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 [...]
One of the main factors why smartphones have not yet totally disrupted the whole camera industry is probably because they don’t have extra zooming capabilities provided by true camera lenses. That’s the very reason why a duo from Honolulu, Hawaii have created the Snapzoom, a universal smartphone adapter that transforms binoculars into super telephoto lenses. Daniel [...]
It looks like almost every gadget nowadays are connected with our smartphones in one way or another. And camera gears are no exception. The latest device that has succumbed to the mobile phone’s allure is the light meter. The startup company responsible for that is Lumu Labs, and the product is simply called Lumu. Dubbed [...]
Why spend around $400 for a new Lytro camera when you can experience the same focus-shift technology with your iPhone camera. Well, that’s exactly what mobile app developer Arqball is trying to achieve with FocusTwist, an app that is capable of taking “refocusable” images. In order to achieve a Lytro-style effect, the app takes multiple [...]
If ever you fell head over heels over the giant Nikon Lens Lamp, then you’d probably going to feel the same way for the Reflex Lens Stool. Well, if you’re not picky with the branding, that is. Because the latter is inspired by a Canon lens. The cool chair is made by the same company [...]
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 [...]