"The best camera is the one you have with you." You've probably heard the quote: it's often used these days to explain why smartphones are threatening to push traditional point-and-shoot cameras into early retirement. Pocketcams aren't the only category under siege, though. Lightweight mirrorless...
Canon upgrades the Rebel... and its price
Project Glass has already been shown off on stage and modelled by our own Joshua Topolsky, but now the augmented-reality glasses are getting some time on the runway. The glasses aren't being used as a fashion accessory, however: they're recording...
The Pentax Q is a curious thing; a tiny, beautifully constructed mirrorless camera with an equally tiny 1/2.3-inch sensor that gives results on par with an average point-and-shoot for $800. Pentax has called its sales "disappointing," but nevertheless is producing a followup in the shape of the Q10, adding a grip and a new red color option. While the Q10 will sell for a slightly more reasonable...
In the age of the Instagram filter, it seems like there's more to be said than ever before about the virtues of analogue photography. The Impossible Project, makers of re-engineered Polaroid film, are now striking a balance somewhere between those two worlds with Instant Lab, a new hardware prototype that will offer a "convenient" way to get real Polaroid prints of your iPhone's digital images.
Currently being funded on Kickstarter, the prototype is basically an instant camera specially designed to capture images from the iPhone's retina display. A cradle mounted atop an extensible bellows helps line up your screen with the Lab's optics, while an accompanying app crops the image, sets a countdown timer, and adjusts exposure settings before printing from the film processing unit below.
What's interesting is that this essentially...
Photo finish?
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Following leaked images of Sony's alleged A99 flagship camera, a new leak from Photoprice.ca and Sony Alpha Rumors reveals what could be an unexpected coup for the camera manufacturer: a compact camera with a full-frame 35mm CMOS sensor (the same as the A99). Full-frame sensors, with their...
An image purporting to be of Sony's next flagship Alpha camera has sprung up online ahead of the rumored launch. The A99, an SLT (single lens translucent) camera with a full-frame sensor, appears to look very similar to the A77, its prosumer...
You ever get worried that you're spending just a bit too much time scrolling through that list of Instagram filters after taking your latest photographic masterpiece? Turns out there may just be a deeper meaning to it all — just take a look at the Instagram Horoscope...
