Lori Grunin

5D Mark IV sensor earns best Canon score on DxOMark. But…

You’ve read the headline — before I jump in, I’ll launch into the cautionary comments. DxO’s camera sensor test scores require lots of caveats, mostly due to how the individual tests are factored into the overall DxOMark score, the assumptions behind it, and how the differences translate into what’s visible. But over time the measurements …

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Canon rejuvenates its 70

Eleven years is a long time in camera technology, so prosumer sports and wildlife photographers who shoot Canon should rejoice that the company’s affordable 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom has gotten an updated replacement. The upgraded version, the EF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 IS II USM, has the new Nano USM motor that debuted in the recent EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM for …

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Sony 18

Sony pops out a little brother to its full-frame FE PZ 28-135mm f4 G OSS cinema lens, the E PZ 18-110mm f4 G OSS (SELP18110G) designed for Super 35 and APS-C models of its camcorders and mirrorless cameras, like the A6300. Since it’s for E mount rather than FE, it’s compact and light — just under 7 inches/168mm long and …

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Pokemon Go must be banned in India, petitioner tells high court

And you thought the danger from Pokemon Go was of bumping into things because you weren’t watching where you were going. In India, the ills of the wildly popular game could be more nefarious. That’s the gist of a petition (known as a “public interest litigation,” or PIL) filed Thursday in the Gujarat High Court that seeks to ban Pokemon …

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iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2: Everything you need to know from today’s announcements

Now playing: Watch this: What really mattered at Apple’s iPhone 7 event (Mario,… 2:57 Though widely anticipated as a rather boring update to the iPhone, Apple’s September 2016 announcement event actually revealed some nice, if not unexpected, products. It started with James Corden driving Tim Cook to the event as part of Carpool Karaoke. Turns out some episodes of the …

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The iPhone 7 Plus camera is ‘Apple’s best’ but what does that mean?

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 Plus gets dual cameras 1:53 Apple has introduced the first truly major update to its iPhone camera that promises an improvement in photo quality beyond the incremental annual changes (beyond ancillary updates, such as flash or image stabilization) since the original model. The iPhone 7 Plus brings new capabilities — some more accurately described …

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Adobe Team Projects could give video producers hours of their lives back

Following Adobe’s software development is a lot like watching Babylon 5 (through season 4): One big story arc that lasts years until you finally see where it’s been headed all along. We’ve finally reached that point for Adobe’s Creative Cloud video strategy with the latest announcement, Team Projects. It’s the culmination of the development that started with the centralized cloud-based …

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Honorable mention goes to Netflix’s ‘Mascots’ in this new trailer

Some might say that sports mascots are already a parody of themselves, but no one can take the ridiculous and make it even funnier than Christopher Guest. The man who tackled the world of dog shows (“Best in Show“) and folk singers (“A Mighty Wind“), among other mockumentaries, now takes on team spirit for Netflix in “Mascots.” The first trailer …

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Tamron overhauls its popular 150

Continuing its trend of delivering a more upscale line of lenses than it had when Tamron introduced its original dSLR full-frame mount SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD three years ago, the company plans to ship its vastly updated G2 versions shortly. It’s got the modern metal build of Tamron’s latest lenses, plus newer coatings (including a protective fluorine coating …

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DxO One snap

DxO’s Lightning-connected iPhone camera has been getting new features via software on a regular basis since it was first released almost exactly a year ago. And while it would might have been nice to get some new hardware, the updates and additions to the DxO One do make it more relevant than ever. These include the ability to remotely control …

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