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Digital cameras are notoriously difficult to design and get right. Where do you start? Who is the customer? What features do you include on the camera? There are uncountable ways to approach a camera development and design program.

For example, you can create a spreadsheet listing current and near-future ‘must-have’ specifications and cross them out one-by-one to please the techno-consumer. Or you can specialize and excel in specific areasa more... more

What if Instagram had launched over 20 years ago, and instead of being an iPhone app it had been a Windows 95 .exe program? Russian designer Misha Petrick decided to find out.

Petrick created... more

Instagram has taken inspiration from Snapchat and launched a new feature called Stories. With Instagram Stories, users can capture numerous videos and photos, alter them with stickers, drawing tools, and by adding text, then post them to a single 'story' slideshow that won't clutter up followers' feeds. Once 24 hours pass, these story posts will disappear.

Instagram Stories are only visible to followers when the account is set to private; likewise, users can block specific followers... more

As the former Head of Imaging at Nokia, Juha Alakarhu was a key figure in the development of the Finnish company's PureView cameras. The innovative technology was implemented in models such as the Nokia 808 or Lumia 1020, which by many mobile photographers are still viewed as the best smartphone cameras ever made. Unfortunately, slightly slower than usual camera processing speeds and the high cost... more

Ever since the middle of high school, Ive been immensely interested in the process. You know, that middle bit between point A and point B that nobody but the artist ever sees. Ive always loved peeking behind the scenes to see where something started and what kind of work and thought went into creating the finished product.

To satisfy those of you who are like me, heres a before-and-after look that not only shows you my images straight out of camera and the... more

Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the worst-hit city in the country since the Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. Now a series of before-and-after photos reveals just how much the once-vibrant historical city has been marred by war.

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In keeping with its established product innovation cycle, Korean manufacturer Samsung has today launched the latest model in its Note line of large format smartphones, the Galaxy Note 7. Judging by its specifications the new device looks like an impressive package but is in many ways more of a refinement of previous models rather than a radical overhaul.

The camera module, for example, comes with the same specification as the smaller Galaxy S7 and S7 edge devices. A 1/2.5" 12MP sensor... more

Teardowns are a handy way to satisfy the urge to see what's inside expensive and prized electronics, while remaining a safe distance away and keeping warranties intact.

Behold, a teardown of the Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS, a lens that sells for $2600. Its production has faced delays since its announcement in February, so even if you have the guts to take one apart yourself, it's been difficult to get ahold... more

Teardowns are a handy way to satisfy the urge to see what's inside expensive and prized electronics, while remaining a safe distance away and keeping warranties intact.

Behold, a teardown of the Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM, a lens that sells for $2200. Sony's own SGNL YouTube channel does the dirty work of prying it apart for us, giving us a close-up look at the inner workings of the fast full-frame zoom.

For his personal project “Gold Rush,” Los Angeles-based photographer... more

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