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Three years after it launched the popular E-M5 mirrorless camera, Olympus is back with a followup -- the Olympus E-M5 II (E-M5 II vs E-M5). Sporting generous upgrades throughout, the new model incorporates many of the features of the subsequent flagship OM-D model, the E-M1, as well as some interesting firsts (E-M5 II vs E-M1).

Key among the...

 

 

Olympus has officially announced the TG–860. A successor to the company’s ruggedized TG–850, the TG–860 keeps an almost identical design alongside similar specs, but adds a fair share of incremental improvements over its predecessor.

The Olympus TG–860 features the same design of the TG–850, including the...

 

 

Pentax is finally answering the dreams of K-mount consumers who have been anxiously awaiting a larger sensor than their current offerings. The company has officially released a broad overview of an upcoming full-frame, K-mount camera, which comes shortly after announcing two high-end lenses with full-frame image...

 

 

Bearing a striking resemblance to the two lenses we spotted on display under glass at Ricoh's booth at this year's CES in Las Vegas, Pentax has now unveiled the precise focal lengths for the two new additions to Pentax's K-mount lens lineup: a fast, bright 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and a super-telephoto 150-450mm...

 

 

At any sporting event where photographers are present, it’s safe to assume that somewhere behind the backboard or mounted in the rafters, there’s a remote camera securely tethered down ready to fire at a moments notice. Remote cameras offer unique opportunities for photographers, allowing them to place cameras in...

 

 

I want to make an addition to my master list of things to carry in your camera bag—or at least in the trunk of your car. First a couple of anecdotes.

A couple of winters ago I went for a walk in the woods alone after a fresh snowfall. It was a bit icy and everything was covered with that gorgeous layer of shiny...

 

 

Released in May of 2014, the Fujinon XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS is a telephoto zoom lens providing an effective focal length equivalence of 83-300mm. Part of Fuji's XF-line of lenses, the XF 55-200 f/3.5-4.8 lens features slightly higher-end specs compared to the the more consumer-oriented XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7...

 

 

In the analogue era, contact sheets were the go-to means by which photographers would overlook the photographs from their latest assignment. Created by placing negatives onto an 8”x10” sheet of photo paper and exposing properly, these contact sheets were the sketchpad of photographers and editors who would quickly...

 

 

Mapillary is an online service looking to create an open, crowdsourced equivalent of Google’s Street View platform. The difference is, rather than complicated backpacks and vehicles as the means of capturing the photos, Mapillary relies on everyday people using everyday cameras to capture the images and upload them...

 

 

Getty Image’s Chief Entertainment Photographer Larry Busacca has been covering the Sundance Film Festival for the past 14 years. This year, he brought along a few behind-the-scenes cameras to take us into his pint-sized studio where he gets up close and personal with some of the most talked about celebrities.

 

 

Towards the end of 2014, Ilford Photo conducted an international survey to audit the film market and see how it compared to previous years. Saturday, they released the results from the survey and they’re quite surprising.

According to Ilford, ‘thousands of users from over 70 countries completed the survey.’ Of...

 

 

Ted Forbes has shared his latest video from The Art of Photography; a splendid overview of one of the most interesting photographers out there. His name is Chris McCaw and from the age of 13 he’s been knuckles deep in photo chemicals and film spools, learning every in-and-out of photography.

McCaw started his...

 

 

We had the chance recently to sit down with Sony Artisan Vivienne Gucwa, a fine art travel photographer and devotee of New York City. In that piece, we got to know a bit of Vivienne and her (inspiring) back-story. This is the second half of that interview, where we talk a bit about Vivienne’s current work,...

 

 

Fujifilm has created an interactive website that lets you test out their entire range of X-mount lenses. By capturing the exact same scene across every lens in their line-up, they’ve built a unique lens simulation guide that lets you take a closer look at what each lens has to offer.

All of the photos were taken...

 

 

Photo-sharing platform EyeEm is continuing to double down on search with the addition of two new hires, Sriram J. Sathish, previously of Yahoo, and Harsimrat Sandhawalia, previously a robotics engineer at Carnegie Mellon University. Together, they join Appu Shaji, Head of R&D at EyeEm, to put into hyperdrive the...

 

 

Last June Apple confirmed what many had suspected – they were stopping development of Aperture, it’s professional-level photo editing and organization program.

The announcement didn’t come as a surprise consider just a few weeks prior they had showed off a new OSX photo organization and editing program called...

 

 

When companies look to hire a photographer, there are a handful of logistical issues they must go through. Whether it’s a Fortune 500 cooperation or a small operation around the corner, there are few resources out there that help connect them with just the photographer they’re in need of.

Looking to change that...

 

 

DXO Mark’s sensor test scores have long been the go-to comparison to see how one camera’s sensor compares to another. Using a formulaic test, the DXO Mark team gives each camera dedicated ratings, which determine how and where they best compete with others on the market.

What you might not know is how they come...

 

 

It was a long time in the making, but our second and final installment of our Sony A77 II Shooter's Report is here at last. Photographer John Shafer was almost ready to put down his own cash for Sony's latest APS-C A-mount camera, sight unseen, based solely on the specs of the camera. He was quite smitten with the...