BenQ America will be showing its new 32" 4K UHD high dynamic range monitor at PhotoPlus Expo later this month. The wide gamut SW320 offers 99% Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB/Rec. 709 color space coverage, and 10-bit panels should ensure smooth gradients. The display has built-in tools that integrate with color calibrators, allowing them to access the 14-bit internal LUT for more accurate calibration (compared to adjusting the - typically - 8-bit video card output.) These... more
When Google announced its Pixel smartphone last week and boasted about its “best smartphone camera ever,” there was one notable thing it lacked compared to the iPhone: optical image stabilization. Instead of physically stabilizing shots, the Pixel uses readings from the phone’s built-in gyroscope to compensate for shake.... more
Samsung Electronics has officially pulled the plug on its troubled Note 7 smartphone after repeated issues with the devices catching fire, including one incident in which a burning phone required the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet.
The company initially recalled the Note 7 in September, offering other Samsung... more
This 1-minute video was captured by a road-tripping group of friends who stuck a GoPro out a car window while driving down a road in Vermont. It’s also a video that accidentally captures how one of the kids lost his dad’s $1,000 DSLR.
“On our way back, we were pretty hungry, so we decided to satisfy our hunger at McDonald’s,”... more
Canadian fine art photographer David Burdeny created this remarkable photo of a giant iceberg that’s neatly divided into four quadrants, each with a different look.
Olloclip has announced the launch of three lens kits for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: the Active Lens Set, Core Lens Set, and Macro Lens Set. All three sets, of which there are eight lenses total, are joined by the new Connect interchangeable lens system, which makes quick work of swapping between the various iPhone 7 Connect lenses. The Connect system sits flush with the... more
The latest photo trend taking over your Twitter feed this week is also quickly rising to the top of the Internet’s “Reasons I Shattered My Smartphone Screen” list. It’s been dubbed the “hands-free…” or “self-five selfie,” and it’s exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.
The momentary Internet “trend” was created, originally, by one... more
Adventure photographer Mike Mezeul II captured something truly extraordinary a couple of weeks ago. While hiking around Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii one night... more
The Dolly Zoomalso known as the Vertigo Effectis a powerful cinematic technique that involves moving the camera in one direction while you zoom the lens in the opposite direction. But did you know you can actually create this same effect in post without a zoom lens? Thanks to high-res cameras, you can.
This was as much of a surprise to us as anybody... more
