The exclusive story that we are publishing today is bizarre and some might say downright disturbing. flickr – one of the largest social photo hosting services decided to remove the maps of Israel from its site. Despite numerous e-mails and phone calls, Yahoo! – flickr's parent company – refused to comment on the issue. We bring you the full story. …

During photokina 2012 which took place last month we had a chance to interview most of the major players in the photography industry. Today we bring to you our interview with Panasonic Europe which deals with the newly introduced GH3 as well as a look at some of the other developments Panasonic is currently working on. During one of the …

The following is a combination journalistic audacity, a keen eye and some dumb luck. During photokina 2012 – the largest photography expo in the world which ended last week in Germany – we had an interesting encounter with a man wearing a strange set of glasses walking towards the expo's exit. A closer inspection confirmed our initial suspicion – it …

We are delighted to bring to you one of four interviews we recorded with representatives from Leica during photokina 2012 which ended recently. The current interview conducted with Mr. Stephan Schulz – Head of Professional Imaging at the company deals with the new S camera and the new lenses Leica announced for it. During photokina 2012 we had a chance …

In some cases, enormous budgets, celebs and complicated productions aren’t required in order to produce a catchy product advertisement. Like many other companies these days, Fantasea Line, which manufactures and markets underwater photo equipment, decided to take advantage of the web’s great viral distribution capabilities and to create an amusing video clip with a twist. Here at MegaPixel.co.il we had …

Just about three months ago a small package landed on MegaPixel's doorstep. Inside was one of the most unique and rare macro lenses currently in production. After a grueling journey from Japan which also included a meeting with wonders of the local custom service we received the Nanoha 5X – one of the only super macro lenses currently produced anywhere …

Tokina announced earlier today a new lens – Reflex 300mm F6.3 MF MACRO – aimed at the micro 4/3 camera market. The new lens is a small, light, manual macro lens which uses a mirror to gain its long telephoto capability. Back in January, Tokina announced a new version of its popular AT-X 116 PRO DX wide angle lens but …

Israeli Digital back manufacturer Leaf announced this morning on a new line of Medium Format Digital Camera Back Platform known as Credo. The new line will include large high resolution multi-touch screen, more advanced processors and and new user interface. Leaf (now Mamiya Leaf) has been developing digital camera backs from the early 1990s. Their new line of camera backs includes …

Here at MegaPixel.co.il we recently had a chance to interview Mr. Takashi Yasuda, General Manager for Alpha product marketing in Sony Europe. We discussed a variety of general topics as well as different issues we recently encountered in our review of the Sony A77.  The last time we had a chance to interview Mr. Takashi Yasuda from Sony Europe was …

Recently there has been a discussion about the compatibility of the Nikkor PC-E 24mm f/3.5D ED lens with the new D800. According to to a recent report by NikonRumors the PC-E 24mm lens cannot be used with shifting and tilting on the Nikon D800.  MegaPixel.co.il decided to check this issue with Nikon directly and so we turned this question to …