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Don’t drink and fly a drone in Japan or you could wind up in jail
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In most countries, it’s illegal to drink and drive. But in Japan, it has now been proclaimed illegal to fly a drone while drunk. A…
A countdown timer showed up on the Hasselblad website – Is the X1D Mark II (X2D?) on the way?
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
I’m seeing a little bit of speculation on social media after a new countdown timer has just appeared on the Hasselblad website. So soon after…
One of Sony’s investors is calling for them to spin off their sensor division
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
Despite Sony’s popularity with cameras, TVs, Walkmans, and other doohickies, one of their most successful units within the company has been their semiconductor division. The…
This algorithm is a new way to fix distortion in your wide-angle selfies
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
More and more modern phones come with an ultra-wide-angle camera. When it’s a front camera, it lets you capture more people into a group selfie….
Texas institutions can use your copyrighted photos for free, court rules
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
After the University of Houston used a photo by Jim Olive without permission, the photographer decided to sue. However, Texas appeals court has now ruled…
“Chernobyl” writer asks tourists to respect the site after nude photo shoots in Pripyat [NSFW]
Jun 17, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Shortly after it was first aired, TV series Chernobyl took the world by storm. Expectedly, its enormous popularity has taken even more tourists to already…
Nikon to release a $900 mid-level and a high end D5-equivalent mirrorless cameras
Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred
Nikkei reports that Nikon is planning to release a new mirrorless model during the 2019 fiscal year. Specifically, a lower midprice model that sits below…
Adobe Research and UC Berkeley can detect facial manipulations in photographs
Jun 16, 2019
John Aldred
It sometimes seems like the phrase “with great power comes great responsibility” has never been more true than with Adobe Photoshop. Originally released in 1990,…
Google Drive is separating from Google Photos – Here’s how to keep your photos synced
Jun 16, 2019
John Aldred
Remember when Google cloud storage used to be quite simple? You had one account to which you uploaded pretty much anything and then it was…
The Star Trek “Starfleet” logo has been spotted on the surface of Mars
Jun 14, 2019
John Aldred
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been boldly going where no one has gone before in the orbit of Mars for the past 13 years….