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Camera sales haven’t been doing too well in recent years, but that hasn’t kept picture taking from exploding. While the dedicated camera industry has seen year-on-year declines, smartphone photography has turned everyone into a casual photographer: there are now 8 times as many picture takers worldwide than there were 10 years ago.

That’s the... more

Tragedy and drama have so far been the images of the refugee crisis. When I went out there to document the situation I knew there would be more to it and I was not disappointed.

Smiles greeted me more than tears. Joy and gratitude for the small things that we take for granted; shelter, food, family and, most of all, security. I witnessed the smiles of people on their way to a new life.

Let me show you some of my favorite Smiles in Exile.

This smile... more

Canon’s latest billboard ad campaign in New York City does more than promote the camera brand: they can actually help you shoot better photos. Each of the fixed and mobile truck billboards is updated in real time with useful photo tips you can use on the spot.

The 200 tips use data obtained from the Web, from weather reports, from traffic updates, and more,... more

Adobe announced its quarterly results last Thursday, and investors are happy: the company beat market expectations by doubling profits from a year ago thanks to a huge growth in Creative Cloud subscribers. It seems that the shift from boxed software to digital subscription plans is paying off big time for the San Jose, California-based company.

833,000 new subscribers signed up for Creative Cloud in the company’s 4th quarter this year, a much higher count than analysts... more

Here’s a new inspiring and thought-provoking video from Canon Australia’s The Lab project, which aims to “shift creative thinking behind the lens.” For this latest experiment, 6 photographers were invited to a cemetery and asked to capture “eternal life” in a single photo… without using a camera. They simply had to think about how they could best capture the concept and discuss their ideas with... more

Here’s a 1-minute stop-motion commercial Karen X. Cheng recently produced and directed for Totspot, a resale... more

Street photographers Chuck Jines and Keenan Hastings both uploaded videos this week showing confrontations... more

For their official Christmas card this year, the Norwegian photography store Stavanger Foto decided to do a creative employee photo. This is what they came up with: the human Christmas tree.

Image credits: Photograph by Stig Hvard Dirdal and used with permission... more

After exploring the science of digital camera sensors, Filmmaker IQ just published this new video that explores the history and science of lenses. John Hess talks about everything... more

 

Like much of the DPReview staff, editor Barney Britton is a self-proclaimed super-fan of the 35mm focal length. The Sony Cyber-shot RX1R II has the same permanently affixed 35mm F2 lens as its predecessor, but it is backed up by almost completely new internals, including the same 42MP full-frame sensor and autofocus system as the Sony a7R II. Barney's put the RX1R II through its paces in a... more

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