Eastman Kodak, the 131-year-old film pioneer that has been struggling for years to adapt to an increasingly digital world, filed for bankruptcy protection early on Thursday.

The American icon had tried a number of turnaround strategies and cost-cutting efforts in recent years, but the company — which since 2004 has reported only one full year of profits — ultimately ran short of cash.

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So You Got a Fancy New Camera: Here’s How to Use It

Welcome to our annual Brand New Camera Set Up Guide. A loved one loves you back enough that they bought you a brand new fancy camera. Now what?

1. Pimp your camera

Get Lenses

Unless they really love you, whoever dropped dime on your shooter probably didn’t load up on the accessories. First priority! More lenses. (If you got a DSLR or mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, like an Olympus PEN EP-3 anyway.) And this list is a good place to start, for DSLRs. Go for the 35mm glass (or 50mm, if you got a full-frame camera). We really like the fast, wide angle, pancake lenses for the mirrorless cameras.

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A Camera That Could Care Less About Focus: Introducing Lytro.

In addition to new D-SLR cameras, Canon on Monday also announced a handful of compact point and shoot devices that include GPS, bright lens, 1080p video capture, and touch screens.

The Canon PowerShot PowerShot SX230 HS is Canon’s new compact super-zoom and is an update to the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS. The new SX230 offers the same 14x optical zoom lens and 3-inch LCD (460K dots), but adds 1080p24 video capture and a GPS for geo-tagging. The camera will be available in blue, red, and black for $349.99.

via Canon Compact Cameras Include GPS, Touch Screen, Bright Lens | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.