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Yesterday we saw a really cool video shot in a Mexican underwater cave using a Sony A7S, but did you know that the first underwater photograph was created way back in 1856 by William Thompson? This is but one of the fun facts included in The Telegraph's list of ten "useless but exceedingly interesting facts about...

 

 

Israeli visual artist Ynon Lan recently created a distinct time-lapse video for jazz/soul singer-songwriter Amana Melome's music video for her song "If and When."

What makes this video particularly interesting, besides the great music, is the brilliant editing techniques that Lan utilized. Per Canon Watch, the...

 

 

If you want to find the Canon G7X Mark II on our website as of today, you don't need to worry with typing it into the search box. Just look at our Most Popular Cameras pod to the right of the page and there it sits, right on top in the pole position. That pod is automatically populated by what our readers are...

 

 

A tripod is the quintessential must-have video accessory for capturing smooth, shake-free video.  Practically any tripod -- even the medium-sized pan/tilt unit you're already using for stills -- can be pressed into service as a video tripod. But if you expect to execute smooth pans and shoot professional...

 

 

My field test for the new Canon 1D X Mark II couldn't have gotten underway any better. Knowing I was taking Canon's flagship "uber-camera" designed for speed and action under my wing, I had to look for photography opportunities that really put the camera to the test, and sports was first on my list. After a few...

 

 

In much of the northern hemisphere, we're entering that humid time of the year with frequent haze. On some occasions haze can add something desirable to an image, but more typically it just reduces sharpness, color and contrast in what might be an otherwise beautiful landscape.

There are multiple ways that you...

 

 

Sony's been slowly but quite steadily growing their selection of mirrorless system lenses, especially regarding their much-loved full-frame A7-series. With a major focus on professional photographers as well as cameras with higher and higher megapixel counts, such as the 42MP Sony A7R II, the team at Sony saw the...

 

 

The Platypod Pro was released last year. Designed to support cameras with small to medium size lenses, this $50 camera support kit promises to help photographers set their cameras up for very low angle shots, something that is often difficult -- if not impossible -- with traditional tripods. And now, the makers of...

 

 

Cave diving is dangerous, but it offers up the chance to see wonderful sights and natural formations unlike anything else on the planet.

Christoffer Brenna, Jonas Pedersen and Sebastien Keller recently made their way to the El Toh cave in Yucatan, Mexico. The resulting video seen below is stunning.

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Despite starting as a simple photo-sharing social network, Instagram has become an increasingly popular tool for businesses, helping them build brand awareness and advertise their products. With the upcoming launch of Instagram Business Tools, the popular social media platform hopes to help businesses stand out and...

 

 

The Nikon D500 uses an EN-EL15 lithium-ion battery, which Nikon has used in other cameras including the D7000-series, D600, D800-series, D750 and V1. In 2013, Nikon changed the way this battery discharges electricity, and the result has created some consternation and battery woes for recent D500 purchasers.

For...

 

 

Memorial Day weekend provides one of the best Sundays for motorsports fans as the day begins with the historic Monaco Grand Prix, followed shortly thereafter by the legendary Indianapolis 500, and finishes with NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600.

This year's centennial running of the Indianapolis 500 saw American Alexander...

 

 

If the popularity of pocket zoom and superzoom cameras on our site is any indication at all, there are a number of you readers out there who crave zoom range in a reasonably small package. Well, we're here to tell you that we're with you, as most of us at IR are admitted addicts ourselves.

So when the Canon SX720...

 

 

If you're a fan of DxO Labs' Optics Pro raw processing app for its incredible PRIME denoising engine, you're not alone. I've been heaping praise upon the feature for a fair while now, ever since it launched with Optics Pro 9 back in late 2013. This week, the launch of Optics Pro 11 sees the feature becoming...

 

 

A couple of months back, we brought you our first real-world photos from the impressive-looking Sony RX10 III. We noted at the time that the images, which were shot by Imaging Resource founder and publisher Dave Etchells at a press event in San Francisco, were from a pre-production camera running beta...

 

 

Versatile, compact, and flexible, ball heads deliver a unique combination of seamless control and convenience. With literally hundreds of models on the market, though, choosing the best ball head for your budget and needs can be a confusing process. To make that decision a little easier, we've picked seven of...

 

 

My first Nikon D5 Field Test focused on the camera's autofocus and high-speed performance. My second Field Test addresses the new 20.8-megapixel image sensor, overall user experience, low light performance and video features.

With the central autofocus point rated to focus in light as low as -4 EV and the rest of...

 

 

While you might not use your phone as your primary camera, it remains the case that smartphones are the world's most popular cameras, and many photographers are pleased to have one right in their pocket. On Flickr in 2015, a whopping 42 percent of photographers used their iPhone to capture images uploaded to the...

 

 

If you're a photographer and hockey fan, then perhaps the most gut-wrenching thing you saw during the second game of the Stanley Cup Finals last night wasn't a hard hit or hockey stick to the face, it was a lens falling onto the ice and then being briefly batted around by Pittsburgh Penguins forward Patric...