While most of this generation of pocket photographers are gravitating towards ol’ skool camera effect inspired old Russian cameras, there are still some styles that styles that have been left untouched by the app world. Today, we are going to take a look at ambrotypes.

In today’s News Roundup, we see how smartphone apps are making photographers’ work easier. We take a look at the first review of the revolutionary Lytro camera, based on a new concept that lets a photographer refocus a picture even after it’s been taken. A Norwegian DIY project has created a twin-lens reflex camera out of Legos. And Canon has released its highly anticipated successor to the EOS 5D Mark II.

When you bought your digital camera, you joined the ranks of those who love to capture images of the world around them. That first investment of yours will be followed by others in the future. Maybe it already has been. But you want to choose wisely—so let’s take a look at camera accessories.

Over the next few months we would like to take the time to focus on some of the great people behind our company. We are kicking off this week with Pavel Minar. He is the Managing Director of Zoner Software.

Unfortunately, I was not one of the lucky ones to get an invite to try out Google’s latest invention: Google Plus (If you are cool, it is “Google +”). Fortunately, I was able to do some hunting around the net for a few photographers that did get the golden ticket. Here are a few links [...]