When the original iPad was launched, speculation began about when tablets would replace laptops for most users. That has yet to happen, and in the hands of photographers tablets are more often used for presentation rather than image editing. The iPad Pro has the hardware to become a serious image editing device, but will it become one in reality? Lars Rehm weighs in. Read more
Tag: Imaging
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OM-D and Pen sales help bring Olympus’ imaging division back to profitability
Olympus has released its financial results for the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year, giving credit partly to its Imaging Systems Business for a 12.3% increase in net sales year-on-year. Its OM-D and Pen series cameras saw a 25% increase in sales volume, helping to compensate for a sliding compact market. Read more
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Panasonic Osaka offers 3D figurine portraits via imaging booth fitted with 120 Lumix GH4s
The Panasonic Center in Osaka has installed a photo booth that uses 120 Lumix DMC-GH4 cameras to create a three-dimensional impression of the occupants, which can then be turned into a plaster figurine. Panasonic claims that what makes its booth stand out is that the ‘scan’ is created in just 1/1000sec. That means the subjects can be in motion and the image will still be sharp. Read more
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Meet Ralph, the New Horizons probe imaging tool responsible for Pluto photos
Over the last week or so, images from the New Horizons mission have been arriving back at Earth as the probe begins the 16-month task of returning data from its July 14th Pluto flyby. Take a look at the imaging systems responsible for the impressive photos of the dwarf planet. Read more
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CP+ 2015 Ricoh Imaging interview – full-frame DSLR may have ‘something extra built-in’
We recently returned from the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan, where we sat down with Kazunobu Saiki – General Manager of the Marketing Communication Department, in the Global Marketing Division of Ricoh Imaging. We spoke to Mr Saiki about Ricoh’s forthcoming full-frame DSLR, the success of the 645Z and about his desire to improve AF performance in Pentax’s DSLRs and lenses. Click through to read the interview
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IFA 2014: The mobile imaging highlights
IFA in Berlin is one of the most important trade shows of the year for the makers of smartphones and other mobile devices. We spent the last week attending press conferences and roaming the show floor in the German capital and saw an abundance of new devices being launched and on display. With the show about to finish, let’s have a look at the mobile imaging highlights at IFA 2014. Read more
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Pelican Imaging releases light field photos from its mobile imaging array
Pelican Imaging has released a set of re-focusable pictures taken with its light field camera for smartphones. Instead of placing an array of microlenses between the sensor and the main lens, Pelican uses an array of main lenses – each with a sensor behind it. Pelican’s offering is more suitable for smartphones, and their sample images allow for re-focusing, changing DOF, and shifting perspective. Click through for more details and links to the images.
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‘Kodak City’ documents former imaging giant’s headquarters
While many American cities have experienced the pains of a large population shift from the urban core to suburbs, there’s a poignancy to the abandoned storefronts in downtown Rochester, New York. The city’s name is inextricably tied to the name Eastman Kodak. Swiss photographer Catherine Leutenegger spent time photographing Rochester and Kodak’s headquarters, first in 2007 and again in 2012, and answered a few of our questions about the project. See gallery
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‘Kodak City’ documents former imaging giant’s headquarters
While many American cities have experienced the pains of a large population shift from the urban core to suburbs, there’s a poignancy to the abandoned storefronts in downtown Rochester, New York. The city’s name is inextricably tied to the name Eastman Kodak. Swiss photographer Catherine Leutenegger spent time photographing Rochester and Kodak’s headquarters, first in 2007 and again in 2012, and answered a few of our questions about the project. See gallery
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Senior Nokia imaging engineer is joining Apple
According to a report by Engadget, Apple has hired Nokia’s head of Lumia imaging, Ari Partinen. Partinen sent out a tweet saying today was his last day at Nokia and that in June he’ll be starting ‘a new chapter in Cupertino’. In a later tweet he confirmed the company he’ll be working for in Cupertino is indeed Apple. Learn more