How Trump’s Tariff Chaos Impacts Small American Photo Companies
President Trump's tariffs are having a significant impact on the photography industry. Heavy hitters like Leica have raised prices in the U.S. (and Canada), and Canon Inc. confirmed prices will increase on some of its products in response to tariffs, to name just a couple of examples. However, the exceptionally high (as much as 145 percent) tariffs on imports from China are having an extensive, unpredictable impact, even on companies that make their products in the United States, like Clever
Tamron Plans to Launch Six ‘New’ Lenses This Year and 10 in 2026
Tamron says it plans to launch six or seven new lenses this year, and as many as 10 new models starting next year.
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Mother’s Day Photo Gift Ideas 2025
Celebrate the special bond between mother and child with the perfect Mother's Day gift for the female photographer in your life. This photography gift guide is curated to help you find unique and thoughtful presents that will delight any mom who loves to capture life's special moments through the lens of her camera.
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Using M Lenses on a Panasonic Camera: Sacrifice, Sacrilege, or Sweet Spot?
I recently did a deep dive in my quest to determine the pros, cons, and in-betweens of using M-mount lenses on my Panasonic Lumix S5 IIx body. I also compared the lenses on other cameras. Some results were as expected, others were not and there were a few surprises.
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Nikon Discontinues the D6, its Forgettable Final Flagship DSLR
Nikon Japan has added the D6 flagship DSLR to its official list of discontinued products, marking the end of an illustrious 26-year chapter for Nikon.
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This Display Tech Can Make Digital Photos Look As If They Were Printed
Can a screen look so much like paper that it manages to replicate it in ways photographers can trust? TCL’s NXTPAPER is an attempt to do just that, a display technology that isn’t quite E Ink yet also diverges from the traditional OLED and LCD panels we’ve grown accustomed to.
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Photographer Sues Virgin Over Photo of Richard Branson’s Late Mother
A photographer is embroiled in a legal fight with Richard Branson’s company Virgin over a photo of the British entrepreneur and his late mother Eve.
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Photographer After His 47th Kentucky Derby: ‘I Love it, Every Aspect of It’
Award-winning Dan Dry has spent a lifetime photographing the “greatest two minutes in sports,” the Kentucky Derby.
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President Trump Announces 100% Tariffs on Movies Filmed Outside the US
US President Donald Trump has announced -- via a Sunday evening post on Truth Social -- that he is authorizing the institution of immediate 100% tariffs on all movies produced on foreign lands, calling them a national security threat.
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The White House Correspondents Photo of the Year is a Confusing Choice
Last week, the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced its annual Journalism Awards which includes the Photo of the Year (which is called the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage) and the winning image is probably not the one anyone expected.
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