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We like this trend of camera bags looking more stylishly subtle these days. Earlier this month we told you about The Camps Bay camera bag from ONA that looked like it belonged in a J. Petermen catalog. Now, here's the tastefully rustic Tommy Camera Bag from Property Of… that wouldn't look out of place dangling over the shoulder of Ernest Hemingway in an old photo.

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The fourth of July is fast approaching. For those of us in the United States, that means it'll soon be time for fireworks, parades, carnivals, barbecues, and many other Independence Day staples. For Americans living--or perhaps serving--overseas, thoughts of family and homeland will be front of mind.

July 4th also means it's time for something a little special in our...

Small and light, yet solid and weather-sealed, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a lot more capable than its size suggests. Image quality is noticeably improved from past Olympus offerings, rivaling that of APS-C SLRs, and its sensor-shift image stabilization system is the most advanced we've seen. Perhaps most importantly, though, the Olympus E-M5 is a whole lot of fun to use, and...

Being a good photographer, you have a tripod. Maybe two tripods. Maybe even a big, heavy duty one for your big lenses, a standard one for everyday use, and one of those small, cool ones that folds up like a roadmap and you can carry it in your back pocket. Wait, I just realized 50% of the people reading this think a roadmap comes on Google or is inside their GPS and are...

Times are hard for mobile phone giant Nokia. After years at the top, the company recently lost its lead in the mobile phone market to rival Samsung. Once dominant in the smartphone space, lately it has shown increasing weakness while rivals have soared. At Samsung, smartphones are now said to comprise nearly half of its global sales, versus just 16 percent for Nokia....

Like most photographers, we love our Apple products, which is probably why we dig these two functional, Apple novelties.

First up is a miniature replica of a MacBook Air that opens up to reveal a small mirror. Yes, if the model you're photographing wants to check him or herself out before a big shoot, pop out this mini MacBook mirror and earn some major geek point in the...

In the early 1970s, British author Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". A research paper and accompanying video mentioned on the blog of John Nack, Principal Product Manager, Mobile at Adobe Systems seems to us to fit the bill.

In the paper, six researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial...

There’s a new baby in the Lomography-land and it’s adorable. The Lomography Society has just hatched the Fisheye Baby 110 camera.

This little baby takes round fisheye pictures on 110 format film. The film, which which was near extinction, looks just like those small 110 film cartridges from the 1960s and 70s when Kodak was trying to introduce smaller and smaller cameras...

Germany's Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH--better known by its Schneider-Kreuznach brandname--plans to get into the market for compact system camera lenses, the company revealed today.

Its first product will be a Micro Four Thirds-mount lens, developed at the company's headquarters in the Rhineland town of Bad Kreuznach, Germany. The Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon...

Nikon Corp. reached a milestone last month, and they're understandably proud of it. Since the first Nikkor-branded lens shipped way back in 1933, they've now shipped a worldwide total of seventy million Nikkor lenses for SLR and 1-series cameras as of the end of May 2012. Of these, an impressive thirty million lenses are AF-S types including Nikon's Silent Wave Motor...

In a shot across the bow of rival Google, whose Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system is now widely available on new devices and currently rolling out to many existing phones and tablets, Apple has posted a preview of its upcoming iOS 6 mobile operating system.

Apple's iOS 6 isn't slated to arrive until this fall, and will be offered only for iOS devices that...

The official photograph of François Hollande, France’s new president, was unveiled on June 4th. The photo (at right) taken by photographer Raymond Depardon shows Hollande in the garden behind the Elysée Palace, France’s White House. It reflects Hollande’s campaign promise to have a “normal” presidency and it will hang in thousands of town halls, post offices, and government...

Photo accessory company Gary Fong Inc. has launched a new flash diffuser compatible with Sony's unusual Quick Shift Bounce flash strobes. The Gary Fong Gamma Diffuser works with both the flagship HVL-F58AM strobe, and its somewhat less powerful (but more affordable) younger sibling, the HVL-F43AM.

The Gamma diffuser straps firmly onto the head of either strobe, and so...

Settle a debate for us. We can't decide whether these frilly camera straps from Bloom Theory are a unique and stylish antidote to all the macho, male-oriented camera gear out there or whether they're just plain garish.

However you feel, you can't deny that the straps -- which come in an array of feminine designs with names like Super Girl and Starstruck  -- are...

Once the heavyweight of the imaging industry, Eastman Kodak Co. has fallen on hard times. It filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, and has a long road ahead as it works to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Along the way, some painful decisions have to be made, figuring out where the fat can be trimmed to create a leaner company that can survive unaided in a modern,...

On May 6th of this year, the Christian Orthodox Patriarchy of Moscow published a photo of the church’s Patriarch Father Kirill sitting at his desk studiously looking at some papers. Within hours, this image had stirred up a firestorm of controversy when it was noticed that in the polished desk’s reflection of the patriarch’s wrist there is a wristwatch that does appear on...

Our friends over at Rob Galbraith Online are reporting that the Canon EOS-1D X digital SLR--already globally delayed twice from its original ship date of March 2012--may not be available until July in the Canadian market. According to Rob's article, Canon Canada is asking dealers to identify which orders they've received from Canon Professional Services members who will be...

Back in April we told you about stylish bracelets, called "cuffs," created by photographer Craig Arnold from actual recycled camera lenses. While those fashion accessories were pretty cool, they were also pretty expensive, selling for over $200.

If you want a lower-rent but still cool looking lens bracelet, check out these rubberized rings created by photographer Adam...

In the middle of last week, Japan's Kyodo News agency offered two reports suggesting that Panasonic Corp. might be about to make a significant investment in embattled Olympus Corp., and that the latter would release a mid-term business plan at the end of the week.

Shortly after that report, Panasonic officially denied the news, telling Reuters that it was not the source...