The DSLR Paparazzi Lamp from Monoculo Design Studio is a nice lighting accessory that you can put up in your studio or office. It’s a lamp that resembles a 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens — perfect for a die-hard Nikon camera user. And just like a real DSLR lens, the lamp’s hood is removable and can [...]
The Novo Digital Camera from View Factor is a customized GoPro Hero3 that can accept any C-Mount lens. If you’re wondering why it doesn’t even look like a Hero3, it’s because the Novo uses a new housing specially made by View Factor. The camera features a thinner, lightweight aluminum body, adjustable back focus ring, and [...]
Ikelite has recently announced their new underwater housing for the Nikon D5200 DSLR camera. The company is reportedly the first to market such a housing for the said “upper entry level” camera. The features of the underwater housing complements the D5200′s upgraded sensor and image processing. It is made from heavy-duty polycarbonate. It comes with [...]
Z is the last letter in the alphabet, and it’s also the new Xperia smartphone from Sony. It packs the usual specs that you’d expect from a high-end Android phone: 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB memory, 16GB built-in storage. For its camera, the Z carries a 13MP Exynos RS on [...]
If you’re a photographer, it might seem blasphemous to use stock photography instead of creating a piece of your own. However, there are some definite advantages when it comes to using stock photography photos. It’s immediate. If you have a project in mind, but don’t have the time to dedicate to its execution, a stock [...]
It seems that there’s no shortage in action camera announcements this year. Here’s another one from Swann, the Bolt HD. Swann’s latest waterproof and wearable mini action camera is equipped with the now standard 1080p video capability and microSD storage. To be unique from this fast growing camera category, the Bolt HD comes with a [...]
You know those little packets of silica that come with some stuff you buy? If you’re a photographer, or maybe even someone who loves their iPhone tons but is pretty clumsy and runs the risk of dropping their phone into a puddle (or worse, a toilet), or maybe you’re like me: both a photographer AND [...]
DARPA gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “eye in the sky,” with their new toy called ARGUS-IS, which is a surveillance system equipped with a whooping 1.8 gigapixel camera. Currently, the ARGUS holds the record of having the world’s highest resolution camera mounted on a drone. It has the capability of seeing objects [...]
Last year, we’ve reported about Memoto, a small life-logging video camera that you can hook on your shirt’s collar. This year, Always Innovating has upped the ante by introducing MeCam, a little flying camera concept that follows you around. Other cameras in the life-logging category only record videos on a first person point-of-view. The MeCam, [...]
I think camera bags are one of those things that’s easy for a photographer to accumulate a lot of if they aren’t careful. Or maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better by coming up with a logic reason as to why I have more camera bags that I really need… It’s hard [...]