Photography

If you had $31,695 to burn, would it cause you to look mournfully at your trusty but ageing digital camera and think, “Time for an upgrade,” before handing the wad of cash over to a sales representative for Leica’s new M9-P camera? No, thought not. Perhaps that’s why the company has only made 50 of them. The 18-megapixel full-frame beauty has an aluminum finish with some parts covered in white leather, and comes with a faster-than-fast 50mm… Read More

The latest version of Adobe PhotoShop CS6 has launched and it’s impressive. In addition to a visual makeover, Adobe has packed the software with some innovative and much-requested features. It’s currently in beta and you can download the normally $699-$999 application for free – for a trial period, at least. Here’s a look at some of the image-editing goodness packed inside. Bring on the black The first thing you’ll notice when you install… Read More

A few months ago, Google folded its Picnik photo editing application. The tool was woven into more than one photo-sharing platform and was one of the most-used free, easy editing and filter services out there. Some of its features were integrated into the Google+ photo client, but for the most part we simply had to bid adieu to Picnik.  Of course there are other options out there, including Aviary and Pixlr-o-matic. And now you can add PicMonkey… Read More

Announced on Facebook's newsroom earlier today, the social network has upgraded the photo viewer application to support a full-screen view up to 2048 by 2048 resolution, the maximum upload size for users. Facebook claims that photos will display up to four times larger than previously seen in the recently added photo overlay for albums. However, the upgraded view will only work in recent versions of Firefox and Chrome. Users can open up… Read More

Adobe announced late Wednesday that with immediate effect it was making available a free beta version of its flagship Photoshop CS6 application. The product is available for both the Mac OS and Windows platforms. Anyone interested is invited to download the beta version, try it out and — most important of all as far as Adobe programmers are concerned — offer feedback on its performance. A statement from Adobe Systems said that once final testing… Read More

It’s much easier to pick up and shoot with a camcorder than review one. Evaluating a camcorder involves a battery of tests, from inspecting video and image quality to considering aspects like button placement and battery life. Here’s how we do it. At Digital Trends, we want our product reviews to provide readers with insight into a product’s technical performance-and its usability. To that end, we go beyond specs and measurements by… Read More

It’s official: Instagram has won the photo-sharing wars. One-time challenger Hipstamatic has more or less folded by integrating with Instagram and allowing users to directly push photos to its platform. That makes Hipstamatic the first third-party photo app to do this. “When we launched, it was all about Facebook and Flickr and Twitter, and now we’re seeing a huge shift in our user base toward Instagram,” Hipstamatic CEO Lucas Buick tells Fast… Read More

The digital photography industry has been experiencing some change – that’s probably the nicest way to say it. The smartphone camera and the rise of third-gen cameras have squeezed this industry into a rather uncomfortable position, and adapting is proving more difficult than anyone expected. Of course, the fact that traditional digital photography is feeling some pain at the hands of the mobile market isn’t entirely because of smartphones’… Read More

If you have a vintage camera lying around collecting dust on a shelf as décor, here’s a symbiotic hack that combines old-fashioned equipment with contemporary technology to capture an Instagram-esque photograph. Many people simply use Android or iPhone apps to capture filtered images that would otherwise require a vintage camera or Photoshop. But out of curiosity, photographer and film maker Jason Bognacki embraced the best of both worlds. “I… Read More

WordPress announced Thursday that the latest version of WordPress for iOS and Camera+ app will allow bloggers to post images from their photo library straight to their blogs without a third party application or waiting to post on the computer. The news is great for a variety of bloggers whose daily lives play an integral role on their blogs, whether the focus is on street culture, food, or fashion. With the update, bloggers can post their photo… Read More

At the start of the year we reported on the Gizmon iCA iPhone case, a pretty snazzy looking item designed to make your Apple smartphone resemble a retro film camera. Now the Japanese company has unveiled the Gizmon iCA Military Edition, a rugged looking version of the earlier iCA design, and one that its maker hopes will take you back to the days of military photographers and their Leica rangefinders. The all-black case really is quite… Read More