Meyer Optik has an active Kickstarter campaign seeking funding for its new Trioplan 35+ Fine Art Lens, and though 22 days remain in that campaign, backers have already well exceeded the company's $50,000 base funding goal. As a reward for the high amount pledged (about $480,000 total at the moment), Meyer Optik... more
The priceyness and portability of photo gear makes camera rental and retail outlets a popular target of burglars, and last week yet another big name in the industry was looted. The camera store Midwest Photo in Columbus, Ohio, was broken... more
Apple has today announced a new 9.7" iPad model that is simply called the iPad and replaces the iPad Air 2. Compared to the latter, the A8X processor has been replaced with the A9 chip that is also being used in the iPhone 6s. Due to a larger 8610 mAh battery the new model is at 7.5mm also 1.4mm thicker than the iPad Air 2. The rest of the specifications,... more
In our review of the OnePlus 3T we were in general quite impressed by the device's camera performance and thought the 3T represented excellent value for money. However, video stabilization was a point of criticism as panning could lead to noticeably shaky footage. OnePlus claims to have fixed the issue with its OxygenOS 4.1.0 update which is based on Android 7.1.1. and says the performance of the electronic video... more
Photographer Jan Frjdman has created something really cool. Using anaglyph images captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, he put together a real, cinematic flyover of Mars that looks like it came straight... more
The United States has issued a new ban on cameras, laptops, tablets, and other portable electronic devices as carry-on items for flights from 10 airports in 8 countries. The new rules take effect Tuesday.
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer hates when people at the band’s shows spend the whole time staring through their screenshooting the performance on a 4-inch box instead of experiencing it for themselves. So last year, during a show in Turin, Italy,... more
If you are planning to fly to the US from some Middle-Eastern and African countries and carry camera equipment or other electronics, you should probably have a closer look at the new rules put in place by the Trump Administration on Tuesday.
Just as how cars can fail after a certain number of miles, camera shutters can go belly up after a certain number of actuations (i.e. flapping open and closed for an exposure). If you’ve ever wondered what a heavily used DSLR shutter can look like after it bites the dust, today’s your lucky day.
This is really cool. It turns out you can browse through full issues of the old Soviet Photo (AKA “ ”) magazine online at Archive.org. Fans of photography history will love this treasure trove, which contains 437... more
