Before it collapsed the Soviet Union had its own internal infrastructure of technology:  cars, planes, and yes, cameras. Many of these cameras were (by Western standards) weird-looking, shoddy and downright horrible. Some were quite good though, and that… more »

With the recent passing of the legendary Joe Frazier I found this post at the MSNBC Photoblog. Sure it's pretty interesting that Sinatra shot 'The Fight of the Century' for Life magazine, that Norman Mailer wrote an article and that Burt Lancaster did so… more »

The rumour is (and it is only a rumour) that Nikon will soon release a D800 spec'd at a resolution of 36 megapixels. Price is supposed to be around $4000 US. Without going into the nitty-gritty of how Nikon tends to release cameras, I would guess this… more »

Not long ago, when they were still just a rumour, I said that Nikon's new mirrorless cameras sounded pretty useless. Now the cameras have been officially announced for an October release, and, well, guess what.... more »

Rumors swirling yet again that Nikon will release a mirrorless camera in September to compete with the Fuji X100, Lumix, Olympus Pen, etc. I peg the chances of this being true at less than fifty-fifty, especially since the rumors say the mystery camera… more »

No, that's no typo. After the huge success of the X100, Fuji is apparently going to release an X10. It will come in at half the cost of the X100, with a smaller sensor but probably the same retro design look. FYI, for around $10 you could also buy an o… more »

It's hard to tell if this is good or bad news for Pentax fans but yesterday Ricoh bought Pentax for a relatively paltry 100 million or so.  Pentax used to make some great and widely used medium format cameras however their digital version has never caugh… more »

It sounds like I'm referring to an old spy plane or jet prototype, but I just mean Ken Rockwell has reviewed the new Fujifilm X100. Sure you hate him, but lots of people are interested in this camera so I thought I'd link to his take. If you're in Toront… more »

Knock on wood, I've never had any camera gear stolen. If you have been a victim this Stolen Camera Finder compares the serial numbers embedded in exif data so you at least have a shot at tracking down the responsible scumbag online. Assuming he posts pic… more »