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One of the challenges faced by every new lens mount is the difficult task of building out a brand-new lens lineup, and providing your customers with a healthy selection of optics to mount on their shiny new camera. It's something we've seen over and over with new mounts such as Olympus and Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds mount, Sony's E-mount,...

 

 

Earlier this year, we featured an incredible video by the folks at Smarter Every Day shooting the destruction of a Prince Rupert's Drop at extremely high speeds. Now they've busted out their Phantom Miro 320S high-speed camera for yet another incredible, fast motion science experiment — this time shooting an AK-47...

 

 

If you've spent any time on Instagram you've probably seen them before -- dreamy shots of someone's coffee drink with the foam whipped up into an artistic design. A bit passé, at this point, right? A Taiwanese coffee chain seems to think the trend needs some updating, which is why they've installed special foam...

 

 

“Commerce makes progress. Fortune passes everywhere.” – Frank Herbert

A few years ago I was accused of being a Sigma hater. (For the record, I did hate their quality control and so-called repair service at that time, and I didn’t hesitate to say so in this blog.) For the third or fourth time in the last...

Last March, the folks at Nikon Rumors reported on an impressive lens repair job by the folks at Nikon Repair Center in Taiwan, who took a rusting 17-35mm f/2.8 lens that had been immersed in sea water, and restored it to working order. Today, they've followed up with another lens restoration that -- while perhaps not so dramatic -- is...

 

 

It's Monday, and that means the start of whole new week full of great camera deals. We've found a bunch of great discounts on interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony as well as big savings on Lexar, SanDisk and Sony memory cards (and flash drives). As always, be sure to check back...

Digital cameras are everywhere these days, and their pervasive nature has had a pretty cool side effect. Things that just a couple of decades ago you'd have been unlikely to see are now frequently caught on camera, and placed online for your viewing pleasure.

Such is the case with the recent eruption of Mexico's Popocatépetl, a...

It's that time again -- Firmware Friday, where we round up the week's happenings on the firmware front. After last week's remarkable 21 updates, normalcy prevails this week, and we have only one update on which to report.

The Lytro is unusual plenoptic camera, or in its manufacturer's parlance, a "light field" camera. It's very...

 

 

Jacques-Henri Lartigue was 8 years old when his father gave him his first camera. Little did he suspect that one day young Jacques' extraordinary photos would be displayed in museums and published in books. The photo on the right shows Jacques-Henri holding the big glass plate camera his father had just given him....

 

 

The Impossible Project has made a name for itself by keeping the ailing world of instant cameras stocked in film that would otherwise have ceased to exist. But the organization's newest offering isn't on the film front, but rather a very interesting piece of hardware. Dubbed the Impossible Instant Lab, it's...

Last month, we kicked off a new series of articles covering the history of the camera market. The idea for the series was born from our celebration of Imaging Resource's 15th birthday, which brought us to the realization that as thrilling as it can be to look forward to what's coming down the road for photographers, it's just as exciting...

TGIF everyone! The weekend is nearly here! We've rounded up a nice handful of deals on camera gear, including great prices on a refurbished Canon DSLR and a brand new Nikon 70-300mm telephoto zooms lens. Be sure to check back on IR regularly for more savings and bargains on cameras and photographic equipment.

• Refurbished Canon Rebel...

 

 

Yesterday, Facebook announced a major new feature for the insanely popular Instagram: video. That's right, everyone's favorite photography, filtering, and image sharing network can now do all those same things, but for video footage, too.

Much like Vine, Instagram allows you to record a short set of footage, in...

 

 

The Canon 10D is not a new camera, having debuted in 2003. This video is not particularly new either, originally showing up on YouTube in 2008. But this render project from a trio of engineering students is nonetheless a fascinating look at just how many components go into a modern, digital camera.

Created by...

 

 

Sabine Pearlman's photo series "Ammo" makes a serious impact. Photographed in a World War II bunker in Switzerland last October, the series features images of ammunition that have been cut in half. Pearlman shot a total of 900 cross-sections of ammo, documenting the meticulous and dangerous beauty that lies beneath...

 

 

Building your own light tent isn't hard, it's a pretty frequent DIY project for a fledgling photographer -- and while they're not expensive to buy, it's nice to have something that you put together with your own two hands. But a new tutorial from DigitalCameraWorld deserves some notice for being quite possibly the...

 

 

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was announced a little over a week ago and today I got some hands-on time with the device, which is almost as much of a camera, as it is a phone. The most interesting thing about the S4, which is expected to go on sale this summer, is its 10x optical zoom with an optical image stabilizer....

It's long been rumored, and it's finally happened: the interchangeable-lens camera has just stepped into the modern, connected world and become a smart device!

With the Samsung Galaxy NX, Korean consumer electronics powerhouse Samsung has taken the smarts of a smartphone and the expandability of a mirrorless camera to create the...

 

 

It's Thursday, and we've found great deals on everything from compact digital cameras to mirrorless models to majors DSLRs from brands like Canon, Sony and Pentax. We also found a great little discount on the new Adobe Lightroom 5 software. Be sure to check back on IR for more hand-picked deals, bargains and...