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In the middle of last week, Japan's Kyodo News agency offered two reports suggesting that Panasonic Corp. might be about to make a significant investment in embattled Olympus Corp., and that the latter would release a mid-term business plan at the end of the week.

Shortly after that report, Panasonic officially denied the news, telling Reuters that it was not the source...

We were so impressed with the Sony RX100's specs, we had to rush and give it a complete review in a hurry to see if it truly measured up. We were not disappointed. The Sony RX100's 1-inch, 20.2-megapixel sensor, f/1.8, 3.6x lens, and small body combine to create a new pocket digital camera benchmark. Sony didn't skimp on special features for amateurs or enthusiasts, either....

Monty Python’s Quest for the Small Camera Grail
Way back in the day, when the first mirrorless cameras were released, I was on them like white on rice. I desperately wanted to love, well, any of them: The Sigma DP1, Panasonic G1, Olympus P1, Leica X1, and more all passed through my hands. Many people loved having a small camera that delivered high image quality. I loved...

Fuji released its X-Pro 1 camera at the beginning of 2012: it shipped with three prime lenses, and today's lens review is the 18mm f/2 R. We've had a chance to put the 18mm through its paces in our test lab, and are pleased to provide you with our full review of this lens.

Leica is into “Special Edition” cameras the same way McDonald’s is into supersizing. With its latest offering, the $50,000 Hermès/Leica M9-P sets, it is has produced the "triple cheese whopper" of photography, complete with bacon, cheese, chili peppers, onions.

Responding to our tough economic times and the desire of the exceedingly rich to find ways to turn unstable...

2012's less than half gone, and it's already been quite a year for Canon so far. It's launched three new SLRs: a professional 1-series model, an enthusiast full-frame 5-series, and a special edition enthusiast APS-C model aimed at astronomers. It's also debuted an entirely new concept, with the first large-sensor compact zoom camera. Today, Canon reveals its fourth new SLR...

If you've been reading our news page for any length of time, you'll likely have noticed a shift over the last couple of years. We've run an increasing number of stories about camera phones, mirroring a trend in the marketplace. At the entry level, many casual snapshooters have taken to their camera phone for the simple fact that--even if the quality might not match up to a...

In April, we told our readers the story of Bob and Linda Carey and their Tutu Project to raise money for breast cancer programs by selling Bob’s self-portraits of himself in a variety of odd locations, wearing nothing more than a silly pink Tutu.

The project grew out of Linda’s battle with cancer that started nine years ago. After three years of treatment for breast...

As well as the software that ships with your digital camera, photographers are faced with quite an array of all-in-one apps for cataloging, editing, and sharing their photos these days. Apps like Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom, Apple's Aperture and iPhoto, Corel's AfterShot Pro, and Phase One's Capture One make light work of many common tasks photographers want to achieve in...

We recently reported on a vintage rangefinder aficionado in Miami who customizes classic cameras by adding gorgeous wood veneers to them. Now, here are a group of artists in Singapore who turn rangefinder cameras into awesome miniature replicas of Soviet era tanks.

Called the Soviet Rumble X Z*E*R*O, this "Tankified" camera creation is the result of a collaboration...

Last week, we reported on the situation at Olympus, with the company preparing for restructuring and seeking a significant investment to help it deal with the after-effects of last year's financial scandal. Today, reports from the Japanese media suggest that the company may soon receive a significant investment from Panasonic Corp., its long-term partner in two...

(Editor's note: The following piece is part of our new "Photographers on Photography" series. It commemorates the D-Day landing at Normandy that occured 68 years ago on this day and photographer Robert Capa's role in covering it. The quotes are taken from Capa’s book “Slightly Out of Focus” and the author's personal sources: Milt Felsen and Cornell Capa)

“It’s not easy...

As confirmed camera addicts, we've been waiting years for anybody to make a large-sensor, compact camera with a fixed zoom lens. No sooner have we reviewed the first-such camera, Canon's PowerShot G1 X, than Sony has offered up a rebuttal with its own large sensor zoom compact: the Sony RX100.

Barely any larger than the small-sensor Canon S100, the Sony Cyber-shot...

Fuji released its X-Pro 1 camera at the beginning of 2012: it shipped with three prime lenses, and today's lens review is the 35mm f/1.4 R. We've had a chance to put the 35mm through its paces in our test lab, and are pleased to provide you with our full review of this lens.

The Timeless Capture Camera is an absurdist photographic device that promises nothing and delivers less. It is perfection itself.

Once upon a time, college students made news by eating goldfish or dancing naked on campus. Now, thanks to the Internet, they come up with zany ideas that can zip around the world faster than you can slip on a pratfall banana peel. Design...

Compact digital cameras have come an incredibly long way over the last decade or so. Long gone are the chunky, computer-in-a-box designs of the early days of digital photography. Modern cameras can be much more pocket-friendly, and many now aim to serve not only as a preserver of memories, but also as a fashion statement.

There have been victims in this rush to sleekness,...

Well, another month gone, another month prior's Photo of the Day judging done. The judges continue to lag sadly behind on their judge-ly obligations, only now finally voting on the April photos of the day. We'll try to get caught up a bit this month, and get the May monthly winners submitted, but meanwhile, here are five excellent photos from the April contest:

(And if...

Ok, this is admittedly a bit sexist (to both sexes), silly and simplistic, but it gave us a laugh.

Online photo gallery and design site Wall to Watch contrasts the typical types of images female users of photo-sharing service Instagram post with what male Instagram users usually post.

We've omitted some of the more R-rated images -- you can see them all here -- and...

Among photographers using Apple iOS devices, Nik Software's Snapseed Mobile is without doubt one of the most popular paid apps. That's not surprising. Snapseed offers the rare combination of a feature set that doesn't feel too hobbled by the mobile operating system platform, and a user interface that's really intuitive. It doesn't hurt that with standard pricing of around...