Of all the film-to-digital camera conversions I’ve seen, this has to be one of the most fun. I mean, who wouldn’t want to turn what is ordinarily a medium format film camera – even if it is a “toy camera” – into a 128×128 monochrome digital camera? I suppose it’s fitting that the creator of […]
It’s been almost six and a half years since DJI announced the DJI Inspire 2 drone. Now it looks like we’re finally going to see its successor. The company hasn’t said much about the new drone, presumably called the DJI Inspire 3, although they have posted a teaser on their website. It talks about the […]
Duovox has launched the new Duovox Ultra (Kickstarter here). They say it’s a military-grade monocular and an upgrade from their popular Duovox Mate Pro camera, announced last year. Again, the company is taking to Kickstarter to release the camera, with some massive early bird deals for fast backers. The Duovox Ultra shoots 1080p HD resolution […]
Google Earth has recently updated its Timelapse feature, which lets you view how a region has changed over time. The new imagery will let you see time unfolding from 1984 to 2022, and it’s fascinating to watch. New imagery from 2021 and 2022 has been added in higher definition, giving anyone with an internet connection […]
Polaroid has announced the release of a new instant film. It’s called Reclaimed Blue 600, and it’s an original film chemistry formula that Polaroid says was discovered by accident. While Polaroid certainly isn’t what it used to be, they still have a single lab for developing new chemical processes. Through experimentation, he accidentally discovered a […]
NASA has just released a new interactive feature that lets you explore the surface of Mars. The exploration tool uses a complex mosaic of images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and took 6 years to create. The mosaic is composed of 110,000 images from the Orbiter. The photos were taken by the black and […]
In the years since photographers started transitioning from film to digital in the early 2000s, many companies promised conversion kits. Devices you could put inside a film camera to turn it into digital cameras. None of them ever really materialised. But thanks to devices like the Raspberry Pi, DIY analogue to digital conversions have become […]
After a few years of struggles, stock photo website EyeEm has reportedly filed for bankruptcy. We could have guessed things were going downhill for the company when it stopped paying photographers last year. But now EyeEm is reportedly insolvent, so you might not even receive your payments at all. [Related reading: EyeEm stops paying photographers, […]
