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As the mirrorless camera wars are heating up, the major players are touting their cameras’ designs, features, and specs as being superior to what the competition offers. Leica is firing some shots at Sony, the current market leader in the space: Leica claims that Sony’s E-mount wasn’t designed for full frame cameras.

That claim was made by Stephan Schulz, Leica’s head of professional products,... more

Oakland Center are you talking to that traffic at our 9 oclock position? We got a yellow light out there and its coming up pretty fast. This unusual radio transmission to Air Traffic Control from a Southwest Airlines jet caught our attention on an otherwise routine flight between New Orleans and San Francisco.

It was the edge of night and we were cruising at 38,000 feet through a sleepy section of airspace above Nevada. The faintest glow of red dusk light remained along the... more

Facebook announced today that it has begun rolling out 3D photos. Viewable both in the News Feed and with virtual reality headsets, 3D photos bring a scene to life by adding the facets of depth and movement.

After capturing a photo using the Portrait mode on a compatible smartphone, you can share that 3D photo on Facebook to allow viewers to scroll, pan, and tilt while looking at it. It’s “like you’re looking through a window,” Facebook says.

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Holga Digital has launched a new hand-cranked instant photo printer that works with smartphones. The device is being funded on Kickstarter, where the company presents an Instax printer that "looks like a Holga 120 without the lens." It's crafted with molded polymer and works with any smartphone camera.

The Holga Printer has a relatively unique design, requiring the user to unfold components into an elevated platform upon which a smartphone... more

Hands-on: Leica S3 medium format camera

With all the excitement surrounding full-frame system announcements at Photokina recently, it's easy to forget the new arrivals in the medium format digital arena. While Fujifilm announced... more

Each year, photographers from around the world look forward to a bundle filled with tools and resources contributed by top names in photography, in a concerted effort to raise money for incredible causes, while providing photographers exclusive digital products discounted as much as 97%.

Full disclosure: This article was sponsored by 5DayDeal.

Lindsay Adler, David DuChemin, Joel Grimes, and Trey Ratcliff are amongst current and past renowned... more

Art is something we all enjoy in one way or another. We assume it is a subjective subject, but there may be an objective angle that we can observe art from. Perhaps art isnt subjective at all? Neuroaesthetics is a scientific approach to art in the way it is both produced and consumed, and this gives us a basis for figuring out what makes art art!

The description is in the name. The beginning Neuro- is Greek for the nervous system which finds its roots in our brain. Aesthetics is... more

John Kraus is an 18-year-old photographer living on Florida’s Space Coast who has captured dazzling photos of major rocket launches over the past few years. VICE News followed Kraus to a recently... more

Maternity photo shoots are usually tender moments showing expectant parents lovingly anticipating the birth of a child. But one couple decided to go a different route: their maternity shoot pays homage to Alien. Yes, the classic 1979 science fiction horror film.

Warning: This article contains humorously gory photos that some may find disturbing.

It all started after... more

Good photos have become commonplace. Smartphones have demystified camera technicalities in the past decade, and its pervasive adoption has democratized photography for mass consumers. Since the first known photograph was made in 1820, camera functions evolved significantly to compensate for human error.

Features like image stabilization, white-balance detection, and low-light capabilities became baseline features. Rapidly improved smartphone cameras challenge conventional... more

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