The camera in your pocket is pretty amazing. Today’s smartphone cameras feel like they’re a million miles away from earlier photography tech, but digital cameras had to start somewhere. Back in the 20th century when cameras needed film, digital camera technology began as a sat-nav for astronauts. Since then, Kodak, Apple and many others have …
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When I was a kid and it came time for family snapshots, my dad was always heads-down. Chin to chest, eyes locked onto a camera grasped in both hands at waist height. Left hand to steady, right hand to work the controls. This was no point-and-shoot. Not like the plastic Kodak Instamatic 44 I would receive as a 12th birthday …
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Future former camera manufacturer Olympus announced (PDF) Wednesday it has agreed to sell its imaging business to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners. The deal will be complete by the end of the year. JIP bought Olympus’ telecom business in 2012 and snapped up Sony’s Vaio computers in 2014, to name a couple investments. Though cameras is the best known area …
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There’s something uniquely satisfying about a camera that snaps a picture and then spits out a printed copy. You might have fond memories of that from the 20th century, or you might be too young to know what the heck I’m talking about. Either way, this new giveaway is just for you. CNET and Kodak have teamed up to give …
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Every few years Hollywood releases a movie with high-frame rate, or HFR. The most recent, Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, was intended by the director to be seen at 120 frames per second, five times the traditional 24fps. Lee is not alone in his love of HFR. Peter Jackson, of Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fame, thinks HFR is the …
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Google is giving Photos an update to help make it easier to find past photos in the app and share those moments with or without a phone. The new first of the new features, Memories, is designed to fight the problem of sorting through hundreds or thousands of photos. Using Google’s machine learning, the Photos app will now create a …
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Digital photos are all well and good, but there’s something to be said for an actual print you can hold in your hand, stick to the fridge, drop in an envelope to a friend and so on. Call me nostalgic, but printed snapshots are just kind of nice. And I’m not alone in this sentiment, as mobile photo-printers have soared …
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Twenty-two thousand customers can’t be wrong. That’s roughly how many people bought — and liked — the headphones that are on sale today. And only today. While supplies last, you can get the Mpow 059 Bluetooth over-the-ear folding headphones (black/red) for $26.99. Regular price: $34.99. See it at Amazon I’ve spent a little time with the 059, so I can …
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You can print your favorite memories on the spot by winning one of 10 Printomatic cameras we are giving away, courtesy of Kodak. We partnered with TV Guide and ET to celebrate graduation season with this 10-megapixel point-and-shoot camera that automatically prints your best photos. What do you have to do enter this giveaway? Just fill out the form below after …
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Canon’s launching two instant camera printers into the territory currently occupied by Fujifilm’s Instax line, the recent Polaroid Mint and others. The Ivy Cliq and Ivy Cliq Plus join the company’s Ivy mini printer, using the same Zink technology, as Canon steadfastly sticks with its better-very-very-late-than-never product strategy. Both cameras will ship in April, with the Cliq priced at $100 and …
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