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At the time, it was a photo unlike anything most people had seen before: a complete color shot of the Earth from space, looking like the giant "blue marble" we've come to know it as. The rare photo, which was captured by a NASA satellite on November, 5, 1967, was recently sold off to the highest bidder at a London...

 

 

The FBI yesterday announced a new arrest related to the financial scandal at Olympus Corp., which first came to light late last year. Former bank vice president Chan Ming Fon allegedly assisted Olympus in hiding losses on bad investments by investing -- and then secretly liquidating -- hundreds of millions of...

 

 

The Nikon D800 caused huge buzz when it was introduced, with owners and reviewers alike marveling at its incredible resolution. If the D800 was great, the Nikon D800E, with the low-pass filter effectively removed, must be even more incredible, right?

As you might guess, low-pass filters are present on cameras for...

 

 

It's taken three tries, but Nikon has finally produced a flagship Coolpix digital camera that solidly holds its own against its top competitors. The new Nikon P7700 boasts an upgraded 12-megapixel sensor and a fast 7.1x zoom lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0, as well as a number of other enhancements. Nikon...

On Tuesday, we reported that popular photo sharing service Instagram was preparing a controversial update to its terms of use and privacy policies that -- among other changes -- would grant it sweeping rights to user-generated content. Just a day after the new policies were announced, Instagram faced a huge backlash from its user...

 

 

Ok, here's something we'd never do: climb to the top of a giant crane or a towering building without safety gear and take spectacular photos while dangling from on high. (Sounds good in theory but…)

For self-described "skywalkers" Vitaly Raskalov and Alexander Remnov, however, it's more than just a theory, it's...

 

 

Mount Stuart is one of the iconic mountains of the Cascade Range -- the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington state -- and its imposing form looms over the other peaks in the region. Lake Ingalls, a short distance to the west is a landscape photographer's dream, a perfect granite reflecting pool for the...

 

 

Way back in 1937, Mehemed Fehmy Agha (or M.F. Agha, as he was better known) published a pointed and hilarious rant in U.S. Camera magazine titled, "The Hippocratic Oath of a Photographer," in which he railed against a range of photographic clichés he hoped to never see again.

As a pioneering art director for...

It's been almost a year now since Eastman Kodak Co. entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After many years struggling with its transition into the digital age, spiraling losses finally caught up with the one-time icon of the film photography industry, and despite planning to sell off a large chunk of its patent portfolio in an effort to keep...

 

 

Only a few brave (lucky?) souls get to visit Mount Everest every year, and for those who do go it can be an arduous and expensive trip. Thankfully there are people through whom you can live vicariously, like cinematographer and photographer David Breashears, who made the acclaimed IMAX documentary "Everest."
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Polaroid confirmed to Imaging Resource that it will soon unveil a new interchangeable lens camera that will run Google's Android operating system. The company offered few other details about the forthcoming camera.

"There will be an Android powered,...

Shortly after Facebook announced its purchase of photo sharing app-maker Instagram last April, Imaging Resource reported that a segment of the latter's userbase was reacting to the news with alarm. A significant overhaul of Instagram's terms of use (TOU) and privacy policy, released today and slated to go into effect early next year, suggests that they may have been wise to...

 

 

We've put the Canon EOS 6D through the lab and have our first shots posted! Designed as an affordable, full-frame addition to Canon's DSLR lineup, the enthusiast-aimed, 20.2-megapixel 6D just started shipping this December.

Announced a week later than the Nikon D600 -- which we've already reviewed -- the...

 

 

There are two things photographers simply can't get enough of: great lenses and great coffee. Leica photographers now have a chance to get the best of both worlds with these new ceramic lens mugs designed like classic Leica lenses.

Ok, they actually look more like ceramic versions of those familiar Starbucks...

It's with a great sense of loss that we report news today from one of the earliest digital photography sites on the web, and a longtime friend of the Imaging Resource. Within the next couple of weeks, the Digital Camera Resource Page is to publish its final review, ending a run of over fifteen years and almost 600 reviews.

Does your photographic workflow feature DxO Labs' Optics Pro or Viewpoint applications? If so, the French software company has recently released updates for both applications that should make them even more useful. (And if not, some holiday discounts aim to persuade you to add them to your toolbox.)

Last week's DxO Viewpoint v1.1 update...

 

 

At just 9mm in width and a weight of 22 grams, the 15mm f/8 body cap lens by Olympus is probably the smallest lens we've ever tested. Its concept is surprisingly innovative: take a body cap, and put a fixed aperture lens in it. When paired with an Olympus or Panasonic micro four thirds body, the result produces a...

Canon's EOS 6D digital SLR lowers the barrier to entry to the company's full-frame digital SLR lineup, with a pricetag well below that of the EOS 5D Mark III, and even a little less than the now rather long-in-the-tooth 5D Mark II. That's made the 6D pretty popular with photographers and videographers on a tight budget, but early...

 

 

Last month, Adobe issued release candidates of several updates for Photoshop Lightroom, Camera Raw and DNG Converter. Those updates have now been finalized, squashing another raft of bugs and adding support for a healthy selection of new cameras and lenses, as well as a couple of camcorders.

As is often the...