Outwardly similar, the 26.1-megapixel X-T30 has quite few physical improvements over its predecessor the X-T20. With a brighter EVF, a thinner and more responsive touchscreen LCD, the X-T30 also has an altered grip section, a new eight-direction joystick that replaces the old four-button direction pad, and a new automatic-manual lever
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With the opportunity to get our hands on the Sony a6400 (ILCE-6400) mirrorless camera and the 135mm f1.8 GM (SAL135F18Z) lens that have been launched recently, several features of the mirrorless camera and lens stood out to us - speed, versatility, and portability chief amongst them. They reside on near
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Sony had launched the a6400, a 24.2-megapixel mirrorless camera that boasts the world's fastest autofocus acquisition speed, real-time eye AF and 11 fps continuous shooting with mechanical shutter (8 fps silent shutter with full tracking). [caption id="attachment_134999" align="alignleft" width="1024"] The Sony a6400 with FE 1.4/85 GM portrait lens. Image: Ian
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Fujifilm has just launched a trio of products: the X-T30 mirrorless camera, Fujinon XF16mm f/2.8 R WR lens, and the tough XP140 compact camera. X-T30 Mirrorless Camera The X-T30 will be launched on March 20 this year, the latest in line in its X series of mirrorless cameras. With a
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The Canon EOS RP is the company's smallest, lightest full-frame EOS camera, coming to Singapore and available for pre-order immediately at a very competitive price (body-only) of SGD 1,999. Pre-order bundle promotional prices are available at the end of the article. [caption id="attachment_134868" align="alignleft" width="1024"] The EOS RP with the
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Fujifilm has announced the availability of its first GF-mount telephoto zoom lens, the Fujinon GF100-200 f5.6 R LM OIS WR. With a 35mm equivalent focal length of 79-158mm, the GF100-200 is ideal for nature and landscape photography applications, adding on to Fujifilm's GF series of medium-format optics, now totalling nine
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It's absolute pandemonium in the mirrorless world as we gear up for Photokina 2018 to be held in Cologne, Germany in a couple of weeks' time. Ahead of the official launch, Nikon Singapore invited a round-table of journalists from eight publications to a closed-door hands-on session of their new Z7
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It's a busy time in the camera industry, just weeks before Photokina 2018. We've seen the premiere of full-frame mirrorless options by heavyweights Nikon and Canon, joining old-timer Sony in this market segment. Fujifilm, the long-time mirrorless powerhouse of the APS-C world, has just released the follow-up to its flagship
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It's pandemonium in the camera industry right now. Long-time dominant manufacturers Nikon and Canon have given up significant ground in the industry to burgeoning mirrorless players like Sony, Fujifilm and Olympus. Despite developments on the mirrorless front, only Sony has truly held on to pole position all these years. That
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After months of dropping hints and weeks of releasing teaser videos, Nikon has finally officially unveiled its Z series mirrorless camera system. Their launch of the Z-series involved two full-frame (FX-format) cameras, three lenses, and an F-mount (FTZ) adaptor, with more lenses and accessories in the pipeline. Nikon Z7 –
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Since the digital revolution at the turn of the century, there's never been a more exciting time in photography. No longer the domain of the wealthy or the professional, quality photography has come within the grasp of ordinary consumers. Better yet - the mirrorless revolution sparked by the likes of Olympus,
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Fujifilm has been a mainstay for portrait and street photographers with its revolutionary line of X-series mirrorless cameras. With simple, intuitive dial-based controls hearkening back to film days, and a system of compact yet powerful APS-C crop sensor bodies and astoundingly sharp Fujinon lenses, the only thing Fujifilm had lacked
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Launched in 2011, Nikon's mirrorless debut was a disaster. The Nikon 1 series of compact mirrorless cameras had plenty going for it: class-leading autofocus and continuous shooting frame rates. But with its small CX 1-inch sensor, the ill-fated series of cameras faced a matured mirrorless market, issues that came with
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With three years since its predecessor the A7II, Sony's all-new A7III represents a revolution in its full-frame mirrorless lineup. With the groundbreaking A9 released last year, and the astounding A7RIII earlier this year, Sony claims that the new A7III combines characteristics of both flagship devices. At around SGD2,700, it is
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With their long line of full-frame Mirrorless DSLR-killers, Sony's A7 series has been the bane for traditional camera giants like Nikon and Canon. Eliminating some heft and bulk in exchange for an electronic viewfinder (EVF) that accurately reproduces the image your sensor is seeing, Sony's full-frame mirrorless A7 family is
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Continuing in a line of stellar mirrorless systems in the EOS M series by Canon, the newly announced EOS M100 promises the speed, precision and interchangeable system of lenses of DSLR cameras while retaining the easy operability of a smartphone - all in a small and portable package. With its
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For photographers who seek the perfect mirrorless camera, Leica has just launched the Leica TL2, the second generation of the brand’s APS-C mirrorless camera family. In traditional Leica fashion the new TL2 is itself a device of considerable attractiveness - the camera’s entire body is milled from a single block
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Sony today announced its most advanced digital camera ever, the new Alpha A9 (ILCE-9). The mirrorless camera uses the world’s first full-frame stacked CMOS sensor offering 24.2 MP resolution and featuring integral memory. According to Sony, the sensor enables data speed processing up to 20 times faster than previous full-frame
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Sony decided that the only thing the NEX-5R needed was NFC. So they threw it in and called it the NEX-5T: the 2013 refresh of the company’s mid-range mirrorless ILC. But is it enough? We put the latest iteration of the NEX-5 under the microscope to find out. (more…)
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