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Voigtländer announces close focus adapter for Sony E-mount

 
 

With Sony's A7 and A7r on the way, suddenly there's a lot more interest in getting full frame lenses working on E-mount bodies. Voigtländer has just announced its own adapter mount, which will not only let you put VM-mount lenses on an E-mount body, but also uses a 4mm helicoid extension to dramatically improve the...

Canon and Ron Howard’s “Project Imaginat10n” film festival starts today

 
 

Canon's long running "Project Imaginat10n" is reaching its zenith, as all 10 final short films are set to be shown in a film festival, both in the real world today, and online starting tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 25. A combination of celebrity directors and contest winners, all 10 films were inspired by winning images...

Nikon teases upcoming camera with “Pure Photography” campaign (VIDEO)

 
 

Nikon has released a teaser for an upcoming camera -- and in just a few seconds of video, they've managed to pique our interests. With a new campaign called "Pure Photography," Nikon is hinting at something new in the works, and with the promise of more reveals to come, we're eager to see what it'll be.

The video...

Camera Deals of the Day: Canon 5D Mark III printers bundles starting at $2,900; Canon 6D printer bundle $2000; Zeiss Touit lens rebates and much more!

The deals keep on rolling in! Today, we've got a handful of big Canon DSLR printer bundles plus various other Canon camera deals. There's also new instant rebates on the Zeiss Touit lenses. Adorama is running a big promotion on a bunch of products while the PhotoPlus Expo is going on in NYC. Lastly, we found a great deal on a refurb Nikon...

DxO Optics Pro 9 debuts radically more powerful denoising engine


 
 

If you're anything like us, your photo library contains two kinds of photos: the great shots, and those which could have been great, but for some defect or other. We hang onto the latter in the hopes that one day we'll find a way to salvage them, but until then, they don't get much love. With the debut of DxO...

Yahoo! purchases image recognition and machine learning company LookFlow

 
 

It was just August when Yahoo! announced that it had purchased image recognition company IQ Engines to improve Flickr search. Now, a mere two months later, a very similar sounding company has been bought out by the tech giant. This time it's LookFlow, a company variously described as "an enhanced image recognition...

Adorama announces “3Pod” line of in-house tripods

 
 

Camera gear megastore Adorama has announced a line of in-house tripods — including versions for travel, video, and models that fold completely flat. They come in a range of both carbon fiber and aluminum, and all come bundled with heads, carrying cases, toolkits, and a three year warranty.

The newly launched 3Pod...

Behind the scenes with “Dancers Among Us” photographer Jordan Matter (VIDEO)

 
 

Dancers Among Us is the incredibly popular photo series turned book by photographer Jordan Matter, where he shot professional dancers amidst the people and streets of New York. Now, with his Athletes Among Us follow up project well under way, have you ever wandered how he shoots these incredible images? This behind...

Apple unveils new MacBook Pro, overhauls iPad, updates software

 
 

At a keynote event yesterday, Apple unveiled a raft of hardware and software updates which saw a large number of product changes that will be of interest to photographers. Chief among them were a new generation of MacBook Pro, pricing on the new Mac Pro, Mac OS Mavericks was released, and both iPhoto and Aperture...

Camera Deals of the Day: Save up to $600 on Nikon DSLR bundles; refurb Nikon D600 body $1,325; Canon 5D Mark III body $2,550 and much more!

 
 

Happy hump day! We've found a big selection of DSLR-related deals for you to browse through this morning! There's a new promotion for Nikon DSLR bundles from B&H Photo Video, as well as a new set of Canon mail-in rebates. We've also uncovered some great discounts on Canon and Nikon DSLRs, plus special savings on a...

Gourdiest photo frame ever? Fun project will make your pumpkins shine this Halloween


Looking for a way to make your pumpkins stand out from the crowd this Halloween? The folks at Photojojo have a neat project that will not only grab attention from trick or treaters -- it'll also give you a new way to exhibit your photo masterpieces. (And you'll save a lot of time and effort on carving pumpkins, as well!)

Photojojo's...

Watch Sigma’s live PhotoPlus webcasts today: Advanced Portrait Techniques—Posing, Bokeh and Composition


 
 
 

Friday is the second day of the PhotoPlus Expo in New York, an annual tradeshow that's rare in catering not just to those manufacturing and reporting on all the latest photo gear, but also to the photographers who'll be using it. For those who can't attend, leading lens and camera...

Survival of the fittest: Side-by-side reviews of the 6 best compact, rugged, waterproof cameras of 2013

When we published our first rugged, waterproof camera shootout last year, we admit we were a little hard on the six cameras we tested. None of them earned a coveted Dave's Pick -- not even our top-ranked Canon D20 that returns again this year to take on five newcomers. It was tough not to compare these tough models to other compact cameras in their price range, many of...

Raspberry Pi gets infrared camera unit with Pi NoIR

 
 

The folks at Raspberry Pi have unveiled yet another addition to their camera bag of tricks — a sensor without its infrared filter. Dubbed the Pi NoIR (Pi No Infrared), it's a variant on the already available camera module that they produced given user demand.

As most of you doubtless know, digital cameras...

New Airgap flash provides ultra-high-speed illumination

 
 

Flashes are fast — after all, it's right there in the name. But if you're doing some truly super-fast high-speed photography, the type with razor thin margins of error, and excruciatingly fast moving objects, then sometimes a traditional strobe just isn't enough. In which case, you need an air-gap flash, which will...

Nokia Lumia 1020 and 1520 to get Raw support; Windows Phone to finally get Instagram

 
 

If you had any doubt of Nokia's commitment to photography with its smartphones, a flurry of announcements today should put and end to that. Alongside the announcement of a new Lumia phone comes word of a number of prominant apps finally making their way to Windows Phone, and the first true Raw image data out of a...

Camera Deals of the Day: Canon 6D kit bundle $2,000; Refurb Nikon D3200 kit $369; Canon EOS M 2-lens bundle $390 and more!


A new day means new deals! We've found another great selection of camera, lens and accessory deals this morning. We've got a couple great bundle deals for the Canon 6D and Canon EOS M. We also have a couple refurb deals on a Nikon DSLR and a Canon PowerShot camera. Lastly, there's a deal on a Tamron zoom lens and new instant rebates on...

Limited-edition variant of Ricoh GR enthusiast compact gets a fashion makeover

 
 

Last July, we reviewed the Ricoh GR, an enthusiast compact camera with a large APS-C image sensor and bright f/2.8 lens. We found a lot to love, called it a great photographic tool, and awarded it a clear Dave's Pick.

Today, Ricoh has announced a special edition of that camera which keeps all of the great photo...

Eye-Fi increases Mobi card capacity, offers free, framed canvas photo print


 
 

Last June, Eye-Fi -- the company synonymous with the Wi-Fi capable memory card -- launched its new Mobi product line, and made instant photo sharing from an otherwise non-connected device even easier than ever. Today, it's given photographers another reason to choose the Mobi over its existing Pro X2 card...

Lomography debuts multiple exposure-friendly Experimental Lens Kit for Micro Four Thirds cameras


 
 

The folks over at Lomography bill themselves as the "home of creative analogue photography and cameras", but they're dabbling their toes in the digital world with a new product launch. The company's core of film-centric customers are up in arms at the news, as you'll see in the comments alongside the official...