Transport for London has announced a plan to launch a new form of pedestrian crossing in the city, with the Pedestrian Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique using cameras to count how many people are waiting to cross and adjusting its timings accordingly. Read More >>

The 41MP Nokia 808 PureView was thought to be a line in the sand for the cameraphone. After years of incremental improvements, Nokia leapt ahead of the competition with a handset that was more camera than phone. Keen to make headway in the west, China's Oppo looks to outdo even the PureView, teasing a 50MP Find 7 phone. Read More >>

Have you ever been hesitant to over-pack a vehicle with luggage or passengers because it would obscure the sightline for your rearview mirror? Nissan's Smart rearview mirror solves that problem by alternately displaying a live video feed from a camera mounted on the back of the vehicle. Read More >>

Fuji's new top-of-the-line mirrorless camera is packed with functionality, aiming to smash through the shortcomings of its popular-but-imperfect X series line. The X-T1 has plenty of power, but can't help tripping over its own feet.
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BBC Look North presenter Caroline Bilton sank out of sight live on air, as some sort of camera problem made it look as if her chair had fallen down a hole. The error was blamed on a "technical hitch," with co-presenter Leanne Brown doing a great job of not laughing at the bizarre spatial balls-up. [Metro] Read More >>

Want a mirrorless camera, but don't want to lug a hulking DSLR-sized body around with you? Then Samsung's rumoured NX Mini could be a literal weight off your shoulders. Read More >>

Some folks at NXRumors have dug up an image of what is purportedly a new mirrorless camera from Samsung. It's incredibly small looking, and selfie-ready! Read More >>

GoPro is the bestselling camera in the world because you can take the tough sucker anywhere. Just mount it on your surfboard/snowboard/bicycle and it'll snag back fisheye footage for your bragging video. Handholding a GoPro, however, yields shaky results. Read More >>

At the professional level, the ultra-powerful DSLR is still mighty important, and with that in mind, Nikon is upgrading its beastly D4, with the D4s, a faster flagship shooter that's better than low-light than its older namesake. There's a lot to love about this camera. Here are the highlights. Read More >>

Samsung has never been a leader when it comes to smartphone cameras but with the Galaxy S5, it's taken a step forward. It has nothing to do with megapixels—instead it's all about that weird-sounding feature called "phase-detect" autofocus, which allows the camera to focus in just .3 seconds. Samsung claims that's the fastest in the world, and it could seriously change how you use the camera. Read More >>

It's true that photographers have a way of fetishising their gear. But it's fun to appreciate the craft and aesthetic of cameras, just like in these amazing studio portraits by photographer Julian Calverley. Read More >>

Photographers have been urging Canon and Nikon, the two camera-making titans, to put their hearts into the still-budding mirrorless camera market for years. It's gotten to the point that even their competitors, like Fujifilm, want them to get with the times. Read More >>

With cameras, smaller is generally better—until you get so small that you sacrifice key features for the sake of miniaturisation. The Olympus OM-D E-M10 mirrorless camera tries to strike the right balance, and gets a lot of things right.
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When camera enthusiasts shout "FILM ISN'T DEAD!" they are, technically, correct. But only mental people still develop actual films. 99 per cent of people only have cameras to take photos of their junk, and who wants to send a roll of your undercarriage off to a sweaty bloke who will keep copies for himself? Read More >>

The landscape of high-end point and shoots has changed significantly over the past couple of years. Canon's two-year-old G1 X used to be unique and sought after, but Sony's RX100 and RX100 Mark II redefined what a point and shoot was capable of. Now it's Canon's turn to play catch-up. Read More >>

Sony A6000, the latest in the company's line of excellent interchangeable-lens compacts, follows the same pattern we saw with the A5000 announced last month: Upgraded specs all around, on a slightly more advanced shooter. It's formulaic, maybe, but that's not a bad thing when you're talking about these little cameras. Read More >>