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This is how trained eagles knock drones out of the sky
Sep 17, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Remember that funny story about eagles being trained to clean the airspace of illegal drones? Well, things just got serious. The program started with one…
Adobe Lightroom Mobile adds Raw DNG capture in latest update for iOS10
Sep 14, 2016
John Aldred
We knew it was coming. Adobe added raw support to Lightroom Mobile a little while ago for shots made with DSLRs. The newly released iOS10 also…
MIOPS Mobile turns your smartphone into an advanced camera remote control
Sep 13, 2016
John Aldred
Most of us own one or several camera triggers or intervalometers. Some of us might have even built our own Arduino based triggers that utilise various…
Facial recognition systems can identify you even if your face is pixelated
Sep 13, 2016
John Aldred
Well, this could be quite the problem for privacy advocates everywhere. In locations such the UK, it could cause even cause legal issues for things like the Data…
Facebook censored, then uncensored, famous photo of ‘Napalm Girl’
Sep 10, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Facebook is probably the biggest media outlet in the word, which probably makes Mark Zuckerberg the most powerful editor in the world. But with great…
Laowa’s hydrophobic Frog Eye lens coating makes shooting in the rain a breeze
Sep 9, 2016
John Aldred
You may remember Laowa fully funded their new 12mm f/2.8 lens kickstarter within 30 seconds of going live last month. Thanks to the claims of high…
Vandals destroy local landmark “Duckbill” Rock at Oregon’s Cape Kiwanda
Sep 6, 2016
John Aldred
In what can only be described as another incident of mindless stupidity, vandals have destroyed an iconic sandstone pedestal at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast….
8 year old girl knocks a drone out of the sky with a golf ball
Sep 5, 2016
John Aldred
Drones are usually pretty good at staying stable. Especially when they have 6 or 8 props rather than the traditional 4 of a quadcopter. With…
Stanford Professor puts his entire digital photography course online for free
Sep 2, 2016
John Aldred
When it comes to the list of digital imaging pioneers, Marc Levoy is one of those names that belongs right near the top. His work…
Eye-Fi unbrick their X2 cards to give us what we should have had in the first place
Sep 1, 2016
John Aldred
Several weeks ago, you may remember a post about Eye-Fi’s decision to “End of life” a bunch of their products. It’s not uncommon for companies…