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Eighteen months ago, Sony launched two new cameras with a shared industry first: a translucent mirror design that allowed full-time phase detect AF during shooting and video capture. The concept has since spread to almost all of the company's Alpha-mount lineup, and only one of those original duo continued as a current product. Today, it meets its successor, in the form of...

Adobe, oddly enough, hosted a private showing of "Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, a collection of decidedly non-digital images by a photographer who doesn't own Photoshop.

The exhibit features a trove of images Tress rediscovered going through his late sister's things. He had visited Madelaine 48 years ago, taking photos at the...

With a whole new look on the outside, the Samsung NX200 gets quite a few internal upgrades compared to its predecessor, not the least of which is its 20-megapixel sensor. Combined with a new lens design and a slick menu system, we found the Samsung NX200 a kick to use. We were most impressed with the improved image quality and faster autofocus, and a few of the special...

Reports are coming in from Europe today suggesting that Fujifilm will soon offer a fix for a problem present on two of its cameras: the Fujifilm X10 compact, and the Fujifilm X-S1 ultra-zoom.

Both cameras can exhibit unnatural-looking white circles--dubbed "white orbs" by the user community--where there are strong point light sources in the image. The problem appears...

The Fujifilm X100 digital camera has proven pretty popular since it launched in March 2011. That's largely thanks to the combination of great image quality and its genuinely innovative hybrid viewfinder, but doubtless its handsome styling has played a part as well.

Celebrating the X100's first birthday, there's now a new variant of the camera available for a limited time,...

If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of Pentax's new cameras for 2012, your wait might be over. The company has today announced the debut of two--or depending upon how you look at it, perhaps three--new models announced last month.

The Pentax K-01 is a boldy-designed mirrorless camera, styled by industrial designer Marc Newson. Bearing much of the DNA of the...

We've finished our look at the initial lenses released with the Nikon 1 series of cameras, this week with a review of the Nikon 1 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 VR telephoto zoom. For its small size, price, and fashionable color choices, it's a remarkably sharp lens that's an obvious complement to the kit zoom. Click here to read our full review of the Nikon 1 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 VR.

DxO has released FilmPack 3.2 with several significant improvements to the emulsion simulator we recently reviewed.

Many of the enhancements are a result of FilmPack's move to 64-bit processing but there are some usability improvements as well.

Highlights

Highlights of the update include:

• In moving to 64 bits for both Windows and Mac, DxO FilmPack, which was...

Presets are just one secret to Lightroom's success. And with the new image processing engine in Lightroom 4, expect to see a new generation of presets that take advantage of it.

onOne Software has just released a batch that tap into the Develop Module's new features to add a retro feel or black and white makeover or urbanize your architectural images. And they're only...

Canon recently announced its $199.99 Pixma MX892 wireless multifunction device using ChromaLife 100+ ink in five individual tanks. The device can print a 4x6 borderless photo in 20 seconds, scan oversized documents, scan from a 35-sheet duplex auto document feeder and fax.

It can also access and print documents through Google Cloud Print and PIXMA Cloud Link. And Canon's...

Adobe Labs has posted a release candidate of Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 and DNG Converter 6.7 at http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/cameraraw6-7.html. Adobe uses its "release candidate" label to indicate the update is "well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers."

The new version adds support for...

Nothing to do on St. Patrick's Day? How about grabbing a Canon 5D Mark II and shooting some video with Dennis O'Clair. Hallmark Institute is offering a weekend video workshop that includes not only a full 5D Mark II setup but also a 24-inch Mac with Final Cut Pro Studio to finish the job.

"This weekend workshop is all about taking a professional photographer's workflow...

Apple is today showing off its latest variant of the device that kicked off the tablet computer craze, and while the rumor mill was right on many counts, they missed the mark on one point: the name. The third-generation iPad will, it seems, be referred to simply as an "iPad", which is probably going to lead to some confusion on the second-hand market, not to mention in...

As if digital photography isn't perplexing enough, Harald Johnson has just released two versions of PhoozL IQ for iPad to complement the existing iPhone/iPod Touch versions. The larger screen is somewhat more embarrassing but the fun (and the education) makes up for it.

And we do have some fun with it. Although you couldn't tell from our scores. But then, we were writing...

We just got our hands on a beta-level Canon 5D Mark III this afternoon, and have posted our "Still Life" ISO series from this hot new digital SLR, straight from the lab! Since the camera is not production-level, we won't be taking our full suite of lab test shots with it, but we thought our readers would be interested in getting an early peek at the 5D Mark III's image...

With the release of Photoshop Lightroom 4 last night, it's time for third party plugin makers to update their products to ensure compatibility with the latest version of Adobe's photographer-friendly imaging application. Nik Software are impressively quick out of the gate with updates for a range of their products.

Updates are available today bringing Lightroom 4...

If you're a fan of electronic gadgets, your desk probably looks much like ours: covered in a tangled spaghetti of cables. And yet despite the fact they're seemingly multiplying before your very eyes, you can never seem to lay your hands on the one you need at any given moment.

Two recently-announced cameras from Samsung do their best to help you fight cable mountain, with...

Back in early January, Adobe Systems Inc. announced the public beta of a new generation of its photographer-oriented imaging application, Lightroom.

Today, the beta comes to an end with the release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.

Available immediately on both the Windows and Macintosh platforms, Lightroom 4 brings a number of important new features. (You can get a...

Photographers eager to get their hands on Sony's Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA lens for E-mount cameras may be finding it rather challenging to pick one up. (If you're among their number, take heart, though: our recent review of the lens over at sister site SLRgear.com suggests it's worthy of the struggle!)

A statement published last Friday on the Japanese-language...