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Best Cameras (2014)

Top Studio Camera: Pentax 645Z
Top Safari/Sport Camera: Canon EOS 1D X

Top Enthusiast SLR: Canon EOS 7D Mark II…

Samsung NX1

It's tough to break into the digital camera market, but when Samsung introduced their NX line in 2010, we hypothesized that they'd be around for a while. They were breaking away from their co-branding SLR projects with Pentax at an inflection point in the market, where mirrorless interchangeable-le…

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8

For a while, it seemed that the route to M43 bliss was an Olympus body with a Panasonic lens. While Olympus had high-quality, optically stabilized, and weather proof bodies since the OM-D E-M5 it took over a year before they paired it with a high-quality weather-sealed M43 lens, the 12-40 f/2.8. F…

Nikon D810

Nikon has updated the D800/D800E with the D810, a single camera which like the D800E is biased towards absolute sharpness by forgoing a low-pass filter. For a camera sharing many similarities with its predecessors, reviews of the D810 are polarized. Some remark that it is a significant improvement…

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Canon has released an updated version of its five-year old EOS 7D. The Mark II version offers a minor boost in sensor quality according to DXO mark and adds in-built GPS, while boosting the calibrated ISO to 16000 on the high-end for the 20.2MP sensor.…

Lecia X Type 113 (and X-E)

The Leica X-E (Typ 102) is a rebranding of the two-year-old Leica X2, whose main purpose appears to be to allow for a consistent numberless Leica X line going forward, starting with the Typ 113 model recently released.…

Sony Professional Program

Sony has been an interesting marque. It creates the sensors used in many high-end cameras, including its own, the Nikon D800E, and the recent crop of 50MP CMOS-based medium format cameras. Its own A7R and NEX brands have been well receive…