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The Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6VRII travel zoom was released by Nikon in June, competing in the hot all-in-one vacation lens market. It's a big, beefy lens, but offers a huge range of focal lengths, meaning it might be the only lens you need to take with you on your next trip. We've put it through its paces in our test lab: is it worth a place in your travel kit? Click here to...

For some time now, the rumors have swirled, and today they bear fruit. Just two weeks short of the fourth anniversary of Olympus and Panasonic's debut of their joint Micro Four Thirds system standard for compact system cameras, long-time mirrorless holdout Canon becomes the last major manufacturer to acknowledge the burgeoning market for interchangeable-lens cameras that do...

Why would you carry a heavy camera when a lighter one would do the same job? That's a question they have been asking at Olympus for decades. Waaaay back in 1974, I was the proud owner of an Olympus OM-1 MD. It was a trend-setting 35mm film camera in many ways, not the least of which was its light weight.

Fast forward to today and Olympus has done it again - they've...

Although the bread and butter of Zoom Corp.'s product line is aimed at musicians, there are several gems among the Japanese company's products that have also gained popularity with videographers. Among all the drum machines, effect processors, amplifiers, and the like, several of Zoom's audio recorders pair nicely with video-capable SLRs and mirrorless cameras. The Zoom H1,...

The first M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm F1.8 Micro Four Thirds lens arrived at LensRentals today, courtesy of Tyler’s connections with the King of Siam, or wherever it is he gets these things. I had to test it, of course, because that’s what I do. I hadn’t planned on writing about it; the lens has already been reviewed thoroughly at SLRgear.com, sample images posted at Imaging...

While the new Google Glass geeky camera glasses have received a lot of press, it turns out that even before these devices are in the marketplace, a recent encounter at a Paris McDonald’s may foreshadow the unexpected legal, moral and social problems they will create.
 
University of Toronto professor Steve Mann developed computerized vision aiding goggles for himself back...

A new digital camera from Korea's Samsung Electronics promises to save you walking back and forth adjusting your photo framing--and perhaps, to have passers-by giving you an unusually wide berth. The reason? An interesting gesture-control system that lets you control zoom and self-timer from a distance without a remote, simply by waving your hand.

The Samsung MV900F...

If you've read a few of our compact camera reviews over the last couple of years, there's a good chance you'll have heard of accessory maker Richard Franiec. We've tried several of his custom-made accessory grips for cameras such as the Canon PowerShot S100, Nikon V1, and the Olympus XZ-1. Richard's handgrips are CNC machined from aircraft-grade aluminum, which is then...

The other day, I went to an exhibition of photographs by W. Eugene Smith. Entering the museum, I spotted a sign that said, “No Flash Photography!” Out of curiosity, I walked over to a museum guard and asked him why flash photography was prohibited.

His response was "le froid de la lumière est mauvaise pour l'art" - "the cold from the flash is bad for the art." Cold from...

Photographer Jeff Lautenberger of The Dallas Morning News recently had what would seem to be a plum assignment: photograph actor/comedians Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis together as part of a story about the duo's upcoming movie, The Campaign.

But, as with all "plum" assignments in journalism, there was a catch. Lautenberger would only get three minutes with Ferrell...

Rounding out Panasonic's camera announcements this week, we have three new models that are likely aimed closer to the entry-level point of the market, although again, the company has yet to reveal pricing or availability.

The Panasonic SZ5 is interesting for its inclusion of built-in WiFi connectivity. Relative to the specification of last year's WiFi-capable model, the...

Alongside its announcements of the Lumix G5 and LX7 last night, Panasonic launched several other cameras; unfortunately a lengthy cable outage followed by a stormy day of power cuts means we're only just now filtering through the backlog. (Sorry!)

The Panasonic FZ200 is probably the most exciting of these new models which we'd not covered before the problems kicked off,...

We just got caught in a powerful summer rainstorm that hit New York City this humid afternoon. When we got back to our desk -- soaking wet, we might add -- we stumbled onto this incredible image of the storm, captured by Twitter user Dhani Jones.

Jones captured the image from the window of a plane -- from 10,000 feet in the air -- as he left New York City. He then shared...

Canon's iEPP app for iOS and Android lets you print and scan wirelessly. And it makes AirPrint look like a Bluetooth copy command, providing options only available in a desktop print driver. It even cleverly manages scans in these file-less operating systems.

It works with Canon's current multifunctions, but it also brings recent non-AirPrint models into the wireless...

Revolution! No sooner has Samsung launched the interesting EX2F digital camera, and claimed the throne for the brightest compact camera lens, than it's been ousted! Panasonic has today launched its new Panasonic LX7 compact, with the same sensor size and a greater zoom range--and yet its lens is even brighter.

At wide angle, there's nothing in it. Both cameras have the...

Panasonic's just-announced Lumix G5 compact system camera follows in the footsteps of last year's G3, a mirrorless model to which it bears a fair resemblance, despite a restyling and a larger hand grip. What happened to the G4 designation, we hear you ask? Simple answer: the number four is considered unlucky in some Asian cultures. G4 was skipped for much the same reason...

No, this doesn't have anything to do with photography but the writer in us thinks it's pretty neat.

Called Noisy Typer, it's a free OS X app that makes your computer simulate the clickety-clack sound of a traditional manual typewriter as you pound away on your computer keyboard.

The app, which you can download here, works across multiple applications (Word, email, web),...

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

So...here we are…less than 10 days away from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and all the planning is done and it is time to pack up and head overseas. Since this is my third time shooting at the Olympics, I have a better idea of...

A month after it issued a major update for its flagship ACDSee Pro photo editing and management app on the Macintosh platform, ACD Systems last week released updates to its Windows variants.

ACDSee Pro v5.3 and ACDSee 14.3 both bring the same changes: support for raw files shot with eleven new camera models from Canon, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Samsung, and Sony. No...