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Bloomberg Business has reported that Telus, Canada’s second-largest wireless provider, is closing all 59 of its Black’s Photography stores on August 8th, 2015, citing lack of profit as the deciding factor.

Telus originally acquired 113 Blacks photography retail stores back in 2009 for $23 million. Upon acquisition, Telus immediately shut...

If you have a cool $400,000 burning a hole in your wallet, WestLicht Photographica Auctioneica has just the product for you.

Later this month the Austrian auction house will be auctioning off a New York Leica gun rifle prototype, ‘one of the rarest and most unusual’ accessories it’s come across. Bidding is set to start at roughly $170,000...

 

 

We've gathered up a fresh new selection of excellent camera deals and discounts today, including Canon DSLRs, Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, as well as couple Fujifilm models. We also found a variety of lens deals and bundles as welll as a few accessory deals. Let's get crackin'!

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It’s taken over half a decade to sort out, but the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has officially recognized ‘Mirrorless’ as the industry standard name for interchangeable lens cameras without a mirror in their design.

This might not be news for those of us who have long referred to mirrorless cameras as, well, just that. But up until...

Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has published the numbers for April camera shipments.

According to the publication, DSLR shipments have increased roughly 40%, a surprising stat when you take into consideration DSLR sales declined steadily over the past few years. As positive as these numbers appear, similar spikes have happened...

Camera models come and go, but real game-changers are few and far between. Have we already seen the biggest game-changer for 2015? And will it truly change the game or just be a footnote in history?

I still have a lot of material to write up from my trip to Japan last February, but I didn't want to let this particular piece languish any longer...

By far one of the most...

Given the enormous popularity of the Nikon P900 on our site over the past few months, it's obvious that many of our readers have been marveling at the incredible zoom capability of the P900 and its 24-2000mm equivalent optical range. In several earlier posts we unveiled our initial lab test images as well as an initial gallery impressions report, and now it's time for a...

Each year, more and more photography equipment is cutting the cord, opting to replace the tangled mess of cables for wireless capabilities. However, there are still times when cables are required.

When you do need to use cables, it’s inevitable that at some point you’re going to come across the problem of a cable being too short. The obvious...

Taking photographs of your food has become cliche in the most infuriating way. After all, it’s easy to laugh and throw shade at want-to-be foodies, who take five photos of every meal they eat, in hopes to perfectly align their circular plate with the 1:1 crop ratio of Instagram’s photos.

But, for better or worse, all of this instant food...

In the world of photography, more important than anything is your portfolio of work. It’s what defines you, more so than any other characteristic about yourself or your business. Building a portfolio can be a challenge though. That’s because without having a portfolio in the first place, it’s hard to get paid work, which often leaves...

 

 

Regular readers may already have seen my recent gallery from the Indianapolis 500, an annual motor race that stands alongside the Monaco Grand Prix and Le Mans as one of the most famous on the calendar. Now I'm back with my first Panasonic G7 Shooter's Report, along with a second gallery update that takes us...

As important as the shoot itself is its the agreement and estimation process that can make or break whether the shoot is worth your time. To help ensure you’re getting your piece of the metaphorical pie from any given photoshoot, Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens has put together this helpful video, titled 8 Questions to Ask Before Estimating...

 

 

More goodies straight from the IR Lab! This time around, it's First Shots from the brand new Sony HX90V pocketable travel zoom camera. If you love the aesthetic and size of the compact Sony RX100 III, but perhaps want a bit more zoom reach than what that larger-sensored compact camera offers, you might want to...

 

 

The new cameras keep rolling in! Today, we bring you the latest from Fujifilm, in the form of their brand new Fuji X-T10 mirrorless camera. This new X-Trans-equipped camera serves as the lighter weight, intermediate-level companion to Fuji's flagship X-T1 mirrorless camera. Sporting the same 16.3-megapixel APS-C...

Destination wedding photographer Pete Leong stepped away from his normal subject matter for a slightly more explosive one. As a personal project, Leong had the rare opportunity to shoot a military EOD team in full garb, complete with bomb suit, robots and more.

In the six minute behind-the-scenes video, we get to follow along with Leong as...

Hasselblad has announced a new lineup of medium format aerial cameras called the A5D. Sleek and simple in design, these cameras are designed for commercial and industrial applications, packing quite a punch in a small package.

The new lineup is available in three varieties: 40MP, 50MP and 60MP. Besides pixel count, the cameras are identical,...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Visipedia have collaborated to develop Merlin, a machine-learning program that helps to identify various species of birds in a photograph, both at home and in the field.

Merlin, available both online and as a native apps for both iOS and Android, is designed for amateur and intermediate bird photographers,...

Here’s a happy story: an old woman who doesn’t exist is going to find immortality on the printed page.

Born of her own musings on age and change, and fueled by the discovery of her first grey hair, the loss of her dad, changes around her and her volunteer work with the elderly, photographer Kyoko Hamada has created “Kikuchiyo-san”, an alter...

Last week, we shared with you the news that Strobist photographer Joe McNally was teaming up with Nikon for its I AM Generation Image campaign to give New Yorkers free wedding photos in a custom-designed photo studio truck.

Today was the first of two days McNally will be capturing photographs of newlyweds and we have for you a few...