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If you shoot with a DSLR, you might take for granted that the mirror inside your camera swings out of the way to allow light to hit the sensor. There’s actually quite a bit of precise engineering behind those seemingly simple flips.

With its new Canon 5DS and 5DS R, Canon introduced a new mechanical mirror mechanism that’s designed to reduce mirror flip... more

The holiday season is upon us, which means it's the season for all manner of Christmas spectacle, including the hoard of revelers all dressed as Old Saint Nick who recently took over the streets of downtown Seattle. 

The festivities provided an excellent opportunity to get out and shoot, which is exactly... more

Back in 2011, we shared how the original Star Wars lightsaber was created from camera parts using the handle from a Graflex flashgun. Joey Shanks of Shanks FX... more

Since May of 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been beta testing a new smartphone app called B4UFLY (pronounced “before you fly”). It’s a portable resource that helps aerial photographers and other drone pilots stay up... more

Sony has released Sky HDR, a new PlayMemories app for capturing landscape scenes that have wide ranging levels of brightness. Sky HDR aims to replace a graduated ND filter, with various adjustment 'themes' along with control over exposure and white balance of sky and landscape areas separately.

Sky HDR works by capturing two different exposures of the same scene and combing them into a single image. The interface, demonstrated in the video... more

StikBox is a new iPhone case that’s designed to make your selfie sticks unnecessary: it has a collapsible stick built right into the back.

“Why carry two things when you can carry one?” asks inventor Yekutiel Sherman of Israel.

The case is just 0.6-inches... more

Photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens made this helpful 7-minute video tutorial that provides a crash course on the different types of clamps used by photographers during shoots.

“This is not super glamorous stuff to talk... more

Long-time film photographer Timothy Gilbert was frustrated with existing options for processing 4×5 large format sheet film at home, so, as an engineer, he decided to create an easy-to-use and affordable system himself.

After several prototypes and extensive testing, what he came up... more

Flickr recently gathered up photo and camera data to review the past year, and now the company is doing some number crunching to reveal major... more

Here’s a short behind-the-scenes video showing how fashion photographer Yu Tsai recently photographed tennis superstar Serena Williams for Sports Illustrated magazine. Williams was featured in the cover story after being selected as... more

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