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The latest versions of Adobe's consumer-friendly Elements photo and video-editing packages just landed, and among many changes, they address a reality of digital photography today. Many consumers have adopted their smartphones as their primary image capture devices. With Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12, Adobe looks to...

 

Photo by M. Patrick Kavanaugh

M. Patrick Kavanaugh is not only an avid photographer, but also an active Marine. During a recent deployment in Agfhanistan, not only did Kavanaugh bring along his normal photography gear, but also something a bit more unusual: a Sinar F2 large format film camera. Kavanaugh then shot a...

Video is fast becoming an important part of the interchangeable-lens camera market, and a new company has just thrown its hat in the ring with its first video-specific product. Lens manufacturer Tokina has announced its first Cinema-series lens, which will soon be available in both Canon EF and Arri PL lens mounts: the Tokina 16-28 T3.0...

 

The stolen photo

Image theft is hardly a new problem, and has been one of the biggest photographic issues of the digital age. But there's something especially distasteful about when it happens for a competition — and a Filipino student seems to have made something of a name for himself, doing it multiple times to win...

 

 

We hope everyone had a pleasant and photography-filled weekend! But before you all get back into the thick of things at work, take a gander at this fine batch of camera deals we uncovered for you. Today is filled with great pro-level cameras and lenses, including deals on Canon and Nikon DSLRs. Plus, we found a...

Just picked up the brand-new Apple iPhone 5s (or waiting in queue to do so), and eager to know what's inside? Stop! We know you've got the whole weekend ahead of you to figure out how to get it apart and put it back together again, but the folks at iFixit have already blazed the trail for you.

They've just published their iPhone 5s...

 

 

For years now, photographers across the United States have widely reported being hassled by security guards, police officers, and even fellow citizens for having the audacity to want to take photos of things they find interesting. Anyone with a camera and a taste for industrial architecture or transportation has...

 

 

In the first part of my two-part look at understanding bokeh, I discussed some of the basic science and art behind out-of-focus photographic blur. But to fully understand bokeh, it's also important to look at its relative opposite -- sharpness.

As you might expect, there will be differing views on exactly what...

 

 

Nokia has been making a huge marketing push, of late, to try to prove to photographers that its latest high-resolution smartphones produce image quality on par to actual cameras. On Monday, we told you about two big names in professional photography, Bruce Weber and David Bailey, who shot with the 41-megapixel,...

The weekend is almost here, and you know what that means -- it's time for our weekly Firmware Friday roundup of all that's new in the world of camera updates. This week, we have several fairly straightforward updates to report on from Casio, Panasonic, and Sigma.

First up, Casio: The Japanese company is best-known for its watches,...

 

 

The thing about creating a stop motion clip is that it's exacting. You need to spend a huge amount of time capturing thousands of images in order to get enough frames to make a decent length video. But when it works, it works incredibly well. Today we saw two fantastic stop motion videos, both of which are the...

 

 

Happy Friday, everyone! Is today the day you finally upgrade that DSLR of yours? We're here to help as we've found some excellent deals on a variety of Canon and Nikon DSLRs, from smaller Rebel-series cameras to heavy-hitting prosumer models. And to make sure you have enough memory to store all your new shots,...

Recently we told you about a 256GB CompactFlash card from SanDisk that took the bar on capacity up to a new high -- and had a price tag to match. Today, Delkin has launched three new cards that, while they don't reach that same capacity, do set a speed record within its own line -- and at a much more affordable price point. CompactFlash...

Good news, iOS fans! Popular remote release app TriggerTrap Mobile has just received a major overhaul, and it now sports a brand-new, much cleaner user interface. (Not coincidentally, it looks a whole lot like the interface used by the current Android beta release, which got underway a month ago.)

If you're not familiar with...

 

 

Researchers at Ohio State University are the latest to explore the possibility of creating camera lenses that mimic the wide-angle way in which insects view the world. But in an intriguing twist that could have far reaching implications for photographers, the experimental lens would also have the focusing ability...

On a trip to Japan this past August, Sigma Corporation's CEO Kazuto Yamaki asked if I'd like to tour their factory in Aizu Wakamatsu. Engineer/geek that I am, I couldn't possibly resist. Sigma Corporation has been a leading player in the third-party lens business since there was a third-party lens business. Long seen primarily as a...

 

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Yesterday, space company Orbital Sciences Corporation launched its own rocket, which is now on its way to take supplies up to the International Space Station (ISS). Taking off from NASA's launchpad in Virgina, the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with attached Cygnus cargo spacecraft, is...

 

Photo by Egor Egorov

For decades, the infamous Stasi kept East Germany in a state of permanent paranoia, due to its immense network of informants and agents, constantly keeping tabs on the populace. At the Stasi Museum in Berlin, you can get a look at the astonishing array of hidden and secret cameras the Stasi used...

 

 

This wedding video has been making the rounds this morning and all we can say is: ugh! In the clip, the officiant ministering the vows abruptly stops the ceremony to tell the photographers to "please leave!" or he won't continue.

The reason? "This is a solemn assembly, not a photography session," the minister...