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Can computer corrections make simple lenses look good?

30 Sep

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Modern lenses tend to be large and expensive, with multiple glass elements combining to minimise optical aberrations. But what if we could just use a cheap single-element lens, and remove those aberrations computationally instead ? This is the question scientists at the University of British Columbia are asking, and they’ve come up with a way of improving images from a simple single element lens that gives pretty impressive results. Click through to read more.  

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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NYT offers a look ‘hometown’ across the U.S. through the eyes of teens

24 Sep

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The New York Times’ Lens Blog asked teenagers across the U.S. to submit photos of their hometowns for a project simply called ‘My Hometown.’ Thousands of teens responded to the call, with submissions coming from 45 states. The resulting collection is a yearbook of sorts, documenting the friends, family and places closest to a small sampling of the country’s young people. Lens Blog has published a selection of 145 Editor’s Choice photos, and the whole collection is available online – searchable by student or state. Take a look at a few standouts.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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A Closer Look: Super-Simple Macro Lens for Smartphones

31 Aug

[ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

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Taking photos on our mobile phones has become a daily activity for a lot of us, but getting really high-quality pictures usually requires some kind of clunky add-on lens and a special app. Taking macro pics on your mobile device is made super-simple by the Easy-Macro Smartphone Lens.

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Created by Adam Hicks, the Easy-Macro is a macro lens that fits right over the built-in lens of your device. It fits any phone or tablet thanks to its super-stretchy band. The small lens provides 4X magnification and requires nothing more than just stretching onto your device.

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The device is composed of a simple lens and a band that holds it onto your device. It fits everything from a thin 4th generation iPod Touch to a big iPad. No software is needed to make the lens magnify your target subject, so it can be used with any device an any operating system.

The results are surprisingly high-quality, especially for such a simple device. The lens can capture the tiniest details and create some very impressive ultra-close-ups. The company had been producing the lenses for several years before turning to Kickstarter for help bringing the production back to the US from China.

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[ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

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User experience: In-depth look at Canon EOS 70D’s Dual Pixel AF system

16 Aug

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Following last week’s update to the Canon EOS 70D preview, we’ve been spending a little more time with the camera to get a feel for its new Dual Pixel CMOS phase-detect autofocus system. What we’ve seen so far has impressed us: in live view the camera offers very responsive AF, eliminating the annoying focus seek we’ve seen in past models. We have a complete rundown, with samples, on how the Dual Pixel AF performs in both live view and movie mode, as well as a brief studio and low light analysis. Click through to read our review-in-progress.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Did you miss it? Take a look at the Perseid meteor shower’s peak

14 Aug

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While some of us were sleeping this weekend, photographers around the northern hemisphere were capturing the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked. The annual shower continues through August 24th, but it reached its highest activity levels on August 11th and 12th as debris from a passing comet produced as many as 100 meteors per hour. This year’s relatively dim waxing crescent moon meant more meteors were visible to eager stargazers. Businessinsider.com has put together an impressive gallery of shots. Click through to take a look. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Cardboard printers? Samsung concepts look to cheaper, sustainable future

12 Aug

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New printer concepts from Samsung look to lower-cost and sustainable materials as a way to reduce prices and environmental impact. Receiving recognition at the 2013 International Design Excellence Awards, these three designs take a page from Ikea’s flat-pack, assemble-it-yourself playbook, using materials like corrugated cardboard and Polyethylene plastic to create printers with exteriors that are easier to manufacture. Will your next printer come with a cardboard shell? Click through and take a look at the concepts.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Photographs offer look into the life of an iPhone thief

08 Aug

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A woman who had her iPhone stolen has been keeping an eye on the thief, using Dropbox. Apparently unaware that the phone was set to automatically sync its camera roll, the phone’s new ‘owner’ has been merrily posting pictures of himself and his surroundings, which now form the basis of an amusing Tumblr account, ‘Life of a Stranger who Stole my iPhone’. Click through for some pictures and a link over at connect.dpreview.com.

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2 August, 2013 – Fuji X-M1 Quick Look

02 Aug

Fuji continues to try and fill all of the available compact system camera market niches, this time at the low end with the Fujifilm X-M1. My Quick Look Review and some thoughts on the marketplace is now online.

"Having been to Antarctica with Michael and Kevin, I would say after having traveled the world and shot nearly my entire life as an exhibiting photographer,  it was one of my highlights in my life and I talk about it, all the time.  The images and experience of seeing something visionary and nearly extinct from the world, to see and experience the wildlife and scenery that does not fear humans is amazing.  The images I shot there won me two Smithsonian awards and nearly 18 other international awards". – Tim Wolcott

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‘Letting Go of the Camera’: Olivier Duong concludes look at gear addiction

17 Jul

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Florida-based photographer and blogger Olivier Duong has concluded his examination of so-called ‘gear acquisition syndrome’ with an article that explains how he broke free from his addiction. Starting with the mantra ‘there is more to photography than gear’, Duong describes how he make a conscious effort to appreciate the equipment he already owns, and to concentrate on using it to improve his photography. Click through for more details.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Blogger Olivier Duong continues look at ‘Gear Acquisition Syndrome’

11 Jul

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Florida-based photographer Olivier Duong has expanded his ongoing examination of so-called ‘Gear Acquisition Syndrome’ with a description of how he overcame his own personal addiction to buying photographic equipment. Categorizing G.A.S. as a ‘habit’, Duong identifies three components – trigger, routine, and reward, and describes how he went about overcoming his addition by ‘changing the routine [but] keeping the trigger, and the reward’. Click through for more details. 

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