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The folks over at Chipworks have been inside more electronic gadgetry than many of us have had hot suppers, and they've just served up another tasty morsel. At the end of last week, they posted the first details from their teardown of the Canon EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR.

This teardown is particularly interesting, because the Canon T4i debuts a brand-new CMOS image sensor...

Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer BenQ has offered quite a few digital camera models over the years, since it was spun off from computer giant Acer Inc back in 2001. By and large, they've all had one thing in common, though: a budget-conscious design that pares features down to a bare minimum. A new model quietly introduced by BenQ about a week ago aims to change...

We've shared photography tutorial videos with you recently on how to photograph a hamburger and how to shoot a steaming hot cup of coffee in the studio. Now, here's a how-to discussion on a completely different topic: The Basics of Nature Photography by National Geographic photographer Michael Melford.

In this seminar-style video, which was shot for the B&H Photo and...

Medium format camera and camera back maker Hasselblad A/S is to centralize its operations in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company has revealed. Currently based at the former headquarters of its 2004 acquisition, Denmark's Imacon A/S, Hasselblad will cease operations in Copenhagen and centralize both manufacture and support in Sweden.

The company will also be moving its Swedish...

Pentax has built a reputation for creating tough, weatherproof digital SLRs that can stand up to the elements. (For reference, see our preview of the new, all-weather Pentax K-30.) U.S. soldier and photography buff Alex Jansen decided to challenge that reputation recently, when he put the Pentax K-7 and K-5 through a simulated sand and rain storm in Afghanistan.

In the...

When Olympus announced the flagship OM-D E-M5 compact system camera last February, rumors immediately began swirling. With an effective resolution of 16.1 megapixels, the Olympus E-M5's imager sets a new high tide mark for the company, offering the greatest resolution of any Olympus mirrorless model to date. Which sensor supplier, though, was the source of its image sensor?...

Photographer Evan Lane was not happy about the state of the camera bag so he decided to design his own. And, from the prototypes we've seen, Lane's bag designs are real lookers that seem highly functional.

Called the Langly Camera Bag, Lane's creation comes in two versions -- the Alpha and the Delta -- both of which take their cues from the World War II rucksacks that...

The other day a couple of skydivers jumped out of a low flying aircraft and photographed the city of San Francisco as they glided down to land on the Morscone Center. Had they been ordinary parachutists under the heightened security after 9/11, they would have been plucked out of the sky or shot down, by Air Force jets long before they could exit their aircraft.

But these...

A product advisory issued by Canon today for the EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR had us checking our calendars to make sure it wasn't April Fools' Day. Following hot on the heels of yesterday's curious advisory noting that some Canon T4i bodies suffered from identity crisis, the company has revealed that a separate batch of T4i bodies may show an issue with the handgrip changing...

A new firmware update for the Sigma SD1 digital SLR this morning promises a number of improvements, including swifter startup speed.

Following just three weeks after the previous update improved autofocus and flash metering accuracy, the new update is also said to fix a problem with the LCD display briefly showing what Sigma terms as "minor fuzziness" on startup....

Just a quick note that we've posted our Canon T4i Gallery images! We're still awaiting the 18-135mm STM lens, so the gallery only includes images taken with the 18-55mm kit lens and the 40mm f/2.8, some of which were featured in our review of the Canon 40mm f/2.8 lens.

We'll update again when we have more shots to share. Stay tuned!

Click here to see the Canon T4i...

Right before the July 4th holiday, Canon USA published a product advisory for its EOS Rebel T4i digital SLR. The cause? A case of mistaken identity.

According to the advisory, certain Rebel T4i cameras sold in the United States and Puerto Rico incorrectly identify themselves in the EXIF header of captured images. Instead of the camera's US-market name, some Rebel T4i...

Pentax Ricoh Imaging has news today on both its single-lens reflex and mirrorless product lines.

For SLR enthusiasts, Pentax has updated availability of its Pentax K-30 digital SLR in the US market. In a reply to a prospective K-30 buyer on Twitter from the company's official Pentaxian account on Twitter, the company's US branch confirmed that the first shipments of its...

Nikon USA yesterday issued a firmware update for the Nikon D4 digital SLR that fixes several bugs, and improves operation in a number of areas.

Nikon D4 firmware version A:1.02 / B:1.02 includes the following changes, according to the release notes:

• An issue that caused the camera to freeze when attempting to format a memory card (setup menu>Format memory card)...

A 50 percent discount on services plus restoration help and digital archiving for the victims. Others can get a 10 percent discount the company will match with a 10 percent donation to the Red Cross on orders coded HELPCOLORADO.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- ScanDigital has announced a nationwide campaign to assist Colorado residents affected by the recent...

In a world where every digicam is "above average," Samsung has raised the IQ of its new EX2F with two unusual features.

The more exciting one is the fast, f/1.4 lens. The company rightly brags that nobody else offers that greedy a lens for available light. You get that f/1.4 aperture at the 24mm end of the zoom range. At the 80mm telephoto end, you don't do too badly...

Having had such a bad experience using Fireworks mode testing a recent digicam (don't ask) at the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Birthday, we pretty much have sworn off stills in favor of HD movies of the things for the Fourth of July.

It's ironic that so much of what a digicam tries to do with the average snapshot is just plain wrong for fireworks:

• Autofocus? Forget it,...

Les Tirmenstein has launched a Kickstarter project for his FlashPipe, a new design in diffusers for hotshoe-mounted flash.

According to Tirmenstein, "The quality of the light it produces is soft and bright with an ever-so-slight warming that makes skin tones look great. It's incredibly lightweight at just one ounce. And the coolest part is that it folds flat when not in...

Photography education and entertainment site PhoozL has just announced its latest "super-judged" photo contest: "The Art of Nature." Nature and wildlife pro photographer Daniel J. Cox selected the contest theme and will pick the final winners.

The contest is open for submission until July 31 with participants allowed up to five photos relating to the theme of the art of...