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The newest image from the Hubble telescope is a chaotic splatter of light. Crammed with thousands of stars of all sizes and shape, it's almost impossible to make heads or tails of. And that's what makes it so impressive — it's an image of Messier 15, one of the most densely packed globular clusters in all...

 

 

It's hard to avoid the internet's current obsession with animated GIFs — and it's an obsession that's now spreading into the real world. Last month there was Gifpop, a Kickstarter for lenticular prints based on animated GIFs. Now there's Giphoscope, custom-built, hand-cranked analog GIF players, built on the...

 

 

Thanks, in part, to the X-series of cameras, Fujifilm has gained a reputation as being a company devoted to photographic excellence, and also to treating its customers right. The most recent indication of that is the new Fujifilm X Magazine, a free digital publication devoted to the various X-series cameras the...

 

 

Just one month ago, Microsoft promised that an official Instagram app was on the way for Windows Phone users. Yesterday saw the app launch, but with missing features, and a cloud of misinformation and confusion about whether it could even take photographs or not.

As on other platforms, you can run your images...

 

 

As we similarly concluded with its predecessor, the Sony HX200V, we think the Sony HX300's strengths far outweigh its limitations, making this all-in-one superzoom a solid option for anyone who wants a camera to do a little bit of everything. The HX300's 50x optical zoom lens is a huge upgrade and an incredible...

 

 

Regular readers will be familiar with ExpoImaging's ExpoDisc, a product we've mentioned on our news page, newsletter, and in our reviews many times over the years. The ExpoDisc is something of a Swiss army knife for your camera, providing several handy functions in a single item. Now, the follow-up ExpoDisc...

 

 

We've mentioned Motrr's unusual Galileo remote-controlled iPhone mount a couple of times on our news page, but if you didn't see our first coverage way back in March 2012, you've been out of luck when it came to picking one up for yourself. Like many crowd-funded projects, the only way to be amongst the early...

 

 

Last September, Adobe announced its Photoshop Photography Program, a limited-availability discount bundle of its subscription-only Photoshop Creative Cloud product with the photographer-centric Lightroom, 20GB of cloud storage, and a Behance ProSite. Pricing for the bundle was set at US$10 per month, a pretty...

 

 

For the last six months or so, it's been all change at Yahoo-owned photo-sharing service Flickr, and as we've reported on our news page, that change hasn't always been well-received. The company's latest tweak to its offerings is likely to prove rather more popular, however.

Flickr's new photo book publishing...

 

 

When it comes to third party support, the Fujifilm X-Mount has been sadly ignored by many manufacturers. But Samyang (also sometimes known as Bower or Rokinon, depending where you're buying from) seems to be stepping up to the plate, and will be adding X-Mount support to more lenses.

On a Facebook post, a user...

 

 

We've all been tempted by it before. Why buy a first party piece of hardware when someone else is making one that's almost identical for half the price? For some things, it doesn't seem to hugely matter (say, a flash diffuser), but for others it might make all the difference between getting a few final shots, and...

 

 

More and more, Instagram is proving its worth well beyond the hackneyed cliché of selfies and foodshots. We're seeing news disseminated via Instagram, and now it seems that government agencies are using the social network to share some amazing images. The Department of the Interior (DOI), who is in charge of most...

 

 

Happy hump day! We're back again with another camera deals roundup, this time with a cool variety of bargains on everything from pro-level DSLRs to pocketable mirrorless cameras as well as a few things in between. There's some nice deals on Canon 5D Mark III bodies and bundles and a price drop on the new Canon 70D....

 

 

Leica has teamed up with the Gagosian Art Gallery to announce an extremely limited edition of the Leica X2. The Leica X2 Gagosian Edition will feature black paint splotches against a white leather grip, and only one hundred of them will be made.

This picture is the only image that we have of the Leica X2 Gagosian...

 

 

Planning on buying the Nikon D5300 digital SLR? If so, you'll want to be aware of a potential compatibility issue when shooting with Sigma lenses using an internal focus motor, one which the company is working on correcting.

The lenses will largely work as intended, but the optical stabilizer may not...

 

 

Visit one of Walt Disney's theme parks around the world, and you're infinitely more likely to see its iconic Mickey Mouse character in front of the tourists' lenses, rather than behind the camera. But have you ever wondered what camera Mickey Mouse would choose to shoot with, were those roles reversed? Until...

 

 

We've seen some pretty interesting attempts to create hardware control schemes for various applications over the years — like trying to get a MIDI controller to work with Lightroom, or setting up a game controller to edit photos. But what if you could build your own control system, one that you could customize to...

The humble self-portrait has just been elevated to iconic status. The Oxford University Press -- creator of the famous Oxford dictionary series -- has conveyed a rare honor on social media's favorite photo, selecting "Selfie" as its word of the year for 2013. Selfie made the cut over pop culture rivals such as "binge-watch", "bitcoin", and "twerk" thanks to a  staggering...

 

 

Building on the success of its Ultrafit Sling Strap, Joby has announced a new accessory, the $69.95 Pro Sling Strap. Much like the the Ultrafit, the Pro features a speed cinch system to rapidly go from hanging at your side to ready to shoot, and it can also be locked in the stowed position to keep it safely tucked...