Big Canons at a big price Canon Australia has added the Canon RF800mm F5.6 L IS USM, and the longest focal length RF lens yet,… Read more
Posts published by “Keith Shipton”
New M43 releases in February
Both Panasonic and Olympus plan to announce new Micro 4/3 cameras this month, with the Lumix GH6 expanding Panasonic’s video-oriented range, while the camera-brand-formerly-known- as-Olympus… Read more
REVIEW: New superzooms more different than the same
In late 2021 Canon and Nikon released 100-400mm lenses for their full-frame mirrorless cameras. The similarities and differences between these lenses are summarised here. Although… Read more
Camera shipments held steady in 2021
Supply constraints contributed to another grim year for the Japanese camera manufacturers, while somewhat more positive results in lens shipments indicate that there may be life in the old dog yet! Read more
REVIEW: Nikon Z9
NIKON Z9: Nikon’s best mirrorless camera to date features a new, stacked 45.7-megapixel sensor and an EXPEED 7 processor that is up to 10 times faster than previous chips. Read more
Pubic hair and the censor
I look at nude bodies all the time in my work. Art history is full of them – painted, sculpted and photographed – and they fill the walls of galleries and museums. I stand before them, projected on screens, as I lecture on the subject. Read more
Spiritualism and the medium of photography
The word séance conjures images of darkened rooms, entranced mediums, strange occurrences and spirit voices. For many contemporary audiences, these visions might seem like something… Read more
What’s new in ’22?
We asked Stuart Holmes, managing director of Independent Photo Supplies, the leading Australian supplier of all things related to photographic printing, a question or two about the immediate past and Covid-impacted future of businesses with a focus on photographic output. Read more
Leica launches 60-meg M11 rangefinder
The new $13,500 Leica M11 wins bragging rights as the first camera to be announced in 2022, and features an innovative 'Triple Resolution Technology' which can capture images at 60, 36 or 18 megapixels, using the full sensor area. Read more
Free the Adobe shackles in 2022!
Special thanks to imaging software developers Capture One and ON1 for respectively announcing major upgrades in what is the low-news part of the year! Both… Read more