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Billions of photos were uploaded by photographers to Flickr over the course of 2015. As this year is winding down, Flickr has crunched some numbers and announced the top photos and cameras on the photo sharing service this year.

Top Photos

Flickr determined top photos by using an algorithm that considers a number of factors, including view count, fav count, and more. For popular photographers that appeared multiple times, Flickr selected only their top photo for inclusion. Here... more

For his project titled “Mirrors,” Montreal, Canada-based photographer... more

Fall in Seattle means two things - the return of cold drizzle and University of Washington Husky football. Veteran sports shooter and DPR staffer Jordan Stead recently took advantage of a sunny afternoon game to do a little more testing of the Canon 35mm F1.4L II USM. We've updated our initial sample gallery with a few more... more

Samsung has today officially launched a new generation of its A-series smartphones, and although the new devices range below the high-end Galaxy S and Note models in the Samsung line-up, they come with promising-looking specifications - especially in the camera department. Read more

Back in 2013, Slovenia-based Lumu Labs raised over $244,000 on Kickstarter to launch the Lumu, a headphone jack attachment that turns the iPhone into an accurate light meter for... more

Digital medium format brand Phase One has bought the whole of the Mamiya Digital Imaging Company and has taken over Mamiya's Saku factory for its Japanese HQ. The Danish company has had a long-standing relationship with the Japanese camera and lens manufacturer, and since 2009 has owned 45% of the company's shares. Phase One sold customised Mamiya bodies and redesigned lenses under its own brand name, with the 645DF+ being a very close relation to the Mamiya 645AFD III cameras the two... more

Inspired by Tom Kucy’s recent short film “Ground Control,” Devon, UK-based photographer Chris Coupland took photos from... more

Flickr could soon find itself with a new owner. Yahoo is reportedly considering a sale of its struggling core Internet business, in which the photo sharing service Flickr — acquired back in 2005 for around $25 million — is just a small piece of the pie.

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This is pretty big news if it turns out to be true: Nikon has reportedly acquired all of Samsung’s NX camera technology — a move that could shake up the digital camera landscape.

mirrorlessrumors heard about the deal... more

Instagram has been a big deal since it was launched in 2010. Here’s an indication of how influential the photo sharing app is: young parents are now naming their babies after Instagram’s photo filters.

That’s right. In a trend that’s being called “#Instagrambabies,” more and more parents are now giving their kids names like Lux, Valencia, Ludwig, and Reyes,... more

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