Even though SLR cameras adopted digital image sensors as far back as the 1980s, other key components have remained defiantly mechanical. Mirrorless cameras removed the mirror and optical viewfinder ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A couple of days ago I wrote about the mystery of why my camera refuses to let me set ...

More importantly the shutters are complicated and expensive to make, and finicky sods to keep running smoothly, not to mention seriously restricting the possible top speed of the lens; and the need to ...