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I've been covering the trend of photographers using RC (radio-controlled) mini helicopters to shoot aerial footage for a number of years now, but I haven't seen anything yet like the phenomenon of the DJI Phantom quadcopter.

The main reason for the explosion of popularity behind these GoPro-friendly,...

 

 

Good morning, folks! Boy, we uncovered a slew of great camera deals for you today. We found bargains on Canon DSLRs, Nikon DSLRs and Pentax cameras, plus savings on lenses from Canon, Sigma and Nikon. If nothing stikes your fancy with these particular deals, fear not, as we post a new batch of them every weekday.

 

 

We've posted some cool high-speed videos shot with Phantom cameras before but this is one of the most fantastic clips we've seen yet. It features soccer (aka football) superstar Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona dressed in a LED-laden suit and cleats running and dribbling a molded, LED football in the dark like a World...

We've seen more than a few DIY photography projects on YouTube, and we're always grateful to their creators for sharing know-how with the rest of us. In fact, we've shared quite a few of them on our news page.

The folks at DIY Photography have found a DIY video from Japanese videographer Akira Iwamoto -- who goes by the YouTube...

A couple of months ago, we told readers about the new Zoom H6, a six-track portable audio recorder that promises to match your high-def or ultra high-def video with audio that's every bit as impressive. At the time, the H6 was available only for preorder, with projected delivery last month. Unfortunately, the target slipped a little, but...

 

 

Nature photographer Peter Beard opens up about his work and life in the wonderful short film embedded below. Titled "Peter Beard: A Wild Life," the poetic and probing five-minute video from director Derek Peck, was shot at Beard's home in Montauk, Long Island.

In the film, which is featured on Nowness, Beard...

 

 

It was just a few days ago that we saw the first inklings of Raw video on the Canon 7D, and now the first footage shot that way has landed. 7D user Florian stitched together a series of short takes in order to give a bit of a look at what the camera is capable of when shooting Raw footage.

There are some pretty...

 

 

The iPhone is far and away the most popular camera in the world right now, consistently dominating Flickr's most popular camera list. But Nokia has started to make something of a name for itself by putting the camera first with its recent 8.7-megapixel Nokia Lumia 925 and 41MP Lumia 1020 smartphones, both which...

 

 

A brand new day means brand new deals! We've rounded up some great savings on three Canon DSLRs, a couple of Panasonic compact cameras, a Sony waterproof camera and a Nikon pocket camera. Plus, we found a nice discount on a refurbished Canon lens. As always, we post a new batch of deals every weekday, so be sure to...

Last year, Nikon introduced the Coolpix L610, a reasonably compact travel zoom with a handy 25 to 350mm-equivalent zoom range. Today, it follows up with a successor -- the Nikon L620 -- which takes the same basic formula but boosts resolution slightly, among other changes. And if point-and-shoot cameras aren't your thing, the company...

If you've been lusting after the 2.5K-capable Blackmagic Cinema Camera since it was announced last year, but couldn't justify its pricetag, it may be time to double-check your bank balance. Blackmagic just slashed pricing of its interchangeable-lens, ultra high def video camera by a third, so the time for you to take the plunge may just...

 

 

Remember last week's Kickstarter campaign from Lomography to resurrect the legendary Petzval lens? As we predicted, it garnered a lot of interest and brought in a ton of donations. Lomography announced today it had reached its Kickstarter goal of $100,000 in just four hours, and that it had raised over $1 million...

 

 

Late last month, we reported on a new technology being introduced into the NFL, that would give bullet-time like panoramas around the end zone of each side of the field. Now we have some demo footage from baseball that shows just how powerful such a tool can be.

The technology has been built by a company called...

 

 

One of the most powerful new features of Adobe Photoshop CC is the ability to use Camera Raw as a filter. In past versions, you were limited to using Camera Raw when you first opened your image, and it was only available for certain specific filetypes. That's all changed in the new Creative Cloud release, and...

 

 

The California-based Red Digital Cinema Camera Company has always done a good job of hyping its products -- some might say "overhyping" them -- but the proof, as usual, needs to be in the pudding. Red began touting its new 6K Dragon camera chip back in 2012 as the "single most significant sensor in the history of...

 

 

We've seen incredible cityscapes shot from the ground level before, and many shot from flying over a major metropolis — but it's not often you see a photographer with the guts to dangle off the side of a building, and capture shots somewhere in between.

French photographer Carlos Ayesta has been doing just that...

 

 

Ah, the start of a new week, which means the start of a whole new round of camera deals! This morning we've found a nice selection of fantastic savings on all sorts of camera gear. We've got a great price on refurbished Canon 7D and Nikon D5100 cameras, plus new instant rebates and savings on Olympus Micro...

 

 

We've just posted our Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM "S" lens review, which is Sigma's first Global Vision lens in their "Sport" category of high-performance, fast-aperture lenses. Available since May 2013, the 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM "S" is functionally the same as its predecessor, the 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS...

It's Friday, and that means two things. The weekend's almost here, and so is Firmware Friday, our regular roundup of the latest digital camera firmware updates. This week, we have new firmware to report from both Canon and Panasonic.

Canon's new firmware covers three of its professional EOS 1D-series digital SLRs: the EOS-1D Mark III,...