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Friday means firmware, and this week, there's quite a lot of it on which to report. Predominantly, our Firmware Friday roundup this week includes printers, but there are also two camera models in the mix. We'll start with those two models, from Pentax and Nikon respectively.

First up, we have the...

The exchange of camera parts was frequently done back in the day when cameras were all-manual and mechanical. Especially in the Leica world, it's not uncommon to find cameras that contain parts of different models, such as the body from camera A and the viewfinder of camera B, for example. With digital cameras, things are a bit more...

If there's a definitive authority on travel, landscape and wildlife photography, it's National Geographic. With decades of experience in these areas, it's safe to assume that the Society's editors and photographers have a pretty good idea about what kind of photographic gear works best for taking pictures of wild animals, foreign countries or...

 

 

iPhoneographers: If you're using an iPhone 4S or later and you've been putting of updating to iOS 8 while the inevitable kinks are worked out, now might be the time to reevaluate your decision. A new third-party camera app is here that takes advantage of the new features in Apple's latest, greatest mobile OS,...

 

 

For the enthusiast or pro, you can't beat complex apps like Adobe's Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom that provide every control and feature under the sun, the better to extract the maximum from our photos. But what of the humble consumer photographer? Apps like these can be very intimidating, but if you've...

When Panasonic first introduced its 4K shooting mirrorless camera, the GH4, they also announced that the camera would be compatible with external 4K and HD recorders via the internal HDMI output and the SDI outputs of the YAGH add-on interface unit. At the time, however, suitably portable (and affordable) 4K recorders were hard to find.

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Ever browse your photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and then find yourself wishing you could remember which focus points were active for a particular shot? Well, now you can, courtesy of a cool new plug-in from developer Chris Reimold. (And it's the best kind of cool, as well -- free cool!)

The Show Focus...

 

 

Want to take photos or shoot movies on the 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands controlled by the US Forest Service, and then sell your works without first obtaining a permit? Arguably, since the introduction of the 1964 Wilderness Act that has been illegal. The act states that "except as...

 

 

Now that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have landed, the reviews are pouring in -- including some which focus on the new models' photo features. Yesterday, we reported on an extremely positive review from the folks at DxO Labs, claiming these new cameraphones to be the best they've tested yet. Not every review is...

 

 

And so, we've come to the end of Leica's Photokina 2014 camera announcements, saving the company's new flagship, full-frame rangefinder for last. The Leica M-P takes the design of the previous Leica M, adds in one crucial feature from the earlier Leica M9 whose absence we all felt, and doubles the image...

 

 

Although Olympus is poised to release a 300mm f/4 Zuiko Pro lens in the near future, supertelephoto lenses have arguably been a bit of a weak spot in the Micro Four Thirds lens lineup. While it's almost a sure bet that the 300mm f/4 Pro will be priced at around the $1500 mark or above, for more budget-conscious...

 

 

As we come within sight of the finish line on our coverage of camera announcements at the 2014 Photokina tradeshow, we reach the single product that stands out as probably the most unique -- and yet divisive -- of the bunch. The Leica M Edition 60 will only be sold in extremely limited quantities, but that...

 

 

Straight from the Rocky Mountains, John Shafer's first installment of his Sony A77 II Shooter's Report is now published. As a sports and action photographer first and foremost, John took a look at the Sony A77 II's featureset and specs -- 79-point AF system, 12fps continuous burst, bright EVF, dust- and...

 

 

If you're a Leica fan looking for a straightforward street camera, the Leica X-series has your name on it. While it's long offered the handling Leica is known for, the Leica X2 has long been surpassed by rivals in many ways, however, with brighter lenses and more modern electronics readily available...

 

 

As we mentioned in our Nikon D750 overview, the spiritual successor to the popular Nikon D700 from 2008 is basically all-new from the ground up. Sporting a similar 24.3mp sensor to the one housed in the D610 and the same processor found in the higher-end D810, this model expands the available ISO range beyond the...

Nikon has just announced the next round of its Nikon School program, which aims to bring advanced photography knowledge to the amateur and enthusiast. For the new 'school year' of late 2014 to mid-2015, Nikon has announced eight classes that cover photography basics as well as advanced topics such as lighting or action photography, plus...

 

 

DxOMark, the French camera testing and image analysis firm, just released their findings for the new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus cameras. It seems effusive reviews like this one may be onto something: DxO concluded that the new iOS devices handily beat all...

At Photokina in Cologne, Germany, manufacturer JOBO showed off an intriguing new system that could make tilt/shift lenses obsolete. It's called the LensTRUE, and it's a little grey box that attaches to your camera's tripod mount and records its inclination. The data is then used during post-processing to automatically straighten the angles in...

 

 

Medium-format camera fans have a new DSLR to act as the object of their desire, with the announcement of the Leica S (Typ 007) digital SLR at the Photokina tradeshow. A strong rival to the impressive Pentax 645Z, pricing hasn't yet been disclosed for this CMOS-based camera, but is unlikely to come close to...