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Fujifilm unveils FinePix REAL 3D V3 glasses-free 3D photo frame

Rue Liu, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Since there are a growing number of smartphones and devices touting the ability to capture 3D images and videos, there ought to be more ways to display and share them as well. And that's what Fujifilm has to offer with its latest FinePix REAL 3D V3 digital viewer that's essentially a digital photo frame capable of displaying glasses-free 3D images and videos. Read The Full Story

Hasselblad unveils H4X camera body for trade-ins

Rue Liu, Oct 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hasselblad has announced a new medium-format camera body called the H4X following its release of a series of H4D cameras in recent years. The H4D-40 camera unveiled early last year offered a whopping 40-megapixel CCD sensor, but it also came with a huge price tag just shy of $20,000. For those Hasselblad fans that already own previous generations of H1, H2, and H2F bodies, they can now upgrade to the H4X instead at a relatively more affordable price by trading in their existing gear. Read The Full Story

Lytro Light Field camera pre-orders begin at $399

Rue Liu, Oct 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

Lytro, the world’s first light-field camera, made its debut today at an event in San Francisco. The camera records fields of light instead of pixels and allows users to focus after they’ve taken a picture. We’ve talked about the technology behind this camera previously, but this is the first time we’ve seen the camera’s unique form factor.

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Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera has us seeing spherical potential

Chris Burns, Oct 13th 2011 Discuss [25]

Each time there is a new way to capture media, especially when that means is inexpensive, the world goes nuts trying to see how they can show off their life and times with it. That's what's about to happen with this ball camera, the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera, that is, a project that's currently Patent Pending and has been in the works, apparently, since back in 2010. The project has progressed to the point here in late 2011 where the designers feel it strong enough to present to the public - just toss it up in the air and at it's peak - SNAP - you've got a complete 360 degree view of the environment the ball is in. How's that for a new way of seeing things? Read The Full Story

Adobe Photoshop image deblur tool blows minds [Video]

Chris Davies, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [5]

Adobe has demonstrated a photo deblurring tool that can analyze exactly how a shaky camera was held and then correct that in an image, even making tiny text legible. Tipped for inclusion in a future version of Photoshop, and demo'd at Adobe MAX 2011 last week, the tool was caught on camera by Peter Elst as it wowed developers. Read The Full Story

Flickr launches Android app, iOS Photo Sessions

Rue Liu, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Popular photo-sharing service Flickr has finally released its first official Android app, two years after it launched its iOS app. Android users who've had to resort to third-party alternatives will now get a slick new Flickr app that allows them to easily upload and share images taken with the in-app camera and enhanced with various filters. Along with the Android app, Flickr is also releasing a new Photo Sessions feature for its iPhone and iPad app. Read The Full Story

Lensbaby launches new Movie Maker’s Kit crammed full of goodies

Shane McGlaun, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Lensbaby is a company that makes some very interesting add-on lenses. The lenses open up new creative possibilities for photographers to use in their creative shots. The company has a new lens kit that is jam packed with all sorts of goodies that videographers will really appreciate. The kit includes the new composer Pro PL with the Sweet 35 Optic for PL mount cameras. The kit is aimed at people that use DSLRs for shooting video and other cameras. Read The Full Story

Instagram 2.0 brings high-res photos, live filters

Rue Liu, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

The immensely popular photo filtering and sharing app called Instagram has gotten an update today to version 2.0. This update brings two major improvements, one being the ability to process higher-resolution images and the second being a live filter feature that lets you preview an effect as you're composing a shot. Read The Full Story

Samsung NX200 Sample Photos revealed

Chris Burns, Sep 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

It appears that one of Samsung's newest camera devices to be released at IFA 2011, the NX200, has received a bit more attention than the rest of the publishing world was allowed at the event - photos ahoy! While we were given a short opportunity to see the new NX200 and its billion different possibilities for lenses, a mister John P over at GeekBeat got an extended look, including, lets say it one more time, sample photos and video, which he then got to take home and play around with. This camera is a kingly little beast, with interchangeable lenses galore, a 20.3 megapixel rating, and a relatively small frame at 4.6 x 2.46 x 1.44 inches. Sound like the little lady for you? Let's have a look at those examples! Read The Full Story

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Samsung NX200 DSLR Hands-On

Chris Burns, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

As you may well have seen earlier this week in some news straight out of Berlin’s own IFA 2011, Samsung has released information about their newest DSLR with interchangeable lens, the NX200. All the information about the camera as it existed in its original release form can be found in the post Samsung NX200 gets official with i-Function 2.0 lenses in tow. You’ll find out instantly that this device is part of a larger environment that includes a whole slew of additional lenses, all of this in the size and form factor of a compact point-and-shoot. We got the opportunity to take a hands-on quick look at this device this week as well, filmed and published below for you to take part in the fun!

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Photographer shoots clouds in their element 4 miles up

Shane McGlaun, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

I have plenty of photos around the house that have clouds in them from the same perspective of standing on the ground looking up. Clouds are really cool to look at, my kids are always looking for animals in the clouds and I bet lots more people are the same way. One photographer named Rudiger Nehmzow has taken photographing clouds to an extreme though. Read The Full Story

Light Field photo tech promises true HD upscaling

Shane McGlaun, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

One of the things that delays photos that you take with a point and shoot camera between when you press the shutter button and the image is actually recorded is the time needed to focus. We have already talked about a camera before called the Lytro light field camera that could shoot a photo and then focus later that would eliminate that delay. Fraunhofer is now presenting a similar solution at IBC 2011 convention in Amsterdam that will allow photographers to use a special lens and software after the photo is snapped to change focus, angle, and depth of field. Read The Full Story