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We've just posted First Shots -- a full series of sample lab images* -- taken with the Nikon P7800, Nikon's latest update to their popular, enthusiast-oriented Coolpix P-series compact camera line. The guts of the P7800 are pretty much identical to the previous model, the P7700, with the same 1/1.7-inch type,...

 

 

We've put together a nice little list of camera deals today, including a lot of nice savings on Nikon DSLRs as well as a couple deals on Canon and Pentax DSLRs. Sony's also still has a limited edition bundle for the NEX-7 mirrorless camera and lastly, there's a nice deal on an Adobe software bundle. Well, that's...

 

 

We've seen some pretty cool light-painting projects over the years -- ping-pong balls under blacklight spring to mind, as do Red Bull's light-painted wakeboard photos, and pretty much everything we've seen from the lustworthy Pixelstick -- but Japan's Dr. Koichi Wakata has taken the artform out of this world....

A little while ago, in a rather unexpected move, cinematography accessory manufacturer Letus announced an anamorphic adapter to use with GoPro action cameras. So far, anamorphic adapters would usually come with premium price tags well in the thousands, but recently we've seen a couple of companies come up with actually affordable ones. The...

 

 

National Geographic's photographers have a reputation for being some of the finest the world has to offer. Now the magazine has teamed up some of its photogs with online learning center The Great Courses for a series of video lessons that are planned to span at least a dozen subjects over the course of the next...

 

 

We'll be the first to admit it. Camera news and review sites are ripe for parody. Amidst the constant floods of rumors, new products that you don't care about, new products that you vaguely care about, reviews, and anything else that we think will interest readers, there's more than a little room to make fun. And...

 

 

Nearly 150 years ago, the English photographer Harry Pointer (1822-1889) had an epiphany. A portrait studio photographer in the resort city of Brighton, he realized that there was more to cats than meets the eyes – they could be photographed copycatting humans. This idea struck him one day in 1870 while...

 

 

If you've ever wanted to build your own camera, but aren't up for something quite as technical as, say, the Lux, how about turning to widely used and open source components? By hooking together the popular Raspberry Pi, its camera module, and a $35 touchscreen from Adafruit, you can build yourself a touchscreen...

 

 

Micro Four Thirds portrait and low-light shooters rejoice! There's a new king of sharpness, bokeh and brightness in town and its name is NOCTICRON (actually, it's Panasonic 42.5mm ƒ/1.2 ASPH POWER OIS Leica DG NOCTICRON, but that's a mouthful). We only had a brief hands-on session with the lens at CES last week,...

 

 

Photographer Isa Leshko started her Elderly Animals project, after having taken care of her mother with Alzheimer's for a year. Conscientiously opting not to photograph her family during this difficult time, instead she later channeled that same emotion into a photo series looking old animals of all sorts. A...

Building things yourself can be an incredibly satisfying pastime -- be it as mundane as Lego, as sophisticated as a model railroad, or as useful as furniture. For us photographers and photo enthusiasts, the ultimate DIY job of course is a full working camera. There are several DIY camera kits available for purchase out there, such as the Last...

 

 

There's good news for Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers today, as the company announces the very thing you're paying those regular subscription fees for -- free updates and new features. Alongside new versions of Adobe Illustrator CC and InDesign CC, Adobe Photoshop CC arrives with a variety of new features....

 

 

When DxO Labs debuted its overhauled Optics Pro 9 image processing app last October, we immediately latched onto its amazing PRIME denoising engine as the key new feature. Whenever we've wanted to clean up a high ISO shot since then, we've found ourselves pushing aside other apps in favor of Optics Pro -- the...

 

 

If you've ever been watching the news, and someone's cellphone footage from a breaking event has popped up, you've doubtless noticed that it was probably shot in portrait format. A holdover from people inherently holding their phones vertically rather than horizontally, vertical oriented videos look bizarre and...

 

 

We just posted our Panasonic 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 review, and it's quite the impressive little lens, not only compared to other kit lenses, but also to...

 

 

Ask anyone who's ever been photographed more than a couple of times, and they'll be quick to confirm that there's at least one photo in which they hate the way they look (or maybe more). Maybe it's a spontaneous double chin, their skin, or their posture, but a lot of people feelthat they photograph poorly. In fact,...

 

 

Getting a quick and dirty photo of something onto your computer is still a couple of steps slower and longer than we'd like it to be. You can snap a photo with your camera, and then either plug it directly into your computer, or transfer it via memory card (or over Wi-Fi if it can do that); you can use a smartphone...

 

 

Photographer Nicolaus Wegner has a deep and abiding love for Wyoming, and all its natural wonder and astonishing weather. Which is why he's done two separate "wildscapes" of his state, and his most recent video is a powerful and stunning look at its natural landscapes. Shot and edited over the course of 14 months,...

Flying a fighter jet is the dream of many a little boy, but only a select few ever get to do it in reality. Those who make it through the selection process need to be of immaculate health, as the body will have to deal with incredible forces during flight. Then, it takes a lot of skill and years of training until you're finally ready to fly...