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  • Android co-founder says mobile OS was originally designed for cameras

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    Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, claims that the popular mobile operating system was originally designed for digital cameras, not phones. In an interview published by PC World, Rubin said that the original concept, as pitched to investors back in 2004, was for ‘a camera platform with a cloud portion for storing images online’. By the time Google acquired Android in 2005, however, the plan had changed and Android was developed for mobile handsets. Click through for more details and a link to the full story at PCWorld.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Benro introduces Cool Walker line of camera bags in the UK

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    Benro has announced a new ‘Cool Walker’ line of camera bags through its UK distributor, Kenro. According to the press release, the Cool Walker line is aimed at travel and sports photographers, and includes thirteen variants of backpacks, shoulder and zoom bags. The smallest bag in the line can carry one SLR and a lens, while the largest is designed to carry two SLRs, eight lenses, two flashguns and a 15″ laptop. Click through for the press release from Kenro.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Google shares Glass tech specs ahead of launch

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    As Google Glass beta testers – so-called ‘Explorers’ – prepare to receive the first round of the wearable augmented reality tech, Google is also bracing the rest of us for what’s to come. The company is pushing the Glass announcements this week with the release of the MyGlass app in the Google Play store and the developer preview of the Mirror API, along with the most revealing tech specs we’ve seen yet. Click through to check out the detailed specs and more at connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Just Posted: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 review

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    Just Posted: Our Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 review. The GH3 is the latest model in Panasonic’s range-topping series of Micro Four Thirds cameras that aims to offer a tool as suited to keen film makers as enthusiast photographers. The GH3 has added a host of video industry-requested features as well as promising the best-yet stills image quality from a GH camera. However, the last year or so has seen other camera makers take an interest in movie shooting, so has Panasonic done enough to stay ahead? Read our review to find out.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • 2013 Pulitzer Prize photography winners announced

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    Columbia University has announced the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners for photography. The prize for Breaking News Photography was awarded to jointly to Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press, for their coverage of the conflict in Syria. The winner in the Feature Photography category is Javier Manzano, a freelance photograher, for his ‘extraordinary picture’ of two Syrian rebel soldiers illuminated by beams of light streaming through bullet holes. The annual awards include a cash prize of US$ 10,000. Click here to see this year’s winning images.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Adobe launches Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta

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    Adobe has released a public beta version of its Photoshop Lightroom 5 workflow and image editing software. Available immediately for free download from Adobe Labs, the beta introduces a more advanced healing/cloning tool, automatic image leveling and perspective correction, a new selective editing tool and the ability to edit files that are offline. We’ll have our hands-on preview online very shortly but you can click here to begin exploring this new release on your own.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Nikon’s patent suggests password-based security system for lenses

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    Nikon has filed a patent covering the idea of a password-based security system for lenses. The patent lists the high value of lenses as a reason for the innovation – the camera would refuse to shoot with a lens unless the correct password was entered. This is an attempt by the the company to prevent resale of stolen gear. (via Nikon Rumors)

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Capturing timelapse videos: Smartphone apps make it simple

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    Timelapse photography can be mesmerizing with the right subject. We chose the new lighting system brightening San Francisco’s Bay Bridge for our timelapse app experiments using an iPhone 5. The bridge is lit by 25,000 LEDs to create eye-catching displays controlled by several Mac Minis mounted inside the structure. As mobile phone cameras grow in quality and the storage capacity of these devices increase, it’s possible to make a decent sequence with just what’s in your pocket, plus a small tripod. Learn which apps we liked best at connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Metabones delays shipment of ‘Speed Booster’ for Micro Four Thirds

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    Metabones has announced the schedule for the Micro Four Thirds version of its innovative ‘Speed Booster’ lens adapter has slipped to the second half of 2013. Like the existing version for mounting Canon EF lenses on Sony NEX cameras, the forthcoming version will allow the use of full-frame lenses, reducing the focal length by a factor of 0.71x and increases the maximum aperture by 1 stop. The Micro Four Thirds version will give a 1.4x overall ‘crop’ – giving a similar field of view to APS-C stills cameras and the Super35mm video format.(via 43rumors)

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sigma UK to start shipping USB dock and 120-300mm F2.8 from May 2013

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    Sigma UK has announced its new USB dock for lenses will be available from May 2013 at a retail price of £39.99 (including VAT). The company has also announced the 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM lens will start shipping in Canon and Sigma mounts around the same time but has not confirmed the price. Launched at Photokina 2012, the USB dock enables users to easily update lens firmware and fine-tune focus parameters, while the 120-300mm F2.8 lens comes with a button to adjust the focus speed and the focus limiter.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)