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Tiffen has announced that its Tiffen Dfx digital filter suite will support the upcoming Adobe Creative Suite 6 software. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Tiffen Dfx V3 Supports Adobe CS6

A new report released by BCC Research claims that “by 2016, the [global] digital photography market should reach $82.5 billion”. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Digital Photography Market to Grow to $82.5bn by 2016

Lunabee has released oneSafe Photos, its latest app for iPhone and iPad, which safeguards personal pictures and private videos on a user’s device inside a locked vault. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: oneSafe Photos for iOS

Canon has announced it is developing the EOS C500, a 4K (4096 x 2160 pixel) capable camera in both EF and PL mounts. The camera will be a continuation of the concept of the C300, will be able to capture of Raw 4K video footage and will offer frame rates of up to 120fps in compressed 4K. It will also be be able to capture 2K footage (2,048 x 1,080 pixels) at 12-bit, with 4:4:4 Y’CbCr chroma sub-sampling for high colour resolution. Canon adds that it plans for the camera to be available later in 2012 at a target price of around $30,000. . . . → Read More: Canon working on Cinema EOS C500 4K professional rig

Canon UK has announced that the sales start date of the Canon EOS-1D X has been pushed back to mid-June. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Canon EOS-1D X Delayed

Canon has announced the development of a new digital cinema camera capable of recording 4K-resolution video. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Canon EOS C500 Under Development

The Canon EOS-1D C is a new digital SLR camera targeting the motion picture, television and high-resolution production industries. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Canon EOS-1D C

> Vice President Joe Biden visits families in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 11, 2010. Official White House Photo by David Lienemann > View all Instead of the cliché work nightmares of missing deadlines or showing up naked, when Joe Biden’s official photographer David Lienemann wakes up in a cold sweat, he’s dreaming about missing the Vice President’s motorcade. “[The job] has been really exciting and really terrifying at the same time,” says Lienemann, 28, who for the past three and a half years has been with Biden almost every day while creating the official photographic record of the 47th Vice President. After visiting 32 countries aboard Air Force 2, including seven trips to Iraq, Lienemann has learned to sleep anytime, anywhere and deal with the inevitable challenges. Like the time he was roughed up by a Japanese State Department official after a miscommunication about what kind of access he’d be allowed on Japanese soil. He’s also done things many of us never will: fly over Afghanistan in a military helicopter or see the inside of multiple foreign capitals. While it may seem glamorous, his view is severely limited by the job. “You see some things you would never see as a tourist, but you usually don’t get to play tourist,” he says. So much so that on a recent trip to Mexico City, it was refreshing just to wrap up early and go across the street for some authentic food at a local restaurant. “That was pretty cool,” he says. Unlike Obama’s official photographer Pete Souza, who has a staff of shooters, Lienemann only gets backing under special circumstances. When the VP greets supporters, meets dignitaries or anything else, it’s just Lienemann in the middle of the action trying to make a picture that counts. “I used to shoot 30-40 pictures when three or four would have done,” he says. “But now I’m a little calmer and more judicious.” Also unlike Souza, who covers Obama even when he’s home at the White House, Lienemann is off the clock when Biden goes home at night. Even so, he spends a lot of time at 1600. The first time Lienemann met Obama, the President was walking towards him in a White House hallway. Trying to make himself scarce, Lienemann ducked into a small side kitchen. The President walked by and decided to say hi to the kitchen staff anyway and saw Lienemann standing there. Obama reached out his hand. Having such a static setting for so many photographs creates a challenge to keep things visually interesting. After years of sitting in the same rooms with many of the same characters, it’s become increasingly difficult to make a photo worth looking at. “I don’t think meetings are going to be my legacy photographs,” he says. While the bulk of the pictures might be predictable, many mundane historic White House meeting photos have turned out to be important historic records because of later world events. During his tenure with the VP, Lienemann says he and Biden have developed a mutual understanding. Biden is friendly, calling Lienemann by his first name and asking about his girlfriend. But most of the time Biden ignores him and carries on with his schedule, which is exactly what Lienemann wants. “He recognizes what I’m there to do and lets me do my job,” he says. During the 2007/2008 Democratic primary, Lienemann was covering Biden and just starting to make a name for himself as a freelance photographer. He’d never held a full-time photojournalism job. After Obama named Biden his VP, Lienemann hounded Biden’s communication staff, asking to be the then-nominee’s official photographer. His hard work paid off in March of 2009, when Biden’s first pick didn’t pan out. In terms of access, the VP is open to having him around, even during some of the more intimate moments. Lienemann’s photos don’t land on the White House Flickr page nearly as often as Souza’s, but he’s made some lasting and powerful frames. In the coming months as the Presidential campaign ramps up, Lienemann’s schedule is going to get busier. Looking back on his first term, Lienemann says it’s easy to lose sight of where he is and what he’s been doing. “For all the long days and the hard work, sometimes you stop and remember where you are what you’re doing and you realize that it’s really incredible,” he says. . . . → Read More: On the Road: No Downtime for Biden’s Official Photog

The long-awaited Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR has finally arrived, boasting improvements to virtually every aspect of its popular predecessor, the breakthrough 5D Mark II. It’s cost has also increased significantly, so does the new 5D Mark III offer enough to justify the £2999 / $3499 asking price? Read our detailed Canon EOS 5D Mark III review to find out. Read the review . . . → Read More: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Review

White Knight Press has just released the Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X10 e-book, with a paperback edition scheduled for a late April launch. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X10

We’ve just posted a gallery of real-world sample images shot using a production-standard Canon EOS 5D Mark III. We’ve been out shooting with a range of lenses and in a variety of lighting conditions with Canon’s latest full-frame DSLR, superseding our preview gallery that was shot with a pre-production camera. The gallery includes some shots processed with Adobe Camera Raw and a shot using the camera’s multiple exposure feature. . . . → Read More: Just Posted: Canon EOS 5D Mark III ‘production’ sample gallery

This May, Think Tank Photo will release two DSLR battery holders. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: DSLR Battery Holders from Think Tank Photo

To celebrate Sony’s sponsorship of the World Photography awards, Sony UK will be hosting a free photography seminar on 18th April. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Sony Celebrates World Photography Awards with Free Seminar

Fujifilm has issued another firmware update for the X100, fixing a couple of bugs introduced in the previous update. Firmware version 1.21 fixes some problems with using the AEL/AFL button to perform a focus acquisition in manual focus mode, that occurred with v1.20. It is available for immediate download. . . . → Read More: Fujifilm issues X100 firmware v1.21, fixing minor bugs from v1.20

Without further ado, here are all of the Top Rated Photos of the week, based on the sum of all photo ratings. This week’s top 3 images are (just click on the image to view larger): Manu's cat… by Mario Spalla . . . → Read More: Top Rated Photos This Week: April 5, 2012

The winner of a fantastic HP Pavilion G6 laptop featuring AMD Vision Technology has been announced. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: HP Pavilion G6 AMD Laptop Winner

Samsung is giving 10 lucky Photography Blog readers the chance to win an 8Gb SDHC memory card. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Win a Samsung 8Gb SDHC Memory Card

The Nikon Coolpix P310 is a new pocket camera for professionals. The Nikon P310 features a 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, full manual controls, 1080p HD video recording, a fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, a high-resolution LCD screen and 5fps burst shooting. Are these features enough to elevate the P310 above its main rivals? Read our in-depth Nikon Coolpix P310 review to find out… Read the review . . . → Read More: Nikon Coolpix P310 Review

Panasonic has formally announced the much-discussed DMC-GF5. We’ve had a pre-production GF5 for a couple of days, so we’ve had a look at what’s changed and what the diminutive Micro Four Thirds camera offers to compact camera users looking for better image quality but still wanting the option to simply point and shoot. The 12MP camera is a subtle revision over the GF3, but a higher-res screen, refined user interface and the inclusion of Panasonic’s retractable 14-42mm power zoom lens for a list price of $749.99/ . . . → Read More: Panasonic DMC-GF5 12MP mirrorless camera announced and previewed