Holdfast Gear, a maker of high-end leather camera straps, has launched its new Maven Strap. The thin leather strap is designed for smaller cameras and is made from American Bison leather alongside a cream-colored glove leather lining and brass u-hooks. Read more
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Ricoh introduces designed-for-digital HD Pentax-D FA645 35mm F3.5 prime
Ricoh has announced a new wide-angle prime for its Pentax 645D/645Z medium format digital bodies. This lens’ name is a mouthful: HD PENTAX-D FA645 35mm F3.5 AL [IF]. The top-line specs are that it acts as a 27.5mm (in 35mm terms) on a digital 645 body, has a minimum focus distance of 0.3m, giving a maximum magnification ratio of 0.25x. Read more
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Samsung NX1 discontinued in Europe? Rumors say ‘yes’ (Updated)
A story on video blog EOSHD claims that Samsung has discontinued its NX1 mirrorless camera across Europe. An email that one of the site’s forum users claims to be from Samsung states that ‘in Europe, we will be discontinuing sales of NX1 cameras for now since there is already much better and upgraded cameras’. We’re quite skeptical about this rumor and have reached out to Samsung for comment, so stay tuned. Update: rumor is almost certainly false. Read more
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Photo gifts for every budget: 2015 Holiday Gift Guides
It’s not easy shopping for a photographer. We’re notoriously picky, our gear is confusingly named and the difference between something we like and something we don’t can come down to what seem like trivial details. But before you give up and just get a gift card, take a look through our carefully selected holiday gift suggestions, grouped by price range, for the photographer in your life. Read more
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InVisage brings long-promised Quantum Film smartphone sensor to market
Startup InVisage has announced a smartphone sensor with global shutter for distortion-free video and greater dynamic range than its CMOS rivals. The Quantum13 is a 13MP sensor based on the company’s Quantum Film technology that moves away from silicon as the light-sensitive medium. The sensor, now available in small quantities for testing by smartphone makers, can also be built into a smaller package for slimmer smartphones. We spoke to CEO Jess Lee about the sensor and what it brings to the market.
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Breakthrough Photography claims X3 CPL is world’s sharpest circular polarizer
Breakthrough Photography, a San Francisco-based startup, is seeking funding for what it claims is the ‘world’s sharpest and most color neutral circular polarizer,’ the X3 CPL. This polarizer is constructed with Schott B270 optical glass from Germany, MRC16 and nanotec coatings, a weather-sealed brass Traction Frame, and new American-made CrystalVision CPL film. Read more
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Into the woods: Samsung NX500 Field Test
It’s not often we get to eat what we photograph, but that’s what we did in our latest Field Test. We took the Samsung NX500 into the woods with pro photographer and mycology enthusiast Eirik Johnson to forage for some wild mushrooms. While providing a keen eye to make sure we didn’t try to eat anything poisonous, Eirik also helped us try out the NX500’s imaging and 4K video features. Read more
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2015 Roundup: Advanced Zoom Compacts
While most of the cameras in this category fall within the $ 500-$ 800 range (with a few exceptions), offerings vary quite a bit in terms of sensor size, control points, zoom range, video capabilities and built-in electronic viewfinders (or lack thereof). In general, we only included flagship compacts from each brand. All of the cameras here offer some sort of zoom range, in general, less than 8x. Get an overview of the category and find out our recommendations. Read more
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Akiwi semi-automatic tagging site suggests image keywords
Students at HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences have created a new semi-automatic tagging website called akiwi in cooperation with Fotolia and Pixolution. Users simply upload an image, which is compared to a library of more than 22 million photos, and keywords are suggested based on similar images and input from the user. Read more
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Macphun launches Aurora HDR high dynamic range software for Mac users
Software developer Macphun has announced a new package designed to help photographers to combine multiple exposures into HDR images. Created in partnership with HDR specialist Trey Ratcliff, Aurora HDR provides tools for a wide range of effects via manual controls and a collection of pre-sets. Read more