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Photographer’s iPhone records its own falls from a plane, survives 13 months in Icelandic wilderness
Oct 3, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
While he was on an aerial photo tour over Iceland in August last year, photographer Haukur Snorrason was filming the view through an airplane window…
Instagram rolls out “Restrict,” a tool that lets you shadowban bullies from your account
Oct 3, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A few months ago, Instagram began testing “Restrict,” a feature that lets you shadowban anyone who is bullying you on the platform. After the tests,…
SmallHD launches new Cine and Vision Series 4K HDR monitors
Oct 2, 2019
John Aldred
SmallHD has announced their new Cine Series and Vision Series 4K monitors for production and post-production. The Cine Series technically already existed with the launch…
Skydio prepares to take on DJI with the new Skydio 2 4K self-flying drone
Oct 2, 2019
John Aldred
California-based Skydio launched their R1 drone last year, and it was a very impressive piece of kit. 13 onboard cameras allowed it to be fully…
Photographer stuck in Vietnam after airline bans him from flying with recalled MacBook Pro
Oct 2, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A few months ago, Apple announced a recall for a certain number of 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro laptops, and the FAA banned these laptops from…
The GoPro Hero 8 is official, along with “Mods” and GoPro MAX 360° camera
Oct 1, 2019
John Aldred
There have been rumours for a while, but now GoPro has officially announced the new GoPro Hero8 Black. Don’t get too excited, though, not much…
B&H has knocked $1,000 off the price of the Nikon D5, ahead of the D6 release
Oct 1, 2019
John Aldred
There’s no word on exactly when Nikon will officially announce that the D6 is done, dusted and going to be shipping, although it’s expected sometime…
Two of Tamron’s new Sony FE lenses to come in 2019 and the other two in 2020
Sep 30, 2019
John Aldred
Recently, Tamron published a teaser video for four new lenses they planned to announce at some point in October. It was reported that they were…
The world’s largest lens is being perched on top of a mountain to shoot 3.2-gigapixel images every 20 seconds
Sep 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Have you ever wondered what the largest lens in the world looks like? It belongs to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and its diameter…
It’s official: Facebook follows Instagram’s lead and tests hiding like counts
Sep 30, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this month, Reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Facebook was about to start hiding like counts. And now it’s happening: the social…