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Earlier this year, we said that we'd like to do a better job of bringing our readers along the journey with us as we review the latest digital cameras to hit the IR Lab. That includes sharing image comparisons and print quality analysis earlier in the review process. After all, we know you're hungry for information...

 

Steve Winter / National Geographic / March 2, 2013

Shooting wild animals takes a certain amount of patience, but National Geographic photographer Steve Winter has put even the most tolerant photographer to shame with a photo of a mountain lion in Los Angeles that took him 12 months to capture.

Winter made it his...

 

 

Digital art is about to receive a major publicity boost for a medium that struggles with legitimacy. Famed auction house Phillips has teamed up with Tumblr to create Paddles ON!, in one of the first art auctions devoted solely to digital art.

Some 20 different works are up for auction, many of which dramatically...

 

 

Earlier this year, National Geographic teamed up with Nokia to shoot the Grand Canyon with a Lumia 1020, now the magazine has another photographer and another smartphone out in the field: this time Jim Richardson and the iPhone 5s.

Richardson, who usually shoots Nikon, opted to go minimal with his most recent...

 

 

Around a year ago, we learned that famed industrial designer (and man behind Apple's hardware design) Sir Jonny Ive was to design a limited edition Leica for charity. Well, here's that that camera, and it's the only one of its kind, set to be auctioned for charity in November.

The auction is of a select group of...

 

 

Last fall, Nikon made full-frame photography more affordable than ever with the introduction of the D600 prosumer DSLR. And now the company is back one year later with a slightly updated model -- the Nikon D610 -- featuring a new shutter mechanism that not only...

 

 

We don't normally post a separate news story when a new camera model brings a new technology along with it, but Pentax's new mechanical anti-aliasing filter simulator is so revolutionary that it more than deserves special mention. For the first time, a camera exists that lets you choose whether you want a...

Since the launch of the K-7 in 2009, Pentax's flagship, enthusiast-grade APS-C DSLRs have been among our favorites. After a couple of evolutionary models, the brand-new Pentax K-3 has arrived, and it's a revolution in the making. Not only does the K-3 bring significant changes inside and out, it also includes an industry first. The K-3...

 

 

We've seen no shortage of attempts to take smartphones, and turn them into more competent photographic devices by adding lenses, flashes, grips, and more. But the Beastgrip might have them all beat by combining all of those into a modular, adjustable design which will work on any smartphone on the market, and will...

 

 

If you're an Android user, keep your eyes on 2014's smartphone announcements, because Samsung has announced a new camera module that could do a lot better in low light. This 13-megapixel sensor/lens combo not only has a powerful image stabilization system, but apparently also takes significantly better images in...

 

 

Coral reefs are incredibly delicate ecosystems, and ones that are under a huge amount of threat at present. A new project undertaken by a group of research institutes is aiming to standardize chronicling the current state of the reefs — by capturing astonishing panoramas of them the world over.

The Catlin Global...

 

 

Zeiss lenses have a well deserved reputation for extermely high image quality — and at a matching cost. The newly announced Zeiss Otus 1.4/55 pushes that even relationship even further, with a $3,999 price, but the promise of unparalleled optics.

Zeiss has revealed the Otus 1.4/55 on its blog, as well as through...

 

 

We've posted stories on a number of photo-centric Kickstarter campaigns on Imaging Resource in recent years, including this one for an inexpensive micro lens for smartphones. The brainchild of a Washington state mechanical engineering grad, we reported this summer the project breezed to its $5,000 goal. In fact,...

With the introduction of the new Sony RX1R full-frame compact camera -- a "special edition" of the award-winning Sony RX1 full-frame compact camera -- the company has attempted what not long ago seemed impossible. After all, the combination of the Cyber-shot RX1's exquisite 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens and powerful full-frame sensor captured...

 

 

It's time once more: Another week, another Friday, and another round of new firmware! This week, we have updates for six large-sensor cameras from Ricoh and Leica to report on.

We'll start with Ricoh, which has updated cameras sold under both its own brand, and the Pentax badge. New firmware for the Ricoh...

 

 

If you do any photography with an iPhone, there's a pretty good chance that you've used an app that has a built-in level, to make sure your images are perfectly straight. But if early reports are anything to go by, a number of the new iPhone 5S have internal sensors that are completely wrong, which could mean your...

 

 

Does your digital darkroom include software from Adobe? If so, now might be a good time to change the password for your Adobe ID account, and perhaps to double-check the recent history of your charge card. The Californian software company has today disclosed a major security breach, accompanied by the theft of...

 

 

Famed photographer Peter Beard has been known as many things over his life: dilettante, playboy, and celebrity photographer. But he's most renowned for his work as a wildlife photographer, and one of his most famed images just fetched $449,000 at auction.

Christie's auction house recently held a sale exclusively...

 

 

For October, BlackRapid has announced four pieces of new gear that will be available for sale — two variants on existing products, and two that are totally new.

On the updated front, the popular Curve rapid strap has its first taste of color with a new "moss" option, which adds green and grey color accents. It's...