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The Pentax K-1, the company's first full-frame DSLR, might have been a long time coming, but as we noted in our recent hands-on preview it looks to be one heck of a camera -- and at a really aggressive price, as well. But wouldn't it be even better if you could score yourself a K-1 for free?

Well as it...

 

 

Aerial photography fans, your new object of desire is here! Shenzhen, China-based DJI, the 800-pound gorilla of the consumer drone market, has just taken the wraps off its latest-generation Phantom-series quadcopter, and on paper at least it looks to be a pretty spectacular upgrade! Key changes include faster...

 

 

If you were to compile a list of the most photographed places in the United Kingdom, London's St. Paul's Cathedral would doubtless sit somewhere near the top of that list. In fact, we've seen it at the top of at least one such list, although others who've tried to answer the same question have offered up...

 

 

Do you have the need for speed? If so, your next flash card could satisfy that desire -- at least, if you're willing to wait a little while to buy it. Last week, the SD Association -- the industry body behind the incredibly popular Secure Digital card format -- unveiled new, faster speed classes for SD cards, as...

 

 

Update (03/02, 10:45am): Additional images added to the Gallery Page.

Our intrepid reviewer Jeremy Gray could be sitting back and relaxing in South Beach, but instead he's hard at work shooting with the brand new Sony A6300 and a bevy of fancy Sony lenses -- including two of the new G Master lenses. Jeremy is...

 

 

Ricoh's GR-series cameras have been popular with street photographers all the way back to the film days. In no small part, that's thanks to their compact, stealthy nature and bright, sharp prime lenses. The latest iteration of the GR-series is the Ricoh GR II, and I've just published my in-depth field test of...

 

 

Issues continue to crop up for the poor ol' Nikon D750, it seems. Beginning with the odd flare issue, which we investigated, Nikon quickly announced a fix to remedy the problem. Then, down the road a few months later, we get word that there was a range of D750 models with a malfunctioning shutter mechanism. In this...

 

 

If you're a fan of photography, chances are that you pay close attention to the photos when you crack open a newspaper or pull up your favorite mainstream news website. So do we, but we also like to pay attention to a variety of press photography contests around the world for iconic shots we might have missed at...

 

 

Last week, we told you about an iconic shipwreck in California that was gutted by a fire which, it's believed, was started by an irresponsible photographer. Today, news reaches us from Japan of the equally heartbreaking loss of another local landmark, after photographers wouldn't stop trespassing on a farmer's land...

Following up on the well-received and impressive low light Sony A7S, the Sony A7S II brings with it numerous improvements help make the A7S II an even better camera overall. To start, the A7S II's body has received the same redesign and improvements that debuted on the A7 II and A7R II, including repositioned buttons, a revised handgrip, and a...

 

 

Quick: What do you get when you marry a premium 1-inch sensored pocket camera with a premium 1-inch sensored long-zooming bridge camera? The Panasonic ZS100, of course! Almost as svelte in size as the popular Sony RX100 line of pocket cameras, the ZS100 can zoom 3.5 times farther than the latest RX100 IV. That's a...

 

 

We've mentioned Japanese tech blog Egami more than a few times over the years on our news page, and today we note that they've uncovered yet another interesting Canon patent application. This time, it's continuous autofocus using contrast detection which the company seeks to improve with an interesting sensor...

Fstoppers' co-founder Lee Morris compiled a list of five fantastic timelapse videos -- a selection that's sure to inspire and amaze. Three of the timelapse videos focus on beautiful outdoor scenes whereas the other two are timelapses of bustling cities.

I've actually written about one of the videos on Lee's list, Vista by Leif Erik Smith, so...

 

 

Surreal intrigue can be found in the prize-winning images from our Photo of the Day contest in January, and they're all well worth taking a look. Reflecting the middle of winter in the northern hemisphere, the top three images from January are low on color and high on stark beauty, and we're honored to display them...

 

 

Wake up with IR! Here's today's dose of Caffeine Priority...

We've long since wrapped up our review of the excellent Panasonic LX100, the world's first fixed-lens camera with a Four Thirds sensor, and one that we named the "Best Compact Camera" in our round-up just a few years ago. Here in 2016 that title still...

In collaboration with Nikon SnapBridge, which will be included in many of Nikon's new cameras moving forward, Nikon has updated their Nikon Image Space photo sharing service.

The free service, originally launched in January of 2013, has received three new and improved modes. "View" mode provides users with "intuitive browsing of photos." The...

In 2014, while working on Franz Josef Land, the world's most northern archipelago, National Geographic photographer Cory Richards spent over a month trying to capture a great image of a polar bear. This was Cory's first experience working with polar bears in their natural habitat and he wanted to show the animal up close.

Getting up close...

Macphun has taken a fresh approach to selling their popular Aurora HDR Pro software for OS X. Instead of offering the software exclusively for a $99 USD one-time payment, Macphun has now given consumers the option to buy the software in three $33 USD monthly installments.

In order to make their software more affordable, they wanted to reduce...

Unsharp mask, smart sharpen, sharpening plug-in software…there are numerous ways to sharpen your image files. Portrait and glamour photographer Nino Batista created a Photoshop action for a high pass sharpening technique and created a tutorial covering how to use it. I've previously covered using an unsharp mask for sharpening, so Nino's...