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This morning we shared with you a low resolution black-and-white photo that Curiosity, the truck-sized Mars rover, captured after successfully touching down on the Red Planet.

In a few days, Curiosity will deploy its mast along with two additional, more sophisticated cameras to record higher resolution, color footage of Mars.

Here are pictures of those two cameras....

Here it is folks: the first image of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover. And no, the Curosity's image from the Red Planet is not actually red, it's in black-and-white.

It's still very cool though. (Full resolution, color images from Curiosity will come later this the week, according to NASA.)

The $2.5-billion Curiosity probe and rover landed in the Gale...

If you're a big fan of Canon's EOS interchangeable-lens cameras and accessories, PowerShot compacts, or its PIXMA and SELPHY photo printers--or you just want a little more information, straight from the horse's mouth--then the company has the YouTube channel for you. Canon USA has just launched an official YouTube channel with which the company can communicate with its...

Hey, Kobe Bryant, star of the Los Angeles Lakers and the U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball team. That's a slick looking Canon digital SLR you have there and a nice looking premium Canon "white" lens on front. You'll notice though that you can't take pictures with that rig unless you take the lens cap off.

Just thought I'd let you know. Oh, there's a guy helping you with your...

Canon USA has today published a service advisory detailing a firmware update on four of its telephoto and super telephoto lens models for the pro market. In all four cases, the firmware updates autofocus algorithms for better responsiveness and more precise focus, especially when using AI servo AF to track irregularly-moving subjects.

The Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM...

A few days ago, I was standing in front of 50 different camera models on display at my local big box shop. My current digital cameras are ancient -- over two years old -- and recently I got the itch to replace them. But looking at all these cameras something odd happened: I froze up.

I stared at them and felt disoriented. I knew a lot about these cameras, I had even...

Action camera maker Woodman Labs Inc.--better known by its GoPro brandname--is planning an initial public offering that could happen as soon as this year, according to a report from the Reuters news agency. The goal of the IPO would be to raise some US$300-500 million, according to Reuters' unnamed sources.

Underwriters for the deal would include JPMorgan Chase,...

Aaron made a great demonstration yesterday while I was off playing with autofocus. One thing we preach here at LensRentals, a lot, is that just because a dropped lens looks fine on the outside doesn’t mean it is fine. The other thing we preach a lot is that a tiny difference in the centering, tilt, or placement of a single element can have a dramatic effect on image...

Ok, this is just for fun and, honestly, we feel bad for the guy because we've all been there before.

Check out this short video clip from NBC's Olympic gymnastics coverage and watch the befuddled photographer in the back try to figure out why his camera won't take pictures.

Yeppers, he's left the lens cap on.

D'oh!

(Via Deadspin)

Here's a nice little heart-warming tale from the cold and "heartless" big city. Photographer and filmmaker Casey Neistat was coming back from ten days of travel and shooting when he hopped in a cab at New York City's JFK airport.

The cab dropped him off at a garage in the city where Neistat picked up his car and drove to Connecticut to see his son. It was about an hour...

Some days it’s good to be a geeky gear-head. This is one of them because a) I finished testing autofocus on all of the Canon camera bodies we had, b) I actually found out some interesting stuff, and c) I got worked up about camera marketers while doing it, so I have my next post in the works already.

Because I’ve been writing this series on the fly (telling you what we...

Continuing its rapid, clockwork-like three week release schedule, Paris, France-based DxO Labs has unveiled a new version of its flagship Optics Pro image processing application. Optics Pro v7.5.3 adds support for three new cameras and an expansive list of 300 new optics modules. Various minor, unstated bugs are also said to have been fixed.

The newly supported cameras in...

A set of 11 photos of French Resistance fighters that you can view in their entirety here (with some interspersed throughout this story) is a remarkable record of the Second World War and the men and women who fought in it.

For most of us, that was a war we have long forgotten. Despite films like “Saving Private Ryan” it is hard, for Americans especially, to understand...

If you're anything like us, there's something of a divide in your personal, photographic archive. You've probably got a fairly good handle on your digital photo collection, but chances are your photos from back in the film days are another matter entirely. Perhaps they're in storage, or maybe just hiding under the bed or at the back of a cupboard, but quite likely your old...

Action camera heavyweight Woodman Labs offers a staggering selection of camera mounts for its GoPro-series cameras. You can chest-mount your GoPro, wear it on your wrist, put it on your head or a helmet, attach it to surf boards or bike handlebars, and plenty more besides. All these mounting options have one thing in common. While they're great for getting shots of the...

It may look like one of those annoying smiley face buttons you still see from time to time but this "happy" pin actually has a more subversive purpose: it's a secret spy camera.

Called the "Chobi Cam Smile Smiley Pin Button Camera (Secret badge spy cam)," -- yes, that's a mouthful -- this camouflaged gadget can record 3-megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixel) JPEG still photos or...

Sigma announced support for mirrorless digital cameras with interchangeable lenses at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, and after the 30mm f/2.8 DN ("Digital Neo") lens was released, the Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN quickly followed. The lens is small and light, and comes in mounts for micro four-thirds mount cameras from Olympus and Panasonic, and Sony E-mount cameras. We've...

In the runup to the IFA show in Berlin, which kicks off at the end of August, Germany's Hama GmbH & Co KG has taken the wraps off several new products. The company is debuting several action cameras, masks and goggles with built-in cameras, and a variety of mounting options that let you attach your camera to various objects including vehicles.

Starting with the action...

Sometimes product categories are defined by one popular line, and the Nikon P510 continues the tradition of excellence in ultrazoom digital cameras, with a very wide, very long zoom lens and impressive print quality. With a zoom that ranges from 24 to 1,000mm equivalent, it has a tendency to make you see the world differently, allowing you to realize shots you hadn't before...