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Want a pocket-friendly long-zoom camera with fuss-free operation? For the last year and change, the PowerShot SX610 has been Canon's offering in this space. Now the followup Canon SX620 HS is here with even more zoom reach, and friendlier operation in a design that the company says is still pocket-friendly.

 

 

Do you love black and white photography? Want to learn more about the medium, see inspirational imagery, and get great ideas for your next monochromatic artwork? If so, our good friend Chris Gampat -- better known on the web as The Phoblographer -- has a project that will likely be of interest to you. (And he...

We recently covered Mathieu Stern's review of the $1,600 Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 "soap bubble bokeh" lens, and now he's back with a review for those of us who want to spend a lot less money to get a really distinctive look. In Mathieu's latest post, he discusses four toy lenses that are worth trying out on your mirrorless camera. The best part?...

In a nice change of pace from the recent stream of bad news at GoPro, including the delay of the of its Karma camera drone and rethink of its product line in the face of falling profits, the company has released the first sample footage from its VR camera rig, the GoPro Omni.

The sample footage was recorded on the powdered slopes of Austria...

So you have Lightroom and a massive catalog of images: What now? The video series Adobe Lightroom Mistakes from YouTube channel ibreakphotos wants to make you aware of ten things you definitely shouldn't do, or at least should only do very carefully. However, while in name it shares only what not to do, the video series also contains some...

 

 

A couple of years ago we reviewed the Pentax K-3, a truly spectacular enthusiast-grade camera that, at the time, was the clear flagship in Ricoh's Pentax-branded APS-C DSLR lineup. Now some two years later, and we round out our review of the Pentax K-3 II, the camera with which the K-3 now shares its throne.

Renowned National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry finds himself in a bit of a controversy right now due to some rather poor Photoshop work done by someone on his staff.

Steve McCurry currently has more than 250 of his photographs on display at Le Venaria Reale in Italy until September 25th and an Italian photographer, Paolo Viglione,...

Chase Kubasiak from Zacuto has put together a time-lapse tutorial video for B&H's YouTube channel.

In the video below, Chase covers four things you need to consider when you're creating a timelapse. The first thing you need to get sorted out is your gear. You're going to need a camera, of course, but Chase uses a DSLR for the video (in this...

The Tamron 35mm f/1.8 Di USD and Tamron 45mm f/1.8 Di USD lenses that were released for Canon EF and Nikon F mounts last fall will start shipping for Sony A-mount cameras on May 12th, Tamron has announced. While the Canon and Nikon mount versions of the lens include vibration compensation, which the Sony lenses do not, they are otherwise...

Last week, Bokeh discussed a video from Getty Images about late photographer Carleton E. Watkins. While the video (seen below) is a year old and nothing new has arisen regarding Watkins, this does provide a good opportunity to discuss Watkins and his important contributions both to photography and to America's National Park System.

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Firmware Friday this week is a little unusual: The only new update we're aware of is not for a traditional still or video camera, but rather for the DJI Osmo RAW handle when used with either the Zenmuse X5R or X5 gimbal and camera. While searching far and wide for any other updates issued in the last week,...

 

 

The Canon 70D made big headlines with its stellar Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology. Not only was it a solid upgrade for a stills camera compared to the earlier 60D camera, but it was also much more robust and capable as a video camera now with fantastic live view autofocus. The follow-up Canon 80D continues this...

 

 

Good news, Pentaxians! You know us as your go-to place for all things Pentaxian, so you surely knew this was coming. A year ago, we pored over the brand-new Pixel Shift Resolution mode of the Pentax K-3 II, and now we give that same loving treatment to Ricoh's first ever full-frame digital SLR, the brand-new...

Sure, videos of GoPro cameras strapped to extreme sports athletes are exciting, and I'll happily watch footage like that every time it pops up online, but this latest video is a bit more, well, extreme. How about strapping some GoPro cameras to a rocket to witness it launch into space at blistering speeds?

GoPro mounted an array of GoPro...

MacPhun, the makers of Aurora HDR, has released the OS X app Filters for Photos.

When Apple removed iPhoto from OS X, they replaced it with Photos. While some users lamented the loss of iPhoto, Photos brings with it the ability to use extensions. Filters for Photos can be used as either a standalone app or as an extension to Photos.

Professional photographer Sean Tucker will most often be found working in a studio, doing portraits or commercial photography. He started to feel like he was working on autopilot and wasn't always putting a lot of conscious thought into his work. He says that when you do the same thing every day, it can become difficult to continue to grow as...

Does the recent delay of a variety of Nikon cameras have you feeling down? Are you worried that the earthquake-related issues at Sony's imaging sensor plant will impact your ability to grab one of the new Nikon cameras? Well, if you're feeling impatient you can grab some excellent deals right now on Nikon D610, D750, and D810 cameras at B&H.

The Panasonic FZ200, a 2013 "Dave's Pick" award winner, now has a successor. Released last October, the high-zoom Panasonic FZ300 utilizes the same 12.1-megapixel 1/2.3" sensor and 24-600mm f/2.8 equivalent lens but includes a number of upgrades that make this a much-improved camera.

The body is redesigned and the Lumix FZ300 now features a...

 

 

Our longtime enthusiast regulars already know how we feel about the Panasonic LX100. For starters, it won Best Premium Compact in our 2014 Camera of the Year awards. It also won our Best Fixed Lens Camera under $1000 that same year, and for good reason.

Now, in addition to $100 off the list price of $797, our...