Leica’s taking camera customization to a whole new level. Sure, Pentax paved the way for the rainbow of on-demand custom color combinations, and Leica’s always offered custom engraving on its cameras, but Leica’s taking personalization a step further and allowing you to select specific features for the Typ 240 full-frame interchangeable-lens camera with its new …

In the latest of a string of potential disruptions to the traditional digital-camera imaging model — the last was from Light — startup InVisage Technologies is gearing up to ship its first quantum-dot imaging sensors, which the company hopes will displace the more common silicon-based CMOS sensors. Unlike traditional silicon-based sensors, whose photosensitive layer consists of “buckets” that collect the …

Enlarge Image Fujifilm Making its way through its 2015 lens roadmap, Fujifilm announced that the XF35mmF2 R WR lens projected in February will be available as scheduled in November for $500 (directly converted, £324, AU$690). As the name indicates, it’s weather resistant (to 14 degrees F/-10 degrees C), plus it uses internal focus, Fujifilm’s Nano-GI coating to reduce ghost and …

Enlarge ImageThe kit mounted on a Sony A7 II. Sarah Tew/CNET Lensbaby ups its game with a higher-quality set of metal mounts and optics, toward the goal of creating a new class of lenses for creative effects that includes the Edge 80 Optic and Velvet 56 lens . The Composer Pro II improves on the original Composer Pro with a …

Enlarge Image Sigma Landscape photographers rejoice. Claiming to be the first full-frame lens of its kind — and that it’s optimized for use on cameras with high-resolution sensors — the Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art joins the rest of the company’s high-quality but reasonably priced prime lenses. Read more Our favorite lenses under $1,000 Like most of Sigma’s new lenses, it’s …

There have been a lot of interesting takes on redesigning the camera for the 21st century, from the dual-lens Kodak V570 in 2006 to Lytro’s original Light Field camera in 2012 (which got a slightly more traditional overhaul this year) to phone attachments such as the DxO One . But two-year-old startup Light, headed by Dave Grannan (former CEO of …

Sarah Tew/CNET Most of Microsoft’s hardware announcements leaked prior to its big event — color me unsurprised. But for those of you who like to study the product-debut rituals of tech companies and couldn’t make it to the live-stream or live blog heralding its new wares designed to run Windows 10 and more, recap I will. As expected, the company …

As we’ve come to expect from Adobe, among its fall 2015 updates to its traditional and Web Creative Cloud applications there are a few new completely new features, a bunch of “it didn’t do that already?” additions, enhancements to existing features and a reworking of its mobile apps. Plus the continuing sad news that updates to Bridge are not among …

Enlarge ImageChromecast Audio James Martin/CNET Unless you’ve been living under a rock — or just don’t care — you’ve already seen the leaks for most of what Google announced at press event September 29, 2014. And there really weren’t any surprises. But there was a little more detail. Here’s a recap of everything you missed. As usual, part of what …

Enlarge Image Zeiss Rather than trickle them out, Zeiss introduced a whole new Milvus line with six — count ’em, six — lenses in it, all with new optical formulas (i.e., the lens configuration) designed for future-proofing against increasing sensor resolutions and claiming increased contrast to support higher dynamic ranges. They’ll only have Canon EF- (ZE) and Nikon F-mount (ZF) …