News entries for December, 2013

 

 

It's time to make your New Year's resolutions, and if you haven't decided just what they should include, we've got a suggestion: How about resolving to introduce somebody else to the joys of photography? It's something almost any of us could do, whether it's through a photo club, volunteering at a local...

 

 

It was early on the morning of May 18, 1980 when I was awoken by a house-shaking rumble. I ran to my deck and saw a plume of smoke rising into the air over Mt. St. Helens. The volcano was erupting, and within a few minutes, Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist working for The Columbian, a Vancouver, Washington-based...

 

 

It's been a year of many firsts, but from a tech point of view, none has been quite as exciting -- and yet quite so divisive -- as Google Glass. First previewed in mid-2012 under the codename Project Glass, these geeky glasses made their way into the hands of a select few early adopters this year, most likely...

 

 

It's the last day of 2013! Let's give this year a nice send-off with some excellent camera and lens deals. On the camera front, there's some awesome DSLR deals for Canon, Sony and Pentax cameras, as well as a big bundle for a Sony NEX mirrorless camera and a Canon superzoom digicam. As for lenses, there's a pretty...

 

 

It's a sad fact of life that in these days of heightened security and surcharges for every option imaginable, modern air travel has lost almost all of its romance for the flying public. For those who choose the career of aviator, though, the cockpit of a jet aircraft is still an amazing place to be. A new...

 

 

We've finally tied a ribbon on our review of the Sony RX100 II, and once again came away impressed with Sony's amazing pocket rocket.

We reviewed the original Sony RX100 back in the summer of 2012, and were so impressed by it that we named it our Pocket Camera of the Year for that year. Now, Sony's upped the ante...

 

 

Okay, that headline is slightly dramatized. But the fact of the matter is that Credit Suisse imaging analyst Yu Yoshida paints the picture of a dire future for Japan's mid-tier camera makers. With smartphones continuing to eat into the market share of compact cameras, Yoshida sees little space left for the smaller...

 

 

Here's a quick experiment to liven up your afternoon: Grab your phone, pull up the camera roll or gallery, look at the last picture you snapped, and take a moment to think about why you wanted to take that photo. Then watch this interesting video series in which random people do the same thing you did -- and...

 

 

It's sometimes said that the eyes can tell stories, but until now you may not have realized just how informative those stories can be. New research from the University of Glasgow suggests that eye reflections captured in photographs could be used to fight crime, or simply to tell us more about the environment...

 

 

Here at the Imaging Resource we’re bombarded daily by questions from friends, family and readers: What camera should I buy to photograph my daughter’s indoor gymnastics? My son’s ski trip? How should I spend $500 to document my honeymoon in Turkey? What is the best camera system to buy for my girlfriend if I’ve got...

Although, the merriment of the holidays is fading (athough the new year is soon upon us!), that doesn't mean deals are dwindling as well -- it's After Holiday Shopping time now! Up today are some great camera deals on Nikon DSLRs, as well as deals on Canon and Sony compact and mirrorless cameras. There's also a great price on a Canon pancake...

 

 

Thomas Edison famously claimed that genius was 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. For photography, we'd put the figure on inspiration a little higher: Great photos usually start with a great idea; doubly so for a photo series. For London-based professional photographer Tom Robinson, sitting stretched out...

 

 

Back in September, Adobe announced its Photoshop Photography Program, a $10 bundle of its subscription-only Photoshop Creative Cloud product with the photographer-centric Photoshop Lightroom, 20GB of cloud storage, and a Behance ProSite. The program offers a pretty significant savings over the US$50/month...

 

 

Find editing your photos and home movies to be tedious, but don't want to leave them languishing unseen on your computer? The solution could be to feed them into an app which automatically creates an edited slideshow clip from your stills and videos, all with a minimum of fuss. That's what muvee Reveal is...

 

 

Did you score a new Panasonic GM1 compact system camera this holiday season? If so, congratulations -- we're thoroughly impressed with this tiny little interchangeable-lens powerhouse, and we've a recommendation for a must-have purchase to accompany it.

The GM1's trim size and smooth front deck makes an...

 

 

The final Friday of 2013 is here, and as we all get ready to celebrate the last weekend of the year, there's understandably little to report on the firmware front. It makes perfect sense: We've all far too much celebrating to do to be worrying about mere firmware. That's not to say that nobody's been hard at...

 

 

Today must be the day for cool space imaging news. No sooner had we covered the awesome almost-selfie of NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins with planet Earth peeking over his shoulder than another space story hit the newsdesk. This time around, it's not a still photo -- instead it's high definition video of our...

 

 

Photographers looking for the ultimate in image quality might avoid zoom lenses like the plague, but the popularity of increasingly long-zoom cameras suggests that some people just can't get enough telephoto reach. If you're in their number, you may find the promise of a recent patent filing by Canon Japan to...

 

 

Selfie fans, the gauntlet has just been well and truly laid down. Wherever you are and whatever you do -- be it dangling your feet from the top of a skyscraper, snapping your photo with the world's largest self-portrait camera, or taking the artistic route as Hungarian photographer Noell S. Oszvald so...