A group of filmmakers and journalists are seeking for camera makers to create encrypted recording capabilities into their cameras, at least in professional camera models. The intent to is make it difficult for prying eyes (including police or government agencies) to access their work, even in the field, when the data is still in the camera.
Source: Camera Encryption Letter
This is a smart phone designed specifically for photography enthusiasts, with a 21 megapixel f/2.0 rear camera and a 13 megapixel front camera, plus 4K video. Kodak calls it a “photography first” smart phone. It even includes an actual shutter button.
?A Kodak smartphone aimed at photographers has gone on sale at a pop-up store in London.
Source: Kodak Ektra ‘photography first’ smartphone goes on sale – The Irish News
This phone actually looks very interesting for those of us who like to take pictures and video. Plus it features a 10-core processor, which presumably aids not only high performance applications, but also helps to reduce power. Multi-core systems reduce power by enabling basic functions to run on just one processor, and only powering up additional cores, as needed.
Learn a lot more at the Kodak Phones web site.
This is a great deal on a great lens (I own this lens). This is the “normal” prime lens for micro four thirds cameras, equivalent to a 50mm full frame lens. And its plenty fast at f/1.7 aperture.
Go to okgo.jpg (1043×2359) on Amy Brown’s web site and use cross eyed viewing to look at these 4 photos of the innovative musical group Ok Go.
The Nimslo 3D camera is an old, film-based 3D camera that took 4 images at once, for subsequent printing as lenticular 3D photos. For a brief time in the early 1980s, this was the number one selling consumer camera!
The 4 images – from 4 separate lenses – also meant that one could select the desired lens spacing or parallax for the subject, after the photos had been taken.
ePhotozine published the interview with Olympus Imaging Global Marketing Manager Toshiyuki Terada. Here are a couple of notes: Dynamic range: “On Dynamic range, we have compared the dynamic […]
Source: Olympus says: E-M1II beats the Fuji X-T1 dynamic range! – 43 Rumors
Yikes! I think I want an Olympus E-M1 II. I love my E-M10! The E-M1 II has many amazing new features and capabilities 🙂
