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In the David and Goliath battle pitting the dissident artist, photographer and blackjack player Ai Weiwei against the Chinese government, it's clearly an uneven match -- the artist is mostly winning. Weiwei is both China's foremost contemporary artist, boasting a huge international following, as well as its most...

 

 

Everybody has been wowed by the image quality of the new Sony A7R, and with good reason. But its doppelganger, the 24.3-megapixel Sony A7, is definitely no slouch in the photo department. In our just completed image comparison analysis of the Sony A7 against several top contenders -- the Sony A99, Canon 6D, Nikon...

 

 

Tamron has announced that it has a new zoom lens in the works, one with an impressively long reach of 150-600mm. Designed for both full frame and APS-C sensors, the upcoming Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DI VC USD will be the longest zoom in Tamron's stable.

The company has not announced when, or for how much, the...

 

 

The impact of war and ongoing conflict on children can be horrific — but one photographer is doing his best to help those affected by conflict by combining his own photography expertise with the principles of art therapy. The project is called War Toys, and in it photographer Brian McCarthy recreaties children's...

 

 

Can you imagine putting an object — any object — in front of a camera, and having it instantly mimicked in 3D right next to you? That's the promise of a new piece of technology being worked on by Professor Hiroshi Ishii at the MIT Media Lab and his students. An object is placed in front of a camera, and a nearby...

 

 

We've seen some pretty wacky things made to look like lenses over the years, but this is a first. Not only is this alarm clock an incredible facsimile of the Nikon 20-70mm f/2.8, but it will also wake you to the sound of a shutter firing. And even better than that — it's being given away by Nikon itself.

As part...

 

 

Last week, Imaging Resource publisher Dave Etchells and news editor Mike Tomkins spent several days at a press event in Nashville, Tennessee, where they got some early hands-on time with Sony's latest products. Mike previously posted galleries from his first day with several brand-new Sony cameras, and now...

 

 

The deals keep on rolling in! Today, we've got a nice, eclectic handful of deals on cameras and accessories. There's kit and bundles deals for the Canon EOS M, Pentax DSLRs and compact cameras. We've also found deals on Nikon DSLRs and Samsung interchangeable lens cameras. In the accessories department, those that...

 

 

Pentax has today announced lenses for two of its three lens mounts: the K-mount used by its DSLRs and K-01 mirrorless camera, and the Q-mount used in its Q-series mirrorless cameras. Both lenses are slated to ship this December, and take the company's lens lineup in new directions.

The HD Pentax DA 20-40mm...

 

 

More and more, social media sites are becoming the best way to keep track of major events — especially disasters. People are able to quickly and easily upload images in affected areas, beating news reporters to the punch. It's something we saw very vividly with the Colorado floods earlier this year. And just over a...

 

 

For six months, photographer Patrick Gries spent every day photographing 250 skeletons from Museum of Natural History in Paris and other French museums. Each skeleton was rendered against a stark, plain, black background. Yet even with such a restricted environment, he managed to create some of the most amazing...

 

 

For the last few years, famed scotch whisky distillery the Macallan has teamed up with photographic giants to create hyper-limited edition releases that combine the best of both photography and single malt. This year, famed portraitist Elliot Erwitt has been announced as the newest photographer in the series, and...

 

 

Profoto has unveiled its new B1, an off-camera wireless flash that's capable of TTL metering through Canon and Nikon cameras, as well as some impressive feats of both brightness and speed.

The B1 is a totally off-camera and cordless device. It's powered by an exchangeable high-capacity flash that packs 220 shots...

 

 

It's that time again -- time for our daily roundup of camera deals! We've found some great prices on lots of Canon DSLR gear. There's also a special promo from Shutterfly for a bunch of free photo prints! That's all for today, but check back tomorrow for all new camera deals, discounts and bargains!

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You expressed a ton of interest when we published our series of Pentax K-3 First Shots for pixel peeping last week, so we moved quickly to provide you with our initial Pentax K-3 image quality analysis. For this analysis, we've compared test images taken with...

 

 

When Adobe launched its Creative Cloud product family earlier this year, it claimed a number of advantages for its controversial new subscription-only approach. Key among these was the ability for the company to more quickly push updates and significant new features, which in the past had typically been saved...

 

 

Nikon's just-announced, retro-styled Nikon DF digital SLR may buck the trend by forgoing movie recording capabilities, but for many professional photographers, video capture is now an important part of their business. Where formerly photo shoots were still only, clients now frequently expect video as well --...

 

 

The newly announced Induro PHD3 panhead combines the best of both pan and ballheads, giving you the same precise control of the former alongside the speed of the latter.

The PHD3 has a single locking knob, which controls the dual axis panhead movement. With that single lock, you can reposition the with a range...

 

 

A recent viral video has been doing the rounds of a photographer shooting at a small music gig. The video is called "How not to be a photographer at a gig", and obviously takes a rather dim view of photographer Aelle Lucà aggressively shooting with his flash. But there's more to this story than just a photographer...