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The idea of cleaning the sensor on your camera is a frightening prospect for many photographers, but it neednt be. This 2-minute video will show you how to shake that fear and banish dust, dirt, and oil from your sensors filter glass for good.

If you use an ILC, youre bound to get dust and possibly oil (the horror) on your sensor at some point. This may not be noticeable at a larger aperture, but once you stop down those dust particles will leave annoying spots in your images... more

We’ve already shown you how mounting a powerful bank of LEDs to a drone can create some mind-bending, totally unique photos and video. But this nighttime mountain bike shoot by French photographer and director... more

The Japanese Camera Journal Press Club has awarded Olympus three out of its four annual prizes after voting by photographic magazine editors and readers. The Olympus OM-D E-M1 ll came away with both the Camera of the Year award and the Readers award, while the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO won Lens of the Year.

The club, which was established in 1963, has ten member magazines and websites that each test and review camera equipment. The members come together with affiliated... more

When it comes to optical image stabilization, it seems like nothing comes close to touching Olympus’ OM-D E-M1 Mark II. As one photographer recently discovered, the 5-axis optical stabilization is so good, you can actually shoot the Milky Way hand-held with this monster.

A little recap is in order. When Olympus released their OM-D E-M1 Mark... more

A young kid named Isaiah Xavier is blowing up the Internet with a homemade music video he created using just his phone and a lip syncing app named Musical.ly. Without exaggerating, we can say this video is one of the most impressive smartphone creations we’ve ever seen.

Unless you’re a Social Media Manager by trade (or a teen by age) you probably haven’t seen a lot of... more

Going from a state-of-the-art mirrorless system to a range finder system will be considered a backward move by many. On paper, you’re giving up a lot in return for little upside. In reality, though, the story is a lot more complicated.

You can read my thoughts on my recent switch to a Leica system here. To be fair, I haven’t switched systems in the... more

 The Canon EOS M6 features 1080/60p video capture, Dual Pixel AF, a selfie screen and lens-based IS. All of this adds up to what seems like an appealing package for vloggers. But is it? To find out for sure and as part of our Canon EOS M6 review - DPReview's Carey Rose put the camera's vlogging chops to the test in a vlog about vlogging with the M6. Have a watch!  
 There's literally nothing cooler than outer space. And getting to see a first-person view of a spacewalk, shot by an action camera, is both fascinating and exciting. The above video was taken on March 24th by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. It also shows NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough.

The two are shown preparing a dock and making repairs to components at the International Space Station. From the Youtube post:"The primary task was to prepare the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-... more

Ring lights are a great piece of kit for illuminating your subject evenly and creating a distinctive catch light in the eyes. Unfortunately, these lights are typically expensive, but this short tutorial by Instructables user... more

All of the drives we are using to store our precious photos and videos are not 100% reliable. Everybody should know that by now (and back everything up) but even if you are doing it properly, there are times when a drive fails and you have nowhere else to get its contents except from the drive itself.

It happened to me recently. A 23GB SD card from a trip, almost full of precious shots, was corrupted when I inserted it into a cheap PC card reader.

As a result, both Windows... more

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