Category Archives: Other

The Camera Restricta will not let you take a picture if too many photos were already taken in a given location

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2015

The Camera Restricta (for now just a prototype) will not allow you to take a photo if too many pictures were already geotagged for a specific locations:

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Serene Automation MX20 wireless TTL flash trigger for Fujifilm (supports Nikon i-TTL)

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2015

Serene Automation is manufacturing a wireless TTL Flash Trigger for Fujifilm X series cameras that can also control Nikon i-TTL Speedlights. Here are the technical specifications:

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New Pixel X800N flash

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2015

Pixel recently announced a new X800N flash (check pricing and availability at Amazon and eBay):

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Focal Camera is an open-source modular analog camera building system

By PR admin | Published: August 17, 2015

The Focal Camera is an open-source modular analog camera building system, free of charge and low in material-costs that allows anyone to build working cameras ranging from SLRs to stereo. Through a system of pre-designed modules, each housing a particular function, not only can complicated functions be understood, but also utilized and combined with each of the other […]

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EISA announced their 2015-2016 Photography Awards

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2015

EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association) announced their 2015-2016 Photography Awards. Here are the winner in the different categories:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 10, 2015

→ Amazon promises better deals on their “Prime Day” than on Black Friday. Check those pages on July 15th for more details: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Italy Amazon Spain → The Sigma dp0 camera is now in stock. → Pentax issued a service advisory for “power-off” issue when using the […]

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New: MindShiftGear FirstLight backpacks designed to carry large lenses (up to 600mm)

By PR admin | Published: July 2, 2015

MindShift Gear released their first three outdoor photography backpacks specifically designed to carry large lenses and to comply with airline carry on requirements. The FirstLight packs come in three sizes, so you can carry anything from a 70-200 to a 600mm:

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Fuji X-T1 firmware update ver.4.00 released

By PR admin | Published: June 29, 2015

Fujifilm released firmware update ver.4.00 for the X-T1 mirrorless camera. Here are few video demos of the new improvements, additional information can be found here:

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The upcoming DxO ONE camera has 1″ sensor and attaches to your smartphone

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2015

The DxO teasers I posted yesterday are for a new DxO ONE camera that will attach to your smartphone. The official announcement will be on the 18th. Here is some additional information, including technical specs thanks to Google cache (thanks for the tip Spike!):

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“On Thursday, DxO will launch our new shape of photography”

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2015

Update: the teasers are for a new smartphone camera module called DxO ONE. More info is available here. A new website called newshapeofphotography.com teases about something new coming from DxO on June 18th: A leap of faith Your proud father’s gaze on graduation day Rushing glacial streams cutting through jagged rocks Forgotten seashells burrowing through […]

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