When it comes to macro lenses, the name that springs to mind most these days is Laowa, produced by Venus Optics. Now, they’ve added another new one to their lineup, the Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO designed specifically for mirrorless cameras. Like Laowa’s other lenses, it’s a manual focus lens, and this one comes in four full-frame flavours. Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z and Leica L mounts. The new lens offers a 40....

We all saw the big announcement a couple of weeks ago about Lytro’s new Cinema camera, but the folks over at No Film School sat down to have a more in-depth discussion with Lytro’s Head of Light Field Video, John Karafin, and got an exclusive look into some of the features and abilities of the Lytro Cinema camera system. With a 755MP sensor offering 16 stops of dynamic range and framerates of up to 300fps, one could be forgiven for thinking that these were the most impressive points about this camera, but it barely begins to scratch the surface....

They sure don’t waste any time over at Magic Lantern HQ. A1ex at ML sent over a couple of firmware files over to Andrew Reid at EOS HD to test out on his new Canon EOS R camera. While neither file currently adds any functionality to the EOS R, one of them does prove that Magic Lantern commands will be at least possible on Canon’s new mirrorless. The two test files were based on the bootloaders of the Canon 80D and Canon 5D Mark IV....

[Editor’s note: obviously this is a DIY solution and it has some caveats, connecting a cable to a lens increases the chance of lens damage in case the cable is pulled too hard, so be aware of the risk if you opt to use it] For many photographers, shooting tethered is a way of life. For others, it’s something we only do occasionally when the need arises. The big problem all tethered shooters face, though, is the cable not falling out....

Match Group sued Google earlier this month over the enforcement of the new Play Store billing policy Match Group sued Google earlier this month over the enforcement of the new Play Store billing policy Match Group issued a press release confirming that it has withdrawn the request for a temporary restraining order on Google. “Google made various concessions that Match Group demanded to benefit consumers,” Match Group said (via Android Central)....