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The new Sofort proves beyond doubt that what we did in 2008 was not like it seemed at the time (and many times along the way) absolutely crazy. That people do want photography to go beyond their smartphone and the digital realm. And... more

Shady drone pilots take note: the eagles are coming for you. Dutch police began training eagles to take down illegal drones at the beginning of 2016. Now, eight months later, it’s time to demonstrate how well these trained eagles do their job.

In a demonstration that was supposed to simulate a real-life scenario (but comes off more like a comical... more

Nikon claims its pro-grade D810 DSLR has “superior” and extensive weather sealing that helps... more

You have to scroll a long way down the list of DPReview's camera reviews to find the Canon PowerShot Pro70 all the way to the very bottom, in fact. The Pro70 was the first review ever published to the site, authored by site founder Phil Askey.

The Pro70 made its debut in early 1999, at a time when digital cameras were just beginning to enter the consumer mainstream. In fact, the Pro70's SLR-like shape prompted some onlookers... more

One of the most extravagant and historical pieces of photographic art just sold at auction for nearly half a million dollars. It’s called the Leica “Stammbaum” (or “Family Tree”) and it’s a 107 camera journey through Leica’s history… that you can mount on the wall.

News of the tree’s impending sale spread... more

Zeiss has just added an 85mm F2.4 to its Loxia range for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras. The 85mm brings a traditional portrait option to the 35mm F2, 50mm F2 and 21mm F2.8 existing models in the lineup. The manual focus lens offers the aperture de-click feature found on its siblings and promises 'virtually distortion-free' optics. The Zeiss Loxia 85mm F2.4 will go on sale in mid-December for $1399/1399.

Press release:

Telephoto lens for the ZEISS Loxia family

With... more

I recently built a Trash Cam out of a trash can, large format lens, and Sony a7S II.... more

Window reflection portraits are a popular style, but you don’t need to live near an empty cafe on a busy New York City street (do those even exist?) to create a photo like this. The effect is pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop in just a few steps.

The detailed walkthrough was created by... more

iOS 10 finally brings Raw capture and editing to the iPhone, and a range of camera and editing apps have already integrated the new feature. The RAW by 500px app does the same but takes things a step further by adding image licensing and on-demand photography assignments to the feature set.

After editing your images, they can be submitted to 500px for... more

GoPro’s much-anticipated Karma camera drone will finally be unveiled next Monday (9/19), but today we’re getting our first tiny glimpse at what the drone will look like. GoPro just put out its latest Karma teaser, and this one shows the drone itself briefly whizzing by.

Here’s the 25-second teaser video, titled “... more

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