Some photos of and a user manual for the upcoming GoPro Hero 5 have allegedly leaked online, showing a camera that looks like a hybrid between the Hero 4 and Hero Session cameras, will focus heavily on GoPro’s upcoming cloud service ‘GoPro Plus,’ and may feature voice commands.
The images first appeared on (and were subsequently pulled from) the Japanese blog Nokishita, but before they could be removed the folks at... more
Hell hath no fury like a photographer/videographer scorned… by customer service. An alleged Sony Customer Service horror story has surfaced online this weekend that has the photo community up in armssome defending, and others attacking the electronics company.
Photo booths are a pretty popular item to have at your event these days. Weddings, parties, fundraisers you'll find a photo booth at many of them. From a simple camera on a tripod with a remote to fancier automated systems that take multiple images and print instantly, people seem to love being able to control their own image making. Could it be the result of selfie-... more
World Photo Day celebrates the Daguerreotype process, which the French government released to the public on August 19th, 1839. The World Photo Day project started in 2009 and encourages users all over the world to share their pictures online.
Japanese optical manufacturer Tamron has announced it is to launch its exiting 90mm macro lens in a Sony A-mount, and that Sony users will now be able to update and customise some of their Tamron lenses using the companys TAP-in lens console. The Sony version of the ... more
It finally happened: after countless months of wandering around, going to places where people say theyve spawned, after using lures, and being patient, I managed to add a… Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) to my collection!
The photo above by Getty Images photographer Pascal Le Segretain shows a common scene at the Rio 2016 Olympics: a wall of press photographers competing to snap the most newsworthy and memorable shot of major events at the Games.
Segretain shot the photo during the swimming finals on Day 3. The same can be seen at the outdoor road races:
Steve Jobs has been inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. The Apple founder is being honored for transforming the world of photography through his company’s products, most notably the iPhone.
Datacolor has announced the launch of its new Spyder5CAPTURE PRO color calibration kit for photographers. The kit includes the makers SpyderLENSCAL, SpyderCHECKR, SpyderCUBE and Spyder5ELITE to cover all the aspects of camera calibration, including autofocus, display,... more
Before the Olympics began, the Associated Press spent a month installing 35 miles of cables and remote camera systems at the sporting venues at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The 1-minute video above offers a glimpse at how the 8 robots and dozens of remote cameras are being used to capture sports photography during the Games.
AP says the Canon DSLRs — both shooting remotely and in the hands of photojournalists — beam their photos to a team of 16 photo editors who select a... more
