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Adobe releases Lightroom 5.3, Camera Raw 8.3

 
 

Adobe has pushed out an update of camera compatability across a range of its products, bringing support for an array of new bodies and lenses for Lightroom, Photoshop CC and CS6, as well as DNG Converter. Photoshop CC has also received some new editing features, which unfortunately don't seem to have been passed on...

Camera Deals of the Day: Pentax K-30 2-lens bundle $630; Fuji XF1 $199; Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens $749 and much more!

 
 
 
 

he deals keep on rolling in! Today, we've got a nice, eclectic handful of deals on a wide range of cameras, from compacts to DSLRs to high-end medium format digital backs. There's also a great deal on a Canon macro lens. So, browse through the list below, and be sure to...

Sony RX10 review: video page, Wi-Fi info added


 
 

A couple of weeks ago, we posted our in-depth review of the Sony RX10, an extremely versatile bridge camera with a far larger sensor than any other bridge camera before it. At the time, we didn't have our detailed coverage of the RX10's video feature set finalized, and we also missed reporting our...

Camera Deals of the Day: Canon 70D body $949; Canon T5i 3-lens bundle $849; Ricoh GR $697, and much more!

 
 

Oh yeah, we've got a bunch of awesome camera deals today! If you're looking to score some big discounts, then today's your day. We've found a lot of a great DSLR and mirrorless camera deals with big savings on Canon, Ricoh and Olympus cameras. There's also a big set of holiday discounts on Sigma lenses. Be sure to...

Google Open Gallery will let artists make their own digital museums

 
 

Google has been working for some time to take big galleries and museums online with the Google Cultural Institute, as a way of bringing museums to the people. Now, Google has opened its doors on this project with Google Open Gallery, allowing artists, gallery owners, and "anyone with cultural content" to create a...

How Chase Jarvis crashed a DJI Phantom and Sony RX100 II into the ocean (VIDEO)

 
 

If there's one thing the recent spate popularity of drone photography has shown, is that if you're not careful, drones have a habit of falling out of the sky. In fact, famed photographer Chase Jarvis just experienced this first hand with a DJI Phantom and Sony RX100 II, both ending up at the bottom of an Icelandic...

Photographer tackled by Smithsonian security guards

 
 

Around a week ago, photographer Kristoffer Tripplaar was at the Air and Space Museum, covering the fast food worker's strike that was going on at the time. Hardly an unusual place for an accredited photographer to end up — but one wouldn't expect to be wrestled to the ground by a trio of security guards. And that's...

Danish duo to make new Super 8 camera

 
 

While 35mm film might be struggling, analog photographers have nothing on those who love Super 8 film for video. With production on cameras long since ended, and ever decreasing film stock, there's not a lot of development going on for 8mm film. But a father/son duo from Denmark are bucking the trend, and have...

Top 13 for 2013: The Big, The Small and The Unusual


The Imaging Resource 2013 Camera of the Year awards


Best Enthusiast Zoom of 2013

Camera of the Year, Best Enthusiast Zoom: Sony RX10

 
 

The Sony RX10 offers something truly unique. Compared to its bridge-camera competition, the RX10 is in a different league, thanks to a...

Top 13 for 2013: The Best Enthusiast and Pro Gear of the Year


The Imaging Resource 2013 Camera of the Year awards


Best Professional Camera

Camera of the Year, Best Professional Camera: Olympus E-M1:


 
 

Micro for the major leagues! It's seriously impressive that this year's Camera of the Year in the Pro category is a Micro Four Thirds...

Top 13 for 2013: The Best Entry-Level Cameras of the Year


The Imaging Resource 2013 Camera of the Year awards

 

 
 

 

Best Pocket Camera

Camera of the Year, Best Pocket Camera: Sony RX100 II

Last year, Sony took top honors as our 2012 Pocket Camera of the Year, with its bright-lensed, large-sensored, small-bodied and incredibly...

Top 13 for 2013: The Best Cameras, Lenses and Technologies of the Year

The Imaging Resource 2013 Camera of the Year awards
 

Few organizations shoot with as many cameras and lenses as we do in the course of a year and fewer still conduct the same level of objective testing. We've pretty well seen it all when it comes to image-capture technology and devices, so it takes a lot for us to recognize a camera or...

DxOMark crowns Nikon Df new king of low light

 
 

One of the big questions surrounding the much-discussed Nikon Df is if the manufacturer would be able to squeeze any improved performance from it, despite it being rumored to have exactly the same sensor as the Nikon D4. But now DxOMark has done its sensor-based analysis of the Df, and crowned it the king of the...

How photography can affect your memory (if you aren’t paying attention)

 
 

A research article just published in the journal Psychological Science has shown an interesting impact on people's memory if they photograph an event rather than simply observing it — but what the paper doesn't say is that if you break out the camera, you're won't remember what you've just been doing.

The study...

Photosynth to get major update, will bring spinning and walking tools

 
 

Microsoft's Photosynth is a hidden gem of an app, an incredibly powerful panorama tool for Windows Phone and iOS, as well as on the desktop. Now Microsoft is previewing a new generation of that technology, and it's going to offer a lot more than just turning around in place.

Photosynth has always provided support...

Olympus announces new firmware for OM-D E-M1, including boosted AF performance

 
 

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 has already wowed us with its excellent image quality, and fast AF speeds. Now Olympus has rolled out a firmware update for the camera, packing a number of minor fixes, and also promising better autofocus.

The new firmware is available through the Camera Updater app from Olympus, and offers:...

Camera Deals of the Day: Nikon D610 kit $2,249; Canon T3i printer bundle $425; Fuji X20 price drop $500 and more!

 
 

It's the holiday season, so let's keep the camera deals coming! We're back to our daily camera deals posts, and this morning we've got some great DSLR deals for Nikon and Canon cameras. There's also a new price drop on a compact Fujifilm X-Series camera and a one-day deal on a refurb Canon PowerShot camera. In the...

Ilford announces new fiber base papers

 
 

Ilford Photo (not to be confused with the financially troubled Ilford Imaging) has announced new fiber based photographic papers, replacing one of its existing products, and adding a new one for those who still print photos in the traditional manner.

Ilford has long offered fiber base (FB) papers, and this...

Did the most recent Nikon firmware block third party batteries?

 
 

In November, Nikon released a firmware update for the D5200, D5100, D3200, D3100, and P7700, tweaking battery performance with the EN-EL14a. But it seems there was something else going on in that update — it may have killed support for third party batteries.

That's according to a report on Nikon Rumors, which is...

“Petzvar” Kickstarter wants to bring Petzval lenses to medium format

 
 

Earlier this year, Lomography's attempt to resurrect the Petzval lens for modern photographers was wildly successful. Now another Petzval lens Kickstarter has popped up, but with a major difference: this is for medium format cameras.

The project is called Petzvar, and is being undertaken by Denys Ivanichek. By...