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Focal Camera is an open-source modular analog camera building system

The Focal Camera is an open-source modular analog camera building system, free of charge and low in material-costs that allows anyone to build working cameras ranging from SLRs to stereo. Through a system of pre-designed modules, each housing a particular function, not only can complicated functions be understood, but also utilized and combined with each of the other […]

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EISA announced their 2015-2016 Photography Awards

EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association) announced their 2015-2016 Photography Awards. Here are the winner in the different categories:

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What else is new?

→ Amazon promises better deals on their “Prime Day” than on Black Friday. Check those pages on July 15th for more details: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Italy Amazon Spain → The Sigma dp0 camera is now in stock. → Pentax issued a service advisory for “power-off” issue when using the […]

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New: MindShiftGear FirstLight backpacks designed to carry large lenses (up to 600mm)

MindShift Gear released their first three outdoor photography backpacks specifically designed to carry large lenses and to comply with airline carry on requirements. The FirstLight packs come in three sizes, so you can carry anything from a 70-200 to a 600mm:

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Fuji X-T1 firmware update ver.4.00 released

Fujifilm released firmware update ver.4.00 for the X-T1 mirrorless camera. Here are few video demos of the new improvements, additional information can be found here:

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The upcoming DxO ONE camera has 1″ sensor and attaches to your smartphone

The DxO teasers I posted yesterday are for a new DxO ONE camera that will attach to your smartphone. The official announcement will be on the 18th. Here is some additional information, including technical specs thanks to Google cache (thanks for the tip Spike!):

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“On Thursday, DxO will launch our new shape of photography”

Update: the teasers are for a new smartphone camera module called DxO ONE. More info is available here. A new website called newshapeofphotography.com teases about something new coming from DxO on June 18th: A leap of faith Your proud father’s gaze on graduation day Rushing glacial streams cutting through jagged rocks Forgotten seashells burrowing through […]

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Adorama announces the first ever high powered LED especially designed for 4k recording

Busy day today: Adorama just announced the first ever high powered LED especially designed for 4k recording. Here are the product highlights:

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Giveaway: win any Rocky Nook photography book

Update: the winner of the Rocky Nook photography book is Corey T. Congratulations! While I am offline next week, I will run a quick giveaway – the prize will be any photography book currently listed on Rocky Nook’s website: www.rockynook.com/shop/. This giveaway is open to anyone and is not restricted to US residents only. In order to […]

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The ultimate vintage camera collection for sale on eBay

I came across this camera collection listing on eBay that consists of 600 Zeiss, Nikon, Leica, Canon, Rollei, Kodak and other cameras from the 1880-1980 period. The price for the entire lot is $34,900 (you can also make an offer) –  basically you can open your own camera museum for $35k… Here is the detailed description:

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