Equipment

Filmmaker Philip Bloom recently helped Lucasfilm shoot parts of their upcoming film …

Ever wonder what the bulky white coverings NASA uses on its DSLRs is for? Popular Photography sent the agency some questions regarding its use of the Nikon D2Xs, and found out some interesting details about astronaut photo gear.

When we shared the practice of “rooftopping” (climbing to the tops of skyscrapers and taking pictures from …

Leica offers a funky $200 lens holder accessory for its M system film rangefinders that screws into the tripod mount and lets you store an extra lens on the bottom of the camera.

For their music video for the song “Bright Siren“, Japanese band …

What if in the future, the human eye itself could be turned into a camera by simply reading and recording the data that it sends to the brain? As crazy as it sounds, researchers have already accomplished this at a very basic level.

dpreview forum member Jorginho created a couple side by side images showing the recently leaked Nikon mirrorless camera sensor next to other sensor sizes. It gives us a visual look at how big a 2.7x sensor actually is. Above, we see the Nikon sensor next to the tiny Pentax Q sensor, which has a crop factor of 5.7x.

People seem to be having a hard time swallowing the idea that Nikon could do well if their upcoming …

Ties are meant to be soft and comfortable around the neck, so they’re a perfect fit for a do-it-yourself …

If you’re into experimental film photography at all, Lomography is currently offering a …

Multi-tools are pretty convenient when you’re wandering around the great outdoors, but they’ve never really been a friend specifically …

Remember the strange boxy cameras that were spotted on Samsung's website a couple months ago? Turns out they were in fact digital medium format cameras, but were developed for "internal purposes" only.

After reading about the revolutionary "shoot first, focus later" Lytro camera that's currently in development, Canadian fashion model Coco Rocha reached out to the company to ask if they could work with a prototype.

This photo that allegedly shows the mount and sensor on Nikon's upcoming mirrorless camera was just leaked onto the Chinese forum Xitek. My initial reaction was, "wow, that sensor looks small!". However, the camera is in fact rumored to have a relatively small 2.6x crop sensor (by comparison, the new Pentax Q has a 5.7x crop sensor).

The WVIL concept camera that made the rounds on the Internet featured a lens that could operate separately from …

Check out this mummified camera used by Reuters photographer Jo Yong-Hak. Yong-Hak was assigned to cover the popular Boryeong Mud Festival this year in South Korea, and decided to protect his gear with some good ol' fashioned plastic wrap.

Here’s a couple images of Sony’s upcoming A77 translucent mirror camera (with a …

A study conducted by market research firm J.D. Power and Associates has found that "Nikon Pro Series" DSLRs rank highest in customer satisfaction. The company surveyed 4,500 verified online DSLR buyers to find out their satisfaction across five factors: image quality, durability, features, ease of use, and responsiveness.

The Nikon Pro Series ranks highest in online buyer satisfaction with a score of 914. The Nikon Pro Series performs particularly well in shutter speed/lag time, durability and reliability and ease of operation. The Canon Mark-Series follows in the rankings with a score of 909, and performs particularly well in performance and picture quality. The Canon D-Series and Nikon D-Series rank third in a tie, each with a score of 889.

Overall, customers were most satisfied with image quality but least satisfied with durability and responsiveness.

In 1839, a year after the first photo containing a human being was made, photography pioneer …

A compact camera probably isn't the first thing someone would grab when looking to make a photo with an extremely shallow depth-of-field, since the small aperture and small sensor limit it in this regard. That might soon be different: a recently published patent application by Samsung shows that the company is looking into producing achieving shallow depth of fields with compact cameras by using a second lens to create a depth map for each photo.

Here’s another ad from Olympus’ Get a Real Camera campaign spotted by …

You might soon be able to control Nikon DSLRs using only your emotions. A patent published recently shows that …

One of the things you’ve likely seen when looking at product or review pages for lenses is an …

Pose is a camera case that doubles as a simple stand. Designed to …

sonyalpharumors published the above image today showing what appears to be a pre-production …

Nikon has a support page for people who wonder why the company hasn’t …

If you’re a professional photographer taking your camera into extreme environments, the cheap plastic body cap that comes with …

San Franciscan Tanya Vlach lost her left eye in a car accident back …

French design duo Zim & Zou (Thibault Zimmerman and Lucie Thomas) these papercraft versions of Polaroid and Leica cameras -- they're super realistic, except the colors are quite trippy!

A student in Germany created this fake Canon 5D Mark III commercial for a school project, and fooled quite …

Nikon has just announced the new AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G lens, which has a FoV equivalent to a 60mm on a full frame body. It boasts a minimum focusing distance of just 6.4 inches, and has a reproduction ratio of 1:1.

You might have heard about Leica’s legendary manufacturing quality, but have you seen it? The company released this promotional …

Remember that super realistic Leica M3 paper pinhole camera we featured back in June? You can now …

On Saturday, the Leica store in Moscow was targeted by two masked men who used a sledgehammer to break …

Want to see how instant film for Polaroid cameras is made? How It’s …

Did you know that the original Star Wars lightsaber was made using antique camera parts? If you have an old Speed Graphic press camera, you may even have a replica lightsaber sitting on your shelf without knowing it.

Let's start off this week with something lighthearted and awesome. The folks at 2D Photography spent nearly six months working on building a giant Rube Goldberg machine using photo gear. Like the epic Battle at F-Stop Ridge video, it seems pretty likely that this video will soon be going viral.

Update on 12/18/21: This video has been removed by its creator.

CNBC ran this short segment a couple days ago in which they invited CNET's Dan Ackerman to explain the changing landscape in the digital camera industry. He thinks point-and-shoot cameras may soon become extinct due to the rise of camera-equipped phones, but also that DSLRs are the cameras here to stay.

Thought the grain-of-salt-sized camera announced in Germany earlier this year was small? Well, researchers at Cornell have …

We’ve seen all kinds of ideas for keeping track of your camera’s lens cap when it’s not being used, …

Here’s yet another painful-to-watch example of what the powerful lasers used at concerts can do to your …

If for some reason you've always wanted pair up your SLR lenses with the tiny sensor found on the iPhone 4, Photojojo has a new mount that can make your dream come true. The package includes a special aluminum case for your phone, a UV filter attachment, and the lens adapter, and almost guarantees that you'll be the strangest looking iPhone shooter on your street.

Kodak uploaded a video to YouTube recently thats been causing quite a bit of controversy. It’s a talk by …

A 268-megapixel sensor might suffice for photographing the stars through a telescope, but apparently a sensor many times more powerful is needed for photographing alien planets from space.

Niklas Roy built a unique electronic "instant" camera using an old black & white video camera and thermal receipt printer. When turned on, the printer slowly prints the live video feed from the camera onto cheap receipt paper. Since the image isn't stored anywhere first, the subject has to remain still during the three minutes it takes for the image to be printed.

Fans of the Fujifilm X100 who are hoping the company will release an interchangeable lens successor to the camera …

Nikon has been doing a pretty good job with its “I AM NIKON” advertising campaign in Europe — so …

If you’ve ever wanted a lens to hug at night but found your actual glass to be a bit …

Ricoh is purchasing the Pentax camera business …

This Canon 7D and 70-200mm combo only costs $36 and helps you save money. How? Well it's actually a fancy piggy bank! Like the Canon 350D and 24-105mm L piggy bank we shared last year, you use this one by shoving coins into the lens.