Category Archives: Other

From the NikonRumors comment section – this is the Perkin Elmer 36″ f/4.0 aerial camera lens. It’s diameter is over 12″ and it was once attached to the famous SR-71 Blackbird spy plane which supposedly took part in various CIA missions: “These lenses were also used in the Samos satellite program and a modified version [...]

In November 2011 I mentioned about a new upcoming social network for photographers. PixelPeers is now life and can be accessed at pixelpeers.com. The new website offers many features tailored to photographers (see the entire list at the bottom of this post). Prices range from $7.97 per month up to $9.97 per month. I had the chance to try [...]

It seems that I missed this Tamaggo 360° imager in my CES report - it can take 360° pictures by just clicking a button (no moving parts involved). The camera can be positioned towards the sky/ground or be used for horizontal/vertical panoramas. The price will be $200 and it will be available in Q2 of 2012.

In December 2011 the Chinese company Superpix announced a new 12MP CMOS sensor:

Rode announced today the VideoMic HD that has integrated digital recording and is designed for use with DSLR and video cameras. The basic specs:

It seems that the popular (iPhone app of the year) Instargam photography app could be coming to Windows phones before being released to the  Android OS.