Tag archive: Camera

If you have a Trendent security camera in your home, it might not be only you viewing the footage it provides. According to a BBC report, thousands of the firm’s cameras have a vulnerability allowing anyone on the Internet to hook up to its feed and peer into the homes of others. Indeed, such an intrusion into one’s home by outsiders could be deeply embarrassing, especially if you’re caught with your pants down, so to speak. So what exactly is… Read More

Nikon unveiled the D800 in Tokyo on Tuesday, the latest addition to its DLSR range. The new camera takes much from Nikon’s recently released D4 flagship model, though there are of course plenty of differences too. The stand-out feature of the full-frame D800 device is its new 36.3MP CMOS sensor, which Nikon claims is capable of image quality “equal to that achieved with medium-format digital cameras.” If you’re fond of making big prints or… Read More

As photographers ourselves, we are more than a little familiar with the problem of losing lens caps. They must go to the same place as socks and spare change because we can never seem to hold on to one for any normal length of time. There are a few tricks for hanging on to them, namely either being responsible and putting them in the same pocket every time or using one of those fancy elastic lens-cap attachments that dangles off of your camera… Read More

When the touchscreen sixth-generation iPod Nano replaced the fifth-gen, it not only lost the click wheel but the video camera mounted on the rear of the wafer-thin device too. Now, a series of images have leaked out showing the familiar sixth-gen Nano with a camera lens on the rear; suggesting the feature could make a return on the next model. Similar to the images seen last year, the new snaps show a green Nano with not only a mini lens, but a… Read More

Rumors have been swirling around for some time about the launch date of Nikon’s highly-anticipated full-frame D800 DSLR camera, but according to the Nikon Rumors website, a date has now been set—and it’s only days away. It believes a Nikon event scheduled for February 7 in Japan will see the unveiling of the new DSLR camera, replacing the four-year-old D700, though of course the time difference means news of the official announcement will… Read More

Diving just off Cat Island in the Bahamas, Russell Easton and partners were taking snapshots of ocean life when the duo was approached by a 12-foot tiger shark. One of the divers began taking pictures of the shark with his camera that was packed inside waterproof housing and drew the shark's attention. The diver was looking through the viewfinder to take another shot when the teeth of the shark was hovering around the camera housing.  In… Read More

The line between smartphone and point-and-shoots is about to get blurrier. Sony has announced its new backside illuminated CMOS image sensor that “embodies the continuous evolution of the camera” – in other words, smaller, lighter, thinner devices. In (still) other words: smartphone cameras. Sony doesn’t mince words explaining the drive behind its new sensor. “The popularization of smartphones and other devices in recent years has been… Read More

The camera is one of the most celebrated features of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S, earning first place on Flickr's “most used camera” chart, and spawning many iPhone-only photography apps such as Instagram and Hipstamatic. While the vast majority of buyers welcome the camera on the iPhone, there's a select few who don't — or indeed, can't — buy an iPhone precisely because of the presence of a… Read More

Samsung is showing off new additions to its camera lineup at CES, telling us that this year we're going to see fewer products and more focus on their individual features. And they didn't lie: Samsung only had a handful of devices for us to get our hands on, but plenty of new platform changes and applications to tell us about.   The releases include the ST66, ST77, WB850F, WB150F, DV300F, and ST200F. Samsung told us their cameras will… Read More

Nikon has announced its new full frame DSLR, the D4. And true to recent DSLR form, the camera isn’t built with only stills in mind, its HD video capture is just as important a feature. The Nikon D4 houses a 16.2-megapixel FX format CMOS sensor–for reference, the D3S has a 12.1-megapixel sensor. The other major area of improvement is video recording. The D3S (which is, mind you, still a $5,000+ camera) was limited to 720p24 capture. Now,… Read More

Just prior to CES, Fujifilm is announcing a whole slew of new cameras. And before you get too excited, we’ll kill your buzz right now: no, this will not include a mirrorless/micro-four-thirds device. Hopefully we haven’t lost your attention because Fujifilm will be revealing some impressive new cameras—including a new member of its well-loved X-series family. Read on for a first look.  Fuijfilm X-S1 Right off the bat, it needs to be said that… Read More

As reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier today, Eastman Kodak may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection if company officials aren't successful in selling off 1,100 patents over the next few weeks. While the company would continue to operate during the bankruptcy procedure, Kodak would be forced to sell the patents during a court-supervised bankruptcy auction and wouldn't get the full value for the patents. The… Read More

Samsung continues to cater toward casual photographers who specialize in self-portraits, today announcing its latest DualView camera, the Samsung DV300F. In addition to a traditional LCD viewfinder, 16 megapixel resolution, and 5× optical zoom, the DV300F point-and-shoot camera features a front-facing 1.5-inch LCD display so users can easily see what they're doing when they're shooting…well, themselves. The new DV300F… Read More

Perhaps an upcoming feature on the next version of the iPhone or iPad, Apple filed a patent over a year ago with the United States Patent and Trademark Office that outlines a method of face recognition for taking an iOS device out of sleep mode. Likely built into a future version of iOS, an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad would recognize that a user is in the vicinity after the user picks up the device and utilize the camera to scan the user's… Read More

As the tech inside smartphone devices continues to improve, more and more people are choosing to leave their stand-alone cameras and video cameras at home, according to data from market research company NPD. Its study involving US adults found that this year 27 percent of photos were taken using a smartphone such as Apple’s iPhone, 10 percent up on the previous year. In contrast, photos taken with stand-alone cameras dropped from 52 percent to… Read More