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B&H informed customers this week that it recently sold a batch of “subpar” Nikon batteries and is now sending out free replacements. Nikon is now confirmed that the “subpar” batteries were counterfeit and is advising photographers on how to check their own batteries. “It has come to our attention that we unfortunately received a subpar

Fujifilm made a splash in the camera industry today by unveiling the GFX100, the world’s first 102-megapixel mirrorless camera. And here’s what’s crazy: Fujifilm managed to stuff a medium format sensor into a camera body that’s the same size as Canon’s and Nikon’s flagship DSLRs. The Fujifilm GFX100‘s 102-megapixel image sensor measures 55mm diagonally, and

Apple just announced its first-ever 8-core MacBook Pro, the fastest Mac notebook ever made. The performance boost is a boon for photographers, who will see a big jump in how quickly apps like Photoshop do CPU-intensive edits. “Apple updated MacBook Pro with faster 8th- and 9th-generation Intel Core processors, bringing eight cores to MacBook Pro

The US government is warning that Chinese-made consumer drones could pose a data theft threat, sending data back to company headquarters in China that could then be accessed by the Chinese government. CNN reports that the warning came in an alert issued by the US Department of Homeland Security on Monday. Chinese drones pose a

[embedded content] Camera stores have become the targets of more and more thieves in recent years. While many of the reports involve nighttime break-ins, robbers do attempt to steal gear during store hours as well, and that’s what just happened to the well-known camera store The Camera Store. The Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based store reports that

Easter Island is a World Heritage Site that’s famous for its nearly 1,000 moai statues, and throngs of tourists flock to the island each year to visit the giant-headed monuments. But those statues are now being threatened by tourists whose goal is to shoot selfies of themselves picking the heads’ noses. UCLA archaeologist Jo Anne

Canon and Nikon both unveiled their first full-frame mirrorless cameras over the past year, but it’s actually Panasonic that launched the best camera according to the Japanese photography press. The Lumix S1R was just named “Camera of the Year” at the prestigious Camera Grand Prix 2019. Put on by Camera Journal Press Club (CJPC), a

Tired of baby photos flooding your social media? The condom company SKYN has developed a Google Chrome extension called “Baby Blocker” that blocks baby photos from being displayed in your Facebook feed. SKYN states that parents share an average of 1,500 photos of their kids from when they’re born to when they turn five, and

Sacramento, California-based amateur astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy is a master of shooting amazing space photos from his own backyard, and he’s back again with this beautiful high-res photo of the moon created by combining 250,000 individual shots. McCarthy uses a similar process for most of his work: he uses a $250 ZWO ASI224MC astro camera for

Professional wildlife photographer and Canon ambassador Andy Rouse has been dropping hints over the past several days that he’s currently testing some new camera equipment, sparking speculation that Canon may be gearing up to announce a new pro camera — one that can shoot at 30fps. [Update: It seems that theories of this mysterious camera

Adobe announced last week that older versions before the latest two major releases of its subscription apps would no longer be available for download through Creative Cloud. But that’s not all: Adobe is also warning customers that using older “unauthorized” versions could get you sued. While the new limit to two major versions was announced

Online shopping used to give buyers the perk of not having to pay sales tax, but the Supreme Court ruled last year that states can force online retailers to collect taxes. B&H just unveiled a solution to this “sales tax problem”: it launched a new credit card that refunds all sales tax on all orders

Adobe Creative Cloud has long allowed subscribers to download and use much older versions of their desired apps, but the company has pushed out a change that limits how far back you can go. Creative Cloud now no longer offers anything before the latest two major versions of its apps. “[G]oing forward, Creative Cloud customers

Canon and Nikon both published their latest financial reports over the past couple of weeks, and the numbers don’t paint a rosy picture for the camera industry. Both companies reported a decline in imaging business sales of around 17% over the previous year. Canon’s first quarter results for 2019 reported a drop of 17% compared

Nikon just announced firmware version 1.10 for the D850, D5600, and D7500 DSLRs. One of the primary improvements is something some photographers have been asking for for years: direct Wi-Fi connections to the cameras from smartphones and tablets. Time-lapse photographer Gunther Wegner penned an open letter to Nikon back in 2017 to ask for direct

British photographer Euan Rannachan was shooting underwater off the coast of Mexico last year when he captured an incredible photo of a great white shark swimming up toward the surface of the water. The picture bears an uncanny resemblance to the iconic poster for the 1975 movie Jaws. Rannachan was shooting from within a shark

National Geographic recently published a series of gorgeous photos by photographer Beth Moon that shows some of the world’s oldest trees under the stars. But one photo, in particular, is now raising eyebrows after sharp-eyed readers noticed something strange about it. The article, titled “See the world’s oldest trees by starlight,” was published on April

Polaroid Originals has unveiled a new “Stranger Things” edition of its OneStep 2 i-Type instant camera. The branding, icons, and text on the camera are all upside down, a nod to the alternate dimension visited in the popular Netflix sci-fi horror series. The camera works with both classic Polaroid 600 film as well as Polaroid

Creative Commons just launched CC Search, a search engine for CC images that has been in beta testing for years as it was being developed and polished. It’s a portal to over 300 million CC images from 19 different collections. The newly launched search features a major redesign and a search system that’s both faster

If you subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud for Photoshop and Lightroom via the $10 per month Photography Plan, there may be some pain coming to your wallet. Many customers no longer see the $10/month plan on Adobe’s site — the cheapest plan is listed is $20/month. Adobe first offered a $10/month Creative Cloud bundle of

Canon and Nikon made a huge splash with their first full frame mirrorless cameras, the EOS R/P and Z6/7 (respectively), but Sony seems to be holding onto its huge market share lead in Japan as excitement over the new contenders wanes. New Japanese camera sales data published by BCN reveals that the top camera, the

Back in 2017, the CASE Act (“Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2017”) was introduced to establish a copyright small claims system for pursuing infringements on a smaller scale in the US. That bill expired without being passed, new and revised CASE Act bills were just introduced in both the House and Senate this

[embedded content] When a tornado touched down near Sulphur, Oklahoma, yesterday, storm chaser Brandon Clement of WxChasing launched his 4K camera drone and flew it toward to the tornado. This incredible 4-minute video is what resulted from his efforts. Clement, a field correspondent and producer at Weather Nation TV, chased the twister by air as

A team of five French amateur astrophotographers has captured a gorgeous 204-megapixel, 1,060-hour photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Lowell Observatory reports that the team, which goes by the name “Ciel Austral” (which translates to “Southern Sky”), captured thousands of photos between July 2017 and February 2019 and stitched them together to create this