The Nielsen Co. has acquired the rights to the 2011 Wedding and Portrait Photography International trade show (WPPI), as well as several other assets of Rangefinder, Inc.

Under this agreement, Nielsen, which already...

With 18x optical zoom and 14-megapixel resolution, Fujifilm's FinePix S2950 offers a relatively affordable compact camera option with a wide-zoom range.

This particular FinePix camera has a 28mm–504mm high precision Fujinon optical zoom lens. To further enhance images, the S2950 uses "smile and shoot" mode to ensure that the camera doesn't release the shutter until it recognizes...

Photo stock image company Corbis is facing charges of violating celebrity image copyright laws for the third time in the last two years.

This most recent class action lawsuit, initiated by former "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones, was...

Canon has created two new versions of its Image Stabilizer (IS) super-telephoto lens with the EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM and EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM models.

Replacing the current EF 500mm f/4L and EF 600mm f/4L IS lenses, the new models are 18 percent lighter (112.5 ounces) and 27 percent (138.3 ounces), respectively. They have also been fitted with...

Version four of the Olympus PEN camera line, the E-PL2, came out in January with a couple of notable improvements including in-camera advancements, alternate lens options and 720p HD video.

In-camera features include "live guide" playback for reviewing and editing video and stills in real time, the ability to overlay multiple creative filters, a higher ISO sensitivity (6400) for lower-light shooting. New "eye detect" autofocusing reduces blur by tracking up to eight sets of eyes before releasing the shutter...

In addition to facing $2.2 million in fraud charges, George J. Rosa III, president and former owner of the Hallmark Institute of Photography, has filed for bankruptcy in his latest attempt to clear $3.6 million in personal debt...

Replacing the 10-megapixel FinePix HS10, Fujifilm has added the HS20 EXR to the large array of compact cameras with pro-level features available on the market today. The most notable feature of this particular camera is its 16-megapixel backside illumination EXR CMOS sensor.

The design of conventional CMOS sensors is such that the light has to pass through a layer of wiring before hitting the photo sensor diodes. By moving the front wiring behind the diodes, Fujifilm has been able to...

California photojournalist Peter Menzel has published a new book compiled of 80 portraits and essays of people and the food that fuels them.

These images, taken from over 30 countries and a dozen U.S. States, include images of shopping, cooking and eating. Some of Menzel's most striking images include an Egyptian camel broker, a Japanese sumo wrestler, a Sudanese refugee in...

The debate over the validity of the "lost Ansel Adams images" amplified this past month as Rick Norsigian, the California man who reportedly found the box of lost glass plates, uncovered potentially incriminating e-mails and filed a lawsuit against the Ansel Adams Trust and its managing director, William Turnage...

As the last call for Kodachrome film processing drew near, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., experienced one final flurry of film development requests. Film users from six continents — who had been storing and saving their prized Kodachrome film — sent in their last rolls before Dwayne's sold the old machine for scrap metal at the end of December...