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In 1970, James Speed Hensinger was part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, stationed in Vietnam, and under nightly attacks by a Viet Cong gunman. The gunman would visit the camp at night, and shoot at the soldiers with an AK-47. One night, the Brigade opted to respond with all its military might, and Hensinger took to...

As the Nikon's new flagship APS-C DSLR, the Nikon D7100 occupies a sweet spot in the company's lineup. The D7100 provides a ton of advanced photographic capabilities at a reasonably affordable price point. And it's a perfect model for photographers who are becoming more serious about their craft and want to step up from their...

 

 

Last week, we shared a photo of the International Space Station looking like the Starship Enterprise as it cruised past the moon. Now, here's a shot of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) moving past the sun and it brings to mind another famous science fiction series. Yes, Star Wars nerds, the CSS looks a lot like a...

 

 

We've all done it. Spending hours in Photoshop or Lightroom, making tiny tweaks to the coloring and lighting of our photos. But with all of our playing with sliders, and twiddling the hue and saturation, how well do you actually know color? The color experts at X-Rite have something to test just that, with their ...

 

 

Happy Hump Day to all our readers! We've gathered together a nice handful of savings on great digital cameras and lenses, as well as a nice discount on photo prints. Be sure to check back on IR regularly for new bargains on cameras and photographic equipment.

• Canon 5D Mark III body-only - $2,925 (compare...

 

 

Less than a month ago, the Chicago Sun-Times sparked controversy when it laid off its entire photography staff and switched to using freelance photographers. Today Romenesko.com got its hands on a freelance-rates memo from Pioneer Press, which is the Sun-Times Media's chain of suburban newspapers, suggesting that...

 

 

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest man-made structure in the world. It towers more than 2,700 feet in the air, and until someone crafts an even more impressive edifice, it's just about the biggest thing around. So, for those of us who don't want to head to the United Arab Emirates, Google Street View has one...

 

 

It's something all gadget users — photographers included — are guilty of: using our gear in any and all circumstances, regardless of how appropriate it is. Artist Kevin LCK has turned his incredible skills with design and cardboard to critiquing the way people use technology with his series "Ordinary Behavior".

 

 

His company's motto was "the hitherto impossible in photography is our specialty," and it lived up to the billing. A pioneer in aerial photography, George R. Lawrence captured stunning panoramic aerials of San Francisco, Chicago, New York and other great American cities. And he did it at time -- the turn of the...

 

 

Time to start a terrific Tuesday morning off properly -- with camera deals, of course! We've found some great bargains on not only various DSLR and compact cameras, but also a nice limited-time discount on a big storage array to securely save all the photos you take with these digital cameras. As always,...

 

 

Less than two weeks ago, we published our hands-on sneak peek with the new Pentax K-50 mid-level DSLR, and we've already begun our rigorous tests with this impressive camera in the IR Lab. We invite you to take a look at First Shots taken with the Pentax K-50, which so far appears to be a very worthy successor to...

Since their debut in early 2012, Fujifilm's X-series mirrorless cameras have proven rather popular with experienced shooters by pairing Fuji X-Trans image quality with a photographer-friendly, rangefinder-like design. Unfortunately, their size and price have kept them out of the hands of many aspiring amateurs and less deep-pocketed...

One of the challenges faced by every new lens mount is the difficult task of building out a brand-new lens lineup, and providing your customers with a healthy selection of optics to mount on their shiny new camera. It's something we've seen over and over with new mounts such as Olympus and Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds mount, Sony's E-mount,...

 

 

Earlier this year, we featured an incredible video by the folks at Smarter Every Day shooting the destruction of a Prince Rupert's Drop at extremely high speeds. Now they've busted out their Phantom Miro 320S high-speed camera for yet another incredible, fast motion science experiment — this time shooting an AK-47...

 

 

If you've spent any time on Instagram you've probably seen them before -- dreamy shots of someone's coffee drink with the foam whipped up into an artistic design. A bit passé, at this point, right? A Taiwanese coffee chain seems to think the trend needs some updating, which is why they've installed special foam...

 

 

“Commerce makes progress. Fortune passes everywhere.” – Frank Herbert

A few years ago I was accused of being a Sigma hater. (For the record, I did hate their quality control and so-called repair service at that time, and I didn’t hesitate to say so in this blog.) For the third or fourth time in the last...

Last March, the folks at Nikon Rumors reported on an impressive lens repair job by the folks at Nikon Repair Center in Taiwan, who took a rusting 17-35mm f/2.8 lens that had been immersed in sea water, and restored it to working order. Today, they've followed up with another lens restoration that -- while perhaps not so dramatic -- is...

 

 

It's Monday, and that means the start of whole new week full of great camera deals. We've found a bunch of great discounts on interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony as well as big savings on Lexar, SanDisk and Sony memory cards (and flash drives). As always, be sure to check back...

Digital cameras are everywhere these days, and their pervasive nature has had a pretty cool side effect. Things that just a couple of decades ago you'd have been unlikely to see are now frequently caught on camera, and placed online for your viewing pleasure.

Such is the case with the recent eruption of Mexico's Popocatépetl, a...