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Compact point-and-shoots might have become rare these days, but long-zoom bridge cameras still offer a compelling advantage over your smartphone camera, as do weather-sealed cameras. The Fuji S1 offers the best of both worlds, as both a bridge camera and a water / dust-resistant camera, and it has quite a bit...

 

 

IR's in-depth interviews with camera and lens manufacturer execs have become a hallmark of our photo industry coverage, and have proven very popular with our readers. The depth we get to in these interviews is unparalleled anywhere, on the web or off: The president of one company told me last year "The kinds of...

 

 

Each day, millions of new pictures are uploaded to Instagram, and most of them simply vanish in the depth of Facebook's server farms. With all those moments recorded, do they even serve a purpose? While it may not seem so upon first glance, the makers of the Pic A Moment iOS app have figured out what Instagram is...

 

 

We recently reported about predictions made by a Credit Suisse analyst who claimed that in the ever-changing landscape of the photo industry, only the major players -- i.e. Canon, Nikon and Sony -- would be able to make a lasting stand. Now, the next doomsday prediction comes in, and this time from the people over...

 

 

Happy New Year! It's a new year with new deals on great cameras, lenses and other photo gear! Up today, we've got a great deal on a couple Canon DSLRs, as well as a couple Pentax cameras. In the lens department, there's a couple rebates on two of the most popular Canon L-series f/2.8 zoom lenses as well another...

 

 

Alongside its announcement of the Samsung NX30 and Galaxy Camera 2 today, Samsung had three more products to reveal, and they're largely aimed at users of its NX-mount cameras -- but with distinctly different usage. There are two lenses and a shoe-mount strobe, and interestingly, the duo of new lenses both...

 

 

Samsung just announced the NX30, a new flagship for its NX-series of mirrorless compact system cameras. Like previous top-of-the-line NX-series models, the Samsung NX30 is styled like a small SLR. It also sports an improved version of the 20.3-megapixel APS-C format CMOS sensor seen on several previous NX...

 

 

Back in 2012, Samsung brought all of its smartphone expertise to bear in creating the Galaxy Camera: an Android-based, standalone camera. Now, with the follow-up Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 the company hones its offering, retaining the basic feature set -- including the same 16-megapixel, backside-illuminated CMOS...

 

 

It's time to make your New Year's resolutions, and if you haven't decided just what they should include, we've got a suggestion: How about resolving to introduce somebody else to the joys of photography? It's something almost any of us could do, whether it's through a photo club, volunteering at a local...

 

 

It was early on the morning of May 18, 1980 when I was awoken by a house-shaking rumble. I ran to my deck and saw a plume of smoke rising into the air over Mt. St. Helens. The volcano was erupting, and within a few minutes, Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist working for The Columbian, a Vancouver, Washington-based...

 

 

It's been a year of many firsts, but from a tech point of view, none has been quite as exciting -- and yet quite so divisive -- as Google Glass. First previewed in mid-2012 under the codename Project Glass, these geeky glasses made their way into the hands of a select few early adopters this year, most likely...

 

 

It's the last day of 2013! Let's give this year a nice send-off with some excellent camera and lens deals. On the camera front, there's some awesome DSLR deals for Canon, Sony and Pentax cameras, as well as a big bundle for a Sony NEX mirrorless camera and a Canon superzoom digicam. As for lenses, there's a pretty...

 

 

It's a sad fact of life that in these days of heightened security and surcharges for every option imaginable, modern air travel has lost almost all of its romance for the flying public. For those who choose the career of aviator, though, the cockpit of a jet aircraft is still an amazing place to be. A new...

 

 

We've finally tied a ribbon on our review of the Sony RX100 II, and once again came away impressed with Sony's amazing pocket rocket.

We reviewed the original Sony RX100 back in the summer of 2012, and were so impressed by it that we named it our Pocket Camera of the Year for that year. Now, Sony's upped the ante...

 

 

Okay, that headline is slightly dramatized. But the fact of the matter is that Credit Suisse imaging analyst Yu Yoshida paints the picture of a dire future for Japan's mid-tier camera makers. With smartphones continuing to eat into the market share of compact cameras, Yoshida sees little space left for the smaller...

 

 

Here's a quick experiment to liven up your afternoon: Grab your phone, pull up the camera roll or gallery, look at the last picture you snapped, and take a moment to think about why you wanted to take that photo. Then watch this interesting video series in which random people do the same thing you did -- and...

 

 

It's sometimes said that the eyes can tell stories, but until now you may not have realized just how informative those stories can be. New research from the University of Glasgow suggests that eye reflections captured in photographs could be used to fight crime, or simply to tell us more about the environment...

 

 

Here at the Imaging Resource we’re bombarded daily by questions from friends, family and readers: What camera should I buy to photograph my daughter’s indoor gymnastics? My son’s ski trip? How should I spend $500 to document my honeymoon in Turkey? What is the best camera system to buy for my girlfriend if I’ve got...

Although, the merriment of the holidays is fading (athough the new year is soon upon us!), that doesn't mean deals are dwindling as well -- it's After Holiday Shopping time now! Up today are some great camera deals on Nikon DSLRs, as well as deals on Canon and Sony compact and mirrorless cameras. There's also a great price on a Canon pancake...