Could your smartphone camera one day be turned on and used by the government for surveillance? That’s what Apple is warning the public about as it continues to battle the FBI in court.
Apple has been in a highly publicized legal battle with the FBI, which is demanding that Apple help bypass the security features of the iPhone 5C that was owned by the gunman in the... more
Sony are back with the sequel to 2012s surprise hits, the RX1 and RX1R. The new RX1R II still packs a full frame sensor into a barely-larger-than-a-compact body, but this... more
If you were into photography in the early days of digital cameras, you probably remember the “revolutionary” Sony Mavica line, which used 3.5-inch floppy disks as 1.44MB “memory cards”.
The Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD5 of 1997 was the first of the series to record its 0.3 megapixel photos onto the 3.5-inch floppy disks that were widely used at the time (and which are now known as the “save icon” by younger generations). It... more
Kodak Alaris has announced a major update to its Moments image sharing app, which allows for direct printing to Kodak Picture Kiosks and online ordering of print products. The company has added to the app what it calls visual storytelling capabilities. Read more
This week, Flickr announced that they are taking away one of the key free functions: the ability to auto upload photos from your computer directly to Flickr. Now you need to sign up for a pro account for access to the same function.
Now, we dont have much to complain about: they still give you a free terabyte of free storage, and the new interface is slick. But when I... more
During the total solar eclipse on March 8th and 9th, NASA had a camera documenting it from a very special perspective — one that’s 1 million miles away.
The photo above was captured by the NASA DSCOVR satellite’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) 4-megapixel CCD camera. It shows the large, round shadow of the moon as it passes over the face of the Earth, blocking the sun’s light for a large swatch of our planet between Asia and... more
Photo & Go is a new photo-making concept retail store that launched in Las Vegas in August 2015. The store was launched by Polaroid Fotobar’s founders to take the idea of liberating digital photos to the next level. We spoke to co-founder Dov Quint about the store and... more
Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optics has announced a portrait lens that uses an apodization element and dual diaphragms to produce better looking out-of-focus highlights. The company says that the apodization element in the new Laowa 105mm F2 STF acts as a... more
What would you endure for the perfect shot? For Australian photographer Joshua Holko, the answer is “freezing blasts from a winter storm in the arctic.” That’s what he went through to capture incredible photos of the Arctic fox.
