“The [Pentax Optio] WG-1 […] can produce nice images – not the best I’ve seen from a compact, but far from the worst – and that combined with the toughness to withstand the elements makes...
Archive - 2011-05-20
Eye-Fi Mobile X2 to iPad, Directly, no Router
From EyeFiCard The Eye-Fi card with its built-in Wi-Fi has kind of revolutionized the transfer of pictures from camera to PC. However, it has always needed a router in between to accomplish this transfer. No more. You...
Shoot Stills and Movies with Hybrid Photo-Movie Head
Manfrotto Photo-Movie Head by Drew Gardner from Manfrotto on Vimeo. In stills photography, we don’t want the camera to move. When shooting movies, we want smooth camera movement for that professional look (though...
The Cat Who Takes Pictures
Hang a cam around a cat’s neck, send it to forage, retrieve the camcorder, edit the pictures, post them on Facebook, write interesting comments, become famous. If anything, it gives some insight at what Cooper the...
Willard S. Boyle, father of digital camera, dies at 86
Willard S. Boyle shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics for the invention at Bell Labs of the CCD imaging device that is at the heart of digital cameras. In 1969, Boyle and George E. Smith came up with the rudiments of...
Scientists Find Choke Point That Could End SPAM
This is a study that I believe will interest everyone: a team of computer scientists at two University of California campuses have identified what they call the “choke point” that, if applied, will greatly...
Sigma SD1 To Be Available In June For $9,700
PRESS RELEASE May 20, 2011 Sigma Corporation of America to ship SD1 camera in early June 46-megapixel DSLR creates new market for medium-format photographers Ronkonkoma, NY, May 20, 2011 – Sigma Corporation of America...
Leica Invites You To Play With Danny MacAskill and Win A Leica
Danny MacAskill Plays capetown, Part 2 from leica camera on Vimeo. Hmmm, clever little advertising ploy to engage viewers and fans — and presumably, to cement that relationship to the Leica brand. According to...