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Last year, Australian video tech company Blackmagic Design scored one of the surprises at the 2012 National Association of Broadcasters show, launching a relatively compact 2.5K ultra-high definition video camera with a Canon EF-compatible lens mount. A year later, and the company shows it still has some tricks up its sleeve, announcing...

The rock group Yeah Yeah Yeahs have stirred up an Internet kerfuffle today after posting the following sign at a concert at Webster Hall in New York City last night.

 

 

Opinions are divided on the sign and its implications, with some saying it's an attempt by the band to prevent people from taking photos at their...

Photographer Rob Turney has released a video for a very interesting technique that involves refracting light directly into your camera's sensor to create incredible otherworldly images. Dubbed refractography, it's a type of light painting that does away with your camera's lens entirely, instead sending a warped beam of light directly to the sensor.

In the tutorial, Turney...

 

 

Reasons My Son Is Crying is the newest Tumblr image blog to take the Internet by storm, as one dad chronicles the reasons his 21-month old and three-year old sons break down crying. The photo blog is run by Greg Pembroke, who has taken to recording the nonsensical and typically mundane reasons why his two toddlers...

Panasonic has today announced its latest Micro Four Thirds-mount mirrorless camera, the Panasonic GF6. For the fifth straight generation, the company courts consumers and enthusiasts alike with a relatively compact interchangeable-lens mirrorless camera that nonetheless packs in the features.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 has grown ever...

We were all very impressed by the rock steady MōVi   rig that was announced late last week. This three-axis rig seems to be an incredible way to make steadicam-style stabilization far lighter and more affordable. However, while $15,000 isn't much compared to some professional rigs, it's still a stiff price for most people. Which is where the world DIY brushless gimbals come...

 

 

Is there no end to these wacky photo memes? Lately we've told you about Dragonballing and Vadering and now here come Quidditching, in which Japanese teens and seemingly grown men record themselves playing fake games of Quidditch. (If you don't know Quidditch, it's that fictional sport Harry Potter and his wizard...

Now that everyone and their dog can shoot high definition video, 4K is the next big thing. With double the linear resolution of 1080p, ultra high definition 4K footage is a feast for the eyes -- but only if your monitor is capable of displaying it. A new monitor launched by Panasonic at the National Association of Broadcasters show in...

 

 

We've previously written about astronaut photographers -- including Canadian Chris Hadfield and American Thomas H. Marshburn  -- capturing and tweeting awesome space photos of the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). And we've also told you a bit about the gear they've been using. (Sorry Canon folks,...

Over the last year, the action camera market has really come alight, with several big names in the consumer electronics space attempting to muscle in on the turf of dominant player Woodman Labs, creator of the GoPro. At the entry level, too, a mass of lesser-known companies are vying for a piece of the pie. For a while now, historic...

 

 

We were all pretty impressed with the gyro-based, handheld camera stabilizer known as MōVi unveiled this morning by photographer / cinematographer Vincent Laforet. The device, invented by Tad Firchau of Freefly Systems in Seattle, WA, offers a virtually unshakeable rig for shooting smooth video footage with a DSLR...

Panasonic has a long-standing legacy for producing quality long-zoom bridge cameras, including the FZ150 superzoom which we reviewed and heartily recommended a little more than a year ago. However, the company pumped some new excitement into the line when it was announced the Panasonic FZ200 would house a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit-branded...

 

 

Renowned photojournalist Robert Capa took hundreds of images of the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Yet, in the ensuing 70 years, only a handful seemed to have survived. What became of those other images lies at the heart of the mystery of Capa's "Mexican Suitcase."

Telling the story of a war that no one...

 

 

When Japan was hit by the earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2011, volunteers from around the world mobilized to help clean up the afflicted region of Japan. But one volunteer in particular managed to put her outside skills to good use. Becci Manson is a professional photo retoucher, and while working with the...

Have you been eagerly awaiting our review of the enthusiast-friendly Pentax K-5 II digital SLR? If so, we've got a teaser that should tide you over for a little while. News Editor and resident Pentaxian Mike Tomkins recently visited his one-time home in Hong Kong, and he took the K-5 II along  for the trip.

The result is a raft of 34...

 

 

The days of popping down to a Sears or Walmart to get your kids photos taken against a "tastefully" mottled grey background may be behind us. Both Sears Portrait Studio and Walmart's PictureMe Portrait studios have closed down on the back of parent company CPI Corp's own financial troubles.

The widespread...

 

 

No, it's not a new camera as some folks might have hoped but, as promised, photographer and cinematographer Vincent Laforet unveiled a new device this morning which he predicts will be an industry "game changer." Called MōVi, the device is a "digital 3-axis gyro-stabilized handheld camera gimbal" designed to steady...

 

 

Dennis Stock's classic, black-and-white photos documenting the "The Golden Age of Hollywood," are getting a well-deserved showcase in a new retrospective exhibition. Called, simply, "Dennis Stock Photographs," the images are on display at the Milk Gallery in New York City until April 17th.

A Magnum photographer...

 

 

Yes, perhaps, the Internet is filled with too many cat photos but a new series of images called "Big Cat, Small Cat," offers a clever take on everyday feline snapshots. The series, captured by photographer George Logan, is part of a new marketing campaign from Whiskas pet food.

The computer manipulated photos...