Sony has introduced the Alpha DSLR-A850, a full-frame 24.6-megapixel-resolution camera with an Exmor CMOS sensor, a three-inch Xtra Fine LCD screen, a pentaprism viewfinder and a nine-point autofocus system.

The new CMOS sensor captures more vibrant, lifelike colors and textures while producing images that pass through the noise reduction filter. With these two systems in place, images can still be captured in high-resolution format up to ISO 6400.

The 3-inch Xtra Fine LCD screen offers high-resolution...

Tacoma, Wash.-based photographer Gene Eckhart's photo project, "Mountain Gorillas . . . and People: Understanding the Connections and Why They Matter," has been accepted for support by Seattle's Blue Earth Alliance foundation. The project is designed to promote mountain gorilla conservation worldwide and influence policy in a meaningful way...

Nikon's latest D300 digital SLR camera, featuring new HD movie capabilities, is equipped with a 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor, improved Scene Recognition system and bracketed Active D-Lighting (ADL).

In HD video mode, the D300 records at 720 pixels/24 frames per second and records high-fidelity audio with either a built-in or external stereo microphone. While shooting video, users select...

Panasonic has added the DMC-GF1 to its Lumix G Micro System line of digital interchangeable lens cameras. This model, more compact than its predecessors, has 12.1-megapixel resolution, HD video capabilities and a body that is one-third of the size of previous GF1 models.

In HD mode, the GF1 records in 1,280 x 720-pixel resolution. Video clips can also be shot in Lite movie mode when...

Julius Shulman, the architectural photographer known for his commercial images of modernist buildings in California, died of natural causes on July 15 in Los Angeles. He was 98.

Born on a farm in Connecticut, Shulman only dabbled in photography until he was 25, when he began taking pictures of buildings for architect Richard Neutra.

Through Neutra, Shulman met and worked for other industry architects, such as...

Jesse Alexander, a celebrated motor-sports photographer from Santa Barbara, Calif., was given the Star Driver award by Mercedes-Benz this summer for his artistic contributions to the automobile industry.

Alexander's most famous work includes his images from the 1954 French Grand Prix ...

Leica's new X1 digital camera, with a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor and an all-purpose Leica Elmarit 24mm f/2.8 lens, has a 2.7-inch LCD display and is compatible with many Leica camera accessories.

With a more sensitive sensor, the X1 receives more light and guarantees low noise levels, a higher dynamic range and more accurate color differentiation.

Automatic functions range from precise autofocus to...

French photographer Willy Ronis, known for his humanistic photographs of postwar France, died of natural causes at age 99 this September in Paris.

Influenced by black-and-white photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams, Ronis portrayed scenes of the common worker, factory strikes and everyday Parisian street life.

A native Parisian, Ronis was born in 1910 to a father who ran a photography studio and a mother who taught piano. Young Willy developed an interest...

A photograph of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett taken by Sammammish, Wash.-based Gary Voth was featured in Fortune magazine's June 2009 story on retirement. The image was shot when Gates and Buffett attended the Microsoft CEO Summit in 2005. 

Voth's recent work, shot in the Pacific Northwest, Tokyo and Alaska, spotlights the people...

Leica has introduced the Leica M9, the first digital rangefinder camera with a full-format 24 x 36mm sensor. The M9 uses the Leica rangefinder M System with improved setting controls, while all of the camera's features and functions are designed, like its predecessors, for absolute dependability and endurance.

With an 18-megapixel CCD image sensor, the camera can professionally capture...