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Good morning, everyone! Today, we've found a huge selection of top DSLRs, compact system cameras and lenses that earn additional 4% back with Amazon Rewards on already great prices. There's also some updated Canon rebates, as well as deals on a refurb Nikon D3100, a Tokina 11-16 lens and Rokinon fisheye lenses. Be...

 

 

For your pixel-peeping pleasure, we've just posted a full series of lab test images of Sony's newest compact system camera, the Sony NEX-3N. This is in addition to the galleries Mike Tomkins shot earlier for our hands-on preview of the entry-level CSC.

Boasting a 16.1-megapixel, APS-C sensor, the Sony Alpha...

 

 

Siberian-born photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva has captured the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2013 for her poignant photo series on life in a small town in Siberia. Arbugaeva's winning submission, titled "Tiksi," after the name of the village she photographed, helped her capture the competition's grand prize, which...

 

 

Chicago-based photographer Paul Octavious sees color everywhere, whether he's standing in an empty alleyway or in front of a lush field. But Octavious doesn't see just any colors, he sees specific hues and tints that align with the industry-standard Pantone Matching System, which is used by printers and designers...

 

 

Bruton Stroube is a commercial photography and video studio in St. Louis, MO that recently threw a party for various advertising types. But rather than intalling a boring old photobooth at the party, they set up their Phantom high-speed camera and let the attendees go wild at 1500fps, which produced some amazing,...

 

 

While the plague of unwanted photography is mostly associated with celebrities and paparazzi, the fact that we live in a world of Google Glass, photography drones, and widespread CCTVs has caused a lot more people to be worried about who is taking their photos and where. A new, patented device could stop people...

 

 

We've hit hump day! It's all downhill now toward the weekend, but whoa, don't get all crazy on us now -- it's still the work week after all. However, we've found some fantastic bargains to help you cope. We've got great deals on Canon 5D Mark III and 6D bundles, as well as savings on the Nikon D5100 DSLR, plus...

Last fall, Pentax announced two new digital SLRs that are near-identical to each other, save for one very important detail. Both the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs are also very closely related to the preceding -- and very well-received -- Pentax K-5, but with a couple of important improvements.

The Pentax K-5 II is the mainstream model. It...

 

 

This is really cool... 

What would Lebron James look like if he was a character in The Matrix? We might get to find out some day if Sci-Fi-worthy multi-viewpoint camera technology being developed by a Japanese broadcast company makes it to the mainstream.

With the ability to create real "bullet time" slow...

 

 

Just weeks after reports that Olympus was to kill off its low-end point-and-shoot cameras comes a similar report for Fujifilm. As reported by Amateur Photographer, Fujifilm plans to halve its compact camera offerings, cutting the cheaper model and retaining focus on its well received high-end cameras.

This...

 

 

A new breakthrough from Bell Labs has created a lensless photography system based on off-the-shelf parts, that can assemble an image out of far less data than most cameras. While it's not going to unseat traditional photography, this lensless camera opens up some intriguing possibilities for the future of imaging.

 

 

Happy Tuesday, everybody! We found a bunch of deals this morning, including big price drops on Fujifilm X-Series cameras, a new round of rebates on Nikon DSLRs, lenses and flashes, plus big savings on Canon, Sony and Pentax DSLRs. Be sure to check back on IR regularly for new deals every day.

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Leica took the wraps off its soon-to-launch Mini M a bit more today, showing a partial image of the black camera emerging from a box on its Facebook page. In the Facebook posting, the company said photographers will be able to get "a hands-on experience" with the new camera at Leica Authorized Dealers on June 11.
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Connected memory company Eye-Fi has today announced a new addition to its eponymous, Wi-Fi capable memory card lineup. The brand-new Eye-Fi Mobi cards are aimed at consumers looking to improve their social networking experience, and the existing Pro X2 card line will remain the flagship product for enthusiasts. According to the company,...

 

 

Sigma's second lens in its new Contemporary series, the Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM "C" was announced at the 2012 Photokina and hit the store shelves earlier this year. Its sleek new design also incorporates a complete makeover, inside and outside: it's smaller, lighter, and definitely nicer to look at....

With a 50x optical zoom that delivers an amazing 35mm-equivalent range of 24-1200mm, the Canon SX50 brings distant subjects up close and personal -- and it does so with intelligence and grace. Hand-held shots at full zoom and in good light are relatively easy to take, thanks to the SX50's improved image stabilization and Zoom Framing...

 

 

Liquid lenses have been used in other fields for years but they never quite made the transition to cameras. So while you'll find them used in medicine and even some eyeglasses, you're unlikely to use one in your shooting rig. However, Canon is still involved in the field, and has been awarded a new patent in Japan...

 

 

When time-lapse videos are done well, they can really capture the beauty of a place or event. We've featured the gorgeous videos of Enrique Pacheco before -- including this movie tour of Morocco --  and he outdoes himself with a brand new time-lapse of Rome, Italy, which is downright glorious.

In the 2:45-minute...

 

 

Many higher-end DSLRs feature multiple memory card slots, so that you can record files to both cards in case anything happens to one or the other. Now a new CompactFlash (CF) card from Wise is going to attempt to offer that same protection in a single card, but we don't know how exactly it'll work.

Revealed on...