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In response to struggling film sales, Fujifilm has repeatedly discontinued unprofitable lines and raised prices over the past several years. The company has now announced its latest round of price increases and film discontinuations in an attempt to make sure that its popular and profitable films can live on.

Here’s a chart showing the films that will see 20% price increases starting in October 2015.

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Fans of Microsofts Photosynth technology may be a bit disappointed to learn that the company is retiring their mobile applications for iOS and Windows Phone. Microsoft wont be ditching their entire... more

Early on in my street photography career, I went on YouTube and searched for some inspiration on other street photographers. I came across the work and approach of Bruce Gilden, who absolutely blew me away. He would photograph people at very close proximities (about an arm’s-length away),... more

The fourth iteration of Sony's Cyber-shot RX100 series brings a host of high-speed features from super slow-mo movies to 4K video with virtually no rolling shutter. It all stems from the RX100 IV's 20MP stacked CMOS sensor and the additional room for high speed circuitry that the design allows. Our full review is well under way; for now take a look at the first installment.... more

My name is Will Chao, and I’m a wedding photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Im a huge fan of large aperture lenses. I shoot every lens almost 100% of the time at the maximum aperture possible. At any given wedding, over 90% of my photos are taken with 35mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1... more

Dear PPA,

You know that I have had nothing but mad love for you. Even as I typed those words, I made a peace-sign with my fingers and thumped them against my chest. Im street like that.

I dont want to say how long Ive supported you with dues, but the number rhymes with firty. And Ive been happy to do so. (Although, seriously, if I added up all the money spent on dues and competition and conventions, I could probably have a really nice condo on the beach right now with... more

Photographer Randall Armor recently wrote an article about the war on photographers in which one scary ‘P’ word is being thrown around: the accusation of being a pedophile. News stories like the one above don’t help the cause.

The 3-minute segment features an interview with a mother who called her local news station’s whistleblower hotline. She says she and... more

Want to experience what it’s like to travel into North Korea? Photographer Aram Pan, best known for his 360-degree panoramas, has just released the world’s first every 360 video... more

Back in the 1970s, Olympus launched an advertising campaign for its Trip 35 35mm compact camera that featured renowned British photographer David Bailey. The 46-second commercial above is one of the ads that was aired: it depicted the popular racing driver James Hunt being confused for Bailey because of the Trip 35 he was shooting with.

Another ad in the campaign featured Bailey showing up an “old school” wedding photographer with his automatic compact camera... more

Last week, freelance photographer Manuel Lopez of Thun, Switzerland, attended the annual Athletissima... more

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