Tag: Canon

Canon and Nikon move up-market with full-frame mirrorless cameras. Could this be a way to avoid the inevitable smartphone takeover of the lower end segment?

Lately I've been so caught up with the beast that is the Panasonic Lumix GH5 for shooting videos here on Stark Insider that it's easy to assume no other camera in the world matters... or even exists. Silly me! Interest in the venerable Canon EOS 80D, for instance, remains relatively...

The smartphone is devouring the stagnant DSLR camera market. Can mirrorless models save the day for Canon and others?

Blackmagic Design announced a battery grip for its Pocket Cinema Camera 4K that could make it more enticing for video shooters looking for a compact setup. Priced at $245 (USD) the grip connects to the bottom of the Pocket 4K -- similar in design to other grips we've seen before...

At 2 years old now, is the Panasonic Lumix GH5 still a good camera for shooting 4K video? To cut to the chase: yes. Most definitely would be my response. Given that the GH5 came out in 2017 and is still a worthy competitor -- if not best in class -- is...

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A woman in wine country. A woman in trouble. Again.

Limiting yourself to a manual prime lens can ultimately improve your composition and focusing skills, and maybe even lead to more creative results.

In the camera world 2018 will be remembered as the year that both Canon and Nikon finally entered the full-frame mirrorless market. Canon with a single model, the EOS R and Nikon with a pair of full-frame models, the Z6 and Z7. It was a long time coming. Sony had...

Digital camera makers continue to face heavy headwinds, primarily from the do-all cameras we're carrying with us 24/7: smartphones. The advent of the smartphone and something called "computational photography" which leans on software processing to provide additional capabilities is continuing to disrupt the traditional camera market. That means pain for...