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[re-]Mixing Hollywood (link is external) is a project by American photographer Antoine Temp (link is external) and Senegalese photographer... more (link is external)

New Zealand-based EXO Camera Equipment has launched a Kickstarter campaign to get its camera-style casing for GoPro cameras off the ground. The company hopes to produce the EXO GP-1, a metal body into which GoPro cameras can be placed, to take on a more traditional camera form. Read more (link is external)

Back in June, we shared a series of photos by Joey L. (link is external), who made a dangerous trip to Kurdistan to point his camera at the Kurdish guerrilla groups fighting in the Syrian civil war.

It turns out that many of the photos violate Instagram’s policies, not because they show violence or graphic scenes, but because they show members of PKK, a group that’s... more (link is external)

Nikon has released firmware updates for both the D5200 and D7100 cameras,. Bth new versions of the firmware reduce horizontal line noise in videos recorded at 1280×720/60p and 1280×720/50p. In addition, firmware v. 1.03 fixes select bugs affecting both models. Read more (link is external)

Snapchat (link is external) has amassed hundreds of thousands of users since it launched in 2011, and it has largely stuck to its formula of simple, self-destructive photo sharing. Yesterday, the company announced... more (link is external)

I proudly ordered an Instacube in August 2012 amid significant press hype (link is external) over a device that would display your Instagram feed with a large 6.5 screen. Finally… the digital picture frame that I actually wanted. The initial goal of $35,000 was quickly smashed, and the Kickstarter campaign ended up raising over $620,000.

At first glance, the project seemed... more (link is external)

The promise of truly immersive, virtual reality headsets for the masses is just around the corner with Oculus Rift launching its consumer version in 2016. In the meantime, a number of alternative solutions have been introduced including Googles Cardboard, Samsungs GearVR, and Carl Zeiss VR ONE (link is external) headset. Well be... more (link is external)

Three weeks ago, I purchased off of eBay a junk Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 58mm f/1.2 lens. I had read so many good things about this particular lens in Minoltas history that I really wanted to get one for my ever-growing collection. A fully-functioning, good condition one will run anywhere between $450-$700. The listing for the one that I bid on stated, For parts.

Reading the description a little further revealed that the glass had a lot of fungus, the aperture assembly was tanked... more (link is external)

After hearing that a hundred-year-old building was soon to be demolished in downtown Vancouver, artist Joel Nicholas Peterson (link is external) had an idea: why not give the building one last hurrah by turning it into one of the world’s largest “disposable” cameras?

Peterson did just that,... more (link is external)

The RX10 II is an extremely versatile camera and so far, it has impressed us with its ability to perform well in most scenarios. But what about sports photography? We decided to bring it to the soccer field and pit it against a DSLR to see if it could keep up. The results? Find out here (link is external)

 

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