How We Tested Autofocus
Gadgets Details of how we pushed the latest SLRs from Nikon and Olympus There is no single measure of autofocus ability, so we did two main tests to judge the cameras chops. The first was to see how...
View ArticleSharper Shooters
Gadgets Nikon and Olympus reinvent autofocus so you can grab better action shots Digital SLRs shoot as fast as machine guns, but all those pictures are useless if they come out blurry. Autofocus often...
View ArticleMiddleweight Camera Championship
Gadgets A showdown of smaller “big” cameras from Canon, Olympus, and Panasonic Size is an issue with cameras. I miss a lot of good shots when I don’t feel like lugging around a hefty SLR (such as my...
View ArticleA Mini SLR
Gadgets This new design borrows from both pro cameras and pocket models The big news in cameras is actually pretty small. A new format with the wonky name “micro four thirds” (referring to the image...
View ArticleRetro-Futurism: Olympus's New Rangefinder-Inspired Digital Camera
Gadgets Olympus's EP-1 digital squeezes many of a DSLR's features into a compact package inspired by the fifty-year-old Pen F Sometimes looking to the past to inspire designs of the future is inspired...
View ArticleOlympus Updates PEN with EP-2, Still Chases Panasonic
Gadgets Olympus today continued the game of cat-and-mouse that is the land of Micro Four Thirds cameras with their new PEN EP-2. The new shooter, which comes on the half-iversary of… Olympus today...
View ArticleDon't Buy A DSLR
Gadgets Just getting into photography? Great! When you're looking for a camera, keep on walking past those DSLRs--as of now, their moment is over. You want to get more into photography. You've got...
View ArticleCan Billionaire Robert Bigelow Create A Life For Humans In Space?
Space The baron of low-Earth orbit Robert Bigelow—low-key billionaire, space entrepreneur, avowed believer in extraterrestrials—has invited us into this warehouse to show off his blow-up space home....
View ArticleThis professional camera uses artificial intelligence to focus on and track...
Gadgets The camera utilizes ‘deep learning’ AF tech found inside high-end smartphones. Olympus pivots away from this year’s trend of full-frame mirrorless cameras with its newest offering.
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