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Shoot smarter in the woods with the best photography gadgets for camping

Headed outside this summer? We've rounded up the best camera accessories for camping, so you can capture the best moments with little fuss.
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Canon holiday sale features the Rebel T6 2-lens kit for just $449

If you have a budding photographer in your life in need of a real camera, the Canon EOS Rebel T6 could make the perfect gift this holiday season. Canon is currently offering the camera in a two-lens bundle for just $449 through December 29. A beginner model, the T6 is easy to use but also expandable.
Best wide-format photo printers

The best wide-format photo printers

The best way to view your photography is large and in print, and owning your own wide-format printer is the best way to get you there.
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Sigma Fp review: A miniature marvel with a fatal flaw

The Fp is a new breed of mirrorless camera with best-in-class video features. However, it lacks a few key ingredients that will be red flags for still photographers, such as a viewfinder and, more importantly, a mechanical shutter.
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Nikon D780 review: Even the best DSLR is still a DSLR

The Nikon D780 replaces the half-decade-old D750. It's a worthy upgrade, but its best new features concern live-view shooting, where the D780 becomes an overweight mirrorless camera.
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GoPro Media Mod review: Turn your action cam into a YouTuber’s dream

With an integrated shotgun microphone and two shoe mounts, the Media Mod lays the foundation to build your GoPro Hero8 Black into a production tool. While not everyone will appreciate the audio quality of the integrated mic, the options for expandability are very welcome.
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Pentax HD FA 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW lens review

Made of 15 glass elements and weighing in at a 2 pounds, the Pentax Star series 50mm F1.4 is no ordinary 50mm lens. The $1,200 premium prime seeks to compete with the likes of the Sigma Art series, and it easily succeeds, giving Pentax DSLR shooters a great option for a high-end normal focal length lens.
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Hasselblad X1D II 50C review

The Hasselblad X1D II 50C is a refinement, rather than a reinvention, of the original. The most impressive new feature is the price. At $5,750, it is thousands less than the X1D-50C and pushes into full-frame territory. But it might fall short of wooing photographers to medium format.
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Nikon Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 S lens review

Nikon's first portrait lens for its full-frame mirrorless series proves f/1.8 is all you need for bokehlicious background blur. By taking a more conservative approach and avoiding the wider apertures the Z mount is capable of, Nikon delivers an affordable lens that also happens to be very sharp.
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The best color laser printers

Color laser printers are the go-to choice for home offices and small businesses. We’ve combed through everything on the market to pick out three of our favorites, from a bare-bones model that’s as affordable as they come to an all-in-one device that can handle anything you throw at it.
MADV Madventure 360 review

MADV Madventure 360 review

It’s compact and weatherproof, but the Madventure 360 is otherwise a run-of-the-mill 360 cam with little more to offer than a cool party trick.
GoPro Fusion review

GoPro Fusion review

The Fusion is GoPro’s first 360 camera, but it’s also the one that everyone is looking to to finally get 360 right. It shows some great potential, but falls short of being the hero we needed.
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Turn your home into a photo booth with the Canon Selphy Wi-Fi printer

The Selphy CP1300 brings new connectivity features and a photo-booth-inspired print layout to Canon's line of portable, Wi-Fi printers.
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In this black-and-white time-lapse, extreme weather never looked so good

The all black-and-white film is a dramatic yet strangely relaxing documentation of some of our most extreme weather.
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Canon promotes new EOS M5 mirrorless camera in interactive Instagram campaign

As the M5 is built for speed and easy sharing, Canon's #tagyoureit campaign will challenge Instagram influencers to complete spontaneous photo challenges.
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The Zoom Q2n lets you record high-quality audio and comes with a camera

Zoom, the company beyond several popular audio recorders, built the Zoom Q2n -- a compact camera that puts audio first.
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How to photograph fireworks and capture the colors of Independence Day

Headed to a fireworks show or shooting some off in your backyard? Learn how to properly photograph fireworks using a dedicated camera or even a smartphone.
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The best DSLR cameras

The camera on your smartphone might be capable, but it's not as flexible as a dedicated DSLR. Whether you're looking for something bare-bones or a professional full-frame designed to do it all, we've rounded up some of the best DSLR cameras for seasoned and budding photographers alike.
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The best digital cameras

Step up beyond your phone and reach for one of these dedicated cameras, from large-sensor interchangeable-lens models to advanced compacts that fit in a pocket.
D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD

D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD review

Building a HomeKit-only smart camera is a brave choice, but as with everything Apple’s smart home platform offers, the device's features are limited.
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Hands on: Peak Design Everyday Backpack

There may never be a perfect camera bag, but Peak Design has certainly come close with the functional and stylish Everyday Backpack.
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Homemade motion-control camera rig works almost like the real thing

While there is certainly no shortage of DIY photography projects out there, this has got to be one of the most impressive ones we’ve seen yet.
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New computer vision tech shows what you'd look like with any hairstyle

A new computer vision system shows how a person may look with different hair. It won't just help you pick a new 'do, it may help in finding missing persons.
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Fore! And Aft! NBC Sports to live-stream golf tournament in VR

Allie has partnered with NBC Sports to provide live, 360-degree coverage of this year’s American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.
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Filmmakers rejoice, Panavision goes 8K with Millennium DXL cinema camera

Panavision partners with Red and Light Iron to bring a new kind of digital cinema camera to Hollywood.
TP-Link Kasa Cam KC-120 review

TP-Link Kasa Cam KC-120 review

If you're looking for an affordable way into the world of Amazon Echo Show-compatible smart cameras, you'll find one in our TP-Link Kasa Cam KC-120 review.
Netgear Arlo Pro 2 review

Arlo Pro 2 review

It may not be cheap, but the Arlo Pro 2 doesn’t cut any corners, making it the most versatile smart home camera we have ever tested yet. What's more, it has storage plans meet the needs of everyone from a small apartment renters to medium sized businesses, with support for up to 50 cameras.
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Netgear Arlo Go hands-on review

With 4G LTE connectivity, the Netgear Arlo Go goes where Wi-Fi cameras cannot, while maintaining all of the great features the Arlo line is known for.
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Haunting infrared footage of Las Vegas was made with a modified Sony RX100 IV

Philip Bloom used a modified Sony RX100 IV to create a beautiful yet haunting experimental video of Las Vegas in slow motion infrared.
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Watch a breathtaking 4K aerial video of Europe’s greatest castles

From Portugal to the Ukraine, Fairytale Castles reveals Europe’s most impressive architectural wonders in beautiful 4K aerial footage.
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DARPA wants a camera that can see around corners, and it’s coming soon

Thanks to a $4.4 million grant from DARPA, a camera that can see behind walls could be put to real-world use in as little as four years
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SanDisk’s high-performance MicroSD cards are built for your 4K video library

SanDisk's latest MicroSD cards, coming later this year, offer up to 100MB/sec transfer speeds and enough capacity for 14 hours of 4K footage.
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Startup Snapwire to use SEC's new crowdfunding rules to raise capital

Like all startups, Snapwire, the on-demand stock photo agency, needs to raise funds to grow. To do so, it has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign.
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LEDs in Litcase offer a better way to take selfies and food photos

Litcase aims to make selfies better with integrated LED lights that create softer, color-balanced photos indoors and in low-light.
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Photography 101: Exposure, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO

Understanding how the three elements of exposure work — aperture, shutter speed, and ISO — and how to use them will help you master your digital camera.
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Golden hour is photography’s oldest trick. Here’s how to use it

Early morning and late evening present the best light for taking pictures outdoors. This 'magic hour' saturates the sky and reveals texture in the landscape.
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How to use photography’s rule of thirds — and when to break it

The "rule of thirds" in photography is noteworthy because it goes against our natural inclination to make the center of attention the center of the photograph.
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The best camera bags

You spent good money on your camera, lenses, and other photo accessories. A good camera bag will keep your photo gear safe as you move it from location to location, but the best camera bags will do it in style. Our favorite camera bags of 2019 combine both form and function.