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For generations of Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, the lens you got in your kit was the fairly decent, but not amazing, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 mark I. Since replaced by newer revisions, and available for cheap online, it's not up to much anymore. But a quirk of its design makes it uniquely suited to an...

 

 

Yesterday, the LensRentals team did an AMA (ask me anything) Q&A session on Reddit. Over the course of a few hours, they answered any and all comers on questions about lenses, business plans, and all manner of other topics. Here are 9 interesting things we learned from reading over the discussion!

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HDR functionality is pretty commonplace on smartphones these days, and the iPhone has had one for a while in its standard camera app. However, so far most HDR options only had two settings: on or off. This meant the user had to switch the function on or off depending on the situation, which took time and could in the worst case lead to a...

 

 

Another day, another story about Sony A7 light leaks...

Honestly, we're about coming to the end of our coverage on this topic, as it's a complete non-issue for the vast majority of photographers, and we're pretty close to having beat it to death. We have one more hopefully definitive piece of our own coming on...

 

 

Fuji's 2/3" sensor is relatively large for a compact camera, and yet, the Fujifilm XQ1 is "the most portable X-series camera ever developed" according to Fuji. We were wowed enough with the clever and cool little XF1 that we awarded it a Camera of Distinction in...

In a lawsuit that has been going on for more than two and a half years, Sigma has ultimately been found guilty of infringing on a patent describing a technology used in Nikon's 'Vibration Reduction' optical image stabilization system. Tokyo District Court Judge in Chief Shigeru Osuga found that Sigma's optical image stabilization system uses...

In order to celebrate the launch of their new Google+ profile, Nikon introduced 'Nikon Behind the Scenes,' a 15-video photography tutorial series. The tutorials cover a pretty broad range of photo techniques: photojournalist and editorial photographer Joe McNally will present a series of tutorials on lighting techniques, from beginner to...

 

 

Instagram has just updated its Android app to version 5.1. There are no new features, no tweaked filters, and it seems almost unchanged. But in some ways, what Instagram has done is even more important than that—the Android version has been overhauled to run faster, take up less space, and work better on low-end...

 

 

For half a decade, Flickr users have had the option to license their images through Getty Image's Flickr Collection. Partly curated and partly open to submission, it allowed photographers a chance to monetize the photos they'd already uploaded, without much extra work. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, Getty has...

 

 

Something extraordinary happened to Miami photojournalist Al Diaz in February. Stuck on freeway in Florida, he saw a woman screaming for help outside of her SUV, as her baby nephew had just stopped breathing. Running to help, Diaz put his job as a journalist second, acting as a decent human being first, making sure...

 

 

The HTC M8 smartphone has been one of the most heavily leaked devices in recent memory, and has garnered a lot of interest due to its unique dual lens configuration. Now, the newest leak in the form of an early advertisement shows that not only will this device be called the HTC One, but that also exactly what the...

 

 

Who's ready for some more camera gear deals? Up today is a nice selection of cameras, from Canon and Nikon full-frame DSLRs to deals on a Fuji mirrorless camera, a hot new Olympus long-zoom compact and a nice little promo on Sony RX100-series cameras. In the lens department, we've found a couple deals on Canon and...

 

Sony A7, initial test

When we reported on the Sony A7 light leak issue Friday, we moved to get you information as soon as possible. Since our A7 was with Editor Mike Tomkins, a timezone ahead of us, he wasn't able to catch the sun in time for a test similar to our experiment with the D800E and 5D Mark III. Instead,...

In the age of digital photography, long-term storage of our collective works is a real issue. Even the amateur photographer easily amasses hundreds of gigabytes worth of data in a short time, and it's even more with professional photographers – let alone videographers. It's no wonder that RAID network storage and other multi-disk drive storage...

 

 

What drives a photographer to risk their life to get a story? A new documentary, "War Reporter" tries to get inside the minds of photojournalists and honor those who've perished while reporting the conflicts sweeping across North Aftrica and the Middle East. First screened on February 12, 2014, in Tunisia as part...

 

 

The Nikon D5300 has already been through the wringer in our Test Lab -- check out the full Image Quality Analysis here -- and recently found its way to our experienced reviewer Jason Schneider. We just published a series of real-world gallery photos from this new Nikon for your perusal, including full-size JPEGs...

 

 

While the FAA has traditionally avoided regulating model aircraft, growing use of drones for paid photo and video work has piqued the agency's interest. The FAA has never taken action againt "commercial" use of model aircraft, but it has long claimed that the activity is illegal. Some drone photographers even...

 

 

When it comes to underwater photography, Alexander Semenov is one of the best around—and his Flickr feed is a chronicle of some of the most amazing sea creatures you'll ever encounter. His newest subject? Polychaetes, or sea worms. And these photos of the deep sea creepy crawlers are absolutely stunning.

On his...

 

 

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, in addition to being a baronet and OBE, has one of the most amazing titles you'll ever hear: "world's greatest living explorer". Now, this famed traverser of wilderness has teamed up with the The Polar Museum at Cambridge University in an attempt to raise the funds to stop a priceless...