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Pro photographers, videographers and deep-pocketed enthusiasts shooting with the Canon EOS-1D X and EOS-1D C digital SLRs will want to pay attention to a product advisory issued yesterday by Canon USA. The company has discovered an issue affecting some shipments of both models, and while it's not using the word recall to describe its...

 

 

The photographer Arthur Fellig had a reputation for getting to crime scenes before the cops. Finding him standing over a dead body, camera raised to get a shot, they'd say he must have used a Ouija board to know where to go. And so they nicknamed him "Weegee." He liked that and began stamping his photographs...

 

 

Happy Tuesday, everyone! We've rounded up a nice selection of camera deals for you this morning, including great savings on an entry-level Nikon DSLR 2-lens bundle and a Nikon point-and-shoot, as well as serious savings on nice handful of DSLR lenses. As always, be sure to check back on IR every weekday for more...

 

 

A little more than a month after unveiling its new subscription-based Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) to much fanfare (and much controversy), Adobe has announced that users can now download the software.

While Adobe's latest image editing app contains several key upgrades -- including Camera Shake Reduction,...

 

 

We've just posted First Shots -- IR Lab's initial test images -- taken with the new Olympus E-P5, the company's latest flagship offering in its popular and historically excellent PEN Micro Four Thirds camera series. (We recently reviewed the PEN entry- and mid-level models, the Olympus E-PM2 and Olympus E-PL5, and...

 

 

We've seen some wild footage shot with GoPro cameras in crazy locations -- such as in the mouth of a bear, in the mouth of a lion, or alongside a great white shark -- but this clip might take the cake.

First off, don't try this yourself! Please, please, please, don't even think about it. What James Kingston does...

 

 

Tilt-shift photography is pretty popular right now, mostly because it's very easy to fake with some artful blurring through Instagram (or just about any other app). If you want the real deal, however, you'll generally have to buy an expensive tilt-shift lens. Now there's a swell alternative. The Bonzart Ample...

 

 

Last month we showed a brief video of London shot in 1927, marking an extremely early use of color film footage. But it turns out that this snippet is part of a much larger collection of early color films titled The Open Road. Shot by Claude Friese-Greene using the Biocolor film technique created by his father,...

 

 

Anyone who's lived in New York City in, oh, say the last 90 years, has probably heard a tale (or two) about the Second Avenue Subway. The project, which will be the first new subway line built in NYC since 1932, was proposed back in the late 1920s but didn't begin its first phase of construction under Manhattan's...

 

 

Point-of-view camera footage where video is shot directly from the photographer's perspective as he or she snaps a photo is nothing new. In fact, it was popularized over a decade ago in the powerful documentary film about James Nachtwey titled "War Photographer," long before helmet-mounted GoPro cameras even...

 

 

Good morning folks! We hope everyone had an enjoyable and photography-filled Father's Day weekend. If you're in need of some new DSLR lenses, you are in luck this morning. We've found a a bunch of deals on great DSLR lenses from Canon, Nikon and Sigma. But to start things off, how about a great 2-lens bundle...

 

 

If you haven't used an all-in-one inkjet photo printer lately, you may be pleasantly surprised by the sleek and efficient Canon MG6320, which produces superior photo prints for a device in its class. The MG6320's stylish, slimmed down design won't take up much space in your office or studio but, at the same time,...

Late last week, we reported on availability of Sigma's impressive new 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens, the world's first f/1.8 constant aperture zoom. With an aggressive pricetag of just US$800 or so, the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 has quickened the pulses of Canon and Nikon shooters alike, and those of you who were quick to get your preorders in...

It's only been a year or so since we last reported on Nikon's having passed a landmark 70 million Nikkor lenses produced, but the company has already reached another impressive threshold.

In the 13 months since the company's 70 millionth Nikkor lens left the production line, Nikon's factories have turned out a staggering 10 million...

If you've bought a new DSLR or mirrorless camera in the last couple of years, chances are you own not only a great still imaging device, but also a capable video capture platform as well. Audio, though? Not so much.

It's a sad fact that onboard audio is still something of an afterthought for many cameras -- even surprisingly expensive...

 

 

A couple of weeks ago I posted my impressions of the Zeiss 32mm Touit lens for NEX cameras, based on a copy loaned to me by Zeiss, USA. Now that we have our own copies I can be, shall we say, a bit more aggressive in examining the lens. Not to mention getting an opportunity to continue my string of aggressively bad...

It's that time again -- a week's rolled by, and we've another batch of firmware updates to report on. We'll keep it short and sweet this week, and let the updates themselves do the talking, because there's quite a bit to cover.

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From Canon, we have an update for the EOS Rebel T4i. There are four main changes in Canon T4i firmware...

Although the overwhelming majority of digital cameras ship with standard, Bayer-filtered CMOS (or occasionally, CCD) sensors from the likes of Sony, there are a few companies in the market who like to go it their own way. Fujifilm and Panasonic are two examples, and the duo have partnered to create a brand-new sensor tech claiming...

The Nikon D5200 is a lot of DSLR for the money, and though it's aimed at "advanced beginners" -- in terms of image quality and capabilities -- it's not too far removed from DSLRs geared for more serious photographers. Thanks to its 24.1-megapixel CMOS sensor and EXPEED 3 processor -- which seems to be the same sensor-processor combo...