Nikon has announced the new D5000, a 12.3-megapixel, upper-end consumer DSLR with 720p HD video at 24 frames per second.

Olympus Imaging announced today the E-450, the newest addition to its amateur DSLR lineup. The E-450 is ostensibly the same as the popular E-420, with a few key additions including three new art filters–Pop Art, …

 
 
Canon has termed this camera an “entry-level juggernaut”: The new EOS Rebel T1i, a 15.1-megapixel camera with the DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor that can record full 1080p HD video at 20 frames per second.

After having faded into relative obscurity, the once-prominent Vivitar brand–now owned by Sakar International–re-entered the market at PMA last week with a new line of cameras, lenses and flashes.

Here’s a pretty sweet deal: Retailer J&R is offering a factory-refurbished Nikon D60 with an 18-55mm AFS DX Nikkor VR Lens for just $400.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Panasonic unveiled today the Lumix DMC-GH1, a Micro Four Thirds system camera that can shoot still images and record full HD video while retaining the use of autofocus–even when zooming in or out during …

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Samsung debuted at PMA its new NX series–a non-DSLR system with  interchangeable lenses. Scheduled for release later this year, it will be only the second such system on the market.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Eastman Kodak Company released at PMA the new EasyShare Z915, a megazoom compact camera with a 10x optical zoom lens and a 10-megapixel sensor.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Sony representatives at PMA 2009 unveiled the new HX1 Cyber-shot, which the company is billing as the world’s first to sport “sweep panorama technology.”

Canon has announced yet another firmware update for the EOS 1D-Mark III and the EOS 1Ds-Mark III that the company says should rectify the oft-discussed autofocus problems with those cameras.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Pentax Imaging representatives at PMA 2009 announced today the release of the new X70 Megazoom compact camera, a 12-megapixel model with a 24x optical zoom lens and the same Shake Reduction …

Just 55 days shy of 150 years in circulation, the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo. has announced that it will shut down.
The paper’s closure makes Denver a one-newspaper town–The Denver Post remains open–and marks …

We’ll be giving you live updates throughout the upcoming week, starting as we follow photographers covering the NASCAR event in Las Vegas this weekend and finishing with reports from PMA 2009 next week.

Olympus Imaging announced today the release of the E-620 DSLR, a 12.3-megapixel camera rich in creative features that falls into the lineup between the E-520 and the recently released E-30.

Veer, the visual design elements company owned by Corbis Images, announced this week that it has launched its new royalty-free microstock service, the Veer Marketplace, which will offer images for between $1 and $20.

This one is interesting–someone in the UK has been collecting photos found around the country there and posting them online in the hopes that the subjects will be able to reclaim the images.

Ritz Camera, which bills itself as the nation’s largest camera retailer, has apparently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. District Court in Delaware.

Following last week’s announcement of four new SL cameras, Samsung USA announced today the release of two new 12-megapixel compact cameras: The TL320 and the HZ15W.

Canon USA has released two new tilt-shift lenses, one of which–the TS-E 17mm f/4L–has the shortest focal-length of any tilt-shift lens with full-frame coverage, according to the company.

Just a day after it sparked a public outcry, Facebook has removed controversial language in its terms of use that apparently gave the company perpetual rights to user-submitted content.

Canon USA has announced 10 new PowerShot compact cameras, including a waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof model and a higher-end model that records full 1080p HD video and is equipped with a 20x optical zoom.

Samsung has added to its lineup four new SL series compact cameras–two 12.2 megapixel models and two 10.2-megapixel models.

Sony revealed five new Cyber-shot compact cameras today, four of which have a new “intelligent auto mode” designed to reduce the need to change camera settings.

Fujifilm released today five new compact cameras for its FinePix lineup, including the FinePix Z33WP, a model waterproof up to 10 feet deep, and the S1500, which sports a 12x optical zoom lens.

The re-wording of Facebook’s terms of use has fueled a deluge of online criticism as major players in the blogosphere complain that the company has given itself a perpetual, virtually limitless right to profit from …

Samsung unveiled yesterday the Memoir, a new touch-screen phone with an 8-megapixel camera to be available exclusively through T-Mobile.

American Anthony Suau’s stirring photograph of a sheriff’s deputy searching a foreclosed home was declared today the grand prize winner of the 52nd World Press Photo Contest, with judges terming it a “double entendre” representative …

New York photographer Vincent Laforet, who was already well-known but gained added national notoriety after directing the short film “Reverie” with a pre-release Canon 5D Mark II, has posted a sneak peek at a new …

The NCAA and the Associated Press announced this week a three-year agreement making AP Images the global distributor of the NCAA’s photo collection, a move the NCAA says will create the largest existing pool of …

A photographer in San Diego is wondering how to get the best shot of a cityscape at night. Pro photographer David Allio answers with information from his upcoming book, “101 Things Every Photographer Should Know.”