Marques Brownlee (AKA MKBHD) recently paid a visit to the company Motorized Precision in Portland, Oregon, to check out the company’s high-speed camera robots. In this 8. 5-minute video, Brownlee shares the beautiful camera moves that are made possible by this “dope” technology.
The company’s main robot is called Kira. It’s a fully-metal device that has […]. petapixel.com
Despite raising about $1. 25 million in a crowdfunding campaign, now-defunct company Panono GmbH went bankrupt after failing to deliver its 360-degree camera to many of the people who had backed the product. dpreview.com »
2017-12-22 21:49
Launched today by a company of the same name, Rylo is a 360-degree camera that uses some nifty software to produce "beautiful, cinematic video" that is "impossibly smooth. " You just focus on shooting, and Rylo can just about handle the rest. dpreview.com »
2017-11-01 01:00
After months of financial troubles, GoPro's restructuring efforts have begun to pay off. The company showed notable growth during its second fiscal quarter 2017, including a 34% year-on-year increase in revenue and a 39% drop in quarter-on-quarter inventory levels. dpreview.com »
2017-08-07 18:13
Episode 187 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: What the Duck comic strip creator, Aaron Johnson In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-22 16:12
Canon's recent acquisition of Toshiba's medical equipment unit has helped spur strong first fiscal quarterly financial results for the camera company, and as a result it has increased its full 2017 operating profit forecast. dpreview.com »
2017-04-26 23:40
When camera companies announce new cameras or lenses, the press releases are often filled with generic statements about the wonderful qualities of the product. Now the marketing teams behind those words have a new shortcut: the Random Photo Marketing Generator. petapixel.com »
2017-04-15 21:04
Ricoh has issued a response to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review, denying that the company is considering leaving the consumer camera business. Ricoh's statement says that it will focus its attention on 'high added value products' in its Pentax and GR lines. dpreview.com »
2017-04-12 22:15
Snapchat is best known for being a social messaging app that has transformed the way people share photos. But its parent company, recently renamed to Snap Inc. , has much loftier goals: it’s aiming to become a juggernaut of a camera company. petapixel.com »
2016-12-17 21:27
Starting this upcoming season, the National Football League (NFL) is fully embracing Sony's Hawk-Eye technology for line-to-gain measurements in NFL games. [Read More]
Dutch startup LiveDrop is increasing the size of offline file transfers enabled by its app on mobile devices via special QR codes that don’t require the two devices to connect to each other. [Read More]
Three significant figures in the history of digital image sensor development collaborated on a new research paper that reviews nearly six decades of sensor evolution, detailing pivotal moments and technologies along the way, while also looking ahead to the future of camera tech. [Read More]
Computational photography features raise the hackles of many photographers, but many examples of these tools help photographers bring their creative visions to life and make their lives easier.
Canon Inc. developed a groundbreaking 410-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, setting a new record for the most pixels achieved on a 35mm image sensor. [Read More]
While imaging companies rarely use CES as a platform to launch new consumer cameras and lenses anymore, the major electronics tradeshow remains a great place for camera makers to show off interesting technology.
Most of us are accustomed to discussing sizes and resolutions when it comes to the camera models that we're familiar with. Those of us who are a bit more tech-savvy know of back-illuminated sensors.