Cameras

Pentax K-x Scores Kindergarten-Friendly ‘Robotic Colors’ Makeover

It just looks like a toy. This real, fully-functional dSLR is a limited edition Pentax K-x in the color scheme of Japan’s Kore Ja Nai robot (the little guy in the shot). Only 100 Robotic Colors K-xes will be released in Japan this November when they’ll be sold exclusively through Pentax’s online store at $880…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 16

Tilt-Shift Photography Turns Disney World Into Epic Toy Set

Disney World is essentially one big toy model, so in many cases, its miniaturization through the magic of tilt-shift photography ironically looks more natural than actually being there. As as pile of trinkets, Disney World actually seems pretty normal. [TechEBlog]

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 15

Nikon D3s DSLR Has Night Vision With 102,400 ISO (Yes, You Read That Right)

The D3s is not simply the D3 plus 720p video recording, a la the D300s. A redesigned sensor allows it to shoot at up to ISO 102,400. Yeah, that’s a six-digit ISO. https://gizmodo.com/nikons-flagship-d3-dslr-is-fastest-ever-292493 The D3s’s sensor is an evolved form of the original D3’s 12.1MP full-frame sensor, using a different structure to improve the signal-to-noise…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 14

Nikon D3s Details Emerge: Really, No 1080p Video?

The British Journal of Photography has posted impressions of the Nikon D3s a few hours before the camera’s expected debut, and the initial report suggests that Nikon is still lagging behind when it comes to video. The author only mentions video recording at 720p/24 fps, no talk of 1080p at all. What’s worse is that…

Tech News Chris Jacob Oct 13

Polaroid Pulls an About-Face, Decides to Re-Launch Instant Film Next Year

Polaroid broke a lot of hearts when it discontinued its instant film cameras. Luckily, new management has realized the error of old management’s ways: they’re re-launching the One Step Camera and instant film in 2010. Booyah! [Polapremium]

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 13

Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators

So apparently a controversial Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this week. Forget that one. Focus instead on the far geekier one that was also awarded this week. Why? Because we gadget lovers have a lot to be thankful for! The Nobel Prize for physics is the award in question, and it was actually split between…

Physics & Chemistry Jack Loftus Oct 11

Nikon D3s With 1080p Video Plus Mystery Camera Announced Next Week? (Hooopefully)

Nikon’s holding a buttload of events around the world Oct. 14, meaning new camera. Specifically, it’s rumored to be the D3s—a tweaked version of the conveniently out-of-stock D3 with 1080p video recording, along with a new mystery camera. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-nikon-d3s-due-out-in-october-adds-1080p-video-5368797 Rumored D3s specs follow thusly * Nikon D3s with ISO 200-12800 (D3 was with ISO 200-6400)…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 9

Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better at Low Light

CCD and CMOS sensors take great images, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect. They’re bulky and bad in low light. It turns out that flash memory can actually double as a light sensor, and could solve both these problems. Apparently, flash memory cells are highly receptive to light and capable of creating a completely digital…

Tech News Chris Jacob Oct 8

iPhone Photography Collection By a Real Photographer

Chase Jarvis, a guy who’s a good enough photographer that Nikon asked him to advance test the Nikon D90, just put out a photo-book called “The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You”. He only used an iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/behind-the-scenes-film-out-by-photographers-who-advanc-5042328 With just the iPhone’s 2-megapixel camera, Chase was able to capture—over the course of a…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 8

Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both the Beautiful and the Terrifying

I thought this photo was of pollen. It’s not. Really, those are the protrusions on a starfish at 66x magnification, captured on a dSLR. Nikon Rumors reviewed the Nikon-compatible Fabre Photo EX DSLR Stereoscopic Microscope, a $1,600 lens that pwns macro photography pretty hard. https://gizmodo.com/nikons-fabre-photo-ex-dslr-stereoscopic-microscope-blow-5146675 Here’s a video they captured of a millipede. So gross,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 8

Giz Explains: When (Not) To Use Your Camera’s Flash

What is photography’s greatest scourge? Cellphone cameras? MySpace self-portraiture? Neither even comes close to the insidious, creeping threat that is your camera’s built-in flash. Here’s when and how you should—and more importantly, shouldn’t—use a flash. Avid photographers, you already know the score, and this isn’t a guide for you. Nor is it for the dude…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 7

A Japanese Engineer’s Crazy Dream for a Camera, Exploded

This is what it’s like inside Nikon’s ridiculous projector-in-a-camera. Whoever fell asleep and drooled on the approval forms to make the s1000pj happen, thank you for something that should only exist on paper or in a Brando catalog. [iFixit] https://gizmodo.com/nikon-coolpix-s1000pj-first-camera-with-a-projector-is-5328892

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 7

High Definition War Footage Taken with Canon 5D Mark II

I’m amazed by the cinematic qualities of this high definition footage from Frontline’s documentary Obama’s War. The color, the depth, the texture, it all screams film to me. Except it’s just a Canon 5D Mark II rigged by Danfung Dennis. https://gizmodo.com/canon-5d-mark-ii-officially-awesome-21mp-dslr-first-to-5050899 Danfung got his Canon 5D Mark II in a steady-cam type rig, complete with…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 2

How You Stuff a Projector Inside of a Digital Camera

Nikon’s S1000pj projector camera was obviously the result of some Japnese engineer’s crazed wet dream, but ripping it out of mere fantasy and into reality was no small feat, requiring Nikon to design and build a whole new projector system. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-coolpix-s1000pj-first-camera-with-a-projector-is-5328892 A major problem was the heat put off by the projector, which was fashioned…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 2

Sigma DP1s Brings Back the Classic Huge Sensor in a Little Camera

Sigma’s got the DP2 burning up retinas, so we’re not entirely sure why they’re reheating the older DP1 in the form of the DP1s. It’s got the same Foveon X3 sensor, but pulls some features from the DP2. Exciting. [DPReview] https://gizmodo.com/sigma-dp2-camera-review-its-complicated-5275208

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 2

This Digital Camera Prints Photos Using Holes

This is the Punch Camera by designer Matty Martin, which was featured at the Intel University Design Expo. And I want it. Instead of using ink, it actually punches images on blank paper. And that’s just the beginning of it. After converting the image into a half-tone, the puncturing mechanism moves dot by dot. When…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 1

Custom Camera Rig Allows For a Stunning Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood

Wildlife photographer Michael Nichols wanted to photograph a 300-foot-tall redwood in a dense forest with no clear lines of sight. So he built a custom camera rig to take tons of close-ups to stitch together. The result is a stunning composite of 83 different shots of this incredible tree. Look for a huge foldout of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 1

Nikon D300s DSLR Review: Great, But Not Much of an Upgrade

Nikon’s D300s is the very same camera we loved two years ago, but with a few new tricks to try to stay relevant in this crazy video-shootin’ DSLR world we live in. Namely, 720p video. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d300s-dslr-adds-720p-hd-video-with-stereo-input-5326020 Same Ol’ Same Ol’ The D300s remains a capable, even impressive camera. I mean, it’s not like it got…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Sep 30

Man, They Just Don’t Make Tech Demos Like They Used To

In 1878 Charles Bennett, a gentleman, discovered a new gelatin dry plate emulsion, which allowed for photos to be exposed almost instantaneously. So how did he show off his amazing new technology? By blowing up a mule, naturally. The experiment ran thusly: A mule was strapped with dynamite, which was connected to a detonator. The…

Tech News John Herrman Sep 29

VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Shoots Superwide 1080p Video, With Lasers

VholdR missed being FIRST! with a mainstream 1080p helmet cam by a few months, but they’ve got a different take on the concept anyway. For example, does your GoPro have dual sighting lasers? Hmm? https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-wide-helmet-cam-gets-upgraded-with-1080p-72-5321155 Ok, so the laser targeting deal isn’t all that new for VholdR—it’s been in some of their helmet cams since…

Tech News John Herrman Sep 29

Pentax K-x Scores Kindergarten-Friendly ‘Robotic Colors’ Makeover

Tilt-Shift Photography Turns Disney World Into Epic Toy Set

Nikon D3s DSLR Has Night Vision With 102,400 ISO (Yes, You Read That Right)

Nikon D3s Details Emerge: Really, No 1080p Video?

Polaroid Pulls an About-Face, Decides to Re-Launch Instant Film Next Year

Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators

Nikon D3s With 1080p Video Plus Mystery Camera Announced Next Week? (Hooopefully)

Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better at Low Light

iPhone Photography Collection By a Real Photographer

Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both the Beautiful and the Terrifying

Giz Explains: When (Not) To Use Your Camera’s Flash

A Japanese Engineer’s Crazy Dream for a Camera, Exploded

High Definition War Footage Taken with Canon 5D Mark II

How You Stuff a Projector Inside of a Digital Camera

Sigma DP1s Brings Back the Classic Huge Sensor in a Little Camera

This Digital Camera Prints Photos Using Holes

Custom Camera Rig Allows For a Stunning Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood

Nikon D300s DSLR Review: Great, But Not Much of an Upgrade

Man, They Just Don’t Make Tech Demos Like They Used To

VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Shoots Superwide 1080p Video, With Lasers

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