Amazon closing DPReview – Is 25 years of camera knowledge in the bin?

Dear Amazon.

DPReview is not a pair of underpants a customer sent back that you will now toss into the mountain of unwanted products at the back of the warehouse soon to be taken to landfill on a dying planet. DPReview belongs back in the community. This site belongs with *us* the camera community and I don’t care at all that Amazon paid a nominal sum for the website in the heyday of the DSLR revolution, it is pocket change for them, genuinely valuable for us, and besides OUR culture is not yours to vandalise or chuck in the trash.

These were the primary thoughts I had upon hearing the news that DPReview will be closed by Amazon. Not sold. Not rebranded. Closed.

Will a suitable buyer step forward? One that understands the importance of objective, factual, written tech journalism?

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What’s best out of the new releases? Comparing the Canon EOS R7, R10, Fuji X-H2 & Panasonic S5 II

Hello, and an introduction for those coming from YouTube. This is a written piece of information, which features words. Although words are a way of getting information across quickly, I do understand that some may not have the attention span longer than 5 seconds any more. So I have kept things short this time. If you need to read for longer than 5 minutes, this may bring you to the part of the screen you might not be familiar with, known as the bottom. Don’t be scared. I recommend some matchsticks in the eyes to keep them open, I always found this works well.

It is 2023. 14 years of mirrorless cameras and finally the perfect one might finally be upon us. Autofocus that works perfectly in every mode, no crop 6K, 10bit LOG, full frame and all for under $2000. I am of course referring to the Panasonic S5 II. But there are other interesting choices too.

Here I’ll give you some thoughts on purchasing a new piece of kit for between $1000-$2k, about the runners and riders in this price category.

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