Last year, Satechi released the WTR-A Wireless Timer Remote Control Shutter for the Canon 5D Mark III. This year, Satechi announced yet another shutter remote and intervalometer for Canon DSLR cameras: the BT Smart Trigger. The new device differs from the WTR-A because it uses an iPhone or iPad as a remote and is mounted on the [...]
Even if the smartphone sector is gradually eating up the market of point-and-shoot cameras, it still needs a lot of chewing muscles to take on the higher end of the digital camera industry. Japan’s Morpho is trying to armed mobile phones the weapon it might need to start scratching the surface of that market. In [...]
Early last year, the Internet was abuzz over a conceptual camera called Socialmatic. Created by Italian designer Antonio De Rosa, the product became interesting to a lot of people due to its concept: a real-life Instagram camera where you can instantly print photos. It became so popular that De Rosa has decided to start and build [...]
Eric Chiu at MAKE magazine has created a flash diffuser for a Canon Speedlight 580EX II using a 3D printer. The DIY project was spawned right after seeing his photo intern taping a piece of paper to a camera’s flash. Obviously, the intern’s temporary diffuser didn’t last long. After many paper-diffuser-to-recycle-bin incidents, Chiu finally decided [...]
Good news to all mobile phone users who are using Photoshop Express, Adobe recently announced a more powerful app called Photoshop Touch, which was previously only available for tablets. Photoshop Touch for iPhone and Android phones carries the same features that you’ll find in the tablet version. It has Scribble Selection, layers, filters, paint strokes, [...]
You’ve probably know by now that smartphones, with their ever improving camera features, are slowly cannibalizing the digital camera industry. Well, probably in the point-and-shoot category. But mobile phones are not yet going to dominate the DSLR market. That’s why, for the meantime, they’re working together via the Look Lock. Basically, the Look Lock is [...]
Sigma has recently announced yet another 46-megapixel camera called the DP3 Merrill Compact digital camera. If you’ve been following all of Sigma’s cameras for the past few months, then chances are you already know about the two previous Merrill cameras: the DP1 and DP2. Yes, the DP3 comes with the same resolution as that of [...]
For those photo enthusiasts who’ve been wanting to experience creating their own digital camera from scratch, Coralie Gourguechon’s Craft Camera could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for all this time. The DIY camera kit will not actually teach you how to assemble a shooter similar to Nikon or Canon, but it will give you [...]
Dust is probably the worst enemy of a DSLR camera sensor. Fortunately, you can combat it with protective gears like BRNO’s Dri+Cap System or the Dust Donut. But if dust finally breaks your first line of defense and penetrates your camera’s sensor, then it’s time to bring out the artillery: the FireFly. The FireFly is a handy air [...]
“Helmet of Justice” and Chaotic Moon are names that could easily be associated as an object or character from some superhero comics. But in real life, it’s actually the name of a protective device and the company who developed it, respectively. The “Helmet of Justice”, as the name implies, is borne out of the necessity of [...]