The folks at Swann have introduced their brand new Bolt HD action camera, made for hardcore image and video capturers looking to also use laser targeting for extra simple on-point action. This machine uses said laser to point out the direction and exact point of focus for the camera so you'll not have to worry about looking through any viewfinder to capture what you want to grab. This beast works with no less than 1080p video and 12 megapixel photo capture as well.
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Swann Bolt HD action camera comes equipped with laser sight
BlackBerry Z10′s camera app and photo filters demonstrated in video
The Blackberry Z10's camera app has appeared in a video demonstration, which walks users through the various built-in photo filters it offers. The filters are similar to what you'll find on Instagram, as well as Facebook and Twitter's mobile apps. The folks over at Gadget Masters got their hands on the device and demo'd it in a video, which you can check out after the jump.
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Instagram boasts 90 million monthly active users, 40 million photos per day
Instagram might have gotten some crazy backlash from its policy changes back in December, for which they pulled an about face and returned it back to normal. However, a lot users were done with the service at that point, and vowed to switch to an alternative. Then again, that doesn't seem to be scaring Instagram too much, as the company has reported 90 million monthly active users, as well as 40 million photos being posted per day.
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Instagram’s active users cut in half while Facebook fights loss claims
This week there's been more than one claim against the growing state of Facebook and its most powerful purchased ecosystem: Instagram. What we're seeing for the latter is a chart from AppStats that cuts their active user numbers in half, while Facebook is facing claims that they've lost 600,000 users in a month. That's not a whole lot compared to the number of people who use Facebook every day, but you'll find that Facebook isn't about to see claims against its popularity go unchecked.
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Pentax MX-1 digital camera hands-on: advanced compact in a retro body
This week we got the opportunity to take a peek at a hero device from none other than camera manufacturers Pentax, their MX-1 showing itself to be quite the looker for the 2013 Summer season. This machine is the very first advanced compact camera the company has ever presented, here showing a 12-megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom, and a solid body with a classic look. This camera also comes with a 3-inch tilting display that'll allow you to hold your unit above or below, the display pointing out at your face from any forward angle.
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Goodbye CES 2013: It’s been fun!
This year at CES 2013 we took on the full gamut, everything from ultra HD televisions to smartphone cases, and all things good in-between. While we’ll be presenting several CES wrap-up posts for you over the next few days so you can get caught up in a collection of nutshells, we’d like to take the opportunity here to say thank you to all of the individuals, companies, and institutions that helped us make it easy to present all the newest innovations to you, the readers.
Samsung NX300 hands-on: 3D mirrorless top-tier action
This beast we're looking at right here is the Samsung NX300, just announced this week as the company's hero 3D-capable mirrorless camera - and it looks just as nice as it appears to work. What we've got here is not a SMART CAMERA, not a Android camera like the GALAXY Camera, but a full-on flagship made to be your professional digital top-notch hero for every single 3D photo you shoot from now on - and it feels just about as high quality as it gets, 20.3 MP APS-C and all.
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Samsung DV150F point-and-shoot with front-facing display hands-on
The Samsung DV150F is one of several cameras revealed this week carrying the ability to work with the company's SMART CAMERA 2.0 software. Here we're finding that even more enticing than the promise of next-generation sharing abilities is the display sitting on the front of the machine, giving us the ability to take full-on self-shots without the need of a mirror or a rather sizable flip screen. This machine was available for our perusal this week at the Digital Experience show put on by the folks at Pepcom during CES 2013 - have a peek!
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Olympus’ full 2013 rough-and-tumble camera range hands-on
Olympus is taking the spirit of CES to heart and then some, announcing six brand new cameras during the trade show. These cameras range from sleek and slim to tough and rugged, so there should be something for almost everyone with this new range. Cameras included in this grand CES 2013 showing include the Stylus Tough TG-2 iHS, Stylus Tough TG-830 iHS, Stylus Tough TG-630 iHS, Stylus SH-50MR iHS, Stylus SZ-16 iHS, and Stylus SZ-15, each of them prepared for a 2013 release. This week we got the opportunity to get our hands on the full lot.
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Samsung SMART CAMERA 2.0 unveiled with devices galore to run it
The Samsung SMART CAMERA environment has been upgrade this week to SMART CAMERA 2.0, not just software, but an ecosystem made to work with a set of five new models of Samsung cameras. Photography with the Samsung WB250F/WB200F, the WB800F, WB30F, DV150F and ST150F will be much more advanced than Samsung SMART CAMERA machines of the past with evolved functions such as AutoShare and Direct Link. The new flagship machine under this brand is the WB250F, a WB long-zoom shooter with a 14.2 megapixel BSI CMOS (WB250F) or CCD (WB200F) sensor as well as a fabulous 24mm lens.
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NVIDIA Tegra 4 brings on “Always-On” HDR Camera technology
This week the folks at NVIDIA made with the reveal of the NVIDIA Tegra 4 SoC, a processor with 72 GPU cores – and with it came the next-generation NVIDIA Computational Photography Engine, architecture that basically gives your camera the ability to take amazing photos. This processor process takes a massive amount of image data in at once, allowing you to create what you’d only been able to do with HDR before here, now, with a single exposure – instantly.
Samsung announces 3D-capable NX300 mirrorless camera
Samsung doesn't just have smartphones and televisions in its repertoire. The company just unveiled its new NX300 mirrorless camera, and it claims it has the fastest autofocus system of any camera. The new NX300 doesn't come with Android on board like the Galaxy Camera, but this 20.3 MP APS-C camera is the company's new flagship mirrorless model.
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