Breaking News RSS

Olympus' PEN-series mirrorless camera line has proven to be very popular for the company, and today it grows by one, with the introduction of the Olympus E-P5 compact system camera. (And the first sample photos are already available. Click here to see six full-res images from ISO 200 to 1,600 equivalents on the official website of...

 

 

Adobe's switch to a subscription-only model for its new CC imaging and design software package, which includes Photoshop CC, isn't the only thing that sparked controversy this week. Some photographers feel that a few of the features in this latest version of Photoshop aren't really that impressive, especially...

 

 

Once upon a time a photographer such as Garry Winogrand could walk down a street and photograph freely. He could use a wide angle lens and shoot from just a few feet away from his subjects -- a practice that's considered a veritable invasion of privacy today. Back in the 1950s and 60s people who noticed that they...

 

 

As long as people have been taking photos, they've been tweaking, editing, and fixing them up. Long before Photoshop came along, dedicated photo retouchers were manipulating images — be it to fix flaws, or create interesting montages. But if you've ever wondered what it took to retouch images in this way, here's a...

 

 

Having been an M Leica user for some 40 years, and knowing well what the design brief for the new Leica M (Typ 240) digital rangefinder had been, it didn't take long for me to discover what I liked and what I disliked about this camera. During my 24 hours with the new Leica M, I had brought with me my full...

Time is running out to snag some great Mother's Day camera deals from Adorama, Amazon and other top retailers. Check 'em all out below -- we'll have even more tomorrow.

• Last Chance For Mother's Day Deals at Adorama - Expedited Shipping
  Adorama has a big selection of deals on cameras and accessories just in time for Mother's Day....

 

 

Inspired by a photo showing the real-life subjects of Grant Wood's American Gothic standing beside the famous painting, 19-year-old Hungarian photographer Flóra Borsi has created her own fantastic, artistic juxtaposition with "The real life models." In this disorienting but captivating photo series, Borsi features...

One of the coolest things about technology is seeing the ways in which it can be applied that were never envisioned by its creators. We're all familiar with lenticular printing, thanks to the little cards you'll find in cereal boxes and packs of Cracker Jack popcorn, which change their image depending on your viewing angle. The idea has...

 

 

When Freefly Systems introduced its virtually unshakable, gyro-based MōVI camera stabilizer last month, it was quickly labeled a "game changer" for the imaging industry. But the device and its head-turning US$15,000 price tag have raised as many questions as answers since the launch.

To help dispel fact from...

 

 

One of our team mentioned the other day in our staff meeting how there have been more than 100 cameras announced so far in 2013. Wow, that realization just floored us. We're doing our best to keep up with this high-tech onslaught -- and to turn around in-depth reviews for our readers as quickly as possible -- but...

 

 

Photographer Peter Belanger may not be the most well known photographer in the world but he has one of the most high profile gigs imaginable: product photographer for Apple. That's right, all those incredible shots of iPhones and iPods against a clean white background that litter the Apple site? Most of that,...

 

 

It's Wednesday! Hump day. The weekend is coming into view. Time to get in on the some great camera deals for yourself or for that special lady in your life (hint: it's your mother!). Yes, more Mother's Day specials, as well as some great deals on new Canon, Olympus and Nikon kits. Check out the deals below,...

 

 

Edwin H. Land would have turned 104 today and Life magazine has marked the occasion with a look back at his legacy including revisiting a memorable 1972 cover story on the inventor of the Polaroid instant camera.

An essay and slideshow on the Life website features an image of that cover story, titled "The Genius...

 

 

With a tumblr blog proclaiming cameras "are my new drug," Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx takes his photography very seriously. The blog features Sixx's impressive black-and-white work, including gritty street photos, surreal portraits, and eerily beautiful images of angel statues in cemeteries around the world.
...

Just days after Nikon announced the first mainstream Android camera, Samsung responded with its Samsung Galaxy Camera -- and Android fans found themselves with ringside seats to an epic battle. In one corner, a company with one of the most recognized brands in imaging. In the other, a consumer electronics giant with a long history in...

 

 

Somewhat overshadowed amongst yesterday's announcement of the Adobe Creative Cloud overhaul came another intriguing piece of news: Adobe's getting into the hardware business. The company officially announced Projects Mighty and Napolean, two tablet-based, cloud-enabled drawing utensils.

The primary new tool from...

 

 

It's another beautiful day in deal land, and this morning we've found some great rebates on Samsung digital cameras, the Sigma 70-300mm lens, Elinchrom lights and other deals:

• Save up to $200 with Samsung Mothers-Day rebates - Free Shipping
  Adorama has a slew of instant rebates on a big selection of...

For more than a few years now, we've followed developments in fuel cell technology with interest. Although advances are still occurring for traditional battery chemistry, for the last decade or so they've largely been evolutionary, rather than revolutionary. Fuel cells, though, have promised a major change in mobile power supply.

A lot...

 

 

Wave photography has usually been the domain of sports photographers, capturing huge, thundering walls of water that propel surfers through their feats. But French photographer Pierre Carreau has shown a very different world of waves with his AquaViva series, transforming the water into perfectly still snapshots...