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If you own the type of camera that comes stock with a car payment, you're probably know what we're talking about when we say it's damn near impossible to find a bag that will fit [...]

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If you've dropped a pretty penny on a nice DSLR, odds are the next purchase you made was some sort of bag to tote it around in. While whatever you chose probably can hold a few [...]

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If you don't like ridiculously nerdy camera statistics, you should just stop reading this now because we're about to geek out. First, the design: it's Marc Newson (Dom Perignon, G Star, cars, boats, yachts) to [...]

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While some might be out snapping shots of picturesque sunsets and calm snowfalls, most of our photo ops take place in poorly lit bars and at parties where the cost of rent in the city [...]

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Unless you shoot everything with Instagram and an iPhone (which, honestly, at this point in time we can't even fault you for), you've probably had a camera slung around your neck at some point in [...]

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For a while we were convinced there was one company making all the wrist straps that are included with most point-and-shoot digital cameras. Just one little uninspired-to-get-creative-because-there's-no-competition company out there churning these things out by the [...]

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It's amazing we all didn't die from nausea (possible?) growing up watching videos shot on our dad's or our friend's gigantic camera. Seriously, those videos were like watching The Blair Witch Project only instead of the [...]

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Flashback to when you were between the ages of six and twelve. You remember pretending you were a spy and wearing those sweet sunglasses with the little mirrors inside? We can't possibly be the only [...]

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Seeing as how everything else is going all "vintage" these days, it was only a matter of time before even photography took the plunge. Technically that would have been a more fitting statement to make [...]

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It's not much of a stretch to say that Eleanor is one of the coolest cars in recent memory and she's just a Frankenstein creation of Ford and Shelby. Try as they might, no amount [...]

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If you want something done right, do it yourself. If something you want doesn't exist, make it yourself. This is the story of the throwable panoramic ball camera which started as a thesis project by [...]

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Look, there’s only so much Photoshop can do to fix a crappy photo. Even with that new un-blur thing Adobe just announced it still can’t account for your inability to focus. Basically that means [...]

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Blinking is a biological imperative that, while necessary, causes people to miss very important moments in time when they're situated behind the viewfinder. Shutter lag is a similar situation, but it's not one that you [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, the list of companies that make great cameras isn't three names long, and it doesn't end with the letter N. After basically conquering the TV market, Samsung decided to switch their [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, Logitech and Microsoft aren't the only companies that make computer mice. Their Sidewinder MX90000 Performance Pro Premium models are great, but they're also a little common place for our taste. This [...]

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