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3 weeks ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
A Belgo-Dutch startup is developing an alternative to color filters that would let sensors capture all the light shone on them. This has the potential to push past on of the limitations of existing Bayer sensors, giving up to a stop of improvement in tonal quality and noise, and potentially allowing higher resolution capture.
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3 weeks ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
Sigma has announced an ambitious series of super-bright cinema lenses, due later this year, raising at least the possibility of some of the designs making their way across to the photo space.
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3 weeks ago | 
koaa.com | Richard Butler
BOULDER, Colo. — The front lawn of the Boulder County Courthouse was filled with cheers, music, and personal stories Friday as local leaders and community members gathered to celebrate a moment nearly 50 years in the making. The courthouse, long recognized as a symbol of equality and courage, was officially designated a national historic landmark for its role in LGBTQ+ history.
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3 weeks ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
It's been an interesting experience to write about the Sigma BF and the Fujifilm X half in such close succession. Both, in their own ways, are unusual cameras that don't readily fit into existing categories. They're both designed to appeal to people who wouldn't go out and buy one of the cameras currently on the market. In reality, they have very little in common with one another.
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3 weeks ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
Fujifilm's X100VI remains hard to get hold of, over a year after its launch. Demand significantly outstripped supply and the company has been struggling to catch up, despite talk of trying to increase production capacity. So, if you're fed up of waiting for an X100VI to become available, and don't want to line the pockets of scalpers on eBay, what are your options?
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4 weeks ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
It was something that haunted the fringes of my consciousness, like some half-remembered nightmare. It couldn't have been real, surely? And yet it had the shape of an actual memory. News of the death of filmmaker David Lynch no doubt caused plenty of us to recall the strange, compelling and sometimes distinctly unnerving visions he committed to film. This week it unexpectedly prompted some other memories.
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4 weeks ago | 
denver7.com | Richard Butler
BOULDER, Colo. — The front lawn of the Boulder County Courthouse was filled with cheers, music, and personal stories Friday as local leaders and community members gathered to celebrate a moment nearly 50 years in the making. The courthouse, long recognized as a symbol of equality and courage, was officially designated a national historic landmark for its role in LGBTQ+ history.
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1 month ago | 
denver7.com | Richard Butler
DENVER — A sea of American flags waved proudly at Fort Logan National Cemetery on Monday as families, veterans, and community members gathered to honor those who gave their lives in service. Roughly 125,000 service members and their loved ones are laid to rest at Fort Logan, and Memorial Day remains a solemn tradition on the cemetery’s grounds. “It’s not merely a day of remembering our veterans,” said Lieutenant Colonel Thom Scheffel with the Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary.
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1 month ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
All product photos: Richard ButlerThe Fujifilm X half is a JPEG-only compact camera with a fixed focal length and a vertically orientated sensor, designed to mimic the experience of shooting with a half-frame film camera. It prioritises fun over technical excellence.
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1 month ago | 
dpreview.com | Richard Butler
Ricoh developing new GR IV with camera due later this year Perhaps unsurprisingly for such a well-established line of cameras, the design study for the new camera looks an awful lot like its predecessor. Image: RicohRicoh has announced the development of the GR IV, the latest in its long-running and much-loved series of fixed lens compact cameras. An HDF version with built-in highlight diffusion filter will also be offered.
