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Score one for the cynics: When we posted about the imminent cessation of new sign-ups to Adobe's Photoshop Photography Program late last month, we soon heard from readers expecting the company would extend the program, perhaps with a slight bump in pricing. We must admit that we were rather expecting the same...

 

 

Moment is a new Kickstarter for a pair of smartphone lenses, that'll work with either your iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy. Yet, despite being crafted by people who seem to know an awful lot about cameras and lenses, we're left wondering "does the world need another set of iPhone lenses?"

Let's start with the good...

 

Photo by Sam Hurd

Just under a year ago, photographer Sam Hurd showed the world his "prisming" technique, a method of shooting with a prism that resulted in dreamy reflections and wonderful effects. It also lead to a shortage of prisms, and a legion of imitators of this way of shooting. Now, someone's let Hurd play...

 

 

The widespread use of Creative Commons has meant that for those looking to use images online, there are plenty of photographs that are freely available, as long as you attribute their source. The only question then is: how do you find them? Luckily, search giant Google has just made it a little easier, adding the...

 

 

One of the more surprising product launches at this year's Consumer Electronics Show came from a brand of which most photographers will never have heard -- Los Angeles, California-based JK Imaging. The company's relative anonymity seems likely to disappear with the launch of two products that very closely...

 

 

In November, we covered a jury ruling on the Daniel Morel vs AFP/Getty case which saw the two media organizations hit with the maximum possible penalty for infringing on the photographer's eight images of the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Slapped with a $1.22 million dollar fine, AFP and Getty have now mounted an...

 

 

Ah, back to our regularly scheduled program. With the holidays, the New Year and then CES, our Camera Deals of the Day posts were unavoidably put on the back burner. But now CES is over, and it's time to get back to bring you all the latest and great in cameras deals. So without further ado, we've compiled a lot of...

 

 

We've just posted our Canon G16 review, and like previous G-series PowerShot cameras, it's another solid entry into the premium compact camera market. The big story with Canon's new flagship enthusiast-oriented PowerShot camera is the massive speed boost the camera gets thanks to its new DIGIC 6 processor. The...

Molhem Barakat, 17, wanted to be a photographer so badly that he filed photos under an older photographer's name until he turned 18. Despite the increasingly violent Syrian civil war, Reuters agrees they began working with the kid from Aleppo in May of 2013. The agency furnished him with camera, body armor and ballistic helmet and began...

Sadly, stealing other people's work is all too commonplace these days -- especially on the internet -- where it's easy to just grab something and promote it as your own. As it so happened recently when a student was caught submitting stolen photographs to various contests all over the world (wide web). But it's not only individuals who steal....

 

 

We're reaching perilously close to peak aerial drone footage, where the sheer volume of footage taken from the skies has completely robbed them of emotional impact. Yet, even so, there are still videos that pop up every now and then that manage to wow us with their beauty. Like this footage from Roberto Serrini,...

 

 

People who jumped on board with the Sony A7 and A7r at launch have been left pretty short on options when it comes to native Full Frame lenses. But Chinese lens and adapter makers Mitakon have been working on a 50mm f/0.95 lens for the camera, and the first sample images from the lens have just popped up.

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Photography guru Scott Kelby has taking two of his existing programs, and smashed them into one, giving members of each access to the combined knowledge of both training groups all in one new organization. What were once Kelby Training and NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) have now joined...

 

 

If the original Hasselblad Lunar and its whopping $7,000 pricetag wasn't exclusive or garish enough for you, take heart, because the camera maker just announced an extremely limited version in red and gold, which will set you back €7,200 (around $10,000).

The color scheme reminds us more than a little of our...

 

 

With the holiday season and the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show taking the focus lately, things have been rather quiet on the firmware front, but for the first time this year Firmware Friday is back -- and with a pretty impressive update for the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR.

Canon 1D X firmware version 2.0.3...

 

 

The folks over at unofficial Apple blog MacRumors have picked up an interesting story today which suggests that good things are on the way for a future iPhone. According to a patent application uncovered by Unwired View, Apple has developed an optical image stabilization system suitable for, as the company...

This confirms it: 4K (or Ultra High Definition, if you prefer) was the single biggest trend at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. And we're not talking about TV sets, we're talking about the computer industry. First, we saw a whole bunch of 4K desktop monitors announced, and now come the world's first laptops with 4K displays, both made...

 

 

Over the last few months, Sony has stopped using Alpha NEX branding on newly-announced mirrorless cameras, instead using only the Alpha brand. In the process, it's caused some confusion and consternation among photographers shooting NEX cameras. Readers have contacted us, wanting to know what the change means for...

 

 

At CES, we got some hands-on time with the new Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 APSH OIS lens and ran around the show floor to put it through its paces on the GM1 and GH3. As we reported on Tuesday, this new portrait prime is another lens forged in the partnership between Panasonic and Leica. The 42.5mm...