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If you've been a digital photographer from the early days, you can doubtless remember when the once-mighty CompactFlash card came to dominate the digital camera market. Those were good times indeed for the format, which had a big advantage over its main rival -- the Secure Digital card -- in terms of capacity. Today, a new flash card...

 

 

I've never been to the Burning Man festival and I've never had an, ahem, burning desire to pay a visit but I have been fascinated by this Road Warrior-style, hippie party in the desert.

If you feel the same way as I do, you might want to check out this wonderful, aerial footage showing a "Drone's eye view of...

 

 

Introduced earlier this week, the Olympus OM-D E-M1 stands as the company's new flagship mirrorless camera that's hoped will build upon the success of the acclaimed (and beloved) OM-D E-M5. We've already started testing the E-M1 in the IR Lab, and we've just posted First Shots -- a set of still life images and more...

 

 

Somehow, despite being one of the most prestigious names in all of photography, Hasselblad has never had a dedicated storefront. That's about to change, with the first ever Hasselblad store set to open on September 14th, in the Harajuku area of Tokyo.

Hasseblad is a Swedish company, but with divisions across the...

 

 

One of the big selling points of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 (like the E-M5 before it) is its magnesium body and weather sealing, making it stronger and tougher than most competing mirrorless cameras out there. The E-M1 is dustproof, splashproof, and can be used down to 14°F (-10°C), with a magnesium alloy inner frame....

 

 

On Monday, we showed you this spectacular shot of a NASA rocket launch passing in front of the Empire State Building. The Minotaur V rocket in that launch, which carried the robotic Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) orbiting moon probe, took off from a NASA site on Wallops Island off the coast...

 

 

Good morning folks! After a couple days off, we're back with a whole bunch of awesome camera and lens deals! There's lots of Canon gear to be had, including combo savings on DSLR-and-printer bundles, a nice discount on the tiny EOS M and bargains on a couple lenses. We also found sales on Nikon, Pentax and Fujifilm...

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Olympus announced the OM-D E-M1 compact system camera. The E-M1 is the flagship camera with which the company plans to unite its mirrorless and mirrored product lines, and bring a new lease on life to Four Thirds lenses everywhere. You may have already seen our coverage yesterday, but if so, you'll...

 

 

The term bokeh gets bandied about with some degree of abandon these days, as fashionable or trendy words tend to be. And it's not just popular among the Instagram hipsters. Serious photographers and beginner shooters alike seem to be bonkers for bokeh.

A few of you might have heard the term but may still not know...

 

 

The Digital Bolex has piqued a lot of curiosity thanks to its retro charms, and the ability to record Raw 2K video with a relatively sane $2,500 pricetag. But with a maximum ISO of just 400, just how well does it function at night? The folks at Digital Bolex have released some test footage shot in low light, and...

 

 

As you might guess from its name, Indie Film Lab is a small film lab based in Montgomery, AL. The lab has teamed up with the folks at Kodak (now Kodak Alaris) to put together a documentary looking at why photographers still shoot film. The documentary is called "Long Live Film," and while we don't know when it'll...

 

 

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be a cameraperson tasked to cover one of the biggest sporting events of the year, check out the below photos. They show the very specific assignment notes of ESPN cameraman Kyle Farmer, whose job it was yesterday to follow one of the most buzzed-about players in the...

 

 

Over the last few years, it's been pretty common to see videos of people who have taken a self-portrait every day over long stretches of time, tracking how their faces and lives change. But a new video called "Danielle" by Anthony Cerniello takes that concept and does something slightly different with it, creating...

 

 

Apple just took the wraps off its hotly anticipated iPhone 5s and the big news about this new smartphone -- along with it being offered in a somewhat controversial gold color -- is its significantly upgraded camera features. For starters, the phone is powered by a new A7 processor, which is a 64-bit chip that...

 

 

It seems that if you want to capture the look and feel of a dense atmosphere, the best way you can do it is to start playing around with a fish tank. Recently, we looked at the work of photographer and visual artist Michael G. Jackson who made arctic icescapes in an aquarium. Kim Keever does something similar,...

With the announcement today of the Olympus E-M1 (see sample photos here!), two birds have been killed with one stone. The E-M1 is both a new flagship for the OM-D series, and a replacement for the long-in-the-tooth Olympus E-5 digital SLR. In one smooth move, Olympus has given the OM-D series a new aspirational benchmark, and answered...

 

 

An astounding photo of an Osprey plane crash in Afghanistan with a cigarette-smoking, soda-drinking marine standing in front of it, quickly became a viral sensation on the Internet today. As amazing as the photo is with its cool-as-a-cucumber, smiling soldier standing before the wreckage, the story behind the image...

 

 

It's been a great couple of days for space photography! NASA's on Instagram, and this shot of a rocket launch against the Empire State Building is incredible. And here's another incredible feat: a class was able to send a toy camera up into the stratosphere, capturing the first Holga shot of the planet Earth.

The...

 

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On Friday night, East Coast inhabitants from North Carolina to Maine were afforded the privilege to watch as NASA launched a rocket moonwards. And photographer Ben Cooper was able to capture that launch from the middle of New York City, showing it right against the Empire State...