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It's Friday, and admittedly light morning for camera deals. Nevertheless, there's Amazon Lightning Deals ongoing with some great deals that I wanted to post right away. If other deals come along throughout the day, I'll update this post! Other deals so far include a couple Nikon DSLR deals and two Samsung...

The human eye can follow action only so quickly, so we don't get to see the fine details when things happen at very high speeds -- for example the explosion of a water balloon, or the firing of a bullet. This is where slow-motion footage comes in, which is usually recorded with specialized cameras, such as the Phantom Flex, at very high...

In the recent past, Canon has already updated a number of its lenses to include image stabilization: the 35mm f/2 IS and the 28mm f/2.8 IS are two examples. In what seems to be an ongoing pursuit to update older models, the company has now filed three patents that describe image stabilized versions of some of its longer focal length lenses:...

 

 

Ultra wide-angle lenses often sport strongly curved front lens elements, due to which it is impossible to attach regular screw-in filters. This is also true for Samyang's 14mm f/2.8 lens, for which the company that is otherwise...

 

 

The massively succesful, Kickstarter-funded, Digital Bolex is finally starting to head out to backers, supplying them with a retro-looking 2K, Raw shooting video camera. And now that it's actually getting into people's hands, we're starting to see some more real-world footage shot with the device, and getting a...

 

 

Aerial photos are, it seems, the next big thing in real-estate sales. Property listings are no longer just about the inside of the house, with perhaps a couple of quick snapshots from outside of the property. A photo from above can help to place it within its landscape, and in the process attract more...

 

 

We might not really think of it as such, but coral is very much alive. And, while you might not notice when scuba diving, it's also very much in motion. It's just that it's going so slow, most of us wouldn't be able to tell. But that's where Dr Pim Bongaerts' Coral Timelapse program comes in, a series of wonderful...

 

Photograph by Jared Polin, used under a Creative Commons license

Jim Marshall was one of the most famed music photographers of all time. Up until his death in 2010, he produced an unparalleled collection of images of iconic stars and groups. He was the only backstage photographer at the Beatles' last concert, and the...

 

(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

The Associated Press has officially cut ties with the Pulitzer winning photographer Narciso Contreras, and has removed all of his images from their service, after discovering he altered one of his images. The photo in question had a video camera clone-stamped out from the lower left...

 

 

The camera deals keep on rolling in! There's a nice haul of camera and lens discounts and bargains this morning. We've found camera deals, from DSLRs to mirrorless to compact cameras, by Canon, Nikon and Sony. On the lens front, there's some excellent savings on Canon, Sigma and Tokina lenses. That's all for today,...

 

 

If lens distortion and perspective issues are the bane of your photos and you're shooting with a recently-announced camera -- including Apple's wildly-popular iPhone 5s, the Nikon Df DSLR which we're currently reviewing, or the truly lustworthy Sony A7 full-frame mirrorless camera -- then we have good news!...

 

(HAWAIIAN SAND GRAINS ARRANGEMENT) Maui sand grains arrangement shows the diversity of sand grains from a thimble-full of sand from a single beach near Lahaina. Image © Gary Greenberg, used with permission

Most people probably realize that each grain of sand is essentially a tiny piece of stone or glass. But have you...

 

 

The Magic Lantern firmware hack has achieved some pretty remarkable things over the years. Full manual video controls for a great number of cameras; dual ISO still shooting, Raw video, and much more. And the newest notch on the belt of the Magic Lantern programmers? They've managed to tweak the Canon 5D Mark III to...

 

 

In 1947, for the third and final time to date, the Oscars offered an award for a very unusual field: still photography. Legendary Hollywood photographer Ernest Bachrach was honored with a medal from the Academy, and this extremely rare piece of film memorabilia is now up for auction.

Bachrach was one of the major...

Time to get our deal on! We've rounded up a nice selection of camera deals this morning including some big savings on a variety of Canon gear, from DSLRs to compact cameras (and a lens). There's also a great deal on a Nikon DSLR kit, an Olympus PEN camera and a promo at Amazon for some big discounts on Sony Alpha DSLRs. Lastly, pick your...

 

 

[Special editor's note: This article was written in early 2014, more than two years ago, and at that time there was rampant confusion over Sony lens mount schemes. They have long since taken steps to allay confusion on their site, so please understand when...

 

 

There’s been a lot of interest in the newly released Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 SP Di VC USD lens. (For those wondering what the initials mean, VC means vibration compensation; the others all read to me as ‘marketing drivel.') But meaningless initials or not, with a price under $1,100, a superior range and vibration...

Recently, we reported on a video that was taken from the inside of a fighter jet cockpit using multiple GoPro cameras. Since most of us will never be actual fighter pilots, we concluded that this might be our only chance to ever take a ride in an F-18. But it seems more people had the great idea to put cameras in their fighter jet cockpits, as...

 

 

Most of us will never be able to afford a Leica digital rangefinder. Even a non-functional, heavily damaged Leica M8 can still fetch almost $1000—which makes it that much more painful to look at these images from ePhotoZone of the guts of the first Leica digital rangefinder.

While billed as a teardown, there's...