The DPReview Newsletter
Thursday, December 21, 2023
| | From our family to yours, happy holidays! We hope you're well, enjoying this season with kindness and joy, surrounded by photo opportunities.
Also... it's our birthday!
Twenty-five years ago, on Christmas day, we published our first-ever camera review with the Canon Powershot Pro70 and started a decades-long trek through camera history.
From our front-row seats, we witnessed the rise of digital photography. DSLRs for every type of use case flew off shelves at the turn of the century. The introduction of video recalibrated what a still camera could do. Mirrorless cameras introduced advancements to AF and subject recognition and new lens design. Smartphones and apps ushered in a new era of photography. And we were there to document it all.
My, my, my, look at the places we did go.
— Shaminder
P. S. If you'd like to send us a birthday message, drop me a line with your notes and photos. |
| |  | | Our studio scene is back up and running, so we're catching up on running some cameras through the test. First one up: the Sony a7CR. | |  | | A few weeks ago, we took you behind the scenes to tell you about the move to our new studio. Now we're back with another look behind the curtains to show you what's involved in setting up our studio test scene. | |  | | Instant cameras continue to grow in popularity. With prices ranging from $50 to several $100s, it can be hard to pick one out, but fear not; we've cut through the noise to break down which ones are worth the price of admission. | | | 2023 was another exciting year for camera releases, with new models ranging the gamut from high-performance photo/video hybrids to dedicated monochrome bodies. Now it's time to find out what you think of the Class of '23. Click through to vote for your favorite camera of the year. | | | | Prime lenses aren't what they used to be, continuing to push the boundaries for quality. This year's prime lenses included everything from ultra-wides to hand-holdable super-telephotos. Vote now for your favorite prime lenses of 2023. | | | | Zoom lenses continue to evolve. This year, we saw an incredibly diverse collection of zooms that range from 'second generation' designs to models that push zoom ranges wider and longer, sometimes with faster apertures. Now it's your turn to vote for your favorite zooms of 2023. | | | | Further Reading
Over the coming holiday weeks, we'll be looking back at some of our favorite stories of 2023.
• Looking back at 25 years of DPReview, by the numbers • The internet is eating up your photo and videos, but you can save them
Do you have a favorite DPReview story? Drop me a line, and you might see it featured here next week, along with a shout-out to you. | | | | The Leica Q3 is expensive, has a fixed lens and struggles with some ergonomic issues, but it's also the most fun Senior Editor Shaminder Dulai had with any camera all year. He explains why this rangefinder-style camera is his personal gear of the year. | | | | The Sigma 14mm F1.4 Art was impressive enough to win our Best Prime Lens award for 2023. Managing Editor Dale Baskin explains why he chose it as his personal gear of the year as well, taking it to the subarctic for some aurora borealis photography. | | | | We've already given the Nikon Z8 a Gold award and selected it as our Product of the Year, but it's the events surrounding the way we covered it that made it stand out for our Technical Editor, Richard Butler. | | | | | |
