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In the not-so-distant future, finding the photo you’re looking for online may not require you to describe it or know the location or even the photographer… just as long as you can doodle something that looks like it ...

This strange Raspberry Pi-powered DIY-camera isn’t really a camera at all… at least not in the traditional sense. When you press the shutter, instead of showing you the picture you just took, it shows you a similar p...

A veteran French photographer is facing criminal charges in France over a photo she took during the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France. A photojournalist of over 2 decades, Maya Vidon-White was in Paris whe...

Processor maker ARM has acquired the UK-based imaging technology company Apical for a cash consideration of $350 million. The Apical name might not be too well known among consumers, but the company's technology can be ...

Sad news in the photography industry today: Michael Reichmann, the founder of the popular website Luminous Landscape, passed away yesterday at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Luminous Landscape publishe...

It always staggers me that each time I'm in the shower, or camping in my tent, or having a coffee in a rural town in the middle of nowhere in France, I keep getting fantastic ideas for future projects, blog posts, photog...

We are very sad to report the death of Michael Reichmann, founder of Luminous-Landscape.  Luminous-Landscape and dpreview.com came of age at around the same time. While we focused on lab testing and measured performance...

Fujifilm today announced its new Fujinon Teleconverter XF 2x TC WR, a teleconverter that extends the reach of X mount telephoto lenses. The high-performance teleconverter multiplies the focal length of mounted lenses by ...

We’ve shared a number of do-it-yourself camera projects involving Raspberry Pi in the past. If you’re interested in trying your hand at one, it’s now even cheaper: the ultra affordable $5 Raspberry Pi Zero now has ...

Over on Tumblr, there’s a new blog called Guns Replaced with Selfie Sticks. As the title suggests, the site features movie stills from action films with all the guns Photoshopped out and replaced with selfie sticks. So...

"The curly FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIES! And some ranch"

This is some serious dedication. When wedding and adventure sports photographer Nathan Welton fell through the ice and into a frozen lake while shooting a wedding ceremony in Colorado, he didn’t stop or let his assista...

Several cameras have now been released that feature some type of “high resolution mode”--the Pentax K1‘s Pixel Shift and Hassy’s Multi-Shot, for example. But it sounds like Olympus is planning to change the game ...

It’s difficult to discover something fresh in a market as saturated as wedding photography, but Tahiti-based photographer Helene Havard has. Using drones, she captures a fresh, stunning take on couple photography that ...

The Tamron 85mm F1.8 claims the title of the world's first fast-aperture 85mm lens with stabilization. The focal length will certainly appeal to portrait photographers, and the combination of Tamron's vibration compe...

Fujifilm X-Series users will soon be able to purchase a 2x teleconverter compatible with two of the company's telephoto zoom lenses, delivering a maximum equivalent focal length of 1219mm for its interchangeable lens ...

Animal expert, Coyote Peterson, encounters a wild ocelot in an experience he will cherish for the rest of his life

"Plants give off oxygen, why would you eat them?"