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Have you ever shot a really great photo, and been just sure you could win a contest or two with it -- but you weren't sure where to start? Or perhaps you've not shot that image yet, but you've got some great ideas just waiting to be captured. Either way, it's not so surprising: There are an incredible number...

I've been shooting photos for 20 years. I've made my living in the profession for the last 15. I can count on one hand the number of times that everything lined up perfectly and a truly rare image was created. Now, I don't want to toot my own horn about this shot, but the fact that, during a 30 second exposure, after a...

 

Image Credit: Michael Lentz/NASA Goddard Conceptual Image Lab

If you've spent any time playing with the Mars panoramas that have come from the Curiosity rover, you know that currently, Mars is an arid waste, totally incapable of harboring life, or even water. But that wasn't always the case — billions of years ago,...

 

 

The Japanese wings of camera manufacturers have something of a reputation for offering interesting variants and services that those on other shores might not see (witness the recent Nikon Df engravings and alarm clocks). Now both Canon and Fujifilm are getting in on the action, with special white variants of some...

 

 

The Google Street View team has done some amazing things. More than just help you find your way around your own city, it's taken us up the world's tallest building, and to some of the most interesting and obscure locations imaginable. Now, Google Street View and that wearable camera backpack have headed to Italy,...

 

 

Everybody Street is a new documentary ode to the world of the New York street photographer. Those artists who have both the skills and tenacity to deliver unflinching portraits of the world around them. Available to either rent or buy through Vimeo On Demand, the documentary interviews many of the finest in the...

 

 

It's time for another daily deal roundup! We've found a lot of cool camera deals this morning, including a big Pentax K-50 sale in a variety of configurations as well as a cool limited edition bundle with the Sony NEX-7. Also on today's list is a refurb Canon DSLR and a couple Fujifilm cameras. Lastly, there's a...

 

 

We've been long waiting for a Micro Four Thirds model with advanced features that does just about everything well at a reasonable price, and the Panasonic GX7 was worth the wait. Other enthusiast-oriented mirrorless cameras we've reviewed lately have generally been excellent, but most have made calculated...

 

 

Remember this incredible photo of Earth as seen through the rings of Saturn? It turns out there's more to the photo than just that, and NASA has just released an astonishing panorama from the Cassini spacecraft, an image that spans 404,880 miles (651,591 kilometers) across.

The image is made from a combination of...

 

 

If the video from earlier this month of a ram attacking a motorcyclist didn't do enough to convince you that you need to be careful around horned mammals, how's this for an example? A photographer in the Cataloochee park had a rather protracted encounter with a young elk, and it involved an extended bout of...

 

 

Last week, we posted about an MIT project that could replicate shapes in 3D using a set of vertical shafts and a camera. Today that project has a name, it's called the inFORM, and it's far more impressive than we had originally suspected.

The video below shows the incredible array of potential uses the inFORM...

 

 

In October, Nokia announced an app called Refocus that would allow Lytro-like refocusing after an image had already been captured. Now, if you have a Nokia PureView phone, you can download the Refocus app, and adjust the focus to your heart's content.

As explained in a blog post, to use the app you focus on the...

 

 

It's only Wednesday and the deals keep rolling in! We've got a bunch of cool and eclectic camera deals this morning including a dual-lens bundle on the new Sony A3000 as well as a price drop on a camera that's not even out yet -- the Fuji XQ1 (plus some more Fuji deals). There're also some deals on a Samsung...

 

 

The Sony RX10 an SLR-killer? Seriously? Check out the side-by-side image quality comparisons we just posted, and decide for yourself.

Before you make the call, though, consider these points:

• The RX10 is pricey, at nearly $1,300, but what would you have to pay for lenses to cover a 24-200mm equivalent range...

 

 

Winter might not quite have arrived yet, but in the eastern half of the United States, you could be fooled into thinking otherwise, with unseasonably cold weather bringing the lowest temperature so far this fall -- and for many of us, the first snow of the year. It seems rather appropriate to match the icy...

 

 

A short while ago, we published our full series of sample lab images -- which we call First Shots --  taken with the Canon G16 premium compact camera. We've since made some progress with our review, and have uploaded a set of real-world sample images that our reviewer, Tim Barribeau, captured with this PowerShot on...

 

 

If your digital camera has a bulb or long exposure mode, chances are you've played around a little with light painting. (And if not, well -- consider your project for tonight assigned!) Tripping your camera's shutter and then messing around with flashlights, glow sticks, LEDs, or any other light source that...

 

 

The Nikon Df has generated a fierce amount of excitement, thanks to an excellent teaser campaign in the build-up to its announcement, and its distinctly retro styles. But if you're planning on getting one, would you be willing to mod it to make it personalized to you? Because Nikon Japan is willing to engrave your...

 

 

The Micro Four Thirds lens using Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera has just received a major feature upgrade: it can now shoot Raw video, which will a major boon for serious serious video users.

In an announcement, Blackmagic stated:

The new Blackmagic Camera 1.5 software update adds CinemaDNG RAW file...