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I am one of those newshounds trained to follow up on stories. It is a nasty business, full of heartbreak and disillusionment. It is often a walk on the dark side of cyberland. But, as someone once said, after the news breaks, someone has to clean up the mess.
 
Today’s unfortunate follow-up involves none other than her highness, the Queen of Music, Lady Gaga. Long, long...

When Fujifilm announced the Fuji X-Pro1 last January, a new flash strobe was quietly introduced alongside the attention-grabbing compact system camera. Today, the Fuji EF-X20 flash strobe makes its formal debut.

Although the retro-styled EF-X20's looks nicely complement those of Fuji's X-series cameras, the new strobe is also compatible with many of Fuji's other cameras,...

We've seen a lot of camera bags in our day but nothing quite like the cartoonish "Cheese!" bag from Jump from Paper.

Though it may look like a two-dimensional drawing of a bag torn from a comic strip, Cheese! is fully 3D and made from polyester not paper. It's also roomier than it appears -- 16.5" x 13.0" x 0.8" (3.1" expanded) -- with space for a camera, iPad, and laptop...

We've just received a Fuji X-Pro1 compact system camera with XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens, and have posted our Still Life ISO/NR series test shots straight from the lab!

The 16-megapixel Fuji X-Pro1 uses a brand-new color filter array intended to reduce moire, which, according to Fujifilm, negates the need for an optical low-pass filter, something absent from the design. The...

Photo sharing site SmugMug's recently-announced photography app--Camera Awesome--has proven very popular according to the company, which reports today that its creation is now the number one photo app in 55 countries. After more than two million downloads in just the first week, Camera Awesome has gone on to pass four million downloads in its first month on Apple's App...

The Byrds once sang "So You Want to Be a Rock n' Roll Star" but what if you always wanted to be a Rock n' Roll photographer? Well, for the aspiring Bob Gruens and Mick Rocks of the world, there's an iPhone app for you.

Called Rock Photographer and designed by All-Nighters, this game for the iPhone and iPod Touch (iPad version coming soon) uses real footage of musicians,...

There are two kinds of photographers in this world. One kind attaches their straps to the camera eyelets and the other to the tripod socket.

If you use your tripod socket for your strap, you've have to remove your strap to use a tripod. Until now, that is.

Custom SLR has designed a plate that screws into your tripod socket and provides both a Manfrotto RC2 and Swiss...

Francesco Capponi is one of those unique people who sees the ordinary and imagines the extraordinary. While studying at the Fine Arts Academy of Perugia (Italy), he fell in love with “stenopeic” photography and wanted to learn as much as he could about it. His photography teacher suggested he search the Internet for information but instead of stenopeic, to use the English...

Last month, we reported that Sony Corp. was in the midst of major changes to its management structure, as its Consumer Products & Services Group president, Kazuo Hirai, prepared to step up to replace current Sony CEO and president Howard Stringer in both roles.

The company has now announced further management and organizational changes, including some that touch on its...

Compared to that limited edition, white Leica M9-P camera rig selling for over $30,000 in Japan that we told you about last week, this deluxe Fuji X-Pro 1 set-up seems like a relative bargain. Along with the X-Pro 1, this special kit includes all three XF-mount lenses -- an 18mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4 and 60mm f/2.4 -- a set of filters and a flash.

The price? A relatively...

Nikon's latest FX-format digital SLRs--the Nikon D4 and D800--both feature brand-new image sensors. We note with interest, then, that both models have recently completed DxO Labs' DxOMark sensor tests. DxO Labs is the company behind the Optics Pro image processing application, and they're rather uniquely-positioned to offer judgement on sensor performance.

We won't spoil...

I am a camera junkie. I have owned dozens and dozens of cameras and lenses over the years and I always have a hard time getting rid of any of them.

But recently, I bought another new digital camera and suddenly realized the situation had gotten out of hand. For my commercial work I use only my two latest cameras and rarely touch the others. Yet each time I get a new model...

If you're based in the UK and you've recently preordered the upcoming Nikon D4 or Nikon D800 / D800E DSLRs, count yourself lucky: Nikon UK has just announced a price hike for both models, but it's promised to honor preorder pricing on orders received before March 24th.

The story broke last Friday on Sterling Publishing's Pixiq website, and has been confirmed in a...

Sigma has branched out to provide a third-party alternative in the Sony E-mount and Micro Four-thirds mount: the Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN is the first such lens in this new category ("DN" stands for "Digital Neo"), and we've finished putting it through its paces in our test lab. Click here to read our full review of the the Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN.

We don't normally endorse mixing drinking with photograpy -- it can lead to too many embarrassing Facebook photos -- but if you choose to imbibe, why not kick one back with these cool lens shot glasses?

Available from Photojojo as a set of three Canon or Nikon lens shot glasses, these little ceramic cups replicate the raised numbers, ridged focus rings, and auto/manual...

A new gadget from a new startup based in Santa Cruz, CA promises to make videography and photography with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch products much more versatile. The Motrr Galileo allows for infinite, 360-degree pan and tilt control of Apple's popular iOS devices, providing some very interesting possibilities for remotely-controlled video and still capture. While...

We've just posted our Still Life ISO/NR series test shots from the bold new Pentax K-01 compact system camera, straight from the lab!

The controversial Pentax K-01 is based on a 16-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor similar to the one found in the excellent K-5 DSLR, and is compatible with almost every K-mount lens ever made. Other features include sensor-shift shake and dust...

Japan's Fujifilm Corp. has released updated firmware for two of its digital cameras--the Fuji X-S1 ultrazoom and the large-sensor Fuji X100--bringing a variety of improvements and new features to both.

Release of the Fujifilm X-S1 firmware update had been previewed previously in a statement from the company, noting that it would aim to reduce impact of a known problem...

In a world where cameras are getting smaller and smaller every day, it's good to know that someone still thinks big; really, really big.

For the last ten years, photographer Dennis Manarchy has been building a 35-foot-long camera, by hand. As shown in the photos to the right and below, the camera is the size of a small apartment.

This whopper of a camera will use film...