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If you're based in New York and you like to photograph the police at work, you can hopefully breathe a small sigh of relief today, thanks to an internal memo circulated within the New York Police Department. It mirrors that distributed two years ago by the Washington DC police department, and instructs officers not...

 

 

As we mentioned in our Samsung NX3000 First Shots post last week, this camera is currently the smallest and lowest-priced APS-C camera that still retains an external mode dial. I'm a big fan of having a mode dial, and given how good our initial lab test images looked, I couldn't wait to sneak this little guy out of...

 

 

Now this is just plain cool: A KickStarter project that has already surpassed its funding goal will soon give you a really memorable way to share your online portfolio, reports PetaPixel.

If you're a photographer looking for new clients, it's pretty obvious that the best way to persuade them to sign on the...

 

 

In last week's Firmware Friday roundup, we shared news from Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki indicating that new firmware was on the way for the Sigma dp2 Quattro digital camera. Now it's here, and comes accompanied by new Sigma Photo Pro software which also works with the company's SD1, SD1 Merrill, and DP Merrill-series...

 

 

It's time again for another camera deals roundup. There's lots of cool savings today, from the hot Sony A7 and A7R cameras to Fuji's latest X-T1 mirrorless camera. There's also some compact camera deals as well as some notable savings on Sigma and Bower lenses. Adorama's back with some new deals on the BlackMagic...

 

 

Although I love cameras in all their shapes and sizes, it's not just any digicam that can have me sitting on the edge of my seat in anticipation of its arrival. The Panasonic FZ1000 -- for which I've just posted my first Shooter's Report -- is just such a camera. When it cleared our lab testing and shipped...

 

 

We've just published the third installment of our Samsung NX30 Shooter's Report. Our reviewer, John Shafer has spent over a month getting to know the Samsung NX30, and while it has a few quirks, overall John's walked away with a positive take on Samsung's latest flagship mirrorless camera

In his own words: "I...

 

 

Photographer James Prigoff is renowned for his photographs of public art. He has authored several books of photographs of public artworks, lectures at universities on the topic and has exhibited his photographs at the Smithsonian. In 2004 he went to Boston and spent some time photographing that city’s public art...

 

 

If you're a pro, you probably like things bulletproof. There's a reason that pro gear is typically bulky, heavy and tank-like compared to consumer-grade equipment. Pros can't afford to be let down by their gear on a shoot, whether it's because moisture leaked into a consumer-grade camera body, or a loose...

 

 

Are you a Canon photographer with an APS-C camera and need an ultra wide-angle zoom? Do you want the best value for your money? Look no further than Canon's new $299 EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM lens. Announced back in May, the new Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM ultra wide-angle zoom lens is small,...

 

 

Famous British sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Well, dear readers, we have a little piece of magic for your delectation today, courtesy of research from MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe. Together, the trio of tech titans have...

I've loved both astronomy and photography since I was a kid, so seeing awesome photographs of objects from the heavens has always fascinated me. As such, it's been only natural that the first thing I've done for the past ten years over coffee every morning is to check out NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day page to see what's new out there in the cosmos.

Every now and then...

 

 

It's time for another look at Nikon's flagship mirrorless camera, as Imaging Resource reviewer Jason Schneider files the second part of his Nikon V3 Shooter's Report. (Not read the first part? You'll want to start there first!)

For Part II of the Shooter's Report, Jason takes a look at some of the...

 

 

The Sony RX100 line of premium compact cameras became a trilogy with the release of the RX100 III this summer, taking on a brighter lens, pop-up viewfinder and sporting the highly touted BIONZ X processor found in Sony's new full frame mirrorless trilogy, the A7, A7R and A7S. Given the enormous popularity of the...

 

 

Back when we published our Pentax 645Z preview earlier this year, we mentioned that Ricoh -- the company behind the Pentax brand -- had three more zoom lenses still on the roadmap on top of the 17 lenses (12 primes and five zooms) that were already available. Well, we now know the identity of one of those three...

 

 

Back in 2011, Pentax launched its first compact system camera, the tiny little Pentax Q. Now Ricoh -- current owner of the Pentax brand -- takes the Q-series back to those roots with the Pentax Q-S1, a camera which returns to a body more reminiscent of the original Q, but with the advantages of later models...

 

 

In addition to being a solid still photography camera, the Panasonic GH4 is a camera with a dual purpose: a professional-level video camera. In the second installment of my Panasonic GH4 Shooter's Report I delve deeper into the features and performance of the GH4's video recording capabilities. Whether you're a...

 

 

As teenagers fighting our way through puberty, many of us probably have experienced depressions of one kind or another. During the phase in which our bodies mature this is perfectly normal -- after all, our hormones go haywire during that time. Normally, the depression leaves together with the skin irritations and...

 

 

As the weekend arrives once more, Firmware Friday this week is a little bit different. For a change, we don't have any new firmware on which to report -- but we do have the promise of firmware to come. Specifically, Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki has pledged updated firmware for some of his company's Foveon...