Lexar will live on. Two months and a few days after parent company Micron announced that they would be discontinuing the Lexar band, Chinese flash memory giant Longsys has acquired the Lexar trademark and branding rights. The new owner promises that "the solutions and support they have come to expect from Lexar branded products will continue to be available."
DJI just unveiled three new products at the IFA 2017 tech show in Berlin. There are two new overhauls to existing drones and a brand new “sphere mode.”
The new drones it is bringing out are mainly cosmetic updates to older versions, but there are some new features and specs thrown into the mix.
Shooting this image in 14-bit helped retain the full dynamic range captured by the sensor. Most of the time, with most cameras, 12-bit is enough.
Raw bit depth is often discussed as if it improves image quality and that more is better, but that's not really the case. In fact, if your camera doesn't need greater bit depth then you'll just end up using hard drive space to record... more
Lenovo has introduced the Motorola Moto X4 at its IFA 2017 event, closing the gap in its line-up that was created after the Moto X series went into hiatus with the launch of the Moto Z models last year.
The Moto X4 is an upper-tier mid-range smartphone that slots in between the Moto Z and Moto G series and aims to offer a comprehensive feature set at an attractive price point.... more
Breaking the law to get the perfect shot can have serious legal consequences, a harsh reality currently facing photographers Martin J. Romero-Clark and Andrew Lillibridge, who were arrested after climbing onto the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia.
It sounds like Harry Potter magic, but it's not. Industrious DIYer Abhishek Singh recently took to Reddit to show off his own version of an instant camera, one that 'prints' animated GIFs instead of photos. Singh built the Instagif Camera himself and based it on the Polaroid OneStep SX-70 camera, though it uses a special hardware cartridge rather than a... more
Spiffy Gear, the company behind the Light Blaster strobe projector, is back with another accessory for photographers and videographers who want a lighting solution that can conform to every shooting situation. It... more
