This is one of the oddest and most curious cameras I’ve ever seen. It has a lens and a sensor and can actually record the real scene in front of you, but it doesn’t do that. Instead, it detects what’s in your scene using AI and turns it into a text description. This text description […]
A boss asked his employee if she would clean out an old storage compartment for him after a tenant had moved out. He said that she might find a few old cameras and could keep anything she did find. But when she walked into the abandoned storage compartment, she wasn’t fully prepared for the scene […]
Leica has announced a new addition to its SL system (L mount) lens lineup. It’s the Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm F5-6.3 and it costs a whopping $2,195. Now, as Leica lenses go, this is par for the course, but when you consider that Sigma also has a 100-400mm f/5-6.3 L mount lens for less than half of […]
Most amateur Astrophotography images have a total integration time of between one and four hours. This is the total time that the shutter is open (even if with several images stacked). We decided to spend 81 hours on this picture which is our personal record. We shot NGC 2264, a spectacular piece of space tat […]
It’s one thing to shoot video and record audio indoors. But what happens when you need to start filming in outdoor locations? Moving your whole production outside can feel a little bit daunting, particularly regarding lighting. Without making an effort, your footage could quickly look flat and dull. But it doesn’t have to be that […]
As somebody who flies drones himself, I’m always torn when it comes to drone regulations around the world. On the one hand, sure, we want the freedom to go out and fly our drones to shoot photos or videos or just have a bit of fun. On the other, there are a lot of idiots […]
A few weeks ago, Sony announced the next generation of its Creators Cloud platform. Now it has added the long-awaited Creators’ App to complete the offering. The Creators’ App acts as an extension of a camera. The app enables you to do a variety of things. You can upload, view, and manage photo and video […]
Social media giant TikTok has launched a new project to allay Western governments’ fears over spying. ‘Project Clover’ will ensure that a separate and independent security company will oversee how the company uses and shares data. Byte Dance, the company behind TikTok, says that an extra layer of security gateways will be applied to European […]
As a part of its “next generation propaganda aspirations,” the U.S. government plans to use deepfake videos, according to a recent report. While it’s warning employees of deepfake job applications and developing tools to detect it, it appears that the government doesn’t have an issue with using deepfake videos for its own agenda. [Relevant reading: […]
