
Because they can, SquareTrade recently created some content where they dropped a Canon T5i and Nikon D5200 in the rain and on the NYC concrete in front of B&H Photo Video’s store in NYC. But don’t worry! They destroyed perfectly good cameras all in the name of science!…

SINGAPORE: Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford said he doesn’t believe corporate governance in Japan has changed at all in the past two years. Speaking at the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference on Monday, Woodford, who was sacked from Olympus in 2011 after raising concerns over several suspicious acquisitions, said the Woodford…

I would recommend you take a look at the Panasonic GH2 and GH3. Being a Micro 4/3s camera, you can adapt almost any lens to the body (including ridiculous things like PL mount cinema lenses), which means you can buy older photography lenses for much cheaper than new lenses. Many…

Olympus, a high-tech manufacturer headquartered in Center Valley, announced recently it will use a next-generation processor in its ultrasound imaging platform that could give doctors a more accurate gastrointestinal tract cancer diagnosis. %Body$r("= “)$r(“=”)%In addition to finding cancers, the Prosound F75 processor, which was developed with Hitachi Aloka…

Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion is the latest of many attempts over the past two decades by established Internet companies to keep up with technology trends and user behaviors that continue to shift and evolve. The main question for a publicly traded company like Yahoo is how to turn…

JP Distribution has signed up as a platinum partner at the PCR Boot Camp, where it will be showcasing a range of imaging and mobile accessories. JP Distribution is a highly respected specialist in the imaging accessory category and has worked to build up a comprehensive and exclusive list of…

Kodak has entered into an agreement with Nimble Storage, the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions. The agreement, effective May 2013, will allow Kodak to refer Nimble Storage products and services to Kodak customers who are moving their systems to a virtualized server environment. The agreement will initially launch Print…

In the old days bands on stage at music festivals looked out on a sea of damp/sunburnt/drunken fans waving cigarette lighters in unison. Today those fans are more likely to be waving smartphones, not out of some sense of chemical camaraderie, but with a view to posting some over-zoomed, badly-lit…

Nikon’s newest Nikon 1 system lens, the 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2, is a fast medium-telephoto lens with a fixed focal length of 32mm and a maximum aperture of f/1.2. The fastest lens in the 1 Nikkor lineup, the 86mm-equivalent lens is said to enable “brilliant sharpness and is able to resolve intricate It…

With compact camera sales tanking in the face of high-end smartphones, we’re now seeing most manufacturers show off models that attempt to differentiate themselves by focusing on image quality. Companies like Sony, Nikon, and Ricoh have taken the approach of fitting large sensors and fast lenses into tiny bodies, but…