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    Australian man almost drowns while trying to save his drone
    Sep 6, 2016 John Aldred

    Victoria Police have reported that a 22 year old Australian man has been pulled from the water at St Kilda Pier. Why was he in the water? Well,…

    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…

    Did GoPro just leak photos of the Hero5, Karma drone and a new handheld gimbal on their website?
    Sep 5, 2016 John Aldred

    GoPro are officially announcing their new Karma drone on September 19th, perhaps the Hero5, too. GoPro have kept both a very closely guarded secret for months….

    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…

    Panasonic’s GH5 to come with 20MP sensor and shoot 6K video?
    Sep 2, 2016 John Aldred

    Japanese site Nikkan is reporting that the Fuji GH5 is to come with 6K video. If true, this is very exciting and completely ridiculous. We’re…

    GoPro’s Karma Drone expected in just two weeks
    Sep 2, 2016 John Aldred

    A teaser posted to GoPro’s YouTube suggests that the Karma Drone may finally be coming in a couple of weeks. We’ve known for a long…

    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…

    Instagram finally adds a half hearted “Pinch to Zoom” feature
    Sep 1, 2016 John Aldred

    Instagram has finally added a pinch to zoom feature to their app. A feature so underwhelming that they didn’t even mention it on their blog…

    Canon’s new global shutter CMOS sensor will eliminate rolling shutter issues for video
    Sep 1, 2016 John Aldred

    Canon have announced that they’ve developed a new CMOS sensor with a global shutter and expanded dynamic range. While a wider dynamic range is always…