Apple is heavily promoting its new improved camera as a primary feature of the iPhone 4S. With a 60% increase in megapixels, a sharper and faster lens, and a newly engineered illumination sensor, the popular technology company is hoping consumers will now turn to the iPhone for their primary photography (and video) needs, as well as …
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Will the iPhone 4S Replace Your Standalone Camera?
When I travel, I take at least two cameras, both a high-end digital SLR model, and the one in my phone—the latter mostly because I need my phone and can’t claw its comparably poor aperture from the frame. In a tight, impromptu spot, I’ll use the camera-phone, but if I want pictures I plan to keep, it’s the SLR camera, all the …
Take a Look at Fujifilm’s Gorgeous X10 Point & Shoot
It’s a weird time for the camera industry.
On the one hand, DSLRs continue to get cheaper and more powerful, becoming more and more accessible to hobbyists and budding pros. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum sits the iPhone, which unexpectedly became the most popular camera on Flickr (and likely the world), thanks in no …
Study: Thermal Imaging Could Be Used to Hack ATM Codes
It sounds like something from an adrenaline-pumping spy thriller. You know, like Spy Kids 3-D.
A new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego, posits that thermal imaging cameras can be used to capture the residual heat left over from freshly pressed ATM keys. This strategy in particular holds one pretty …
Sony Announces New Video-Friendly DSLRs and Compact Body Cameras
Sony announced four new cameras this morning: two “all-in-one” compacts with interchangeable lenses, and two DSLRs that aren’t really DSLRs (but more on that in a bit).
The new compact bodies are the latest additions to the popular NEX line, which combine the picture quality and control you get with interchangeable lenses with …
This Is the $118,000 Camera Used to Film Shark Week’s Slow-Motion Videos
The best part about Discovery Channel’s Shark Week is hands-down the ultra-detailed, split-second slow-mos of great whites shooting out of the water like scud missiles, snatching unsuspecting seal pups between jagged rows of dagger-like teeth. It’s gruesome, terrifying and, for fairly obvious reasons, I can’t stop watching.
So during …
Pentax ‘Q’ Camera Sports Point-and-Shoot Size, DSLR Features
Camera company Pentax wants a space in your pocket, but it’s OK: you don’t need big pockets.
They’ve unveiled the Pentax Q, and they’re calling it the smallest, lightest interchangeable lens camera in the world.
And it’s true: the Q is small. It measures just four inches across and barely more than an inch deep. But there’s a lot …
Will an Innovative New Focusing Technology Change the Way We Take Pictures?
Although technological advances have paved the way for smaller and cheaper camera models to enter the market, there haven’t really been any major innovations in terms of the hardware itself within the past decade. That’s why you see “classic” lenses and camera bodies still demanding exorbitant amounts of money on eBay, or on …
This Leica x iPhone Concept Is Beautiful
When it comes to camera phones, the iPhone 4 is hard to beat. Sure, there’s the HTC Inspire 4G and its 8 megapixel sensor (compared to the iPhone’s slightly more modest 5), but in terms of augmentative apps, photo quality and the fact that megapixels only matter to certain degree, Apple’s handheld stands alone.
What’s more, …
Nikon Lures Keen Amateur Photographers With New Mid-Range Camera
Nikon today announced details of a brand new DSLR camera designed to appeal to keen amateurs.
The D5100 boasts a 16.2 megapixel sensor, a flip-out live preview screen, full HD video recording, and an astonishing 102,400 ISO setting, which Nikon says makes it possible to shoot black-and-white images in almost total darkness.
Quite …
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Super 8 Isn’t Dead. It’s Just Been Resting
Austin’s South by Southwest conference conference has a relentless emphasis on the new–new tech startups, new movies, new music. But as I explored the event’s bustling trade-show floor this week, one of the things I was happiest to come across was old. Really old.
When I saw a booth festooned with Kodak signage, I assumed that it was …
UN01 Lets You Hang iPhone Around Neck Like A Real Tourist
Gah! It’s so annoying taking out your cell phone and snapping a picture. It makes you stand out and look like someone who just happened upon a perfect scene to photograph instead of someone who was looking for the perfect cheesy photo to shoot.
Fear not, there may be a solution to your conundrum in the near future! The UN01 is a …