Zoom has combined its video and audio technology to create the Q3HD, the first entry-level camcorder to offer both full HD video and HD audio (24-bit/96kHz).

To offer users a variety of shooting options, the Q3HD records in 1080p at 30fps or in 720p at 30 and 60fps. With 4x digital zoom and a larger, redesigned aperture, this unit offers users better handheld lighting options...

When the subject of this photo was asked to pose for a picture by photographer Kevin Steele, it obviously went right to his head — and hat. Almost to the rafters.

This stately Mad Hatter image is part of a series of 100-plus portraits of performers who were about to take part in the 2010 Summer Solstice Parade in Santa Barbara, Calif. Steele had covered the parade many times for its usual antic cast of elaborate floats, colorful artists and character costumes. "I love shooting people in motion, and love to create interesting environments around them and capture the emotion," he says...

Kingston Digital, an affiliate of Kingston Technology that focuses on flash memory, has released the SDHC UHS-I UltimateXX line of memory cards.

These UHS-I cards can obtain read speeds up to 60MB/sec and write speeds of up to 35MB/sec. These speeds are three times as fast as Kingston's DHC Class 10 cards. The UltimateXX product line will offer capacities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB and will retail for around $109, $209 and $419, respectively...

SanDisk's Extreme Pro card hits the CompactFlash 100MB/sec write speeds and has a 128GB storage capacity, making it the fastest high-capacity option on the market.

The Extreme Pro has been optimized for imaging applications requiring Full HD3 1920 x 1080 resolution, up to a 50Mbps bit rate and 4:2:2 color sampling. Video Performance Guarantee allows for...

Here are some tips from Lonely Planet Images to help guide you through the daunting challenges of the new travel photography marketplace.

Provide something unique — With the flood of digital images in the marketplace, it’s more important than ever to make your photos stand out. Much of a successful photographer’s work is planning (having the right equipment and getting to the right place at the right time) and persistence (waiting for just the right light or expression). "I look for images containing strong, simple compositions with a clear point of interest that will inspire people to travel," says LPI photo editor Glenn Beanland. "They should offer something new or...

The dizzying changes of the last 10 years require a new way of marketing travel-related photos.

In the first decade of the new millennium, major technological changes have fundamentally altered the travel and photography industries. For both fields, the effect has been one of democratization.

Prices for digital SLR cameras have dropped, thereby lowering the barriers to entry for photographers, who are now able to access cameras with high enough resolution to meet the strict submission standards of stock agencies. Travel shooters are getting more instant logistics help than ever before with sophisticated planning tools like travel applications for...

New to Casio's Exilim point-and-shoot line is the 16.1-megapixel EX-H30. What's unique about this camera is its improved, energy-saving, rechargeable lithium battery that allows for 1,000 photos to be taken on a single battery charge. This is nearly twice as many photos as other comparable Casio compact zoom cameras, which offer approximately 580 shots per charge.

The H30 has a 24mm, ultra wide-angle lens with 12.5x optical zoom. Users can also...

Hasselblad's H4D-31 medium-format camera has created a new entry-point for 35mm film photographers looking to take their high-quality photography into the digital realm.

The H4D-31 is outfitted with a shutter speed range of 32 seconds to 1/800 second and an ISO range of 100-1600. Autofocus is metered with a passive central cross-type sensor and has instant manual focus override...

As part of their 15th anniversary celebration, Camera Bits is currently offering single user licenses for their photo workflow program, Photo Mechanic 4.6.

Version 4.6 includes trademark features such as the ability to embed GPS coordinates into photos, as well as new upload templates—like Secure FTP, Amazon S3 and Flickr upload—for online connectivity...

Adobe Systems has released Adobe Photoshop Express 1.5 software for iOS devices with improved workflow and full retina display support.

With the new workflow, users can take continuous, rapid images directly from the application. Customers can then quickly capture and review multiple shots before handing them off to the Photoshop Express editor for cropping, adjustments and effects....