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Leica X Vario, a 16mp APS-C sensor with fixed zoom lens
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 is out!
Nikon 5200 review @ DPreview "At high ISO sensitivities, the noise performance of the D5200 is the best that we've seen from a DSLR at this price point"
Canon’s EF 200-400mm f4/L IS 1.4x Officially Announced
Olympus PEN E-P5, a 16megapixels Wi-Fi enabled PEN flagship
Canon releases new firmware for the EOS 5D MkIII featuring uncompressed HDMI output as well as autofocus up to f/8
Adobe releases Lightroom 5 beta, is it finally time to kick Photoshop to the curb?
Panasonic GF6 hands-on review by Amy Davies at the Tech Radar: Shhht, its a secret! (Until April the 9th)
Lightroom 4.4 Now Available, Finally with proper support of the X-Trans Sensor
Nikon releases new firmware upgrades for the D800 and D600
The Leica M (type 240) hits the DXO Mark Bench: Finally, a Leica that can be proud of it's sensor. Steve Huff Reviews the new Leica M 240
Adobe posts Lightroom 4.4 and ACR 7.4 release candidades, promises proper Fujifilm X-Trans sensor support at last. Also, bug fixes and some new cameras and lenses supported.
Pentax K-01 goes out of production, is the company withdrawing from the Aps-c mirrorless segment altogether?
A simple way to improve your OM-D's FL-LM2 or FL-LM1 mini flash, by Henavs at the Club Snap forum.
FUJINON XF14mm f/2.8 R opinions, hand-on, user reviews, and 'oohs and aahs' roundup.
Nikon D600 vs Canon 6D Epic Shootout Comparison by Michael Andrew
The Panasonic GH3 Gets DXO MARK'ed, comes out as very similar to the Olympus E-M5, do they use the same sensor?
Huge lot of 1000-2000+ (seller doesn't know exactly) old cameras for sale on Ebay, time to start that camera museum you've always dreamt about.
Pentax MX-1 hands-on field test by Chris Niccolls at the Camera Store TV
Happy 1st Birthday Anniversary, Olympus OM-D/E-M5!
The Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD excels at the DXO Mark bench: "When mounted on a Canon 5D Mark II, the Tamron SP 24-70mm F2.8 Di VC USD achieves an overall DxOMark Score of 24, the 2nd highest score in our database for a high-speed zoom."
Diglloyd remains starkly negative of Fujifilm's X-pro1 and X-E1 camera sensors, despite the improvements Capture 1 Pro brought in the raw processing front: "Like curing a patient of hemorrhoids by giving him Chrone’s disease."
Photographer Sébastian Dahl hitchhikes from Oslo To Beirut, a trip of 10.000 kilometers, 112 vehicles, many countries and even more pictures.
First Look at the new Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM 'Contemporary series' lens at the Sigma blog.
Mythbuster Adam Savage geeks out over the Metabones Speed Booster, is it a myth waiting to be busted? Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM with inbuilt 1.4 teleconverter hands-on review by Joshua Holko.
Fujifilm X-E1 Versus X100 comparison at TR, and the winner is...the Olympus E-M5?
Metabones Speed Booster first impressions at DPReview: "Image quality is very impressive, with results that compare exceptionally well against a full frame sensor. You do pay a small price in terms of corner softness and CA."
System Camera Production increased 34% in volume, 43% in value during 2012, compact camera production shows further decline.
Tamron 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 Di III VC vs. Olympus M.Zuiko 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 vs. Panasonic Vario HD 14-140mm f/4-5.8 ASPH MEGA OIS hands-off comparison.
Amateur photographer plunges to his death while trying to capture the perfect sunset.
A tragic story like his comes along every now and then, highlighting the risks some photographers are willing to take in order to get their shots. Luke Traynor from the Mirror reports:
"Gerry Coyle, 65, was trying to snap idyllic sunsets when he scaled the 3,500ft Mount Snowdon - the highest peak in England and Wales.The enthusiastic snapper set up his tripod to capture the stunning scenery as he reached the end of a two week photographic tour of Britain's west coast.But an inquest heard on
Thursday how he fell 150 metres off a path as he tried to take in the sunset.His tripod and camera was found on the mountain - but his body was not discovered for six months in a deep gulley.The inquest heard climbers eventually stumbled across his abandoned tripod and camera a long way from the well used tourist path."
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R.I.P: Four major digital photography sites that died this year.
2012 has been an exciting year for photographers. The onslaught of new products was unprecedented, as well as the rapid advancement of several segments and technologies.
This was the year that saw the micro 4/3 format mature to the point of actually being able to compete (and in some cases overtake) with cropped Dslrs, the release of no less than 7 full frame cameras, including Nikon's 36 Mpixel beast and Sony's Cybershot RX1 with a fixed lens. But this year also signaled the end,
A Possum tries to operate a movie camera, Northern Australia, 1943.
Photo taken in August of 1943. The location is Northern Australia, and it depicts a ring tailed possum examining a camera belonging to the Australian Department of information. Shot by young Department photographer Harold George Dick with a Graflex Speed Graphic camera, who was killed in an airplane crash in December 1943 while returning from an assignment at the Pacific war theater, more specifically, the Battle of Arawe. A couple of his war images can be found here and here.
Nikon releases an upgrade to its fast 85mm f/1.8 lens
press release:
January 6, 2012
A fast, medium-telephoto fixed focal length lens with a focal length of 85 mm and a maximum aperture of f/1.8 compatible with the Nikon FX-format
