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A new patent suggests Canons engineers might be working on a curved sensor design to reduce vignetting. Japanese blog Egami reports on a patent that was released on the 24th of November and describes an image sensor design with a flat central portion, where light fall-off from the lens is not much of an issue, and curved edges, where fall-off is generally more noticeable. This approach, rather than using a sensor... more

If you’re an Olympus OM-D E-M1 user, we’d suggest you hold off on updating to the latest firmware. Version 4.2, which added some focus stacking capabilities, seems to be leading to corrupt images and locking up cameras.

Several... more

Think Tank Photo has launched a new online Outlet Center offering discounted camera bags. These items, as is sometimes the case with outlet stores, are new products that may for one reason or another lack their original packing material and/or their sales tags. The Outlet Center currently lists 16 bags, though no doubt the number will fluctuate based on inventory. Price reductions... more

The kit lens that comes with most consumer-grade and entry-level DSLRsthe infamous 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6isn’t exactly anybody’s “go-to” lens. It’s far from useless thoughhere are three simple “hacks” that’ll help you squeeze a bit more performance out of your kit lens.

The video comes to us from Russia with love, courtesy of the Koldunov Brothers featured previously on PetaPixel... more

Olympus OM-D E-M1 owners are reporting issues using their cameras after updating to firmware version 4.2. Forum member Denjw reports problems with focus stacking and corrupted image files after updating to 4.2, echoing comments from German blogger Pen-and-Tell. Firmware 4.2 in part added support to the E-M1 for focus... more

Are great photographers born, or made? Hearing the story of street and portrait photographers Eriberto Oriol and his son... more

I woke up this morning and like every other Saturday morning before I even get out of bed, I check my emails and social media accounts to make sure I havent missed anything important while asleep.

Starting with my personal emails this morning, I came across one from a local company focused on Influencer Marketing. Its an email from almost a week ago but, hey, weekends are when I catch up on my lower-priority emails.

The purpose of their email was to... more

For some reason, “entry-level” mirrorless cameras almost all have one thing in common: a cringe-worthy focus on selfiesthe Olympus E-PL8, Panasonic GF8, and... more

DRTV has officially lost all three of its best-known personalities. Alamby Leung left suddenly in 2013. Kaiman (Kai) Wong, the face of the show, announced his departure last week. And now Lok Cheung, DRTV’s lovable cameraman, announced that... more

Ricoh has released firmware updates for its K-3 and K-50 DSLRs which add support for the company's K-AF4 lenses. K-AF4 lenses electromagnetically control aperture rather than using a mechanical linkage to the camera body. At time of publication, only the 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE... more

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