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Tech NewsGoPro’s Redesigned Remote Lets You Control Your Action Cams from Afar
Just in time for the winter sports season, GoPro just released an updated remote designed to help you control the company’s action cams even if they are far away or mounted somewhere hard to reach. Starting at $80, the new Remote costs the same as its predecessor, the Smart Remote, while offering an updated design … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsLeica’s SL2-S Is a Cheaper and Lighter but Still Very Expensive Flagship Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera
Last year, Leica introduced its SL2 full-frame mirrorless cam, featuring a new 47-MP sensor and support for 4K/60 fps video capture, and now Leica has returned to offer a slightly sleeker and cheaper take on its flagship mirrorless cam in the SL2-S. The main difference between the $6,000 SL2 and the new $4,900 SL2-S is … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThis Beautiful 360-Degree Camera Needs Its Software to Catch Up
Although they enjoyed a surge in popularity when products like Google Cardboard made VR more accessible, 360-degree cameras have always been a niche product, if only because viewing and sharing 360-degree imagery is a challenge. Vecnos wants to change that with a slick 360-degree camera called the IQUI and a new app that converts the … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsA YouTuber Made a Water-Cooling Rig to Combat the Canon R5’s Overheating Issues
The Canon R5 is a seriously impressive camera and one of the cheapest mirrorless cameras you can buy that supports full 8K video capture. Unfortunately, those fancy video capabilities come with a serious drawback: major overheating issues. So to address the R5’s limitations, YouTuber Matt Perks created a custom cooling solution to seriously upgrade the … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsLeica’s Latest Is a Beautiful Black and White Machine That’ll Cost Ya $6,000
You don’t need to buy a Leica to get professional-level photos. It certainly won’t hurt, but a Leica is an object that tells the world you are either quite serious, have a ton of cash to burn, or a little bit of both. So, if you’re going to buy a Leica, why not buy a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsDJI’s Mavic Mini 2 Packs 150% Better Range and 4K Video Into the Same Small Body
For people who want to get into drones but don’t want to deal with the hassle of registering their tiny flying cameras, DJI’s Mavic Mini was an almost ideal solution. Today, DJI is announcing its follow-up, the Mavic Mini 2, which boasts support for 4K video and way better range without any increase in size. … Continued
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Tech NewsAI Camera Mistakenly Tracks Referee’s Bald Head Instead of Soccer Ball
As the world starts to slowly cede control of everything to artificial intelligence, there’s bound to be some growing pains. When a Scottish soccer team upgraded their stadium with live-streamed games courtesy of a ball-tracking, AI-powered camera, they failed to realize that, to a computer, a referee with a shaved and/or bald head would be … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe DJI Pocket 2 Promises Even Better 4K Video and a Nifty Modular Design
For the last couple of years, if you wanted a super portable camera to help you capture stills and video while traveling, you couldn’t really do better than the DJI Pocket. It was tiny, had a built-in gimbal, and support for 4K. Now, DJI has returned to give its pint-sized camcorder a big revamp with … Continued
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ReviewsThe Fujifilm X-S10 Is a Fun, Beginner-Friendly Take on One of the Best Mirrorless Cameras
Fujifilm’s X-T4 is one of the best APS-C cameras on the market. However, for people just getting into photography, Fujifilm’s old-school dial layout can be a little intimidating, so on the new X-S10, Fujifilm took the X-T4’s guts and crammed them into an even lighter and more compact beginner-friendly body. I know that for a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsNikon Just Gave Its Full-Frame Z6 and Z7 Mirrorless Cams a Much-Needed Refresh
Nikon’s first full-frame mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and Z7, were more than respectable entries to the market. The Z6 even gave some of Sony’s cameras a run for their money when it came to video. Two years after launch, Nikon is giving its top two mirrorless cams a much needed revamped with the Z6II and … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsCanon’s New EOS M50 Mark II Is a Mirrorless Cam for YouTubers
The allure of internet stardom is becoming increasingly hard to resist, and after Sony created the ZV-1 to help support vloggers, Canon is advancing the trend with its own EOS M50 Mark II. The M50 Mark II is a follow-up to the original M50, sporting the same 24.1-MP sensor and Digic 8 image processor, but … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe Sony A7Siii Is a Dreamy Video Monster
The original A7Siii was my first Sony camera. I got it when I set out to travel the country in a van because I wanted a full-frame camera that could handle photo and video in low light, because I knew I’d never carry a flash. Over the years, as I shifted more and more toward … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsZeiss’ $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag
Putting full-frame sensors into smaller and smaller compact bodies is all the rage nowadays. Nikon did it with the Z5, Panasonic did it with the S5, and just last month Sony joined the crowd with the new A7C. After announcing its compact full-frame camera more than two years ago, Zeiss’ $6,000 ZX1 has finally become … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThis Perfectly Flat Fisheye Lens Could Help Shave Down Camera Bumps
Fisheye lenses make for some cool photos, but their most distinctive feature is that the glass is curved. The need for multiple bits of curved glass makes fisheye lenses both bulky and expensive. However, engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell have figured out a way to make a fisheye lens that’s … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe GoPro Hero9 Is a Little Bigger and a Lot Better in Every Possible Way
It wasn’t long ago that action cameras were in an arms race to make the smallest possible device. In fact, a smaller profile was one of the things GoPro was boasting about just last year with the launch of the Hero8 Black. So, it’s a bit of a surprise that GoPro went bigger this year … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe New A7C Is Sony’s Smallest and Lightest Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera Yet
Sony launched the A7SIII earlier this summer, but the company’s camera division has more in store this year. Today Sony announced its smallest and most compact full-frame mirrorless camera yet: the Alpha 7C. Designed as a more portable alternative to mirrorless competitors like the Nikon Z6, Panasonic S5, Canon EOS R, and Sony’s own digital … Continued
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EartherEarth ScienceOur Phones Are Color Correcting the Apocalypse
Normally, you wouldn’t want your phone to take pictures with an overly orange cast. But, there are times when you might. Like when massive wildfires are turning the West Coast’s normally clear blue skies a violently orange-reddish hue. If you take a gander through social media, you can find several pictures and videos of the … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightGigantic Camera Snaps First-Ever 3,200-Megapixel Digital Photos
Scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have produced the world’s first 3,200-megapixel digital photos. The images were snapped by an oversized digital camera destined for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, in what is an early demonstration of this facility’s tremendous potential. A photograph containing 3.2 billion pixels is difficult to imagine. You … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Lumix S5 Is Panasonic’s Lightest and Most Compact Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera Yet
As much as I appreciate Panasonic’s beastly pro-grade S1 cameras, I have to admit they are more camera than I really need, or more importantly, more camera than I’d ever want to carry around. But with the launch of the new Lumix S5, Panasonic has taken a lot of the best parts from its flagship … Continued
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EartherA Network of Cameras Is Monitoring California’s ‘Escalating Tragedy’
The unfolding crisis in California is like nothing the state has ever seen. An area the size of Rhode Island has burned in the span of a week as massive wildfires engulf the state months ahead of peak fire season, with lightning set to ignite even more blazes on Sunday. Every single view of the … Continued
By Brian Kahn