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A Kickstarter project that just launched is aiming to raise funding for production and distribution of the Vimble S smartphone gimbal. The Vimble S is a three-axis motorized image stabilizer that is compatible with a large range of smartphones, including Apple's iPhone models, the Huawei P9, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy and other devices with similar... more

Its like I hit a wall. Not hit, actually… fell through. And everything on the other side was magic. This past year has been the most creatively transformative year Ive had since I first picked up a camera.

Rewind to the start and youll see me, fresh off of a creative rut, desperately grasping at anything I could to pull myself out of it. Im going to save you from hearing the long, boring story of why I was in a rut (youre welcome), and instead Im going... more

The DJI Phantom 4 Pro

DJI has announced the release of two new drones, the Phantom 4 Pro and the Inspire 2, and both of them are packed with interesting upgrades and features.

Visually similar to the original Phantom 4, the Phantom 4 Pro includes a camera with a 1" 20MP sensor with almost 12 stops of dynamic range. Of particular interest, the Phantom 4 Pro has a... more

When photographer Catherine Panebianco noticed her beloved dog Benny begin to show the signs of old age, she did what any photographer and dog lover might do: she picked up a camera. She... more

There are plenty of existing methods for digitizing printed photos, and most of them fall on a spectrum between 'arduous with good results' and 'quick with terrible results.' Google's new PhotoScan app aims to aims to bridge the gap with a method that's easy and produces good results by employing computational photography. 

The free app, available now for... more

Apparently, total domination isn’t quite good enough for DJI. It’s not enough that the Mavic has received rave reviews, beating the GoPro Karma so badly they started falling out of the sky in embarrassment. Today, DJI revealed two new drones that practically have aerial filmmakers wetting themselves.

Introducing the... more

Photo scanning smartphone apps, watch out… Google just peed all over your turf. With the release of the new PhotoScan... more

Seagate has introduced the 5TB Backup Plus Portable, calling it the worlds largest capacity portable external storage drive. The Backup Plus Portable features the BarraCuda 5TB internal drive in a 20.5mm-thick aluminum case; it supports both macOS (with an NTFS driver) and Windows with USB 3.0 connectivity.

Seagate announced the BarraCuda internal hard drive last month, and lists the 5TB model with data transfer speeds up to 140MB/s. At this capacity, the drive can store... more

 Top: Original, Bottom: RAISR super-resolved 2x, Image: Google

Upsampling techniques to create larger versions of low-resolution images have been around for a long time at least as long as TV detectives have been asking computers to 'enhance' images. Common linear methods fill in new pixels using simple... more

Sensor dust is a pain, but it’s also easy to take care of in most images. This quick tutorial from our friends at Sleeklens covers what is probably the most-used method for... more

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