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Adobe has updated its suite of Creative Cloud software, with the latest versions rebranded with the appendage 'CC'. Adobe Photoshop CC highlights include the Camera Shake Reduction tool that Adobe demoed earlier this year, and the ability to apply Camera Raw as a filter to any raster, vector or video layer. Creative Cloud members can now sync their Photoshop preferences across multiple devices. Click to read about these and other Photoshop CC features.

South Africa-based filmmaker David East uses a GoPro camera for his video work, but has started to use it for stills as well. Although not as technically sound as images taken on a dedicated stills camera, there's an evocative quality to his work, taken using an 11MP GoPro HD HERO2, which we really like. Click through for more details, and a small selection of images. 

...The "Which Lenses" post is now complete. It does go on a bit. But then, today is Saturday, so maybe you have the time. Mike Original contents copyright 2013 by Michael C. Johnston and/or the bylined author. All Rights Reserved.... Michael Johnston

Bodemeister (6) led the whole way in 2012 until being overtaken by little-heralded I'll Have Another at the finish. Note cameras! Today is the day for the #1 sporting event of the year in America!* The Kentucky Derby at Churchill... Michael Johnston

I still mean to finish the "Which Lenses" post, but just as I posted the first part, the NEX-6 arrived. How am I supposed to stay disciplined in the face of such temptation, when I have such a lenient boss?... Michael Johnston

Two little points to interject into the general conversation about the Wanderlust Travelwide Kickstarter project: • Most people hated the darkroom. But only "most." Some people (one in 10? Two in 10? One in 20?) liked it. I knew people... Michael Johnston

We've just posted a gallery of real-world samples from the MX-1 - Pentax's flagship compact camera. Announced earlier this year the MX-1 offers a 12MP backlit CMOS sensor, and a fast F1.8-2.5 lens which spans an equivalent focal range of 28-112mm. We wrote a detailed hands-on preview back in January and we're working on putting the camera through our usual gamut of studio and real-world testing. For now, we hope you enjoy this small gallery of samples which - if nothing else - proves that the sun does occasionally come out in Seattle. 

Engineers have developed a curved camera designed to mimic insects' compound eyes. The hemispherical design gives a wide field-of-view with no aberrations and effectively infinite depth-of-field, with the hope it could be used in applications such as endoscopy or as visual sensors on unmanned aircraft. The current design uses 180 light-sensitive elements, each behind its own lens, but researchers hope to build one with 20,000 elements, giving a similar resolution to that seen by dragonflies.

While improvements in camera phone technology have more of us relying on 'the camera that's always with you' than ever before, we're printing our photographs less and less. If you have fond memories of pasting your memories into photo albums, don't despair - a growing crop of apps now make it easy to send your photos from phone to frame using online printing services. In this article, we've gathered eight of the top apps for printing your photos, and examined the results. Click through to read our findings on connect.dpreview.com.

I've done surveys on "lens kittery" at various points in my career as a writer about photography. The first one, done for the old Camera & Darkroom magazine, has proven surprisingly robust. We surveyed hundreds of photographers in the early... Michael Johnston

The Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has made a $20 million investment in Pelican Imaging - known for its consumer imaging technology that features a grid of lenses to allow for post-capture focusing. This has spurred rumors about the technology possibly being applied in upcoming Nokia smartphone models. In theory, this could add similar functionality to that offered by Lytro in its innovative light field cameras. Click through to connect.dpreview.com for more details.

Detailed images on a Chinese blog may reveal more about the next-generation Olympus PEN. Although no official announcement has been made, the extent of the leaks about the camera make its existence an open secret. Rumors suggest the camera will be called the E-P5, and suggest it will have Wi-Fi capabilities (both of which seem plausible, based on the company's naming scheme and recent industry trends).

Mike Brodie spent five years riding freight trains across America, returning with an astonishing visual record of the teenage 'freighthoppers' that travel the USA illegally, by rail. Brodie had no formal training in photography, but began documenting his experiences after finding a discarded Polaroid camera behind a car seat. Brodie's images are collected in his new book 'A Period of Juvenile Prosperity'. Click through for more details and a selection of images.

Adobe product manager Tom Hogarty yesterday offered a tantalizing sneak peek into future Lightroom functionality. On Scott Kelby's web show, The Grid, Hogarty demoed an iOS app that allows a wide range of raw file edits on the iPad that can sync back to your Lightroom catalog. Click through to watch it in action on connect.dpreview.com.

Another update: You recall the Kickstarter campaign for Ben Syverson and Justin Lundquist's 4x5 "Travelwide" camera, the simple hand-holdable fixed body designed for a 90mm Angulon? Well, here's the final tally: Funding target: $75,000 Amount pledged: $128,685 1,026 backers 1,136... Michael Johnston

Photo by Nathaniel Gundrum So you probably remember the "Your Advice Needed" and "Cameras for Nate" posts early in April, in which TOP readers gave their camera-buying advice to my son's college-age friend Nate, who wanted to buy a used... Michael Johnston

Touit 12mm wide open There's a gallery of Touit pictures here. Whoops, no picture there. Here's the gallery of Zeiss Touit pictures [Whoops again—see updates below. —Ed.]. You can see 'em at many sizes. Just going by these samples, I'd... Michael Johnston

Sigma USA has given the price and introduction date of the 60mm F2.8 DN Art lens for mirrorless systems, originally announced at CP+. The 60mm DN will be available in the US for both Micro Four Thirds and Sony E-mount from mid-May at a cost of around $239. It will offer a 90mm equivalent field-of-view when mounted on Sony NEX bodies or 120mm equivalent on Micro Four Thirds cameras. This third lens for mirrorless cameras from Sigma (joining the affordable 19mm F2.8 DN Art and 30mm F2.8 DN Art), will also be available in a choice of black or silver finishes.

I'm actually too busy to watch all of this right now. Please tell me if it's good or not good! (I will give thanks for the subtitles...listening as I worked didn't go so well. But then I have trouble making... Michael Johnston

We love the work of LA-based street photographer Eric Kim, and we're big fans of his regularly-updated blog. In this 2-page article, originally published on his website, Eric explains how the work of famed street photographer William Klein has taught him valuable lessons that inform his own outlook, and his photography. Click through to read more.