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Leica has a reputation for making pretty rugged cameras, going back more than 100 years. But nobody would expect a rangefinder to survive a fall from a balcony, onto granite tiles. However, if a recent post on Chinese social network Sina Weibo is to be believed, that's exactly what happened to a Leica M9 recently, and somehow it survived the experience. Click through to read... (link is external)more (link is external)

This week, software developer and photographer Dan King introduced the world to the DAKboard (link is external): a customizable display for showcasing your photographs, calendar events, and weather. The actual wall display isnt currently available for purchase, but the software is in the beta... more (link is external)

British photographer David Yarrow (link is external) is making headlines (link is external) after a... more (link is external)

Earlier this week we took you 'under the hood' of the Sony a7R II, metaphorically. Now, thanks to our friends at iFixit, it's possible to take a literal look inside the a7R II. Ifixit took delivery of a production sample a7R II at around the same time as we did, but while we were out testing its AF system and checking to see how its sensor measures up, the hard-working crew at iFixit were busy taking it to pieces.... more (link is external)

Wet plate collodion photographer Alex Timmermans (link is external) recently shot a new photo titled “Swan Lake” for his surreal... more (link is external)

Camera rigs can be large and difficult to carry around when on the move; once you add on additional components, the problem intensifies. Now, Scratch Ideas from the UK has introduced LOKI on Kickstarter (link is external) with a $38,910... more (link is external)

Anne-Marie Valentine (link is external) was on a camping trip at Folsom Lake in California last month when she spotted what appeared to be a dead seagull at the bottom of the dry lake bed. When she got closer, she realized that it was a camera drone that someone had crashed into the lake before the... more (link is external)

Turns out my great-great-grandfather was a photographer. Born in 1850, Robert Stapleton served in the US Army for two five-year tours in the then-wild-west.

US Army at Gillems Camp, Lava Beds National Monument, 1873, representative of what Stapleton would have been doing around that time. Photographer unknown, archived by NPS.

When he got back home to Kansas he didn’t want to farm, so he bought a camera and worked as a photographer. My uncle (... more (link is external)

Have you ever tried to show a friend a photo on your phone, only to have them start swiping through your entire personal photo collection uninvited? If you do know someone like that, there’s now a lighthearted way to prank them. It’s an Android app called... more (link is external)

Premium tripod manufacturer Gitzo has released updates to its well-known Traveler range of carbon fiber tripods. The company has introduced its Carbon eXact carbon fiber tubing to the range, which it claims makes the legs stronger. Read more (link is external)

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