FlexCam is a new camera concept that uses thinfilm flexible color displays paired with an array of lenses to act as a camera, in effect allowing the “photograph to act as the camera.” Because the whole thing...
Archive - 2013
McAfee Q2 Report: Mobile Threats Rebound as Banking Malware, Fake Dating Apps & Data-Stealing Apps
McAfee Labs today released the McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2013, which found that Android-based malware saw a 35 per cent growth rate, a rate that has not been seen since early 2012. Ransomware samples more...
Sigma Mount Conversion Service: So You Can Change Camera Systems Without Replacing Your Sigma Lenses
Gentec International today announced the launch of Sigma’s new Mount Conversion Service which allows photographers who invest in Sigma’s premium lens system to change the mount of their Sigma lenses should they...
Royal Baby First Official Photos
Michael Middleton, the duchess’ daddy, took those “official” shots with the happy family posing with baby Prince George. The family is posed against the strong sun. The photos looked to have been post...
New York City, Then and Now
An interactive photo gallery of New York City allows you to view how the city looked in the past and compare it to how it looks today. A sliding bar in the middle reveals the before and after views. View all the photos...
Batteries Not Included: The Science Of Battery-less Devices
Three emergent technologies promise to change the way our smart devices will work in the future. One thing all three technologies have in common is the repurposing of existing signals that already exist in the air all...
Rolf Sachs: Blurred Lines Photography
While most of us are taught to use a fast shutter speed to freeze motion, we also know that using a slow shutter speed can cause deliberate blurring and hence depict “motion.” ‘Camera in Motion’ by Rolf...
Jobs Movie Gets A Thumbs Down From Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
Not sure if film director Joshua Michael Stern really consulted with Apple’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak, and others before directing the biographical film, Jobs. In a 15 minute interview with Emily Chang on...
Michael Chung: 2013 Perseids Meteor Shower Timelapse
Michael Chung set his Canon 7D on a tripod in his backyard in Victorville, CA, pointed it toward the sky, set the shutter speed to 20 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 800, set the interval timer to 22 sec., tripped the shutter and...
EISA Photo Awards 2013-2014
The European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has announced the 19 winners in the category of Photo Awards 2013-2014. DSLRS European Advanced SLR Camera 2013-2014: Canon EOS 6D European SLR Camera 2013-2014: Canon...
Olympus PEN E-P5: European Advanced Compact System Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Olympus PEN E-P5 has won the European Advanced Compact System Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award. The E-P5 is a compact mirrorless interchangeable lens camera housed in a beautiful retro design body and features fast AF, a...
Panasonic GH3: European Photo-Video Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH3 has won the European Photo-Video Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award. The GH3 is a hybrid mirrorless DSLR that combines the best of still and video capture in a weather-resistant body. EUROPEAN PHOTO...
Fujifilm X100S: European Advanced Compact Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Fujifilm X100S has won the European Advanced Compact Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award. The X100S is a fixed lens compact camera with a hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder and features a Shutter Speed and Exposure...
Samsung NX300: European Compact System Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Samsung NX300 has won the European Compact System Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award. The NX300 ranks among the best compact mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras featuring hybrid AF, 8.6fps continuous shooting, a top...
Samsung GALAXY NX: European Photo Innovation 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Samsung GALAXY NX has won the European Photo Innovation 2013-2014 EISA Award. The GALAXY NX pairs the Android OS with a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera featuring a 4.8-inch LCD touchscreen and all the...
Nikon D7100: European Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award Winner
The Nikon D7100 DSLR has won the European Camera 2013-2014 EISA Award. The D7100 is an APS-C DX format DSLR that captures high resolution images (absence of an optical low-pass filter), a fast 51-point AF system and...
The Story Behind Pixable, The Photo Aggregating App
We have all used news aggregation where we tell the app what interests us, e.g sports, business, entertainment, politics, etc., and it returns the most relevant news items for our reading pleasure. In 2008, two MIT...
Olympus Stylus XZ-10 Review @ Neocamera
Olympus Stylus XZ-10 Review The Olympus Stylus XZ-10 is the smallest camera to offer a zoom lens which remains bright from wide-angle to telephoto. With a stabilized 5X wide-angle optical zoom lens with maximum F/1.8...
Get Your Photos Displayed on Yahoo!’s Redesigned Weather App for Android
Yahoo! introduced today an updated Yahoo! Weather Android app that features users photos. You can submit your photos to the Yahoo! Flickr: The Project Weather Pool for an opportunity to be featured on the app. Yahoo...
Maps That Actually Make Sense. Or, Where Can’t You Get Fish & Chips?
A map of the World can say a lot about countries, giving their longitude and lattitude coordinates and hence their weather, time zone, closeness to “civilization,” whether they are landlocked, maybe even...
How to Photograph a Lion
Hybrid photography (photography combining still, video and audio) is fast becoming the required skills of a photographer. This is brought out so much clearer in the August issue of National Geographic. While their print...