something.

Thanks for reading! Barney


Sony a6100 review: Should this be your next family camera?

Sony's a6100 adds powerful autofocus and a touchscreen to its low-cost mirrorless camera. But little inconsistencies mean it's not quite the excellent beginners camera it could be.

Read our review of the Sony a6100

Canon EOS M200 review: Your new pocket-friendly companion

The EOS M200 is Canon's new entry-level mirrorless camera. It's easy to use, takes great photos, and crams a big APS-C sensor into one of the smallest camera bodies on the market. We think that's a recipe for success – get all the details in our full review.

Read our review of Canon's EOS M200

Lauren Kelly documents tea production with the Canon EOS RP

Sponsored: In this video, we join photographer Lauren Kelly, as she travels to the Kagoshima region of Japan with the Canon EOS RP. Her objective: To document the cultivation and production of matcha tea.

Watch our video from Kagoshima

Jean Fruth captures Grassroots baseball in Route 66 Tour

Sponsored: In this video, we join photographer and Sony Artisan Jean Fruth as she travels around America shooting grassroots baseball using the Sony Alpha a9.

Watch grassroots baseball

News updates
Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 10:20:00 PM GMT

The filter holders are constructed of an aluminum alloy and can rotate a full 360-degrees. Just make sure to remove the holder before turning off your camera, otherwise, your filters could end up shattered on the ground.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:12:00 PM GMT

Rather than being based on a particular emulation or color scheme like most presets are, Visual Flow's 'The Modern Pack' presets are designed to be used based on the lighting environment in which the image is captured.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:32:00 PM GMT

The new tool streamlines the process of selecting objects within an image and is essentially a more precise version of the Select Subject tool unveiled in January 2018.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:00:00 PM GMT

In this video, we join photographer Lauren Kelly, as she travels to the Kagoshima region of Japan with the Canon EOS RP. Her objective: To document the cultivation and production of matcha tea.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

The EOS M200 is Canon's new entry-level mirrorless camera. It's easy to use, takes great photos, and crams a big APS-C sensor into one of the smallest camera bodies on the market. We think that's a recipe for success – get all the details in our full review.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

The Mavic Mini is DJI's smallest drone yet, with a weight of only 249g. We had a chance to go hands-on with the Mini to find out if there are any tradeoffs to such a small quadcopter.

Published Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

The DJI Mavic Mini is the smallest, lightest drone DJI has made to date. Despite its small size, DJI has managed to pack a lot of features and functionality into a system that DJI claims has a flight time of up to 30 minutes.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 7:52:00 PM GMT

Retroactive, developed by Tyshawn Cormier, makes it so Aperture and iPhoto applications can continue to run on Apple's latest operating system, macOS Catalina.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:20:00 PM GMT

The Loupedeck Creative Tool goes beyond photography with a customizable interface that's program-specific and extremely customizable.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:20:00 PM GMT

Useful? Probably not very, for now. But researchers insist that the technology may have practical applications in future.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:42:00 PM GMT

Agora, a free-to-use photography app, received almost 17,000 entries for its #Water2019 competition. Here is the winner and a few top finalists.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 3:28:00 PM GMT

Canon suggests downloading all of your photos before the service officially shuts down on January 31, 2020.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

Sony's a6100 adds powerful autofocus and a touchscreen to its low-cost mirrorless camera. But little inconsistencies mean it's not quite the excellent beginners camera it could be.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:00:00 AM GMT

Tamron just announced a trio of featherweight full-frame lenses for Sony E-mount. We had the chance to check two of them out at last week's Photo Plus Expo in New York.

Published Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:16:00 AM GMT

Following the launch of Apple's new AirPods Pro, we are sad to report that the word 'Pro', an abbreviation of the noun 'Professional', has died, aged 221.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 10:04:00 PM GMT

After cutting subscriptions to Venezuelan Creative Cloud users due to a U.S. Executive Order, Adobe has announced it's since received a special license to continue to operate in the South American country.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 7:25:00 PM GMT

The Funleader LensCap 18mm F8.0 is an ultra-thin lens that will come in Sony E and L mount options. The Kickstater campaign is roughly 30% funded at this time and the first units are expected to ship in December 2019, assuming it hits its funding goal.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 3:54:00 PM GMT

The new feature is found in the latest versions of the Ricoh Theta smartphone apps for Android and iOS, and require the latest firmware for both the Theta V and Theta Z1 cameras.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 2:52:00 PM GMT

The update is set to arrive before the end of the year and will also improve the onboard real-time Eye-AF and address general performance issues.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 2:00:00 PM GMT

Google's Pixel 4 promises all sorts of capture and processing cleverness, but what does that mean when you go out and shoot with it? Delve into our sample gallery to find out.

Published Monday, October 28, 2019 1:45:00 PM GMT

The adapters make it possible to use either Mamiya or Phase One/Schneider brand Mamiya 645 lenses with Sony E mount camera systems.

Published Sunday, October 27, 2019 2:00:00 PM GMT

This gallery includes sample images from a pre-production Fujifilm X-Pro3, captured in Calgary, Alberta, while shooting our hands-on preview for DPReview TV.

Published Sunday, October 27, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

For all of their advantages, drones have another key weakness: they're quite easy to lose. Here are some common pitfalls that might bring your drone to an untimely end – and how you can avoid them.

Published Saturday, October 26, 2019 6:14:00 PM GMT

There were no passwords or payment details revealed in the exposed information, but you'll want to keep an eye out for detailed phishing attempts.

Published Saturday, October 26, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

While working through our EOS M6 Mark II review, we've packed our favorite primes and taken Canon's speedy mirrorless camera all over town to capture a beer fest, Barktoberfest, and everything in-between.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 9:40:00 PM GMT

Production houses will need to shoot with specific settings in place, but this certification makes the S1H one of the most compact and budget-friendly options on Netflix's small-but-growing list of cameras that can be used to shoot Netflix Original content.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 7:40:00 PM GMT

The lens marks the first third-party autofocus lens for Canon's RF lens mount. Pricing remains a mystery, but the lens is set to be available around the world in November 2019.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 6:57:00 PM GMT

We got a chance to take a few shots with the new Nikon Z 58mm 0.95 'Noct' lens at the Photoplus trade show in New York City. Check out our first samples here.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 4:56:00 PM GMT

At age 70 Jim Jannard goes into retirement, ending a career that has included Oakley, RED Digital Cinema and its Hydrogen project.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 4:55:00 PM GMT

The company's famous darkroom paper gets a warmer base and deeper blacks, while the green/blue sensitive film will be manufactured for 35mm and 120 medium format cameras

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 2:48:00 PM GMT

The winners of the 2019 Nikon Small World photography competition have been revealed with an incredibly vibrant image of a turtle embryo taking home first prize.

Published Friday, October 25, 2019 1:00:00 PM GMT

What's the most important thing to get right when shooting video? The audio, of course! In this article we walk through what it takes to get great audio including types of microphones, important accessories and a few pro tips based on real world experience.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:16:00 PM GMT

Canon has shared a 90-second video showing how the Defocus Smoothing (DS) coatings inside its upcoming RF 85mm F1.2L USM DS lens works to smooth out the bokeh in an image.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 7:11:00 PM GMT

The new wireless Tether Tools device offers a connection up to five times faster than the Tether Tools Air Case and is now compatible with many more camera brands.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:32:00 PM GMT

The update brings new and improved features to compatible iOS and iPadOS devices, including external drive support, new aspect ratios, improved performance and more.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:14:00 PM GMT

Over 600 entries were submitted for the inaugural Leica Women Foto Project Award. We've rounded up a collection of images from the three winning photographers.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 2:10:00 PM GMT

Blackmagic Camera 6.6 brings a number of new features to both the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and 6K cameras.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 2:00:00 PM GMT

In this video, we join photographer and Sony Artisan Jean Fruth as she travels around America shooting grassroots baseball using the Sony Alpha a9.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00:00 AM GMT

Canon has just announced the development of its latest flagship DSLR, the EOS-1D X Mark III. With the same dual-grip design and EF mount as its predecessor, it's designed to take a beating and keep on going. Here's what we know so far.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00:00 AM GMT

The Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM and RF 85mm F1.2L USM DS will arrive on the market in November and December, respectively. The 70-200mm will sell for $2700 and the portraiture-optimized 85mm will cost $3000.

Published Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00:00 AM GMT

Each of the new kits includes a new Canon accessory. The 90D gets a new battery-free microphone while the G7X Mark III and M200 receive a new tripod grip and wireless remote. 32GB SD cards are also included in each of the kits.