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Eye-Fi will soon end support for its X2 and older wireless memory cards, services and apps, according to a notice sent to customers today. Citing security concerns, the company will complete the 'end of life' stage on September 16, 2016 by ending server support. The cards will still function at that point, and certain wireless transfer modes may still work, but their associated apps and services won't offer full functionality. Eye-Fi is... more (link is external)

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Fotodiox has announced a new LED Studio-in-a-Box (link is external), designed to make it easy to create simple macro and product images on a tabletop.... more (link is external)

If you’re a photographer shooting with Eyefi’s older generation Wi-Fi memory cards, here’s something you should know: your card will soon become more or less useless.

Just days after announcing that it had sold its cloud services to Ricoh (link is external), Eyefi sent out an email to customers this week, informing them that older X1 and X2 cards... more (link is external)

Snapchat’s “lenses,” more colloquially known as selfie filters or just “filters,” may seem like a totally inane feature. But it turns out the facial recognition technology behind them is advanced, impressive… and a tad scary.

Snapchat’s filters are the brainchild of a Ukranian startup called... more (link is external)

If you’re a camera collector you better go collect your bib, because this one will make you salivate profusely. An eBay user selling off their late grandfather’s camera collection on eBay has just posted a very special camera:... more (link is external)

Three days ago, Hasselblad said that developing appropriately compact zoom lenses for the X1D would be “almost impossible theoretically (link is external).” Well, now they’re taking it back. CEO Perry Oosting is issuing a correction: there will be zoom lenses.

Oosting recently sat down with the folks at... more (link is external)

A little while ago, I was shooting the icebergs on the black sand beach by the Jokulsarlon Glaicer Lagoon, Iceland with a rental EF 24-70mm F2.8L II. Iceland is notorious for being windy, and while I was shooting there was blowing winds carrying ocean spray and water splashes all over me and my camera + lens.

Unfortunately, it seemed that sea water got into the lens either from the autofocus switch, the “weather seal,” or the extended barrel when... more (link is external)

Hasselblad broke new ground with the X1D (link is external): the world’s first digital mirrorless medium format camera. But according to trusted sources, Fujifilm is going to rain on Hassy’s parade very soon.

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(link is external)This is how the EOS-1D X Mark II's sensor compares. Its performance sees it rank joint 21st with the Nikon D3X, putting it just ahead of its closest rival, the Nikon D5.

DxOMark has rated the Canon 1D X II's sensor, and it looks very competitive for its class. Strong low-ISO dynamic range and impressive high ISO performance earn it a score of 88 - tying with the Nikon D5... more (link is external)

Heres episode 85 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast (link is external). You can also download the MP3... (link is external)more (link is external)

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