Cameras

Sony’s New Point-and-Shoot Press Shots, Brought To You By a Canon Camera

Look at this pleasant tableau: two square-jawed gentlemen and one of their attractive lady friends enjoying a brand new Sony point-and-shoot. And so beautifully photographed! (By a Canon 5D Mark II.) https://gizmodo.com/sony-new-point-and-shoot-cameras-put-together-3d-panora-5582087 OK, ok, it’s not that damning—did anyone really think that companies exclusively used their own products?—but it’s hard not to be amused by…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 8

395 Photos That Prove Cellphones Make Great Cameras

If the 395 results of this week’s cellphone Shooting Challenge prove anything, it’s that there’s no excuse for taking a bad photo with a cellphone, even if resolution, color processing and exposure limitations force you to get a bit creative. Lead Shot Took this photo in London today with an Apple iPhone 3GS, Edited using…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 8

Canon Firmware 1.0.8 Update Fixes Video Glitch in T2i and 1D Mark IV

It’s not a huge update, but if you’ve been suffering from a problem where your manual exposure has shifted during a video shoot, you’ll appreciate that Canon has addressed it with new 1.0.8 firmware. Don’t you wish these updates were OTA? I’m sure a huge segment of the population never installs these updates—many of which…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 8

Sony New Point-and-Shoot Cameras Put Together 3D Panoramas via 100 Image Scan

Don’t get too excited about the 3D element of Sony’s WX5 and TX9 snappers—the smallprint uses the phrase “3D-style viewing effects” so we suspect it’ll be a bit of a, to use a technical phrase, mish-mash. The single-lens 3D system works by capturing a rapid-fire burst of 100 frames as you sweep the camera around,…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 8

Forget the Clumsy Wedding Photographer, Save the Camera!

I’ve always enjoyed goofy wedding videos like this. Not because I like to laugh at the misfortunes of others, but simply because these videos tend to reveal people’s priorities. [Thanks, JM!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jul 8

Shooting Challenge: Bugs

I already know what you’re going to say: “But I don’t have a macro lens!” Keep in mind, this lead shot by Shooting Challenge alum Shayan Rostam was taking with a Olympus FE-370 point and shoot. So no excuses! https://gizmodo.com/264-stupendous-spring-wallpapers-5515261 The Challenge Photograph a bug or bugs any way you’d like. (I use the word…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 7

iPhone 4 Camera Gets An SLR Lens Upgrade

Sure, the iPhone 4 has a rather great camera, but is that really enough reason to find a special tripod and attach an SLR lens to the little gadget? [Hypebeast via Technabob via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/test-notes-iphone-4-camera-5572766

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jul 7

Is This Man the Art World’s High-Tech Hero or Villain?

This is Peter Paul Biro. Depending on who you ask, he’s either using fingerprinting, forensic science, and state of the art spectral cameras to uncover lost art masterpieces, or using that same technology to manufacture them. Biro is famous for pioneering the use of fingerprint matching in the contentious world of authenticating artworks—proving, say, that…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 7

A Helicopter Ride With the King of DSLR Video

I’m riding shotgun in a surprisingly roomy helicopter cockpit with Vincent Laforet, one of the foremost practitioners of DSLR video, over New York City. I’ve never ridden in a helicopter. The asphalt below fades from black to grey. * * * It’s the first of July, but a weird cold snap has left me shivering.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 6

Camera Stamps Celebrate Their Own Obsolescence

The Stampy Digital Camera is just a concept, but the idea is simply too adorable to ignore. Take a photo, then an auto-configured stamp lets you “print” it wherever you’d like. The possibilities are endless: (OK, the only notable scenario I can imagine is one where banks mark bounced checks with a branch-manager-sourced goatse. However,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 2

Shooting Challenge Update: Cellphone Results Still Delayed

It’s come to my attention that, on top of the image server problems we’ve had this week, 100 of the entries had been thrown out for being larger than our 200KB limitation. That’s roughly 25% of our entrants who missed or ignored the size rule, probably because they merely uploaded a shot from their cellphone…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 2

DSLR Rain Case May Also Pose a Choking Hazard

Encouraging people to hold a plastic bag over their mouths and noses is perhaps not the best idea, but that’s just one glaring design flaw exhibited by the concept DSLR Camera Bag. Popping a piece of warped and bendy plastic over your $800 lens might also impact upon shot quality—but then this is only a…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 2

Monkey See, Monkey Shoot

Apparently we’ve been so damn preoccupied with the impending robot insurrection that we didn’t notice our primate friends polishing their photojournalism skills for when they go all Planet of the Apes on us any day now. [Telegraph via Mappeal]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 1

Visual Guide: 22 Great Ways to Improve Your Home Movies

Your summer videos don’t have to be boring. Now that everyone has great inexpensive cameras, you can make them a lot more interesting by keeping this simple guide in mind: 22 good ideas to frame, stage, and light your videos. It is based on the “22 Panels That Always Work“, a guide by comic book…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 1

Samsung’s TL500 Reviewed: The Next Point-and-Shoot Powerhouse

The Photography Blog posted their characteristically extensive review of the Samsung TL500, the company’s new high-end point-and-shoot, and they say it’s the powerhouse we suspected it would be, earning points for its excellent images, extensive controls, and “bullet-proof build quality.” https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-best-ever-point-and-shoot-tl500-shoots-raw-wi-5476357 Besides a few dings for slow RAW speed and not shooting 720p video, the…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert Jul 1

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga Actually Does Some Work

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga (yes really) is the star of a rather lacklustre new exhibit at the MIT Museum—a Polaroid photograph of Lady Gaga. At least she dressed up for it. https://gizmodo.com/new-polaroid-pic-1000-models-shown-off-and-good-news-t-5442887 And it was no ordinary Polaroid. The company’s ageing 20×24 inch view camera was rolled/winched out for the job, which should mean…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 1

Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 Cameras Receive Firmware Update for 3D Panoramas

Boy, that Sony sure does love 3D. A new firmware download, available from Sony’s site now, gifts all NEX-3 and NEX-5 owners with a 3D Sweep Panorama mode, with the stitched-together photos displayable in 3D when connected to a 3DTV. https://gizmodo.com/sony-nex-5-and-nex-3-interchangeable-lens-cameras-go-of-5535890 I’m a pretty big fan of Sony’s Panorama setting on its cameras, so this…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 1

Test Notes: iPhone 4 Camera

The best camera is the one you have with you, so I carry a very nice point-and-shoot everywhere. Nothing else has been good enough. But the iPhone 4 is. https://gizmodo.com/canon-s90-review-itll-never-leave-my-pocket-except-wh-5393112 Five megapixels is good enough. Photos are “real camera” size. I’ve always wanted a point-and-shoot camera that’s frozen at 5 or 6 megapixels, with the…

Tech News Matt buchanan & woody allen jang Jun 25

Someone Please Make This Solar Camera Strap

The modern DSLR requires so little power that, unaccustomed to the habit, you can forget to charge its battery. But this concept by Weng Jie would solve the problem. It’s simply a camera strap with solar paneling. I know—anyone could have mocked this up, but that doesn’t make the idea any less great. Consider, for…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 25

Rumor: Nikon’s Second Projector Camera Will Be Cheaper and Smaller

We were enamored by Nikon’s first-gen projector camera, the S1000pj, but for the price ($430) we expected better photographic quality. This second-gen model Nikon’s rumored to be planning is expected before August, with a lower price with any luck. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-s1000pj-projector-camera-review-screw-you-all-i-5402528 Like the first-gen model, this one is reported to be using Himax Technologies’ LCoS pico-projector…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 25

Sony’s New Point-and-Shoot Press Shots, Brought To You By a Canon Camera

395 Photos That Prove Cellphones Make Great Cameras

Canon Firmware 1.0.8 Update Fixes Video Glitch in T2i and 1D Mark IV

Sony New Point-and-Shoot Cameras Put Together 3D Panoramas via 100 Image Scan

Forget the Clumsy Wedding Photographer, Save the Camera!

Shooting Challenge: Bugs

iPhone 4 Camera Gets An SLR Lens Upgrade

Is This Man the Art World’s High-Tech Hero or Villain?

A Helicopter Ride With the King of DSLR Video

Camera Stamps Celebrate Their Own Obsolescence

Shooting Challenge Update: Cellphone Results Still Delayed

DSLR Rain Case May Also Pose a Choking Hazard

Monkey See, Monkey Shoot

Visual Guide: 22 Great Ways to Improve Your Home Movies

Samsung’s TL500 Reviewed: The Next Point-and-Shoot Powerhouse

Polaroid’s Creative Director Lady Gaga Actually Does Some Work

Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 Cameras Receive Firmware Update for 3D Panoramas

Test Notes: iPhone 4 Camera

Someone Please Make This Solar Camera Strap

Rumor: Nikon’s Second Projector Camera Will Be Cheaper and Smaller

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