Sony has announced the price and expected availability date in the United States for its newest flagship smartphone, the Xperia 1 II (pronounced ‘mark two’).
Announced back in February, the Xperia 1 II is packed full of pro-level photo features, including a triple-camera array, a Sony BIONZ X image processor, Zeiss-branded lenses, continuous shooting up to 20fps and even Sony’s animal and human Eye AF feature. Sony followed up the announcement with an in-depth breakdown explaining the details of the impressive collection of camera tech inside the flagship device.
This new information from Sony is to confirm that pre-orders will start on June 1 with the first units set to ship on July 24. The Xperia 1 II will retail for $1,200 and all pre-orders made before June 28 will receive a free pair of Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless noise-cancelling earbuds as an added bonus.
As I read the Sony literature, the lenses are not Zeiss-branded. Only the lens coating is so. Perhaps I misunderstood it, or Sony’s description is clumsy?
On the specifications page: "ZEISS® quality lenses calibrated specifically for Xperia 1 II, ZEISS® T* Coating" Interesting wording there, with "ZEISS quality". My guess is, it's like any of the "Zeiss" optics from the Cybershots of the past twenty years; designed by Sony and approved by Zeiss. It's not like Sony has been lacking in optics design, though.
This phone looks really good but for anyone who also enjoys great sounds, those headphones are amazing. I own a pair and can’t do without them when I travel or just want to chill with the sounds and nothing else.
certainly looks good, I totally disagree that the lifespan of a smartphone is 12-18 months, I am still using a Microsoft Lumia 950XL running Windows from 2015 so the limiting factor for me is not as many have said, the O.S, Windows was discontinued years ago but still works fine, its the battery !!!, I have replaced my battery twice now because they all have a limited life on all phones, on the 950XL you just take the back off and put a new one in, and it has a great camera too. £1200 for a device that will inevitably need a battery change in a couple of years is a no from me, apart from anything else, its so wasteful as most devices get thrown away when the battery life falls below a days use, so far as I know, batteries on many modern phones are intentionally near impossible to replace
My phones have been kept working for an average of four years. The exceptions were a problematic Lumia Windows phone that eventually had an effective update but I broke it soon after, and both iPhone 5s that had battery failures or randomly switched off at an indicated 30% charge around their second birthdays. Had a few Androids that worked for about four years and my iPhone 8 seems to be approaching that age and is no worse than the latest iPhone SE in performance/utility.
I do appreciate a decent camera on a phone. I decided to do daily walks lately and now carry a Motorola one zoom. Having OIS 80mm 26mm and 13mm equivalent lenses with me on regular walks means I can shoot all those picture opportunities I always missed. And yes, the quality is very good. Especially with the google cam from the pixel phone installed. However, I only bought it because of a special offer of 269 euros. If the phone was in the 1000 euro range, I would probably leave it at home. Most phones do not last more than 2 year no matter what I do.
For that price I rather buy a RX100M7, A6400 or Canon EOS RP with real camera ergonomics and a decent sensor. For the other functions I can also buy a $200 Chinaphone which can pair easily with modern real cameras.
Considering that the launch price of Iphone and S20 is about the same, then this is really a good value. It's a high end phone with a camera that performs like A9 in your pocket. No need to worry about carrying a stand alone camera in places where there are unexpected moments you want to capture on the fly.
Good luck dealing with Sony's service. I bought a phone from them, the touch screen failed in 10 weeks. Sony took 2 months just to get an RMA number to me, then sent me back the phone 3 times still broken before finally replacing it with a refurbished phone 11 months after I purchased it new. I had long since bough a replacement phone and sold the Sony for 1/4 of what I paid for it.
Never again will I deal with that level of incompetence.
I've completely opposite experiences from Sony. They've been highly reliable for me, and is my go-to Android brand. A crappy customer experience you have there though :(
Most phones have good cameras, but lock them down with their stupid camera apps and thus limit them. If I can't adjust shutter speed or pick a different camera to use in video, then it's limited.
Apos like Filmic Pro are amazing, let you shoot in log,slide mo, adjust all your settings but half the time.it doesn't work on a lot of Android phones because they look out those features to only their camera app.
I don't get it. Limiting my ability with a phones camera is going to make it less likely to buy.
It looks good but competition is fierce amongst its strong rivals of Apple, Samsung and possibly cheaper models Motorola, Hiwalli, other Chinese makes, etc
• € 1750 for my phone • a lifetime to find the appropriate music I like • fitting all of them in usable quality in the 512 GB of memory on the road with me - priceless
In the last 14 years I've had only 4 phones, all Sony. (2006: Sony Ericsson K750i, 2011: Sony Ericsson MT15a Xperia Neo, 2015: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, 2019: Sony Xperia XA2). I've found then extremely reliable.
On top of that, Sony phones always seem to get more life out of a battery than other manufactures manage.
$1200 is about the norm for a flagship these days. My s20 Ultra was $1400, but $600 after a Samsung trade in deal. Had the camera system lived up, I would have paid the full-fat $1400 no problem. But it's been a disaster and I'm relieved to have paid "only" the $600 at this point.
If this Sony's cam setup truly performs as the reviews show, I'll be happy to shell out $1200 for it (a client of mine has pre-ordred 3, while waiting for the Pro model). We both can't wait to get rid of the S20U. The screen, speed and features have been amazing, but my smartphone has become the camera I shoot 90% of my photos with, so having a camera that is supposedly this good on a phone will be exactly what I've been waiting. Plus, I'm slowly shifting from Canon to Sony (stopped using my 6D for an RX100M6, waiting to get an A7) and trying to find another alternative to my iPhone (11 Pro Max), so it will be good to have a cohesive eco-system.
As a B roll camera, you have possibilities. It is always with you unlike your bigger rigs unless you are a pro. I am looking carefully at what Sony and Apple does, and a few others out there. Smartphones have their place out there and point and shoots aren't always better. First you better have that point and shoot with you for that amazing unplanned event. Good luck on that. Also, with smart algorithms getting better all the time, the argument for most for a point and shoot becomes even weaker. Remember this is a phone and internet portal. Your RX100 or otherwise is not. Sharing is at least a few more steps than a smart device. With streaming the big deal in 2020, Smartphones give you compelling options that point and shoots won't. If you think also in systems, rather than what is better or not, you get this. There is always a better thing. But what is your audience, your application, system, workflow, and lastly, story.
It depends - what do you mean perform worse? I have G7X M2 (a bit better RX100M1). It's more comfortable, taking better pictures usually, but still - my P30 Pro has ultrawide lens/camera, Thanks to software, it actually takes better pictures in night without tripod and so the water blur (thx to software even in daylight without ND and tripod). So even now - with the help of better algorithms, smartphones can do sometimes better job (at least if you are in a hurry)
Mr Kaja ... what you mean is, you don't have the photographic skills to get the best out of a camera .... so you use a mobile phone which does all the work for you. Try learning how to use the camera in manual, then you'll see which one delivers the best!
Common :) You missed what I was talking about. As a first - I know how to use camera, how use manual mode, filters...etc...but it doesn't matter. And I said I usually get better results from G7X, but honestly - have you tried to use phone like P30 Pro, before you wrote it? For example night mode at night without tripod - G7X - ISO12800, f/1,8, 1/10s. P30 Pro with his algorithm gets more detail in shadows (comparing to RAW from canon). Im not even talking about DSLR with set lens (common in family use). Or can you blur water (more than 1/10 or what you can usually hold) without tripod in your camera? Not even talking about other cameras than G7x (which has ND in body). P30P can hold a few seconds... it wont make you the best looking pictures, but they are still usable and you have this option (immediately without preparation). And it still depends on your creativity.
For example from my onedrive - P30 Pro - one ultrawide camera and one telecamera (105mm eq. (!)). Both from hands without much effort. Not best example, just two snaps which I came across first.
Unfortunately, I have deleted the night test (but of course, I can make a new one). People hadn't belived me, until I sent them G7X RAW and P30P nightmode JPG...
Funny how it seems many are focusing on the price, and the lens and such things.
The first thing I noticed is what seems to be the AF feature of this phone.
Most generally one of the things that smartphones do not really compete with when it comes to actual cameras is AF. This thing seems to be able to keep up with decently quick moving targets and can freeze the frame.
This is huge. I am on an iPhone myself, and I find myself wishing that apple would some day do something like this in terms of AF, but I am not gonna hold my breath. Of course having a MILC myself, it is less of a need. But generally... looks like the first time people will be able to catch their kids running around, and other such things with a phone in good lighting.
I wonder if sony will produce any telephoto lenses for this thing 🤣
I'm a Sony Xperia user for 6+ years now. They pulled a trick on me twice when I bought a hi-end model and only gave me just one upgrade on the android version. That is not the way you can get 1200 dollar from me or anyone else.
I've never purchased a premium smartphone and don't think I will start now. But - and it's probably just me - I don't associate the name Sony with phones - premium or otherwise. Their A7 cameras OTOH have been a great contribution to the photographic industry. That said, watching the promo video for the Xperia, what I really want is... an FX9! 😁
Sony has also announced that if customers will pre-order the smartphone by June 28, then they will get a free pair of Sony WF-1000XM3 noise cancelling earbuds.
It sucks Sony can't do this, but modern phones take pics at 8K and 24FPS. Then you you quickly scan through the frames for the perfect one. One can then crop the 33MP image for better framing, a telephoto efffect and get a lot more detail than this entry level Sony phone. Smartphones can combine the images to for greater DR and even more detail...well maybe not the Sony.
Eh, 24FPS isn't much better than the full-res 20fps this can already do. Also, I don't know if I'd really call cropping an image like that acceptable quality, after seeing Samsung's results with their "Space Zoom."
-33MP 24FPS isn't much better than the 20MP 20fps-
That was funny! Even at the same FPS, 33MP is going to be a lot better than 20MP from that smaller tiny sensor in the overpriced entry level Sony smartphone.
I can't imagine Sony would drop down to 12MP (after having 23 and 19mp sensors in their older phones) without a technical reason for it. I think Ted Forbes (of Art of Photography) hit it on the head: Sony are trying to do everything during capture, instead of with computational techniques afterwards. And yes, I'm certain we'll see composite images with higher dynamic range.
Ziginox, this is not only a low resolution sensor, but it is smaller than what many competitors use. Add to this Sony is generations behind in computational photography, and you end up with a smartphone that is basically entry level and overpriced. And lets not forget Sony phones have a history of being difficult to use and lacking basic features. This is why they've fallen to a less than 1% market share.
It is hilarious that Sony has spent hundreds of millions on smartphones and now has (practically) a 0% market share. Can anyone think of a more massive failure?
As the Verge and other site point out about Sony phones: Sluggish performance Poor camera quality Unwieldy design
"To name a few of the biggest offenders, its buttons barely raise up out of the frame, making them nearly impossible to feel for or press. The hardware is slow, the cameras are miserable, and the glossy paint surrounding the camera bump chips off after a few weeks of use. If you want to watch 21:9 movies, make sure you’re doing it with headphones because the single bottom-firing speaker is weak. Forgiving cheaper phones for little flaws is easy and expected. But when $300 can get you a great phone, like the Moto G7, Sony’s mistakes are too obvious to ignore."
"difficult to use" and "lacking basic features"? You understand you are blaming Android here, right. If this phone had lots of pre-installed apps, you'd call it bloatware. Pasteing text from some unrelated review has nothing to do with this phone. You have decided to take bias against Sony, and you're a bit desperate to prove whatever your point is.
Its not adroids fault that Sony phones constantly freeze and stutter. Sony adds tons of bloatware, and like theor camera menus, they use an interface on top of android that is difficult to use. Anyway, Sony has a less than 1/2 % market share. No one takes them seriously.
...Mine certainly doesn't freeze and stutter. The bloatware was pretty light, and it's mostly stock android with just a few different visual cues, and Sony's own launcher.
Almost no one likes the Sony launcher and Sony almost never pushes out Android updates, which is why they've only sold 8 phones in the past 5 years. They've fallen to the 14th or 15th top smartphone maker, and have less than a .5% percent market share. That means when rounded for many reports it show up as 0%.
For what it's worth, I don't use the stock launcher since I've been happily using Nova forever now. That being said, the Sony launcher on my XZ2 is pretty much a direct clone of the AOSP launcher from Oreo.
It doesn't matter how awful Sony's phones are. They now have less than a .5% market share. In many reports they show up as 0. There are more than 14 manufactures who sell more smartphones. 14 manufacter's whose phones are are all preffed of the Sony junk.
As a user I am rarely interested in market shares, I'm more into user experience and reliability etc., so i've feeling eiher the 1ii or the xperia 5 will be my next phone.
I had a Sony Xperia xz it was a great phone until breakdown. Sony does not provide good support for iOS and service. 3 times I sent my phone to service. They don't have any service here . Second it is a unsual small market phone therefore parts are extremely expensive. Think 3 times before buy
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but I can't stand the ultra-wide format used on this and many other smartphones.
Even 16:9 ratio is too wide for many subjects. On the other hand I find the opposite problem with standard photographic formats such as M43, APS and FF, which all have an approximate 3:2 ratio.
A compromise 16x10 ratio would work better for almost any subject, in either landscape or portrait orientation, and would make little difference in pocketability.
PLShutterbug - I don't claim to be the final authority on anything.
BUT, if you *think* about it, you'll realise that most photos, regardless of subject matter are generally cropped to a less extreme format - e.g. A4, 10x8, 20x16 etc.
And if you use *common sense*, you'll realise that fewer pixels are wasted, if the camera format more closely matches the typical final crop format. Or is that a wee bit too difficult for you?
Or maybe you just like, for some very odd reason, to shoot everything in near-panorama format, and throw away most of the resolution of the sensor?
PLShutterbug - You started the sarcasm, I just "returned the favour".
My comments that you need to *think* and use *common sense* were not a "personal attack", just an indication that you should utilise those skills when formulating a reply!
Just wait for the Pixel 4a and save yourself $900. With that leftover money, buy a Sony RX100 VI. That's how you do compact, pocketable photography for $1200.
3.5mm for people who might actually purchase a 3000 dollar pair of buds and dont want the absurdity of a dongle
and a screen unnotched , that does not insult the eye or the mind of a photo user a film watcher or those who accept the logic of an unmutilated screen in television portable video , the movies , a computer screen etc and will not accept it in a phone
Using a phone as a camera in a serious way is akin to using a toaster to iron your shirt. You can do it, but the overall experience and result is rubbish.
You're talking absolute nonsense. I've have landscape shots that I've taken with a 5 year old phone printed out on my wall and they look fantastic. Maybe you need to work on your technique a bit, or buy a decent phone.
99tollap ... maybe you need Specsavers ... because my S20 pictures look good (provided it's a sunny day and I don't zoom), but they're insignificant compared to even something basic like an RX100 MK1.
Well I compared my old Nexus 5x photos to my old RX100 IV and they were remarkably close in good light, and sometimes slightly better in low light. Go and buy one of the latest Google phones maybe? Or maybe you need to swtich off scene optimiser on your S20.
99tollap, "I've have landscape shots that I've taken with a 5 year old phone printed out on my wall and they look fantastic" They look fantastic on your own reference scale, which is relative and not shared by everyone...
99tollap in no way can your Nexus 5 Deliver better images than a 1" RX100. Maybe you should check the settings on your Sony, because if you are getting better images on your Nexus, you're either blind, lying, have a lack of ability to properly scrutinise photos or your Sony is knackered! To say a mobile phone camera delivers better low light images than a 1" sensor .... well, you clearly have no idea how to work a camera!
I have the sony Xperia 10 plus. Thought it would be inexpensive good phone. Unfortunately, It’s rather slow. The camera has decent image, but no iOS. Wish I spent a little more, not thrilled that camera now fogs up, presumably from moisture (a real problem in NW). So now looking at alternatives. Not encouraging to hear that Sony is afraid of “cannibalizing” RX100 series. How can this be a problem when sales are down even for rx100 cameras? I might be forced to go back to iPhone or Samsung, but hate JPEG super-sharpening watecolor which is ruining phone camera image quality. Guess I’ll use my cheapo dslr for a few more years, when maybe phones get serious about image quality.
Sony camera works again, fwit. Living south of Seattle, I should have thought about phone water resistance, or lack thereof before I bought it. Sony xperia 10+ is still a good phone for the money. I'll try not to make a habit of making clueless posts. Have a wonderful day, a day we salute our veterans.
I suppose the question is: are you buying a phone with a good camera, or a camera that is also a phone? I bought a Xiaomi CC9 Pro to use as a backup phone/camera, but found the customized software to be terrible (cannot install Netflix for whatever reasons). Yes, it is in my briefcase, but I most of the time I simply took pictures with my iphone.
As a camera that is also a phone, the camera part fell short with small main sensor size compared to Xiaomi/Huawei.
However, it is to be noted that while Xiaomi/Huawei main cameras got bigger sensors with more pixels, their wide angle and telephoto both use smaller sensors. Sony being the undisputably leading CIS supplier, I am wondering what were the design considerations (lens size/form factor)?
I am actually eyeing on either the Xiaomi K30 Pro Zoom or the newly announced Vivo X50 Pro. Both phones offer unique camera technologies and a lower price point.
The only problem I have with Xiaomi phones so far, is their lack of radio bands that work in other countries. Not sure about Vivo phones though.
Everything looked right until I came across the pricing of $1200. Considering Sony's market share is really horrible, a more aggressive price should be adopted, unless its camera really outshines Apple, Samsung and Huawai by a large margin, but I seriously doubt that.
@onelessguy, i could say the same thing in the other direction. The phone is always ready, as long as the battery isn't dead.... i mean we all know phone batteries are bad when you run the cameras a lot, and no removable batteries anymore.
I've gone months literally without changing my DSLR batteries, with regular use, thanks to my grip with 2800mAh EBL batteries. Phones are always at the ready, unless it's 11pm and they are plugged into your charger.
No, it lasts months bc a DSLR hardly uses any juice when idle. I can compose, take my time between shots, and very little juice is used. I even have my D300 set for a 4 second sleep timer on the metering sensor.
On the other hand, that huge screen and tiny sensor must be powered for a phone to even be able to see composition, and you can't even quickly swap a battery. I have a 2nd grip tray with 8 more batteries loaded, takes me 6 seconds to swap them out.
Phones are only convenient if you don't need more than an hour of battery life, otherwise they are a detriment.
how is their even a debate between the quality\ images worth between phones and cameras
cameras are superb tools for a purpose ... creating an image with a proper sensor a proper control scheme a proper lens with proper elements not lens elements the size of a pearl of barley they have large swappable batteries , can mount large robust memory cards and perform functions cellphone simply cannot without resorting to simulation upon simulation
a phone is an all purpose minicomputer that does dozens of things but not one of the very well
those who think the cameras in their phones are anyway in the same league as a dedicated mirrorless or dslr have forgotten the names of their fathers
Tech is most important pre-sale but support is more important post-sale (IMO). IDK but I would guess that Sony is not very good with monthly security patches or Android updates which is a shame as the phone itself is very shiny. Please convince me I'm wrong. Months of quarantine have left me very bored with my current phone..
Mine is model from 2015. Came with android 5.0.1 and I got 6.0.1, 7.0 and 7.1.1. Phone from May/2015 got updates until september/2017. Their phones from february/2018 have the latest android 10.
Be sure this phone will earn android 11 by november or early december.
@Cheezr What's with the convince you you're wrong mentality? It's up to you, the person with the claim, to provide the supporting facts, not the other way around. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Speaking as a Sony user of an earlier model its main attraction has been a bright screen for daylight viewing and the IP65 water resistant , Sony phones are sold at a loss so I'm sure your getting your monies worth.
@huyzer it was an attempt at humor that you apparently missed ;-) @h2k So if you don't know something you should be silent and never ask anyone else for information? How's that working for you?
My Z5 was sparse with security updates, but it did get upgraded from 5.0 all the way to 7.1.1. Granted, security updates back then weren't as easy as they are now. My XZ2 got Android 10 pretty quickly. Security updates are weird, when I first got the phone they were almost always on the 10th day of the month. Now it seems Sony has been sending them out every other month only. Still better than others, but I wish we were getting them every month, still.
Early reviews rave about the camera quality, but also point out weird limitations like inability to zoom smoothly across lens boundaries (i.e., you can’t zoom from 16mm to 35mm without switching “lenses” first), and the wonky UI in portrait mode.
This is the first Android handset in years that made me feel envious as an iPhone user, so I hope Sony fixes these software issues ASAP.
Right, but if you’re zooming from 16 to 35mm you would expect the phone to switch lenses for you automatically at 24mm, but (according to the review) it doesn’t—you need to press a button to swap lenses manually, apparently in an effort to imitate the user experience on an MILC.
But why would one want to imitate the act of lens swapping, arguably the most obnoxiously unproductive part of the ILC user experience? I swap lenses on my camera because I like using different lenses, not because I like interrupting my shooting to change them.
@quiquae, that's because Sony is trying to advertise the flagship Xperia lineup as some sort of "lite" version of RX series - therefore even though it is less expensive and more convenient to carry, the overall shooting experience needs to be inferior to RX100.
This means that it doesn't carry any features that their digital cameras don't have - no computational image processing to further improve the image quality even in the regular camera app, no all-pixel Dual Pixel AF (Only 247 focus points), nor an actual user friendly UI that would make the one on dedicated cameras look absolutely stupid. Some of the features have also been stripped off to make the RX100 appear better too, such as 960fps slow motion recording which suddenly just disappeared from last year's Xperia 1.
Maybe it's a good way to boost the sales of the camera division, but I bet it won't help the mobile division that much.
@quiquae, Don’t get your hopes up. Sony doesn’t fix, address, or even acknowledge software issues. The menus in the original a7s haven’t really changed. They still suck, and Sony adamantly refuses to change them! They do add features.
so the only problem is having to click once to switch lenses? I'm guessing to zoom from 16-35 you would have to click somewhere anyway. for me it doesn't seem like a big problem.
I thought about that strategy but what I found is that the depreciation is fairly similar no matter what level of camera you buy. Look at the depreciation on two phones of the same make and model (separated by one generation, like Pixel 3 and Pixel 2) after one year. Not a huge difference. So I'm not sure you end up saving much by buying an older gen camera or by buying a model from a lower tier.
Brent, that is why they make the Google - Pixel 3a/3aXL for $279/319. To me, that is a great little phone that does a lot for that price. My Pixel 2 is still doing everything I need and more. When it dies, I'll be getting the 3a.
Buying midrange phones gives much better value for your money, and if you have a dedicated camera there is no need to spend up to a thousand $ more for a better camera. Investing that 1000$ on camera gear holds value much better and delivers much more satisfying results imo.
I agree that the best value lies in the $400 and lower segment. These $1K+ cameraphones are liable to get a lens scratch at a moment's notice; the alternative is to religiously guard your phone, but who would want that kind of hassle.
@snapa the cheaper Pixels are pretty good, and I'll see what the best deal is when my Pixel 2 encounters planned obsolescence this fall. I bought it at quite a discount on the verge of the Pixel 3 release, but I don't like the 2's design (and the 4 looks awful).
+1 My old $200 phone can run google's newest gcam app :-) OTOH again Sony fails to make any mention of their CP capabilities and IQ results vs. Google and Apple, the field leaders .
Similarly, none of my 6+ Alpha cameras has any CP features, besides the 12-yr. old DRO (still decent for its time, yet limited). Not even the newest Sony cameras seem to include a trace of CP... :-(
Eye AF is great, but it doesn't matter/overkill for 99% of my landscapes; i wish for CP, if Sony cares to hire the s/w resources to implement a gcam port into their cameras - those with enough CPU and Bw.
Are there even any other phones that offer burst shooting and continuous AF and eye AF? I tried on my Google phones and wasn't able to do burst shooting. Interesting to finally see a camera manufacturer bringing their camera tech to the cell phone market.
I am not convinced burst shooting is something you really want on a phone. All modern phones do burst shooting, but that is so they can combine all the frames to create a better looking photo (remove noise etc). I am guessing when you choose burst mode on the Sony, you are missing out on all the AI stuff which improves the image quality.
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At a quick glance, you might even think this ultra-fast prime was a first-party Leica lens, thanks to its similar design and typeface used for markings on the lens.
What's the best way to get a sharp photo: the "Mr/Mrs Pinchypants" or the "Down on the ground pound"? In this episode of DPReview TV, Chris shows you the right way to hold your camera to get the best results.
The Peak Design Marketplace is a peer-to-peer platform where consumers can buy and sell pre-owned Peak Design equipment that keeps the company's lifetime guarantee intact.
We've just received a production-ready Pentax K-3 Mark III, and we've gotten straight to work with it to see what it can do. Check out our samples from a variety of lenses and a variety of sites (and sights) up and down the Puget Sound region in Washington State.
Tokina’s new 25-75mm T2.9 lens slides between its current 11-20mm T2.9 and 50-135mm T2.9 cinema lenses, making a trio of constant T2.9 zoom lenses from 11mm through 135mm focal lengths.
Razer's Blade 15 laptop first launched in 2018. Since then, the company has made numerous updates. The latest refresh adds new 11th gen Intel processors, faster memory, PCIe Gen 4 storage, a thinner design and more. It may be a gaming laptop, but there's a lot to like here for creators, too.
The New York Times and the Content Authenticity Initiative have unveiled a prototype system to inspire confidence in photos by securely recording and making available information about creators, edits and publishing information for photographs.
The Prvke Lite is the latest release from camera bag/strap maker Wandrd. A shrunk-down version of their popular full-sized Prvke bag, this model is perfect for smaller kits, including mirrorless cameras.
Why are modern 50mm lenses so complex? Lens designers didn't add all that extra glass just to charge more money and make the diagram look cool, explains Roger Cicala.
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