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When Olympus first launched its Micro Four Thirds camera lineup back in 2009, it drew a parallel with its earlier PEN-series cameras. Today, with the debut of the Olympus E-M5, it draws on another icon from the past: its legendary OM-series.

This time around, the connection is even stronger, thanks to retro OM-like styling. Front and center is what looks at first glance...

Rounding out its announcements for the day, Pentax has revealed two closely-related cameras that update follow in the footsteps of last year's WG-1 series models.

The Pentax WG-2 and WG-2 GPS, like their predecessors, differ only in whether they include a GPS receiver for location awareness, and how they're labeled externally. Both cameras are otherwise pretty-much...

In a reassuring show of its commitment under new owner Ricoh, Pentax has revealed no less than six new lenses and a mount adapter to be previewed at the upcoming CP+ tradeshow in Japan. Five of the six lenses are scheduled to ship this year, and all three of the company's mount types receive attention.

For the 645D mount, there's a new 90mm f/2.8 prime, tentatively known...

Shortly after Pentax launched its impressive Pentax 645D medium format SLR, the company stated that it was working on creating software that would allow 645D owners to shoot with their camera tethered to their computer. It's a capability that earlier Pentax SLR models up to the K20D offered, but one that has since been absent from the company's newer products.

Rumors...

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. has today announced its latest limited-edition camera variant, this time based around the tiny Pentax Q.

The Pentax Q Limited Silver continues the company's long-standing tradition of releasing silver-bodied cameras that offer a retro aesthetic. With the Pentax Q, the limited edition should prove handsome indeed, given that all of the available...

There's been quite a bit of speculation as to exactly what's going on with the low-pass filter in the new Nikon D800E, so we've updated our Nikon D800 preview with additional information about it. Here's a link directly to the section about the Nikon D800 low-pass filter, so you can read all about it.

(For those not already familiar, the Nikon D800E is a version of the...

A year ago, Canon launched the PowerShot SX230 HS, an interesting camera that placed third in our recent Travel Zoom Shootout. Today, they've followed up with the Canon SX260 HS, a camera for those amongst you who felt that a 14x zoom just wasn't enough.

With an amazing 20x optical zoom, the Canon SX230 HS covers all the bases and then some, from a generous 25mm wide...

A little under three years ago, Canon launched its first waterproof compact digital camera, the PowerShot D10. Today, it gets a replacement, as Canon makes a splash with the waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof PowerShot D20.

The market for rugged, lifestyle cameras has become an increasingly hard-fought one since the D10's debut, and it's been starting to look decidedly...

With smartphones rapidly devouring a significant chunk of the compact camera market, we've seen a flurry of new compact camera launches from the industry's big names over the last few weeks. The three As--attractive, approachable, and affordable--are no longer enough to make the grade any more. Almost without exception, manufacturers are looking for the hook that will make...

Alongside a raft of PowerShot camera announcements which we'll be covering shortly, Canon USA Inc. has today revealed three new EF-mount lens models due to ship by this summer.

Of the three, the sole zoom model is also the most expensive of the group. The Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM bears the coveted Canon L-series badge, and has a constant f/2.8 aperture. The optical...

Fans of really big prints and generous cropping, prepare to rejoice: Nikon Inc. has today announced the Nikon D800 and Nikon D800E 35mm full frame SLRs, two very-closely related models that bring an impressive boost in resolution to the FX format without sacrificing on sensitivity.

In reality, the Nikon D800 and D800E are one and the same camera, the latter being a...

Canon updated its standard kit lens in March 2011, releasing the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II with the T3 and T3i cameras. There's not much new under the hood, but Canon claims some improvements to the image stabilization system. We've put the new kit lens through its paces in our test lab, as well as running it through an IS test, something we didn't have a chance to do with...

Fujifilm has now officially announced pricing for its X-Pro1 compact system camera in the US market, and there's good news for those planning to buy a kit with several of the available lenses. Final list pricing for two of the three lenses that have been announced for the system's debut has come in below the initial estimate.

The Fuji X-Pro1 is the company's first compact...

We've taken a little time with the Canon G1 X's Still Life images, making crops and doing our usual Print Quality analysis. Overall, we're pretty impressed with the Canon G1 X's test shots.

Check out the updated Canon G1 X Preview page to see how the G1 X fares against the Canon G12, Canon T3i, Olympus E-P3, Nikon J1, and Sony NEX-5N!

You'll also find that we've...

Word association: Quick, what do you think of when you hear the word "change?" How many ways could you capture it in a photo?

That's this month's challenge in the VII Gallery, sponsored by Canon: Take a picture expressing the concept "change," submit it in the Join the Project page, and you may see your image alongside ones from the pros at the VII Photo Agency!

So what...

For more than a year now, rumors have swirled, suggesting that Pentax was planning to launch not one, but two mirrorless camera products with differing lens mounts. Some pooh-poohed the idea, perhaps understandably, but today the believers are vindicated, with the launch of the Pentax K-01.

It's a bold move from Pentax, to be sure. Last summer, they showed a willingness...

We've just posted our "Still Life" ISO/NR series test shots from a production-level Canon G1 X, straight from the lab!

The Canon PowerShot G1 X is the company's first large-sensor PowerShot model, and looks to be Canon's rebuttal to the burgeoning compact system camera market. It's based around a brand-new, Canon-developed 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor that's almost as tall...

Sony Corp. has today announced several management changes at its highest levels, as it braces itself for a fourth straight year of losses.

The  company last turned a net profit in 2008, and has been struggling with several of its core businesses in recent years, as detailed by C|Net News. Sony's once-dominant Playstation games console brand has had a difficult few years...

We've just posted test shots from a Leica M9 (an M9-P, actually), taken with a Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 lens!

The Leica M9 is based around a Kodak 18-megapixel CCD image sensor with approximately the same dimensions as a frame of 35mm film, making it the smallest full-frame digital camera. The M9 accepts most Leica M lenses built to date, and thanks to the full-frame sensor,...