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Underwater housings can be very expensive, with prices sometimes running into the thousands. However, photographer David Wahlman didn't want to pay the high prices so he built his own underwater housing for less than $50.

The materials Wahlman used include a sealable container, such as Tupperware; an extra lid or...

 

 

Apple’s latest iPhones, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, have wider color gamut displays than their previous iterations. The phones’ built-in cameras support the wider color range but many image sharing platforms convert images to sRGB when you upload them. Instagram has now changed their platform to allow iPhone 7...

 

 

While there is no confirmation or official announcement to make, Kodak is "investigating" bringing back Kodachrome. They are currently considering what it would take to start producing and selling Kodachrome again. Kodachrome was first sold in 1935 and was produced until 2009, when production of the iconic film was...

 

 

Professional retoucher Sarah Tucker has learned a lot from other retouchers during her career and wanted to give back to the community by recording and releasing a free eight-part video series which cover her complete editing and retouching process.

Her series covers topics including blemish removal (part 1, seen...

 

 

In 2015, Canon announced that they were working on a 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor. The sub-full-frame sensor packs 19,580 x 12,600 pixels on its 29.2 x 20.2 millimeter surface, offering a pixel density of 418,000 pixels per square millimeter. Per Canon’s press release at the time, even the low-light and high ISO...

 

 

Scott Kelby of KelbyOne wants to help you create better HDR panoramas in Adobe Lightroom. Of course, you need to make sure that you have good files to work with in Lightroom if you want to get good final results. When shooting images for an HDR panorama, you want to use your camera in a bracketed exposure mode....

 

 

During Photokina 2016, Olympus announced the 30mm f/3.5 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED lens, their second dedicated macro lens for Micro Four Thirds after the 60mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED -- which was coincidentally announced during Photokina four years prior. We have now tested the new macro lens and published our...

 

 

In an unexpected move at the Consumer Electronics Show (the “electronics” part of the name makes the news even more surprising), Kodak announced that Kodak Ektachrome 100 is coming back. Ektachrome was originally discontinued back in 2012 due to stagnating sales, but later this year, it’ll be back. The transparency...

 

 

We have featured the excellent time-lapse work of Mike Oblinski before. The wedding photographer has a passion for storm photography and storm chasing. He has always shot his storm photography and time-lapse videos in color, as he loves the vibrant colors of storms. But as he says about his latest video, PULSE,...

 

 

Amid the huge trade show that is CES, the larger companies often steal the thunder with big product announcements, leaving smaller niche products lost in the noise. There are a few products which have stuck out which we thought were interesting.

The Polaroid Pop

Polaroid is of course the iconic company...

 

 

Understanding print resolution can be a tricky topic. For photographers, new and seasoned alike, there can be a lot of confusion with print resolution and dots per inch (dpi). At what resolution should you print your images? How does your camera’s megapixel count influence how big you can print your work?...

 

 

Texas-based portrait photographer Francisco Hernandez doesn’t want to eliminate ambient light with his off-camera flashes, but rather he wants to mix ambient and artificial light to create nice, natural-looking results. It can be quite tricky to get the balance correct, so he has created a behind the scenes video...

 

 

2016 was not kind to GoPro. The company saw its stock prices plummet, was forced to trim its workforce on two separate occasions and had to recall its Karma drone.

Not keen to stay grounded for long, GoPro has announced that its first drone will be relaunched later this year. The $800 aerial platform will...

 

 

It has been a while since we have covered one of Mathieu Stern’s “Weird Lens Challenge” videos, but they’re all fun, interesting videos so click the link above to catch up! Today we are looking at his latest addition to the challenge, which sees him utilizing a night vision lens to capture portraits.

The lens in...

 

 

Nikon has just announced three new products at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: the D5600, an update to the popular mid-range DSLR camera; the Coolpix A300, an economical camera designed to fit in your pocket; and the Coolpix W100, a weather- and water-proof camera with a friendly design intended...

 

 

Live from CES in Las Vegas, Fujifilm has just announced a new rugged FinePix camera in addition to several new premium colors variants for their award-winning X-Pro2 and X-T2 cameras.

Fujifilm FinePix XP120: Rugged, durable compact camera is ready for adventure

The Fujifilm FinePix XP120, successor to the XP90,...

 

 

After getting a sneak peek at the upcoming Panasonic GH5 back at Photokina in September 2016, we're finally learning all the details, specs, pricing and design information about Panasonic's new flagship camera today, after its full launch during CES in Las Vegas. While some of the big hallmark features, such as 6K...

 

 

This is certainly a big CES 2017 for Panasonic! In addition to their new flagship camera, the Panasonic GH5, the Japanese company has also announced the FZ80 and GX850 cameras in addition to five lenses. Exciting times in the Panasonic camp, indeed!

Panasonic FZ80

We'll start with the new FZ-series camera, the...

 

 

The Canon G9X impressed us with its great image quality and compact form factor. The newly updated Canon G9X II offers much of the same except this time with improved performance and a handful of other new features.

Built around a 20.1-megapixel 1-inch CMOS sensor and 3x zoom 28-84mm equivalent f/2.0-4.9 lens,...