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Alongside its brand-new S2 and J4 mirrorless cameras, Nikon also has good news today for enthusiasts and pros who prefer a mirrored camera: updated versions of its 400mm f/2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter. Together, they promise to give your aching back muscles a rest, and let you focus on your photography,...

 

 

The recent issue of an unusual U.S. patent on "Studio Arrangement" and a "method of capturing images and/or video" to Amazon Technologies, Inc. continues to raise eyebrows in the international photography community. Studio photographers will recognize that the Patent describes a historically well-known and...

 

 

Debuting in March of this year and offering some serious DSLR-like features such as 20fps with full-time autofocus even when shooting in RAW, the Nikon V3 is looking to make a big splash with the enthusiast photographer crowd. And yet Nikon is also interested in bending the ear of a few pros who may appreciate the...

 

 

Good news, wide-angle fans: Canon just boosted its selection of ultra-wide angle zoom lenses by half, thanks to two brand-new lens models. Neither is a direct replacement for an earlier optic -- instead, they sit alongside the company's four existing EF and EF-S ultra-wide zooms. And alongside the new lenses,...

 

 

Although the folks at the Flat Earth Society might have you believe otherwise, our world is anything but two-dimensional. Yet for the most part, that's how our cameras see it, and so that's how they present it to us in our photos.

Now, new technology from the folks behind Seene -- the iPhone app which puts some...

 

 

Among aerial photography fans who don't have the time, knowledge or inclination to build their own multicopter, DJI's Phantom-series quadcopters have built quite a following. Before anybody had ever heard of DJI, though, French tech company Parrot was the big kid on the block -- and it's aiming to return to glory...

 

 

The TCON-17X 1.7x teleconverter is designed to extend the 35mm equivalent focal length range of the Olympus Stylus 1 from 300mm to 510mm, quite a sizeable jump indeed, all while still maintaining the bright f/2.8 constant aperture. This is currently unrivaled by any camera in the price range of this combination,...

 

 

It's Friday, and while it's probably too late the buy that last-minute Mother's Day present (at least online), there's still some cool deals to snag for your self...or as a belated gift. Up today, there are some great deals on Olympus and Panasonic cameras as well as a variety of Sony cameras. For lenses, there's a...

 

 

Apple filed a new patent this week for a system that would allow the iPhone to capture “super-resolution images” without increasing the number of pixels on the sensor. The new system could mean dramatically improved image quality from the iPhone without the need for a new sensor.

Only a few years ago, camera...

 

 

The Fujifilm X-T1 has been far and away one of the most popular cameras on our site this year, and that's without a full review yet posted. With the retro ergonomics, the reported super-fast AF speeds and a supporting cast that includes an excellent lens line and a very useful portrait battery grip, this is no...

 

 

Over at SLRgear, we've just published our review of Pentax's newest edition to their HD Limited series of lenses: the Pentax 20-40mm f/2.8-4 ED Limited DC WR HD DA. The first zoom lens of the Limted series get the same "HD" coating treatment as the recently reviewed Pentax 35mm f/2.8 Macro Limited HD DA and Pentax...

We tend to be happier when there's good variety in our Photo of the Day monthly winners. A portrait here, a landscape there and perhaps a new take on an animal photo or even something extreme. But it's also interesting to note when there's a commonality to the winners of any given month, and this month we noticed one big obvious: all three prize winning photographs are...

 

 

It's time for another deals roundup! On the docket today are a selection of Pentax K-50 deals and a couple deals on Samsung NX cameras, including the new NX Mini. Lastly, if you're still in need of a last-minute Mother's Day gift for that camera- or gadget-enthusiast mom of yours, B&H has a trio of gift ideas at...

 

 

Good news for the thrifty this morning: The Samsung NX3000 compact system camera has just debuted, offering a combination of features from the NX300 and NX Mini at a very affordable pricetag.

The NX3000 takes over from last year's NX2000, and aims to pair the affordability of the NX Mini with the much...

 

 

If you've been waiting for the second part of our Fuji X-T1 Shooter's Report, there's good news. It's coming soon, and in the meantime, I've just uploaded another batch of gallery images to tide you over. As with the shots from my previous Shooter's Report, these new additions were all shot during my recent...

 

 

As photo-editing apps like Adobe Photoshop and its ilk have gotten more powerful over the years, so to has the humble hoax photo. We've come a long way from the days of obvious hoaxes, like the legendary Helicopter Shark, or George W. Bush with his upside-down kids' book. These days, it can be a little harder...

 

 

With tech gear trending more and more towards the compact, the upstart company Dynamic Perception is on its "A-game" as it looks to enable its users to not only enhance their already existing motion control systems, but to do so from the palm of their hand using the device they already carry around with them: their...

 

 

Rhino populations in Africa -- especially the black rhino -- are still critically endangered despite ongoing conservation efforts and positive population growth in the past several decades. Rhino horn is still in demand across the world, with poachers going to extreme lengths to locate and track their next kill.

 

 

Plain-old video, your days are numbered -- or at least, that's the hope of the team behind CENTR, an unusual donut-shaped camera which promises to put an interactive slice of the world in your pocket.  Thanks to four cameras arrayed around its exterior, the CENTR captures and stitches a 360-degree panoramic...