Digital Photography Review Newsletter: Wednesday, 4 March 2015

	Digital Photography Review Newsletter Wednesday, 4 March 2015 The most popular weekly photography newsletter, with over 300,000 subscribers
Welcome to the 550th Digital Photography Review newsletter. DPReview's Seattle office has been a little empty of late, as the last of the winter's various plagues has relegated some of us to our sick-beds (which is why this newsletter is coming to you a day late). But we're still working hard, as you'll know if you been watching the site this week. A new DSLR from Nikon, and new lenses from Sony have seen to that. Let's take a look at some content highlights from the past few days... Better, buffer: Nikon D7200 First Impressions Review posted Nikon's D7200 has some big shoes to fill. The D7100 was one of our favorite midrange DSLRs of the past few years, and though it's by no means a radical upgrade, the D7200 presents some notable new features. It has a 24.2MP CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter, an updated 51-point AF system sensitive to -3EV, a much larger buffer that can take up to 27 Raw images at 6 fps, and Wi-Fi with NFC. Click here to read our first-impressions review of the Nikon D7200 In the Spotlight: Sony Alpha 7S Review posted he Sony Alpha 7S is a full-frame interchangeable lens camera sporting a 12.2MP CMOS sensor. It is identical in body design to the Sony a7 and Sony a7R, but don't let that fool you. Unlike the other two, the a7S is specially geared toward video and low-light shooters. It's capable of 1080/60p video with full-sensor readout and can turn out uncompressed 4K footage to an external recorder over HDMI. Read our review of the Sony Alpha a7S CP+ 2015 Sigma Interview - "small office, big factory" At this year's CP+ show in Yokohama Japan we made time to sit down with several senior executives from major manufacturers, including Sigma. In this interview with Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma, we spoke about the challenges of making lenses for ever-increasing pixel counts, the company's 'small office, big factory' philosophy and why the company is continuing to make cameras. Click here to read our interview with Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma A closer look at the Nikon Coolpix P900 megazoom The Nikon Coolpix P900 has the longest zoom of any camera by a large margin. Whether you're a nature photographer or just spying on your neighbors (not that we'd recommend that), the camera's 24-2000mm should cover any situation. We got our hands on this monster zoom and will run through its most notable features right here. Click here to read more about the Nikon Coolpix P900 CP+ 2015: Fujifilm interview - 'our lenses are waiting for higher-resolution sensors' We recently returned from the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan. When we were there we sat down with executives from most of the major camera and lens manufacturers to get their insights and opinions on the challenges facing their companies and the market as a whole. One of them was Toshihisa Iida, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing at Fujifilm's Optical Device & Electronic Imaging products division. Click here to read our interview with Toshi Iida of Fujifilm What else is coming up? I'm awaiting final approval to post about my recent tour of Sigma's Aizu factory, in Japan, and we're also working on the Sony Alpha a7II and Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. You can expect some more content on both products in the next few days. There are a few more CP+ interviews on the way too - watch this space! Barney
News updates As Triggertrap pulls plug on Ada kickstarter, CEO Haje Jan Kamps responds to comments from unhappy backers Published on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 10:23:00 PM GMT Despite a successful round of funding through Kickstarter, Triggertrap has run into difficulties developing its Ada prototype and has announced that it will not be continuing with the project. As of November last year the company had raised nearly £300,000 in crowdfunding for its latest innovation, Ada - a high-speed shutter and flash trigger. Triggertrap CEO Haje Jan Kamps spoke with us about the response he's heard from disappointed project backers. Read more Read full story → Lowepro launches Echelon luxury bag line Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 6:09:00 PM GMT Lowepro has announced a line of new photography bags with a high-end design. The Echelon series includes a roller, laptop brief and attache with premium touches like leather handles and each piece includes a removable All Weather cover. We took the attache model for a spin - find out our first impressions of it. Read more Read full story → In the Spotlight: Sony Alpha 7S Review posted Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 PM GMT The Sony Alpha 7S is a full-frame interchangeable lens camera sporting a 12.2MP CMOS sensor. It is identical in body design to the Sony a7 and Sony a7R, but don't let that fool you. Unlike the other two, the a7S is specially geared toward video and low-light shooters. It's capable of 1080/60p video with full-sensor readout and can turn out uncompressed 4K footage to an external recorder over HDMI. Read review Read full story → Better, buffer: Nikon D7200 First Impressions Review posted Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 AM GMT Nikon's D7200 has some big shoes to fill. The D7100 was one of our favorite midrange DSLRs of the past few years, and though it's by no means a radical upgrade, the D7200 presents some notable new features. It has a 24.2MP CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter, an updated 51-point AF system sensitive to -3EV, a much larger buffer that can take up to 27 Raw images at 6 fps, and Wi-Fi with NFC. Read more Read full story → Hands-on with Nikon D7200 Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 AM GMT Nikon's new D7200 is an evolutionary upgrade to the D7100, and fixes one of the few major complaints about that model with an increased buffer depth. Other improvements are more subtle, but the addition of -3EV sensitivity to the D7200's 51-point AF array will please low-light photographers. There's also Wi-Fi with NFC, 1080/60p video, and improved battery life. Click through for some hands-on images Read full story → A closer look at the Nikon Coolpix P900 megazoom Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 AM GMT The Nikon Coolpix P900 has the longest zoom of any camera by a large margin. Whether you're a nature photographer or just spying on your neighbors (not that we'd recommend that), the camera's 24-2000mm should cover any situation. We got our hands on this monster zoom and will run through its most notable features right here. Read full story → Nikon D7200 boasts low-light AF improvements and increased buffer depth Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 AM GMT Nikon's prosumer line gets an update today in the form of the D7200. With a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor it offers a very slight resolution increase over its 24.1MP D7100 predecessor, and like that model it lacks an optical low-pass filter. But the D7200's primary enhancements include a next-generation 51-point AF module with increased low-light sensitivity, built-in Wi-Fi with NFC and an improved 100-shot buffer depth when shooting JPEGs or Raw files at 6 fps. Read more Read full story → Nikon introduces Coolpix P900 with whopping 83x optical zoom range Published on Monday, March 2, 2015 4:00:00 AM GMT Nikon has extended its superzoom range to include the Coolpix P900, offering a 16MP sensor and world's longest zoom lens, which is equivalent to a mind-boggling 24-2000mm. It features built-in Wi-Fi with NFC, 7 fps burst shooting, built-in EVF and a fully articulated 3" 921k-dot LCD. The P900 uses a new Dual Detect optical image stabilization system, claiming up to 5 stops of shake compensation. Read more Read full story → CP+ 2015: Fujifilm interview - 'our lenses are waiting for higher-resolution sensors' Published on Saturday, February 28, 2015 10:58:00 AM GMT We recently returned from the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan. When we were there we sat down with executives from most of the major camera and lens manufacturers to get their insights and opinions on the challenges facing their companies and the market as a whole. One of them was Toshihisa Iida, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing at Fujifilm's Optical Device & Electronic Imaging products division. Click through for the full interview Read full story → UK temporarily bans export of 19th century photography album Published on Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:29:51 PM GMT The United Kingdom is hoping to retain an album containing photographs by Oscar Rejlander, and as such it has instituted a temporary export ban on the relic. The ban will prevent the album from being sold to a foreigner and leaving the country (for now), and will possibly provide enough time to study the collection and its origins. Read more Read full story → Tokina to launch water dispersing filter coating and IR-cut ND range Published on Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:05:23 PM GMT Japanese optical manufacturer Tokina is showing a hydrophilic filter coating that forces water droplets to spread into a thin film so that they become invisible to the camera. The coating will allow photographers to carry on shooting when rain or spray on the lens would otherwise obstruct the optical path. Read more Read full story → NPPA and World Press plan ethics symposium following contest disqualifications Published on Thursday, February 26, 2015 1:25:22 AM GMT The National Press Photographers Association and World Press Photo plan to hold a symposium later in 2015 to talk about ethics in photography, following news that 20% of the photos entered in the World Press Photo contest were disqualified after reaching the penultimate round, due to digital manipulations of some sort being discovered. Meanwhile, the NPPA has called on the photographers disqualified from the contest to release their photos to the public. Read more Read full story → Lytro plans to shed jobs as it shifts focus to video Published on Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:21:00 AM GMT Lytro CEO Jason Rosenthal has announced that the company has raised an additional $50M in funding, but plans to use it to make a strategic shift into video and virtual reality, while shedding some jobs. Although the exact number of layoffs has yet to be decided, website re/code is reporting that between 25-50 of Lytro's 130-strong workforce may be made redundant as the company seeks to hire new employees with video and virtual reality experience. Click through to read more Read full story → Tamron SP 15-30mm F2.8 Di VC USD real-world sample gallery posted Published on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:02:00 AM GMT After handling a prototype at Photokina, we brought a final shipping sample of Tamron's new 15-30mm wideangle zoom back from CP+. The stabilized ultra-wideangle lens covers a full-frame sensor, offers a unique double lens hood design for added strength and boasts a very competitive $1200 price tag. We're impressed so far - check out our samples gallery Read full story →
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