Photography News

With the annual NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show just around the corner, Canon has announced numerous firmware updates for its video-oriented cameras and display systems.

A new firmware update for the XC10 camcorder adds MP4 recording capability for HD video, improved AF speed and shutter speed options to reduce flicker. You can read our recent review of the XC10 camera here.

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In the latest installment of “crazy photography innovation to cross our desks,” let us introduce you to the “sheet camera” by the engineers at Columbia University. This flexible camera array lets you change field of view by simply bending it.

Curved sensors aren’t a new idea, but this isn’t a curved sensor or even a flexible sensor, it’s a fully self-contained flexible camera. Developed by a team at Columbia... more

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Facebook has introduced the Surround 360, which captures 3D, 360 degree video using a total of 17 cameras and can output resolutions of up to 8K per eye. Unusually, Facebook will be making both the camera and processing software open source to... more

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A 25-year-old photojournalism student beat a host of professionals to Zeiss's 15,000 top prize in its first Zeiss Photography Awards. Tamina-Florentine Zuch's project about train travel in India took her six weeks to shoot, and explores how the... more

On Friday, SpaceX made history by performing its first successful ocean barge landing following a resupply mission to the ISS. Today, they released the photos.

Most of the images were captured by cameras aboard the barge, and they all show the fiery descent of the rocket as it approached and ultimately touched down successfullyan incredible scientific feat, that some might call visually beautiful as well:

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Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has today launched its latest flagship model, the HTC 10. While the predecessors we tested were frankly disappointing in the camera department, looking at its specs it seems like the 10 has the potential to turn things around for HTC. Read more
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US mobile phone rig and lens mount manufacturer Beastgrip has started distribution of its Beastgrip Pro smartphone grip in the UK and Japan, and announced it is working on new 'high quality' lenses with Kenko Tokina. The Beastgrip Pro is an adaptable... more

The Impossible Project has unveiled the I-1 instant camera, a revival of an analog classic. The I-1 prints photos using Impossible Project 600-type film, which was reverse-engineered from Polaroid's now-discontinued 600-type offering. The camera includes digital control not found in the original Polaroid camera. Using a related iOS app, photographers can adjust shutter speed, aperture, flash and select one of several presets.

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Ouch! Having gear stolen is always painful, but a photographer in Spain recently got it much worse than that. Apparently, he was robbed of some extremely expensive Canon gear he was testing, including a pre-production Canon 1DX Mark II.

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Wish you could capture smooth, shake-free video or photographs on the move with your smartphone? Wish no more. The new “Smoovie” is an affordable, effective stabilizer for your... more

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