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Despite the widespread critical appreciation for some models, it seems mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras overall aren't selling quite as well as expected, and disappointing sales figures are putting pressure on some of the world's biggest camera manufacturers. Mirrorless cameras are an excellent compromise between...

 

 

We've shared artful photos with you in the past of bullets cut in half, food cut in half, and even golf balls cut in half, now here's something a little less artful, perhaps, but just as powerful. It's an image of a fragmentation grenade cut in half, which was recently posted on Reddit.

Quite a few commenters on...

Another Friday has arrived, and regular readers will know what that means: It's time for another weekly roundup of all that's new on the camera firmware front! This week, we have three updates to report on, with new firmware shipping from Blackmagic, Canon, and Ricoh.

Ricoh's update is by far the most interesting, because it continues...

 

The Night Photographer, by Tommy Eliassen

For half a decade, the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Sky at Night Magazine have been running the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, showing off the best the field has to offer from both amateurs and pros. From over 1200 images, a short handful have been chosen...

 

 

(Editor's note: This guest post is by photographer Jeff Cable and first appeared on the Jeff Cable Photography blog.)

I have been a professional photographer for more than 8 years now, and have been teaching photography for the last couple of years. And since all of my classes are online at the B&H YouTube...

 

 

Happy Friday, IR readers! Oh yeah, the weekend is almost here! We've put together a great selection of camera deals for you all this morning, including an awesome deal on the Olympus E-PL3 and a big bundle with the Canon 6D. We also have great deals on a refurb Canon 7D and Nikon D3000. Plus, there's a couple great...

 

 

Photographer Jordan Matter is a friend and neighbor of mine but when I saw his recent daredevil "Dancers Among Us" shot, I had to catch my breath and wonder if he really is crazy. In the stunning image, which you can see to the right and below in a larger size, Matter photographed dancer Rebecca Wilfer posing on...

Panasonic's flagship GH-series cameras have been widely praised for their video capabilities and have long been in demand by professional videographers and filmmakers. However, the product engineers behind the company's latest compact system camera, the Panasonic GH3, didn't focus solely on upgrading its movie mojo. They developed a...

 

 

A bit over a year ago, a curious contraption dubbed the "Love Box" popped up. It was a little wooden device with a mirror and a slot for your iPhone, so that you could take both a picture of yourself, and someone you're looking at at the same time. Now, Moleskine has a clever, new book that does approximately the...

 

 

Instagram 4.0 brought video to the ultra-popular photography app, but only for iOS. Now, with version 4.1 of the app, video sharing is, finally, available for Android phones, and there are several cool new features, including automatic horizon straightening.

Announced on Instagram's blog, the updated app gives...

 

 

A Taiwanese designer has created an amazingly huge and intricate sculpture of the fictitious Nikon D800X Super Kit. This giant camera kit mock-up took a year to create and, as you can see from the photos below, includes a 14-24mm interchangeable lens, a battery grip and a top panel that lights up, just like the...

 

 

Good morning everyone! Let's get this day going with a brand new batch of camera deals deals, shall we? We've found some fantastic bargains on a variety of interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, Canon and Samsung. Plus, we can't forget lenses, and we uncovered sweet savings on lenses from Canon and Samsung....

 

 

Our testing of the revolutionary Canon 70D DSLR continues here at Imaging Resource. We recently posted First Shots that showcased the still image quality of Canon's hot, new APS-C model. This time around we're taking a closer look at Canon's "game changing" Dual Pixel CMOS AF system, which aims to provide vastly...

 

 

A stunning collection of never before seen images of WWI photographed by a German officer have surfaced, offering a fresh perspective on life during "the Great War." The photos were taken by the great grandfather of developer Dean Putney, who hopes to turn the rare collection into a book.

Putney has already...

 

 

Remember the Raspberry Pi and its camera? In case you don't, it a super cheap processor/camera combo that can be used for any manner of thing, and has even been sent to the edge of space? Well now this do-it-yourself camera device is being used for a very different project — as a piece of advertising for Sprite in...

 

 

Yet another change has hit the shores of Flickr, but this time it's not a site redesign that's changing the service, but rather a new person in charge of the popular photography website. As reported by AllThingsD, the new leader of Flickr is Bernardo Hernández González, who was previously an executive at Google,...

 

 

I've been covering the trend of photographers using RC (radio-controlled) mini helicopters to shoot aerial footage for a number of years now, but I haven't seen anything yet like the phenomenon of the DJI Phantom quadcopter.

The main reason for the explosion of popularity behind these GoPro-friendly,...

 

 

Good morning, folks! Boy, we uncovered a slew of great camera deals for you today. We found bargains on Canon DSLRs, Nikon DSLRs and Pentax cameras, plus savings on lenses from Canon, Sigma and Nikon. If nothing stikes your fancy with these particular deals, fear not, as we post a new batch of them every weekday.

 

 

We've posted some cool high-speed videos shot with Phantom cameras before but this is one of the most fantastic clips we've seen yet. It features soccer (aka football) superstar Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona dressed in a LED-laden suit and cleats running and dribbling a molded, LED football in the dark like a World...