News entries for October, 2013

 

 

Usually, when you're streaming music over the internet, you're limited to a relatively boring view of album cover art. But that's all set to change thanks to Getty Images and the Echo Nest teaming up to bring music photography to your music stream.

Echo Nest provides the Dynamic Music Data service, which brings...

 

 

The appeal of attaching a MIDI controller to your computer and using it to play with Lightroom is obvious and rather wonderful. With so many of Lightroom's settings being controlled by sliders, a real world analogue slider would let you quickly change settings with a tactile interface. But unfortunately, it turns...

 

 

Attaching a flash modifier can be a tricky business. Either you need a special mount designed specifically for just your flash, or else it's a matter of velcro, elastic, cloth, and a hodge-podge of other materials to get it to stay in place. But the new Kickstarter MagMod is aiming to change all of that, with a...

 

 

Nikon's Small World competition isn't your traditional sort of photography contest — and even though it's all about extreme magnification and natural objects, it's not a macro or nature competition either. Instead, it's a photomicrography contest, showing off the beauty of objects seen through the lens of a...

 

 

Happy Halloween! The selection of camera deals today aren't really Halloween-related, sadly, except there is a deal on a Phantom quadcopter and GoPro bundle. Get it? "Phantom?" Ok, moving on. We also have a couple great Canon DSLR deals plus a Canon PowerShot deal. There's also a nice discount on a Nikon rugged,...

 

 

Our in-depth Sony NEX-5T review is coming soon, but we've just published our initial image comparison and print quality analysis to tide you over while you wait! Sony NEX-series cameras have been among our favorite mirrorless models, and this latest mid-level shooter -- which replaces last year's NEX-5R -- holds up...

 

 

If you've ever bought a book through Amazon (and who hasn't?), then you might qualify for getting a digital edition of the title on the cheap — and that goes for photography books, too.

Amazon just rolled out a new program called Kindle MatchBook. For thousands of books, if you bought them new through Amazon,...

 

 

Earlier this month news came out that Adobe was hit by a major security breach, with personal information from 2.9 million users affected. Now it seems that the situation is much, much worse than was originally believed. A new report indicates that data from at least 38 million users was stolen — an order of...

 

 

One dad has gone to new lengths to make photos of his kids every Halloween look extra incredible. Combining great costume ideas and a basic knowledge of Photoshop, he's created a series of images of his kids that are supremely fun (and just cheesy enough).

Over on Reddit, user SpamDog_of_War posted a series of...

 

 

Google Plus has always had something of a strong following among photographers, and Google seems keen to keep it this way, announcing a suite of new features and tools that should please anyone with a camera.

For those of you who frequently use Google Hangouts, these have been updated to support local sharing and...

 

 

It's time for another deal roundup, and we've got an eclectic mix of deals this morning. We found another deal on a Canon 6D bundle as well as a nice discount on a refurb Nikon DSLR bundle. There's also a couple Sony deals include one of their new Lens-Style Cameras. In the lens department, there's a big Pentax...

 

 

As much as it might sound like science fiction, brain controlled gadgets are a very real thing (the folks at Neurowear have built an industry out of it) — and it might be making its way to your camera in the future in the form of the Neurocam.

Spotted by DigInfo at Human Sensing 2013, the Neurocam combines a...

 

 

Light painting and stop motion are both techniques that require a ludicrous amount of time and effort to get perfectly right. Light painting needs long exposures, and essentially working blind in the attempt to make an image look how you want it to. Stop motion necessitates exacting attention to detail to make sure...

 

 

Our first impressions Pentax K-3 review generated a lot of interest from IR readers, so we were eager to post the IR Lab's First Shots taken with the camera as soon as we received the final firmware. The K-3 marks a big step up for Pentax's flagship APS-C DSLR, featuring significant changes inside and out -- most...

 

 

In general, there's not much room for customization in the world of photography — it tends to be a world of matte black and subtle metal accents (barring the occasional Pentax variant or gold modification). But a Dutch 3D printer has created a way of adding a bit of interesting color and texture to your camera: 3D...

 

 

Ecuadorian art director Javier Pérez goes under the name Cintascotch on Instagram, and by combining everyday objects and some wonderful line art, he has transformed the regular into the whimsical and wonderful.

He takes objects that you might find in any desk or office, and draws around them, making them part of...

 

 

It's time for another deal roundup, and we've got a interesting mix today, including a very unique deal to finish things off this morning. To start, there's a handful of DSLR deals including a big Canon 6D bundle plus a couple refurb Canon and Nikon DSLR bargains. On the compact digicam side of things, we found...

 

 

Olympus married off two of its highly regarded cameras -- the premium compact XZ-2 and the Micro Four Thirds mirrorless  OM-D E-M5  -- to beget the new Olympus Stylus 1, a high-end bridge camera featuring an electronic viewfinder, hotshoe, advanced Wi-Fi capabilities and, most important, a new i.Zuiko 10.7x optical...

 

 

We've published our first real-world sample images taken with a production-level version of the new Sony RX10, a premium 8.3x optical zoom camera with a f/2.8 constant max aperture that we've been hoping turns out to be the "ultimate" bridge camera for enthusiast photographers. At a Sony press event in Nashville,...