When your photo sharing app is used by hundreds of millions of users around the world, there are a lot of sad and angry people when your service goes down. Instagram crashed for about 15 minutes yesterday — coincidentally April Fools’ Day — and people freaked out.
The outage struck at about 3:08AM EST, causing the app and website to be... more
If you ever need to soften your flash in a pinch, you can go the MacGyver route and fashion a diffuser for yourself using an ordinary piece of paper. They usually cost about $0.01 per sheet, so this is one of the cheapest diffusers you can make.
There was excitement in the air this week around the office. Was it the unseasonably warm weather? The arrival of a new flagship DSLR? A smattering of product announcements mid-week? It's hard to say. Whatever it was, it was a week in which Sony supersized its RX10 series, we took a peek at the Nikon D5's ISO 3 million and learned how to make beer with stinging nettles. Catch up on everything you may have missed in the past seven days.
iFixit disassembles the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
Taking apart a camera isn't for the faint of heart, but if you've chosen to do so you don't have to go alone. Our friends at iFixit publish disassembly guides to empower owners of electronic devices to make some fixes themselves. And who hasn't wanted to see what's underneath the plastic shell of Canon's top-of-the-line compact camera? Take a look at what lies beneath the surface of the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II.
Do you have between $400K and $600K laying around, just begging to be spent? If you do, you could soon be the proud owner of the Zeiss Tele-Tessar 500mm f/8 lensAKA the first telephoto lens used on the moon.
The incredibly valuable Zeiss lens will be auctioned off by Boston-based... more
Although so far the stories of Flickr’s death have been greatly exaggerated, there’s no denying the photo-hosting leviathan is in a difficult situation. At best, it will be taken over by a company content to keep things ticking over and just claim the subscription fees, but I’m guessing... more
Earlier today you may have heard some strange news if you’re a user of the image theft detection service Pixsy. In an email to its users, the company indicated that it has been acquired by none other than Getty Images.
Sony recently updated its FE line, which now offers 16 full-frame lenses for Sony's E-mount Alpha cameras (not counting 3rd party options like the Zeiss Batis line, or Sony's wide/tele converters). Among the new lens introductions is the FE 50mm F1.8, what you might call Sony's 'nifty fifty'. We spent some time shooting with it in San Francisco this weekend, paired with the unforgiving 42MP of the Alpha... more
