Lately, everyone is buzzing about the announcement made by GIF creator Steve Wilhite on how to properly pronounce the popular image format. Do you agree with Wilhite, or you’d like to stick with “gift” instead of “jif”? Whichever you choose, here’s something that’ll take your mind off the topic, for a while. Introducing, the GIFTY [...]
Polaroid, the same 75 year old camera company that is known for instant imaging, has entered the extreme adventure arena with the XS80 action camera. And take this, it’s not their first foray into a category that’s dominated by big brands like GoPro. Last year, Polaroid released their first rugged shooters: the XS7, XS20, and [...]
What do you think would happen to regular digital cameras once smartphone cameras become more sophisticated? It’ll become smaller and less digital, with a big hole in the center. Well, that’s just according to Conran, a design firm that’s been challenged to re-imagined a digital camera by BBC Future. Dubbed as the Conran camera, the [...]
Almost all gadgets popping out every month are looking more and more spiffy. All trying to look sexy and appealing to consumers. But Olympus is one of the few companies that are not entirely riding the whole trendy design stuff. That remains true when the camera company announced the new Olympus PEN E-P5, a mirrorless [...]
Before you read the rest of the post, it’s important to point out that the iLens is just a concept product design, which means the device is still on paper, so to speak. The iLens is designed by Rishi Soman. According to Soman’s explanation, the concept device is an interpretation of an Apple camera, if [...]
Ricoh‘s new GR is a point-and-shoot camera that packs a DSLR sensor, and it’s $300 cheaper than the Nikon Coolpix A. Here’s an excerpt from the official press release: “PENTAX RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION today announced the RICOH GR, an ideal blend of image quality, camera size and price; setting a new benchmark for the [...]
Sony has recently announced the new Cyber-shot HX50V, a compact camera that packs a 20.4MP image sensor; and is marketed by the Japanese company as the smallest and lightest camera in the world that comes with a 30x optical zoom capability. Aside from those two key features, the HX50V also carries a 3-inch LCD display, [...]
Vienna’s WestLicht Photographica Auction is set to open for bidding the old film Leica camera used by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt in taking the V-J day photo “Kiss in Times Square“. The auction is going to happen on May 25th. Two years before Eisenstaedt died, he used the same Leica camera to take a photo of President [...]
The Dolli Concept Camera, which is designed by Su Young Kim, is a concept product that aims to give little children a modern way of knowing the outside world. Inspired by the magnifying glass, the Dolli is a simple point-and-shoot camera with a handle at the bottom. It features a 4-inch touchscreen display, a connector [...]
It looks like Canon will have to share with Nokia when it comes to “EOS” as the mobile phone company is reportedly launching two follow-up models to the 808 PureView, complete with EOS branding, according to PetaPixel. Aside from the EOS name, the rumored smartphones are going to sport 41 megapixel sensors just like their [...]