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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Sep 08, 2023
Polaroid aims to make a comeback to the instant camera with its Polaroid I-2, which combines a traditional analog experience with modern camera technology. The Polaroid I-2 uses a continuous autofocus three-lens system capable of creating...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Jul 04, 2023
It is that time of year again when families head out for Fourth of July festivities, to reach a climactic end with a panoramic view of fireworks exploding in the night sky. While many will want to just sit back and take in the magnificent...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 03, 2023
Today's generation will never know what it's like to drop off rolls of film for processing, then sifting through the developed pictures and preserving them in physical photo albums. That's all been replaced by digital media, enabled in...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Jun 01, 2023
The Paragraphica camera is a lens-free camera that uses location data to produce AI-generated images. The camera utilizes a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B in order to create a generative AI prompt and then receive the generated...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Apr 19, 2023
Adobe is adding new AI innovations to its coveted Lightroom ecosystem. The new AI integrations, including new features Denoise and Curves, are being touted as making it easy to edit photos like a pro.
The company has been rolling out...
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Aaron Leong - Tue, Mar 21, 2023
Oppo's latest Find X6 Pro has professional DSLRs in its sights, with a set of impressively configured Hasselblad-tuned cameras taking center stage. For us here in the US, we can only gawk in admiration since it won't be sold here.
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Tim Sweezy - Sat, Dec 31, 2022
The crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has captured some fascinating images over the last year. From three CubeSats beginning their journey, to a decades-long eruption on Earth, the images are truly inspiring.
As the...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 02, 2022
You can take some amazing photos with a smartphone these days, even nighttime shots of the stars and dimly lit environments, depending on the specific model you own (see our Pixel 6 Pro review for an example of this). Nevertheless...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 12, 2022
GoPro just launched what it's billing as its lightest camera ever, the Hero10 Black Bones. It's not for everyone, or even the typical adventurer that might purchase an action camera, whether it's GoPro model or something else. Instead...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Apr 11, 2022
Smartphone cameras have come a long way in a relatively short time, and they could be in for another major leap in capabilities. Researchers at Stanford University have developed a prototype LiDAR system (shown above) that captures...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 25, 2022
It takes a human being around 0.1 to 0.4 seconds to blink. In even less time, an AI-based inverse rendering process developed by NVIDIA can generate a realistic three-dimensional scene from a series of two-dimensional photographs taken...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Feb 23, 2022
The upcoming Panasonic Lumix GH6 Mirrorless Camera promises unlimited 4K recording with its Lumix heat management technology. In addition, the Micro Four Thirds camera includes a bevy of new features that make this an interesting addition...
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Paul Lilly, Myriam Joire - Tue, Feb 15, 2022
Following up on our Galaxy S22 hands-on first look at Samsung's newest flagships, which the company unveiled during its Galaxy Unpacked event last week, we've been putting the two higher end SKUs through their paces. We'll have a full...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Jan 26, 2022
Apple has announced its latest Shot on iPhone Challenge, and it wants you to get up close and personal with your smartphone. Not every iPhone user can enter, though—the latest challenge asks you to capture your best macro shot on an iPhone...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Nov 26, 2021
Black Friday discounts bring deals for just about every product imaginable, from bargains on SSDs and SD memory cards, to gaming desktops and more. Go ahead and add instant cameras to the pile. Everyone is a potential photographer these...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Nov 06, 2021
When people think of consumer drones, the brand that usually comes to mind is DJI, which has effectively dominated the market for several years. It appears that this streak is going to continue as well, with the newly released (and...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Oct 26, 2021
Sony's newest smartphone, the Xperia PRO-I, is aimed at adding a whole new level of photography and videography right in your pocket. This follows the August launch of Sony's Xperia 1 III flagship phone. The phone will house the same...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 10, 2021
Remember when we used to carry around point-n-shoot cameras and Polaroids for taking photos? Some people still do (and DSLR cameras for serious photography), but for the most part, pictures posted to Instagram and other places are largely...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 24, 2020
Nothing lasts forever, folks. Not the supposed 'Curse of the Bambino' that prevented the Boston Red Sox from winning a World Series title after the team traded away Babe Ruth, not Tom Brady's reign in New England, and not Toys R Us being...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 05, 2020
It is surprisingly easy to amass a sprawling catalog of photos on Facebook, you just need to use the social media service for any length of time—all those lunch pictures, vacation photos, and everything else you upload from your phone...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 30, 2020
There are a million and one potential projects for the Raspberry Pi (like retro gaming), the affordable little PC that fits in the palm of your hand. One of them is to make your own digital camera. If that is the goal, you may want to look...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 21, 2020
Our smartphones have become extensions of our eyeballs, able to capture detailed imagery with increasingly sophisticated built-in camera sensors. And last August, Samsung developed the first 108-megapixel sensor for smartphones, which...
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