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Oh yeah, time for some more camera and photo gear deals! We've found a hot deal on Canon EOS M kits, starting at $340, plus a big discount on an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Camera. We also have a great low price on the Panasonic GH3 and a nice discount on a Canon T5i kit. In the lens department, we've discovered deals...

Since Sony launched its first mirrorless cameras -- the Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5 -- back in early 2010, its E-mount has gone on to become extremely popular. With the Sony A3000, the consumer electronics giant asks -- and answers -- a question: Does the typical mirrorless form factor cause some photographers to look elsewhere?

After all,...

In late 2012, Sony brought its NEX mirrorless camera series into the hybrid autofocus age, with the debut of the NEX-5R. Just ten months later, that camera gets a more modest refresh, with the arrival of the Sony NEX-5T.

The NEX-5T will be of interest to photographers using certain smart devices -- be they phones or tablets -- running...

 

 

Sony today announced a trio of new E-mount lenses for the company's popular NEX line of cameras: a mid-range zoom from Carl Zeiss, a long-range zoom lens (and first-ever G-series E-mount lens) and a cosmetic update to its fast 50mm prime lens. With these three new lenses, the stable of Sony E-mount glass has grown...

Most of us are used to carrying a camera everywhere these days -- thanks to the smartphone in our pockets -- but its photographic capabilities are fairly limited. However, a recent project on crowdfunding site Kickstarter aims to magnify your camera phone's power by transforming it into a low-powered microscope designed to deliver...

 

 

Freelance photographers working the sports beat for Reuters have found themselves without a job, according to a report by the NPPA. Apparently, Reuters will no longer require sports photographers in North America, after signing a contract with USA Today Sports Images for the wire service's sideline needs.

 

 

It's Monday! But it's not all bad, as we've uncovered a fantastic selection of camera deals for you today. There's a big Fujifilm X-series camera promotion at Adorama with savings on XF lenses with the purchase of an X-Pro 1 or X-E1 camera. Also, we found some great discounts on Canon DSLRs and a PowerShot, plus...

 

 

The newest target of Yahoo!'s spate of acquisitions is IQ Engines, a startup devoted to image recognition and tagging. The company previously worked on producing a number of APIs for other companies to aid photo recognition. Now, a statement on IQ Engines' site says that they'll be joining the team at Flickr:

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Most of us have had someone comment on how much we look like our parents, but sometimes we can struggle to recognize the similarities ourselves. Seeing your own face reflected back at you in that of your child is easier, but it's still tricky to imagine just how they're going to look in the decades to come.

"Boys and Their Fathers,"a...

It's Firmware Friday, and time for our weekly roundup of the latest camera updates -- but this week it seems that the software coders have been given a rare day off to see daylight. We have only two firmware updates to report on, but ever keen to give you value for your clicks, we also squirreled out a software update from the good folks...

Ever finish a photo shoot, pack up, then sit down in front of your computer and immediately find yourself wishing you could tweak your lighting? It's not a pleasant feeling, but clever software developed by researchers at Cornell University and Adobe could make it a thing of the past.

In a nutshell, the software allows you to merge...

 

 

Happy Friday, everyone! Here's a nice story to set you off on your weekend photography adventures. It seems that Mario Aldecoa was photographing alligators during a night shoot at the Everglades Alligator Farm eight months ago, when one aggressive gator leapt out of the water and grabbed Aldecoa's entire camera...

 

 

One of the most interesting announcements during Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in June, was its dramatically overhauled new Mac Pro workstation. Mac Pros have long been the go-to computers for photographers who need to process large numbers of photo and video files.

The new Mac Pro unveiled at...

 

 

With mega-popular director JJ Abrams set to film a trilogy of new Star Wars films, an interesting fact about the planned Episode VII has just emerged: the movie won't be shot digitally, but on traditional filmstock. Kodak film stock 5219, if you want to be precise.

This news comes from cinematographer Dan Mindel...

A couple of days ago, we told you about the latest company to get in on the action camera game, as GPS manufacturer Garmin debuted its VIRB camera lineup. At the time, we noted that the market for action cameras was heating up, and it seems it's gotten too hot for at least one entrant.

Long-time action camera brand Contour --...

 

The Magellan Telescope with MagAO’s Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM) mounted at the top looking down (some 9 meters) onto the 6.5m (21 foot) diameter Primary Mirror (not visible, inside blue mirror cell). Moonlight image, credit: Yuri Beletsky, Las Campanas Observatory.

If you're trying to take photos of the stars...

 

 

Happy Friday! We've got a mixed bag -- that's a good thing! -- of camera and photo gear deals for you all today. There's a one-day sale on a Canon SL1 and a awesome price on a Sony NEX-3N bundle, plus a couple bargains on compact digital cameras from Panasonic and Canon. Lastly, if you're in need of a new tripod or...

 

 

"So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It's a tough job being a portrait photographer." -- Imogen Cunningham

In her long life, Imogen Cunningham was one of America's finest photographers and one of a...

 

 

If you've just started getting into shooting video with your HD-DSLR or video camera, here's a great clip showing you how to create a low-budget but impressive visual effect. In the one-minute video at the bottom of this post, filmmaker Vashi Nodmansky, demonstrates how to use a toy model and a forced perspective...