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I think the reasons we take travel photos are to remember where we were and to share those places with others. When we upload images to the web or make prints when we return home, we want our friends and families to see and enjoy the things we encountered.
 
However, just as there is a difference between tourists and travelers, the former flitting like bugs on the surface...

Announced last spring, the Fujifilm X-Pro1 is the company's first mirrorless, interchangeable-lens model. It's proven popular for its combination of great image quality, and a high-quality body that handles like cameras of days gone by. The design doesn't include a built-in diopter correction, though, and the 19mm diopter correction lenses used by its viewfinder aren't the...

If you didn't think the snazzy Nikon 1 mirrorless compact camera system was already blinged out enough, a new service called PimpYourCam offers a way to give it some extra style.

PimpYourCam is a collaboration between German photographer and author Jens Brüggemann and airbrush artist Torsten Rachu. The pair will transform your Nikon 1 using "special paints and coatings...

Sometimes I get to write cool, new stuff. Sometimes there’s just grunt work to be done, usually of my own making. This is one of those times.

To bring you up to date if you’ve landed here first, this is how I got here. Autofocus Reality Part 1 showed that on center-point, single-shot autofocus, standard phase detection was less accurate than manual focus and live view...

There's nothing like a pocket travel zoom digital camera when you want to get creative shot on vacation. The PowerShot SX260 HS is Canon's best attempt yet at meeting the needs of both the point-and-shooter and the enthusiast photographer, regardless of the destination. Its 20x zoom has great optical quality, and combined with its 12-megapixel sensor the Canon SX260's image...

While waiting for my flying car to be delivered — I ordered it 30 years ago — I try to keep up with the latest science around imaging. Earlier this year I reported on a camera that can see around corners and now Ramesh Rasker, a researcher at MIT, has introduced the concept of femto-photography, a new type of imaging in which you can literally record light itself.

In a...

While some photographers covering the London 2012 Olympics are packing their bags with all sorts of pro DSLR camera bodies and lenses, a photographer for Getty Images will be using just one compact system camera during the Games: the recently announced Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5.

The Getty photographer, Dean Mouharopoulous, will use the mirrorless, 16-megapixel G5 with a...

In the ongoing battle of man vs. nature, nature wins this time around.

Luckily it was only a man-made object -- an underwater camera rig -- that this massive shark swims off with not a diver's limb.

The footage was filmed on location at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas as part of the video, This Is Your Ocean.

Not sure if the underwater camera rig was ever recovered --...

Could the CompactFlash Association's XQD card format be the shortest-lived in history? That will likely be the question on many photographers' lips, as they learn of an update to the specification that's already in development. It seems incredible when one consider's it's been less than eight months since the original XQD card standard was finally adopted, and the first...

We'd imagine there are more than a few concerned conversations taking place at Woodman Labs of late. After several years of near-total dominance for its famed GoPro series in the action camera market, the company suddenly finds itself facing increasingly stiff competition. Last month, consumer electronics giant Sony announced plans to ship an action camera model this fall....

The Chief of Police in Washington DC supports the rights of photographers to shoot stills or video in public without being arrested, according to a potentially landmark general order released last week.

The order, issued by DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier (r.), cites the constitutional rights of DC residents under the First Amendment, and instructs her officers to respect...

Fujifilm North America Corp. today unveiled a new, wireless networking-capable digital camera, the Fuji F800EXR.

In terms of its imaging functionality, the FinePix F800EXR couples a 1/2"-type, EXR-CMOS image sensor, and a Fujinon-branded 20x optical zoom lens. The F800EXR's lens provides everything from a generous 25mm wide angle to a powerful 500mm telephoto. Maximum...

Sony Electronics Inc. has today revealed a new Alpha-mount telephoto zoom lens for cameras with APS-C sized sensors, the Sony DT 55-300mm F4.5-5.6 SAM lens. 35mm-equivalent focal lengths vary from 82.5 to 450mm.

With an affordable pricetag of just US$300, the new lens--model number SAL55300--will ship this September in the US market. Its design features twelve lens...

The first part of this series confirmed what we already new: live view autofocus is more accurate than phase detection AF.

This part is going to (sort of) look at something I’ve wondered about, along with some related old wives’ tales. And unlike the first article, at the end of this we’ll have learned something today.

One Click or Two?
That something I’m wondering...

The folks over at the PMA Newsline tipped us off to an interesting--and likely rather controversial--project from filmmaking accessories company Zacuto, today. Back in 2010, Zacuto pitted a selection of digital SLRs against 35mm film for the Great Camera Shootout, and a year later the concept was revisited. Now, they've returned with a second followup: Revenge of the Great...

Yesterday, we shared one photographer's rough memories about covering the Olympics in the age of film, now here's another film product that's going down the drain. It's a toilet paper dispenser/tissue box that's designed like a film canister.

We're told the "Fun Film Canister Toilet Paper/Tissue Dispenser" from HDE holds "a normal size toilet paper roll" and "makes a...

The Cocoagraph Company of Philadelphia has come up with a product that is sure to appeal to every sweet-toothed photographer on the planet. For as little as $8.50 a photo, they will turn your plain old vanilla images into tasty, chocolate bars that look just like old-fashioned Polaroids.

Last month, we told you about photos printed on scented paper that can be made to...

Once upon a time I wrote an article attempting to explain phase-detection autofocus and its limitations. That was a lot like trying to explain what happened to the Mary Celeste or why Stonehenge was built.

Actually we probably have a better handle on the Stonehenge thing than we do on the Mary Celeste or phase-detection autofocus. So rather than rehashing and speculating,...

With the Summer Olympics in London coming up in just a few days, thousands of digital images of atheletes will be flying wirelessly around the globe every few minutes. Ever wonder how wire service sports photographers got their images out to editors in the days of film?

Take a look at the device on the right. It's called a Dixel CM, and it's the last of the original film...