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Alright, let's browse through some more awesome camera and lens deals! Up today we've found a variety of camera and lens kit and bundle deals for Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony. Plus, today's the last day for Adorama's WPPI Expo specials. Check back on IR regularly for a whole new batch of camera deals!

Much to the envy of the dedicated 5D Mark III shooter, Nikon's D800 and D800E DSLRs enjoy eye-watering dynamic range, making them ideal for landscape photographers. Thanks to the friendly hackers from Magic Lantern, there's an intriguing hack to significantly boost the dynamic range of the Mark III. It works incredibly well, but...

 

 

Ellen's selfie tweet from the Oscars was probably one of the most memorable moments of the most recent Academy Awards—with some of the most famed stars of the screen all squeezing into one shot (helpfully sponsored by Samsung). The image rapidly reached its goal of being the most retweeted image of all time, now...

 

 

When it comes to photography accessories, people who shoot with a lot of filters (like, actual filters, not ones they add using Instagram) don't get a lot of attention. But MindShift Gear has now announced the Filter Hive, a carrying case specially designed for holding all your fancy filters, alongside...

 

Image by the National Park Service

A mother mountain lion and her two cubs have recently been captured feeding by remote camera in the Malibu Creek State Park. And unlike many of the remote wildlife images that you see, these are up close and dramatic looks at the trio feasting on a recently killed mule deer.

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A bit less than a year ago, the Chicago Sun-Times made the shocking decision to fire its entire photography staff, cutting 29 positions in favor of journalists with smartphones and freelancers. This action lead to widespread criticism and an immediate drop in front page quality. Now it seems the paper is hiring...

While your typical street photographer may be perfectly happy with a couple primes, avid fans of sports and wildlife photography need to go big. Very big. Enter the world of super telephoto lenses.

Canon users enjoy quite a selection of super telephoto primes and zooms, which, for wildlife photographers, are invaluable tools to capture...

 

 

In a collaboration that's bound to make you question your grasp on reality, famed kid-friendly Japanese icon Hello Kitty and French clothing store Colette have teamed up with literary powerhouse and nudity purveyor Playboy for the Hello Kitty x Playboy collection. And yes, there's a limited edition Leica involved,...

 

 

Usually when you hear of scientists sending cameras into the very deepest parts of the ocean, you expect to hear stories of bizarre and wonderful creatures. Of blobfishes and enormous jellyfish. But sometimes, you don't see anything that exotic—but that's just as interesting, for totally different reasons.

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While megapixels may no longer be the name of the game with still photography, it looks like the video market is still battling things out on the fields of filesize. Red's Epic Dragon fired the first shots for 6K video (and won applause for its image quality)—but now a Chinese manufacturer called Kinefinity is...

 

 

Lowepro has updated its line of extra large roller bags, with the Pro Roller x-series AW. Available in three sizes, internal volumes range from 25 to 49 liters. By our calculations, the largest bag has sufficient internal volume to fit 0.74 standard human bodies, at least enough for a moderately-sized torso.

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Good morning, IR readers! There's a whole bunch of great camera and lens deals today, so let's jump right in. In the camera department, we've found deals on a Canon G-series PowerShot camera, a Nikon mirrorless camera and Sony's new RX10 camera. For the video folks, there's a kit deal on the Blackmagic Pocket...

 

 

No question about it: The Nikon Df is an interesting camera. It's based around the same great 16-megapixel full-frame sensor and processor pairing of the professional Nikon D4, and yet carries a list price less than half that of the pro model. You'd think that combination would have everyody cheering, but the Df is...

 

 

As photographers look for ways to get the maximum out of their camera, hacks like Magic Lantern and CHDK for Canon cameras, PTool for Panasonic models, and Nikon Hacker for Nikon's DSLRs are becoming increasingly common, if not yet mainstream. They are, perhaps, even beginning to receive some begrudging acceptance...

 

 

Most of the photography news surrounding this year's Oscars have been about Ellen's record breaking selfie, which was so popular that it briefly broke Twitter—and caused a minor kerfuffle when it came out that she was tweeting from a Samsung phone onstage, but an iPhone backstage. But even amidst all the attention...

 

 

With everyone in a state of frothing excitement over House of Cards season 2, here's a chance to get some insight into how the show achieves its distinct, and naturalistic look. The Go Creative Show podcast had a chance to talk to DP Igor Martinovic, and how he achieved the look and feel of the second season of the...

 

 

Ben Von Wong is a photographer who is as much famed for his boisterous personality as he is for his innovative shooting style. DigitalRev's "Pro Tog, Cheap Camera Challenge" pits professional photographers against incredibly low level cameras. So what happens when Von Wong uses an entry level point-and-shoot to...

 

 

Clocking in at an impressive 101 points on its scale, DxOMark's new review of the Red Epic Dragon sets a new standard for color depth and dynamic range—all in an APS-H sensor. The high-end digital cinema camera retails for $29,000 for just the sensor module, and despite being a video oriented device does well...

 

 

Happy Monday everyone! Time to bring you another batch of camera and lens deals. Up today we have a big Canon DSLR and lens bundle promotion at B&H that was set to expire on March 1st, but it's now been extended to March 15th! We've also found a nice batch of Nikon DSLR deals, including the new retro-styled Df...