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KitSplit acquires CameraLends to become the world’s largest camera rental marketplace
Jan 11, 2017
John Aldred
The Share Economy has brought the world some pretty interesting business models. The likes of Uber and Airbnb have become a part of daily life now,…
This new image mapping website could be an invaluable tool for location and landscape photographers
Jan 11, 2017
John Aldred
Panoramio was an invaluable location scouting tool for me. I could zoom into an area I wanted to scout, and all these little blips would…
Razer announce world’s first triple 4K display laptop at CES then two prototypes get stolen
Jan 10, 2017
John Aldred
CES 2017 may over, but the gear and technology announced over the weekend is still in the news. For Razer, though, CES 2017 appears to…
Instagram are breaking out of sRGB to introduce wide colour display for iPhones
Jan 10, 2017
John Aldred
Last year, Apple announced the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus with displays offering a wider colour range. They also announced that the cameras built into…
Kodak are “investigating” the possibility of bringing back Kodachrome
Jan 10, 2017
John Aldred
The film so famous that Paul Simon wrote a song about it may be coming back. Kodak’s Kodachrome was the choice of both hobbyist and…
Bellus3D will launch a fast and cheap 3D face scanning camera for mobile devices
Jan 9, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
At the end of 2016, Bellus3D announced taking a selfie game to a new level. They planned to do it with a 3D face scanning camera for…
BBC takes hidden cameras to new levels putting them inside in animatronic animals
Jan 9, 2017
John Aldred
Using hidden cameras to capture video and photographs of wildlife has been going on for years. There’s been a change over the last few years,…
Canon’s 250MP APS-H sensor probably won’t be coming to DSLRs
Jan 9, 2017
John Aldred
I still remember clutching a pair of Nikon D100 bodies back in 2004 when Nikon announced the insanely high resolution 12MP D2x. It seemed so…
Woman sues Chipotle for using her photo without a release, asking $2.2 billion
Jan 7, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dear photographers, please always have people sign model releases if you plan to sell photos of them. Let this recent lawsuit against Chipotle Mexican Grill can…
This is the life of Dale, the Jerry Jones cameraman for the Dallas Cowboys
Jan 6, 2017
John Aldred
Every time the Dallas Cowboys score a touchdown, intercept, win, lose, tie, you need to get a shot of Jerry Jones. And it’s cameraman Dale’s job…