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In February of 2015, drone manufacturer DJI announced it had joined the Micro Four Thirds standard. Today, we get a glimpse of the first products resulting from this partnership.

DJI has officially launched the Zenmuse X5 and X5R, two new cameras for DJI’s Inspire One that are the world’s first commercial Micro Four Thirds (MFT) cameras...

 

 

Following the new sleeker, streamlined design aesthetics of their earlier Otus family of lenses, Zeiss has unveiled a new series of SLR lenses, dubbed 'Milvus', for both Canon and Nikon full-frame cameras, which replace most of their earlier ZE and ZF SLR lenses. While the Otus lenses -- at only two models so far...

 

 

A small range of manufactured Olympus E-M10 II bodies have been found to have a malfunction regarding certain plastic mount lenses, where the lens lock pin within the E-M10 II mount doesn't properly function in securing the lens to the camera body. Olympus has offered a free repair inspection and repair program to...

If you have an extra $197,000 laying around, B&H has two iconic lenses on display and up for sale in the used department of its NYC store. Both of these lenses are almost folklore in the photography world, but have no doubt; these beasts are real and available for purchase if you have enough dough for the deal.

We’ll start off with what can...

Canon and Nikon could announce a merger today and still it wouldn’t be the top headline. Why? Because, Apple has announced the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, the newest additions to its successful smartphone lineup.

Apple’s keynote has just ended, confirming the much-rumored improvements to the camera hardware. Below we have a rundown of the...

At this years Google I/O conference, the company unveiled Jump, a new platform designed to standardize the processing and sharing of fully immersive virtual reality video. During the demonstrations, Google showed off Odyssey, a ridiculous rig designed in collaboration with GoPro that can record full 360º video using sixteen vertically-mounted...

 

 

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Like the headline says, wow...

There are photo contests and then there are photo contests, and this IR-exclusive has a really incredible prize: A four night/three day photo workshop with Olympus Visionary,...

If pixels are your profession, Canon’s latest announcement is sure to ruffle your feathers in the best of ways. For Canon Expo 2015, its once-every-five-years event, taking place in New York City this week, Canon announced it has developed a 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor, the most pixels to ever be seen on a sub-full-frame sensor.

The...

 

 

Sensor technology has come a long way since the days of film. Reaching six-digit ISOs is no longer a far-fetched reality or time-consuming process of using diluted down rodinal; it’s something we can do with cameras capable of fitting in our pockets.

As far as technology has come, there are times though when the...

 

 

Need an all-around powerhouse camera that's capable of high quality stills and 4K video, in both good lighting and low-light situations? How about one that also simply slips into your pocket? Well, according to photographer Jeremy Gray, the new high-powered Sony RX100 IV just might do the trick.

Touring around...

 

 

Firmware Friday has gone truly epic this week, as we bring you what's probably the biggest roundup we've ever had! Admittedly, most of the updates aren't actually available yet -- they'll be shipping piecemeal through the end of the year -- but in total there are no less than a stupendous 46 cameras covered by...

Reflectors are one of the most fundamental and versatile light modifiers you can purchase. As simple as they are in construction, though, rarely are they cheap. One solution to cutting costs, as with almost anything is to take a DIY approach.

To help you do that, the energetic Jay P. Morgan has created a helpful video that demonstrates how...

A new patent from Canon details the schematics for what could be a new kit lens for its APS-C DSLR cameras.

The patent, originally filed in February of 2014, shows off an EF-S 15–53mm f/2.8–4 lens; a focal length and aperture range that could very well point at the arrival of a newer, faster kit lens for Canon’s entry-level DSLRs.

Early this morning, a New York City teacher was arrested for operating a drone that crashed into a vacant section of seating at the U.S. Open.

According to AP, 26 year old Daniel Verley is facing charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone in a New York City public park in an unauthorized area.

According to the report, Verley...

 

 

We've seen some fairly unusual cameras over the years, but the Ricoh Theta has to rank amongst the most unusual of the bunch. Ricoh has proven to be very good at finding market niches that have gone unfulfilled, and then creating products which meet that unanswered need, and that's just what it's done with...

 

 

The Panasonic GF7 offers many of the same expansive features as its higher-end, pricier Lumix siblings, but instead, gives consumers an easy to use, very lightweight, yet very complete compact system camera at an affordable price point. It's shares a lot in common size-wise compared to the Panasonic GM5, though the...

Meet Bokeh Life, a brand new, photography-centric company created by avid photographer, Instagram alum and current Dropbox designer, Tim Van Damme.

For the past month or so, Van Damme has been teasing the world with Bokeh Life, a project that started almost a year ago after a humorous question turned into a business opportunity. As shared on...

SilverFast has recently updated their scanning software from v. 8 to v. 8.5. If you already own version 8, this update is free. There are some improvements to existing features, nifty new features are, well, they are new. Some of the new features include:

1. You can now save high-color high bit-depth images in the DNG format.
2. The Job...

As part of Leica’s ‘100 Years of Leica Photography’ celebration, it released limited edition and very exclusive Leica M Set Edition ‘Leica 100’ sets, of which 101 were made with edition numbers ranging from 1914–2014.

What Leica didn’t tell the world at the time is that there were an additional 25 ‘Null Series’ sets manufactured, which were...