As 2017 comes to a close, Flickr has been doing some data crunching on the billions of photos uploaded during the year by photographers around the world. Today the photo-sharing service revealed the most popular pictures of the year.
The popularity calculations took into account a number of social and engagement metrics — things like […]. petapixel.com
A screenshot of illustrated portraits shared on IBM's Diversity in Faces dataset website. Earlier this week, Flickr started taking heat across the web after it was specifically mentioned in a report from NBC News that took a deep dive into the 'dirty little secret' of using Creative Commons images to help train facial recognition algorithms. dpreview.com »
2019-03-16 03:22
The rise of smartphone photography just hit another milestone: for the first time in Flickr’s history, half of all photos being uploaded to the photo-sharing service were shot with a smartphone in 2017. petapixel.com »
2017-12-07 22:33
Flickr's top photos of 2016 The lonely tree. Photo by Tom Hall Flickr staff sorted through billions of photos uploaded to the site to pick their top 25, taking into account social and engagement metrics to help determine which photos made the cut. dpreview.com »
2016-12-17 14:00
Flickr has announced that it will be adding three new features to the desktop experience that will help users to discover and engage with photos more easily. The new rollout will strive to keep Flickr feed content up-to-date with groups to be featured more prominently as the company aims to increase views over its vast collection of over 12. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-20 03:00
I got very good news for you! A couple of sources (Thanks!) confirmed the new Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM lens is surprisingly compact. Here is the info I got: Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 specs: 86mm filter size (Canon is 95mm and Sony 2470GMII is 82mm) Weight is around 900g (Canon is 1430g and 2470GMII is 695g)…
According to several trusted sources, Sony will unveil at least one new full-frame Alpha camera on November 19 (or November 20, depending on the time zone). The camera will be unveiled at the New York Creative Space event on November 20 and 21.
Trusted sources told me that Sony has a new product launch event planned for the end of November. We are nearly certainly getting a new Full Frame E-mount camera and possibly also a new lens! The source did NOT give any details about what exactly will be announced. But based on previous rumors, I know…
I know from reliable sources that the Sony A1II will be on the market in 2025. But that is all I know for sure. What I can share today is a message from a new source about the possible specifications of the Sony A1II.
A new source just sent me the image of an allegedly new Sony 28mm f/2. 8 FE pancake lens with the following text: Sony is about to launch a new full frame e-mount pancake lens to finally compete directly with the Canon 28mm f/2.
Folks, it’s time to get serious about the next generation of new Alpha cameras. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several conversations with sources both familiar and new. And they all have the same leitmotif: no one has heard of a possible new Sony A7sIII successor. Now, I’m not omniscient, so maybe Sony has…
For the first time ever you can see an image of the Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8 lens that will be announced on September 5th. The lens will be available for E and L-mount cameras and have a filter size of 82mm and weight of 990g only. Don’t know the price yet but surely it will be…