Category: Cameras

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Light raises $121M led by SoftBank as it prepares to bring its camera tech to smartphones

sudshr47 July 18, 2018

Camera technology company Light is the latest to do the money dance with SoftBank’s massive Vision Fund after it raised a $121 million Series D round. The funding round was led by Vision Fund, the near-$100 billion fund anchored by SoftBank, with participation from consumer camera giant Leica Camera AG. Today’s announcement takes Light to around $186 […]

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All the best camera deals for Amazon Prime Day: GoPro Hero Sessions, Kodak instant cameras, and more

sudshr47 July 17, 2018

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Amazon has plenty of deals for Prime Day, especially on cameras, action cameras, and accessories.

We rounded up the best deals on the top brands in cameras, such as Kodak, Polaroid, Amazon, and GoPro, which has big savings on the Hero Session action cam. Amazon is also offering deep savings on camera accessories like lenses and light rings for all your photography needs, including professional and casual use.

Here are the best deals on camera and action cams for Prime Day below: 

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Amazon starts shipping its $249 DeepLens AI camera for developers

sudshr47 June 14, 2018

Back at its re:Invent conference in November, AWS announced its $249 DeepLens, a camera that’s specifically geared toward developers who want to build and prototype vision-centric machine learning models. The company started taking pre-orders for DeepLens a few months ago, but now the camera is actually shipping to developers. Ahead of today’s launch, I had a chance […]

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The Polaroid Pop is one of the most disappointing instant cameras I’ve ever used

sudshr47 May 4, 2018

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Polaroid Pop
$199.99
The Good

Has a GIF maker mode

The Bad

Slow autofocus • Laggy touchscreen • Printed photos aren’t stickers • Display scratches really easily • Crummy video quality

The Bottom Line

The Polaroid Pop tries to bridge analog and digital, but the design is so mediocre you’ll end up throwing a fit before you get any fun shots.

Mashable Score2.25
Cool Factor3.0
Learning Curve2.0
Performance2.0
Bang for the Buck2.0

If you’re itching for the good ol’ days of Polaroid cameras and instant film, you have a couple of options:

  1. Buy an old Polaroid camera and get some Polaroid Originals Type-600 film for it.

  2. Buy one of Polaroid Originals’ new instant cameras, like the very fun OneStep 2.

  3. Buy one of Fujifilm’s Instax instant cameras (I’ve reviewed many over the years such as the retro-tastic Mini 90 and Wide 300, and the Mini 70). Read more…

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Google’s VR180 cameras get their own app that live streams to YouTube

sudshr47 May 4, 2018

Just ahead of Google’s big developer conference next week, Google I/O, the company has quietly rolled out a new mobile app for its VR180 point-and-shoot cameras, allowing users to set up their device, view and manage clips, and upload photo and video content to Google Photos and YouTube. At CES in January, Google had shown […]

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Amazon daily deals for Tuesday, April 24: Ninja blenders, leaf blowers, Black+Decker vacuums, and more on sale

sudshr47 April 24, 2018

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Looking to eat healthier? Amazon has plenty of blenders on sale today, including a Ninja 4-in-1 system that includes a food processor and spiralizer.

You can also save on Hitachi lawn appliances, vacuums, and baby monitors to keep your home clean and safe.

Check out Amazon’s great deals for Tuesday, April 24:

Save $165 on a 4-in-1 Ninja blender system.

Save $165 on a 4-in-1 Ninja blender system.

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Blender deals

Ninja 4-in-1 Kitchen System — $95 (list price $260)

Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ Blender — $100 (list price $150)

Ninja Professional Blender — $75 (list price $90) Read more…

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Google Clips review: AI is not ready to be your photographer

sudshr47 April 14, 2018

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Google Clips
$249
The Good

Lightweight • Reliable wireless connection • Simple app

The Bad

Unintuitive • AI does a bad job finding good moments • Lousy battery life • Pricey for what it does

The Bottom Line

Google Clips doesn’t deliver on its promise to automatically capture moments you care about with a camera you can set up and forget. You should forget it, alright: Avoid this pricey AI experiment at all costs.

Mashable Score2.5
Cool Factor3.0
Learning Curve2.0
Performance3.0
Bang for the Buck2.0

When Google Clips debuted, there was widespread concern about its privacy implications. Here was a fun little camera, but its standout feature was that it took photos for you. Just plunk the thing down, and it would take photos of whatever was in front of it, using a combination of sensors and AI to determine when to take pics and which ones you might actually want to keep. Read more…

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Under a millimeter wide and powered by light, these tiny cameras could hide almost anywhere

sudshr47 April 6, 2018

As if there weren’t already cameras enough in this world, researchers created a new type that is both microscopic and self-powered, making it possible to embed just about anywhere and have it work perpetually. It’s undoubtedly cool technology, but it’s probably also going to cause a spike in tinfoil sales.

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How the Samsung Galaxy S9 camera changes the game of mobile photography

sudshr47 March 9, 2018

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Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 and S9+ each have an impressive new camera lens that can intelligently switch between two different apertures to capture the best daytime and low-light photos.

You’ve probably seen how it works in that Samsung ad that got a lot of play at the Oscars. The camera takes fantastic photos in almost any lighting conditions by constricting the lens to let in more or less light. The tech makes the S9 camera work more like a “real” camera, and it might even point the way for other smartphones. Will Apple and Google and everyone else soon copy Samsung for a change?

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A system to tell good fake bokeh from bad

sudshr47 February 21, 2018

 The pixel-peepers at DxOMark have shared some of the interesting metrics and techniques they use to judge the quality of a smartphone’s artificial bokeh, or background blur in photos. Not only is it difficult to do in the first place, but they have to systematize it! Their guide should provide even seasoned shooters with some insight into the many ways computational bokeh varies in quality. Read More

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