Camera

A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for “smartphone zombies” who can’t take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop themselves walking into a wall or other obstacle. Paeng Min-wook, 28, has developed a robotic eyeball he has dubbed “The Third Eye”, which obsessive mobile phone users

Panasonic Lumix GH5M2 hybrid mirrorless camera has been launched. It comes with impressive features such as 4K video recording at 60fps, 6.5-stop slower shutter speed, free-angle LCD display, and more. The Lumix GH5M2 also comes with wireless livestreaming capabilities making it a great tool for vloggers. The mirrorless camera also has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity

Sony seems to have discontinued its A-mount DSLR cameras and is focusing on mirrorless cameras, going by the listings on its own website and a leading photography e-commerce website. Sony launched its last A-mount DSLR camera – the A99 Mark II – back in 2016 which has now been removed from the official website. Along

Sony’s slimmest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera, the Sony A7C, has the guts of a Sony A7 III but in a body that more closely resembles its A6XXX series APS-C mirrorless cameras. The Sony A7 III was already a pretty popular full-frame camera and one that I liked very much too when I reviewed it.

Fujifilm Instax Mini 40 camera has launched in India. It supports Mini Picture format film and is an addition to company’s series of instant cameras that offers on-the-spot photo printing. The Instax Mini 40 in equipped with features such as automatic exposure, selfie mode, and more. It has a classic camera design that has a

Sony Alpha 1, or A1, flagship full-frame mirrorless camera is now available in India. It’s Sony’s most advanced (and expensive) consumer-grade camera yet and offers the best of the Sony A7S III and A7R IV, along with a lot more features — all in a single camera. This is Sony’s first Alpha series camera to

Insta360 Go 2 has been launched in the US, and it is the latest action camera to hit the market. It is a part of the Go series from Insta360, which unlike other camera series from the company does not shoot in 360-degrees. Like the name suggests, the Insta360 Go 2 is the successor to

Sony IMX661 127.68 megapixel CMOS image sensor launched on Thursday featuring a global shutter function. According to the company, this is the highest effective pixel count in the industry. Sony says this can provide an optical size nearly 10 times larger than of a typical 1.1-type image sensor corresponded to a C Mount. The sensor

WandaVision is unlike anything we’ve seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in the way it looks. A crucial part of that is the cinematography. For most of its nine-episode run, WandaVision has ran through several decades of American sitcoms, starting in the ‘50s with the classics and breaking through the fourth wall in

Panasonic Lumix BGH1 digital single lens mirrorless camera has been launched in India. The company claims it is the first Micro Four Thirds camera to be approved by Netflix as a primary camera for filming Netflix Originals. It uses a Live MOS image sensor that has 10.2-megapixel resolution. The Lumix BGH1 from Panasonic is capable

Fujifilm GFX100S mirrorless digital camera has been launched and it boasts of featuring the “world’s highest 102-megapixel large format sensor.” This sensor is about 1.7 times the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor and the GFX100S can deliver 100-megapixel images in a handheld form factor that weighs 900 grams. It comes with the same image

Sony Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless camera has launched in India and it is touted by the company as its most advanced and innovative camera. It features a 50.1-megapixel full-frame stacked Exmor RS image sensor and is capable of up to 8K 30fps video recording Sony Alpha 1 comes with an OLED quad-XGA electronic viewfinder and

The new GoPro Hero 9 Black is finally available in India, but at a higher price of Rs. 49,500, compared to GoPro’s earlier flagships models. However, rather than just an iterative upgrade, GoPro has made some big changes in its 2020 model. There’s a new sensor, colour displays on the front and rear, and the

Sony Alpha 7C full-frame camera has been launched in India and is the latest entrant in Sony’s alpha series. The company is touting the new camera as the “world’s smallest and lightest Full-frame camera system with SEL2860 Zoom Lens.” It is capable of 4K video recording with low noise and comes with AI-driven real-time tracking

DJI Mini 2 has been launched, offering 4K video support and 4x optical zoom. The lightweight drone comes with OcuSync 2.0, which is the company’s data transmission technology. DJI Mini 2 has upgraded features and improved flight capabilities as compared to the DJI Mavic Mini. The maximum transmission range between the drone and controller has

Nikon has released the full version of its software that will let you use your compatible DSLR or mirrorless camera as a high-end webcam. The company’s Webcam Utility Software is available for free on Windows 10 and macOS. It allows you to connect your Nikon camera to a computer via USB and use it as

Realme Smart Cam 360 will be available at a special discounted price on Flipkart during the e-commerce platform’s Dussehra Specials sale. Launched at Rs. 2,999 initially, the festive offer cuts the price by Rs. 400, making the security camera slightly cheaper. It must be noted that the sale will end on October 28. Realme Smart

DJI Pocket 2 pocket-sized stabilised camera has been launched with an upgraded camera and more microphones. Successor of the DJI Osmo Pocket, it offers up to 140 minutes of battery life and weighs 117 grams. It has a three-axis gimbal, is supported by a 4K camera, and has a larger sensor and wider lens compared

Canon EOS M50 Mark II mirrorless camera has been launched in India and has been designed for “photography enthusiasts who are also keen to do videos and live stream.” It comes with enhanced Eye Detection Auto Focus (AF), servo AF, and movie servo AF for different shooting modes. The camera has a continuous shooting speed

Canon PowerShot Zoom, a new unique point-and-shoot monocular camera, has been launched in the US. This product was launched after being tested under a crowdfunding project in Japan. It essentially acts as a telescope, allowing users to zoom over a large distance, and it also lets you take pictures and videos of the zoomed-in subject.

Sony Alpha 7S III or A7S III has just been launched in India. It’s a full-frame mirrorless camera and the successor to the very popular Sony A7S II. It features an updated design with a flip-out touchscreen LCD display, a new image processor, 4K 120fps video recording, among other professional shooting modes. The camera also

Earlier this year, Sony introduced a new series in its compact camera lineup with the debut of the ZV-1. Marketed as a ‘vlog camera,’ the Sony ZV-1 has features specially designed to make vlogging much easier for novice users. Its highlight features include a compact body, a fully articulating LCD, and dedicated buttons for things

Amazon on Thursday announced a drone for recording security video inside homes and car products for alerting vehicle owners about attempted break-ins. The news reflects Amazon’s growing security business since its acquisition of smart doorbell maker Ring in 2018, an effort that’s drawn scrutiny from civil liberties advocates. It also represents Amazon’s latest push into

Canon EOS C70 has been launched as the latest model in the company’s cinema EOS camera range. The new model comes with Canon’s RF lens mount and is compatible with a new Mount Adapter EF-EOS R 0.71x that enables it to work with a range of EF lens series. The EOS C70 also offers 4K/

GoPro has just launched the Hero 9 Black, its latest action camera for 2020. This new model introduces brand new features such as a high resolution 23.6-megapixel sensor, a colour display on the front, a larger battery, and plenty of software tweaks. GoPro is launching only the Hero 9 Black this year, which takes the

Sony A7C has just been announced and is touted as the ‘world’s smallest and lightest’ full-frame camera. Despite the smaller footprint compared to the Sony A7 III it still features a 24.2-megapixel sensor, in-body image stabilisation (IBIS), and 4K video recording. It also supports advanced shooting modes such as S-Log, HLG picture profiles, and real-time

Panasonic Lumix S5 is a brand new full-frame mirrorless camera launched by the company and will be available from mid-September. It is a new “hybrid” camera in the S-series which is said to offer equally good performance for stills and video work. The Lumix S5 features a wide ISO sensitivity range, 5-axis in-body stabilisation (IBIS)

Action camera maker GoPro said on Thursday its premium subscribers can now live stream their treks, rides and swims directly on to its website. Earlier, users with high-end GoPro action cameras could only live stream content via third-party services such as Amazon.com’s Twitch, Alphabet’s YouTube and Facebook. GoPro’s premium service, GoPro Plus, lets users upload

Canon cameras now support automatic backup to Google Photos, via the latest image.canon app update on Android and iOS. Google announced that it has worked with Canon to add support for Google Photos as a backup option in its image.canon app. Google says that Canon users will get a month of free membership to Google

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world’s first digital photograph, died August 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reported. He was 91. Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and computer screens, weren’t an obvious innovation in 1957, when