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If you’ve ever wanted to own your own iPhone photo editing app, now is your chance. Mike Rundle has announced he’s selling off Filters, a popular iOS photo app he created that focuses on providing a solid collection of filters and effects to overlay onto your mobile images.

The idea for Filters camera around when Rundle realized just how...

Last week we reported on the news that CVS’ online photo services at CVSPhotos.com had been hacked, potentially revealing the payment information of its customers. This news came only a week after Wal-Mart Canada announced its services — which were run by the same Vancouver-based company as CVS’ photo services, PNI Digital Media — were also...

 

 

I've long been a fan of Pentax's enthusiast-grade DSLRs, and 2013's Pentax K-3 was no different, earning itself a Dave's Pick when we completed our review early last year. Now, the followup Pentax K-3 II is here, and it keeps almost everything that made its predecessor so great, while adding another...

A new patent from Canon shows off the optical formula for a 600mm f/4 DO IS.

Originally filed back in June of 2013, the patent displays yet another potential super telephoto lens from Canon that uses its proprietary Diffractive Optics technology. From the illustration, the lens appears to be made up of 19 elements in 10 groups, with one of...

 

In light of the recent photos of Pluto, which are the closest and most detailed shots to date, Jaron Schneider of Resource Magazine sat down with Robert Hurt, a member of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) at the California Institute of Technology, to talk about how NASA processes photos from raw data into...

Meet the E1, a ridiculously tiny 4K camera with a Micro Four Thirds sensor and lens mount. The E1 is the brainchild of Z Camera, a start-up looking to make an impact in the drone market with its pocket-sized camera that’s capable of shooting 4K video using the versatile Micro Four Thirds system.

The E1 features a 16-megapixel Micro Four...

CVS, the second-largest drugstore chain, has shut down its online photo service today after it confirmed it’s looking into the possibility of a ‘hack’ that could’ve lead to stolen credit card information.

According to NBC, the payment information held on its CVS Photo service accounts is collected by PNI Digital Media, a Staples-owned...

 

 

Firmware Friday this week is a little bit unusual, as Lytro's new Camera Software 2.0 update lands for the Illum light-field camera. The reason? Lytro giveth, and then it taketh away!

After installing the new Lytro Illum v2.0 firmware, you'll gain access to improved autofocus. (It might seem counterintuitive that...

Canon has released version 4.3.0 of its Digital Photo Professional 4 software to add new features, fixes and RAW support for a number of cameras.

One of the most notable improvements is that Digital Photo Professional 4 will now work in 64-bit native environments, which should speed up processing across the board on most computers. Canon...

As part of his ongoing #BehindtheGlass series, Albert Ayzenberg sat down with Andy Baker, SVP/Group Creative Director at the National Geographic Channels, to talk about what it takes to effectively tell a story in thirty seconds.

Aptly named, The Art of the Thirty Second Story, the two-and-a-half minute video features behind the scenes video...

The National Press Photographers Association, more commonly referred to as NPPA, has announced it’s working on writing up official comments to submit to the United States Copyright Office in regards to protecting the copyrights of visual work.

The drafting of the official comments will be done by NPPA attorneys, who are using years of...

 

 

After a couple years' wait, the big brother of the much-loved GX7 is here and aptly-named the Panasonic GX8. Sporting a similar, but beefier, larger body design, the new GX8 houses a raft of new technological goodies, including a brand new 20.3MP Four Thirds sensor, a larger EVF whose magnification rivals the...

 

 

Back in 2012, Panasonic set sports and wildlife photographers' pulses racing with the Lumix FZ200, a camera that paired a powerful 24x optical zoom range with a spectacularly bright f/2.8 constant aperture. Now, it returns with the Panasonic FZ300, a camera which takes the best of its Dave's Pick-winning...

 

 

In addition to their GX8 and FZ300 camera announcements, Panasonic also shared some news fresh from the R&D lab in the form of a development announcement of two new Lumix lenses as well as an upcoming camera function for the two brand new cameras (and some other models as well) called Post Focus.

Starting with...

It may have taken 9.5 years, but NASA’s New Horizons mission has finally been completed, sending back high-resolution photos of Pluto, its surface and its moons for the first time ever.

Until now, the closest image we had of Pluto’s surface is the image below, captured in 2010 by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is due to the incredible...

We’ve shared a number of patents from Canon recently, but its latest might just take the cake for the most interesting. Canon has apparently filed a patent for a DSLR body cap that lubricates the lens mount.

Originally filed back in December of 2013, the patent breaks down the concept of a body cap that uses a porous plastic material to...

When you’re the largest online retailer in the world, you’re granted a little freedom to do almost anything you please. Amazon is well aware of that and as a way to celebrate it’s 20th birthday, Amazon has created Amazon Prime Day, a 24 hour barrage of special deals and price cuts.

To participate in Amazon Prime Day, which Amazon says brings...

Remote flash and camera trigger manufacturer PocketWizard has announced it is no longer a member of MAC Group, a distribution company for a number of photo-related companies, opting instead to use a Direct-to-Dealer model for distributing its gear in brick and mortar stores throughout the US.

There’s no specified reason for the change, but...