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FocusTune automates autofocus adjustment, we review it

You know the trouble with autofocus. It can be, well, off a bit. That's why there's an autofocus adjustment option buried deep in your camera's menu system.
And you know Michael Tapes Design invented the LensAlign as the optimal target for evaluating just how your camera/body combo autofocuses (because you've...
For DxO Optics Pro, Eight Is Easy

DxO Labs has announced a major new release of its Optics Pro image editing package that optimizes your image based on what the company knows about your camera and lens combination. And it knows a lot.
Version 8 adds a printing module for the first time, so you don't have to leave Optics Pro to print, although...
Nikon 1 V2 gets more megapixels, an upgraded sensor and a radical new design

Departing radically from the Nikon 1 V1's original design, the new Nikon V2 goes all out to leave the rather bland looks of the V1 behind while maintaining the family resemblance, with broad curves and a bulky industrial look. The end result is rather odd at first glance, with a big grip and a rectangular EVF and...
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G: Was this telephoto zoom lens worth the wait?

Nikon DSLR owners have been longing for an affordable, pro-quality, lightweight 70-200mm telephoto zoom lens -- although affordable is, of course, a relative term. The FX-format AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR telephoto zoom lens, priced at US$1,400, sells for US$1,000 less than the much-beloved AF-S Nikkor...
Love those underwater dogs photos? This video shows how they were shot

What is it about these underwater dogs photos that the Internet just can't seem to get enough of? A few weeks ago we posted this super slow motion video of dogs catching balls underwater and got a great response from Imaging Resource readers.
Now here's a behind-the-scenes video from ABC News...
Samsung NX20 review: Small camera size, big camera performance

The Samsung NX20 may look and feel like a digital SLR, but it's a compact system camera through and through. This small camera with a big 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor is capable of taking winning photos with lots of gorgeous detail along with top-notch full HD videos. Even better, if you like sharing your...
Epson unveils OBA-free, bright new canvas

Epson introduced three new canvases today, which it will show at PhotoPlus Expo. The Signature Worthy canvases are available in three finishes, like the company's previous offerings, but are much lighter weight, do not use optical brighteners and yet are still quite bright.
The big news is that the Exhibition...
Alan Sailer’s spectacular high-speed photos of exploding cameras

(Editor's note: Photographer Alan Sailer captured the spectacular images of exploding cameras on this page with a Nikon D90, using high-speed photography techniques. The following is text he sent us explaining the process behind these mind-blowing shots. To see more of Sailer's images, check out his Flickr page.)
...Memoto asks: Why carry a camera when you can just wear one?

The Swedish company Memoto has ingeniously come up with a way to avoid those nasty fingerprints on LCDs, the need for pupil-shrinking covers and skins and -- most importantly of all -- anticipating the right moment to snap the shutter.
The no-hands Memoto wearable camera automatically "captures every moment of...
Canon 5D Mark III gets uncompressed HDMI, improved AF performance

The movie and TV guys convinced Canon they need uncompressed HMDI output so Canon released a firmware update to the 5D Mark III that does just that. Canon said it makes for "more efficient video editing and monitoring procedures."
But the firmware update has a benefit for still photographers, too, with improved...
Hilarious photos of people freaking out with fear at a Halloween haunted house

What do you get when you place a Nikon D80 and a flash in a haunted house and have it automatically shoot a photo at one of the most frightening moments? Some hilarious photos of some very, very scared people.
That's what they've done once again at the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagra Falls, Canada and some of...
Lens Review: Pentax 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC SMC DA WR

Pentax released the 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC SMC DA WR in November of 2010 as a companion lens for the then K-5 and now K-5 II body: offering water resistance (the new "WR" monicker), a new DC ("direct current") motor and a longer reach than its previous kit lens, we've put this lens through its paces in...
Does the Nikon D600 have a sensor dust problem?

We tend not to get too excited about sensor dust problems here; we clean sensors on every camera after every rental, so it’s just routine. When we started carrying the Nikon D600 they all arrived with a fair amount of dust, but that’s pretty routine too.
Manufacturing and shipping can be a dusty experience.
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Surf’s up!: Two guys cruise the New York City streets on motorized surfboards (VIDEO)

We know Mondays can be hard so please enjoy this crispy fresh video of two guys surfing through the streets of New York City on motorized surfboards.
We're not sure what the point is -- probably part of a viral campaign to promote the new Chasing Mavericks surf movie -- but it's a nice way to start the week.
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The Camera Bag: Photo Cube iPhone Photo Printer

There are lots of ways to print photos off your iPhone but most of them are more complicated than necessary. The Photo Cube, on the other hand, provides a simple solution for getting your iPhone shots output quickly as high-quality, 4x6-inch photo prints.
This straight forward dye-sub printer is controlled via a...
Novelty camera maker JTT wields wild assortment of weird and wacky little digital cameras

I would like to work for Japan Trust Technology. While other camera manufacturers are locked into serious competition to outdo one another’s photographic advances, JTT definitely marches to the (off)beat of its own drummer. Recently, Camera Bag Editor Dan Havlik reported on the JTT CHOBi Cam Smile Smiley Face Pin...
Photographer Mark Seliger interviews Bob Gruen and Kevin Bacon on CAPTURE show

Another episode of celebrity photographer Mark Seliger's show CAPTURE is up on YouTube and this one is well worth a look too.
On the show (embedded below), Seliger talks to legendary rock photographer Bob Gruen and actor Kevin Bacon about some of Gruen's most famous images.
Particularly interesting is a...
Photo printer review: Canon Pro-100 is to dye for

Conventional wisdom is that you need a pigment printer to convince customers your prints are permanent. Wiser souls, though, know nothing is permanent. And wise guys are quick to point out that the trick is to have the prints outlive you.
For a long time dye prints have been capable of that. And they've extended...
Edward Weston: 125 Photographs (Book Review)
In 2011, Steve Crist of AMMO Books published EDWARD WESTON: 125 PHOTOGRAPHS, with photos from scans of the photographer's original prints from an extensive collection at at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona.
This was a slip-cased, large format book with high quality printing on heavy paper, and while it was reportedly a very nice item for collectors,...
The Camera Bag: HiLO right angle lens lets you capture photos with your iPhone from unique angles

We've seen a couple of attempts to create a quality right angle lens for the iPhone, but the HiLO Lens seems like one of the better products yet. Check out the video at the bottom of this page, showing the HiLO being used to easily capture images from low and high angles, which it's hard to do with an iPhone in its...