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The annual CP+ photography tradeshow is now well underway in Japan, and Imaging Resource publisher and editor-in-chief Dave Etchells is right in the thick of it, meeting and interviewing some of the most influential figures in...

Good news and bad news for fans of Fujifilm photographic products -- the company reports that its imaging business was able to cut its losses by more than 60% in the final three quarters of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. Thanks to overall improved sales, losses went down from JPY3.9bn to JPY1.5bn. Although that's still almost...

 

 

Tucked away in at the CP+ expo in Japan, camera blog DCWatch has revealed an incredibly small take on the OM-D E-M1—one you have to see to believe.

Unfortunately, this absolutely tiny little thing isn't actually a camera. Instead, it's a keychain version of everyone's favorite Micro Four Thirds camera. I know, I...

 

 

Earlier today, Russina President Vladimir Putin stopped by the USA House in Sochi, briefly visiting the headquarters of the American team. So what did some of the athletes do? The same thing you'd do in any such situation—shoot a sneaky selfie with Putin in the background!

A number of Team USA athletes,...

 

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Last year, the Word Press Photo award was given to photographer Paul Hansen for his image of a Palestinian funeral procession—a decision that became deeply controversial amidst claims of photo manipulation and an internal probe. Now, the 2014 World Press Photo award has been given out, and...

 

 

DXOMark announced yesterday that the Nikon D3300 sensor scored an 82, putting it ahead of the Canon 5D Mark III's score of 81. A budget APS-C that could go head-to-head with Canon's full-frame 5D Mark III sounded too good to be true, so we were thrilled to get the D3300 into our lab.

We're pleased to present for...

 

 

Hold onto your seats folks, because this stuff is not for the faint of heart. Today we learned of two occasions of people climbing where they weren't meant to, and bringing their cameras along for the ride.

In Shanghai, Russian duo Vadim Makharov and Ritaliy Raskalov managed to secretely scale the Shanghai Tower,...

 

 

We've just posted our Sony FE 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens review, and like the Sony FE 55mm we reviewed earlier, this is another very solid performer from folks at Sony and Carl Zeiss! This full-frame E-mount lens was announced alongside the Sony A7 and A7R mirrorless cameras serving as a compact, high-quality and...

 

 

With the CP+ show in Japan now under way, we've just wrapped up the last few previews of cameras launched by imaging giant Canon for its PowerShot series. The Canon SX700 pocket long-zoom and record-breaking Canon D30 waterproof camera debut alongside three affordable ELPH compacts, the Canon 150 IS, Canon...

 

 

Up until now, 500px's smartphone apps haven't allowed you to upload images directly to its service. You can browse through 500px to your heart's content, but you have to return to your computer if you want to put your own photos on it. That's now set to change, with version 2.5 of the 500px iOS app, which allows...

 

 

The high-end compact market looks to be one of the big battlegrounds of 2014, especially with Canon's new G1 X Mark II. Now Canon Japan has released a quartet of photos from the camera, giving us our first official glimpse at photos taken with the large sensored compact. You can bet they're some of the best images...

 

 

Remember the Olympus 15mm f/8 BCL-1580 Body Cap Lens? Announced in 2012, this bizarre little body cap lens captured the heart of many thanks to its low cost, and it's absolutely tiny size. Olympus recently announced another body cap lens, but it seems that other companies are getting in on the action, with a...

 

 

Nikon's newest entry-level DSLR, the D3300, has us all extremely excited based on its excellent seeming specs, if nothing else. But now DxOMark has put the camera through its sensor-based testing system, and shown it to be notably better than much of the competition.

As always, remember that DxOMark's tests are...

 

 

Another day, another deal! We've compiled another great batch of camera deals this morning, including a big selection of Canon gear, from full-frame DSLRs to powerful PowerShots. There's also a limited-time deal on a Samsung NX-series camera. We've also found a great deal on the tiny Panasonic GM1 and the quirky...

The CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan is just around the corner, and many manufacturers are using the opportunity to announce new products or give status updates on current developments. The former is true for Cosina, who has just announced an updated version of its Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds, and the latter is true...

When Olympus announced the OM-D E-M1, it was pretty obvious that the days of the Four Thirds system were numbered -- to the regret of many photographers who had fallen in love with the superb Four Thirds lens lineup. On the upside, thanks to the phase detection strips, the E-M1 is able to focus Four Thirds glass nearly as quickly – if not...

 

 

If you're a photographer, making yourself easy to find online is a surprisingly big part of the job. You need a website, Facebook page, Google Plus, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter, and probably more. Now, a whole suite of new top level domains (TLDs) have been announced, including a number that are directly relevant to...

 

 

Scientist and photographer Zachary Copfer has created a unique set of portraits for the Big Bang Fair in the UK—each one is "printed" using bacteria harvested from his subjects. Dubbing the process "bacteriography", the method may sound bizarre, but it's actually very closely linked to the process of a traditional...

 

 

Was your interest piqued by this recent recommendation of VSCO Cam as the best iPhone editing app around? Now's a perfect time to take the app for a spin, as VSCO Cam has just hit version 3.0, and it has added a more social aspect to the application.

Version 3.0 has a new alignment tool for editing, a slightly...