As everything in the World, or so it seems, is getting smarter, a few things have been slow to catch up. One such product is cameras. Modern cameras are upgrading their technology at an almost exponential scale. However, there are a few areas in which they lag behind. The one aspect that sticks out [...]
There is no question that we are living in the most photographed age ever. Just about every new smartphone has a camera capable of taking incredibly detailed photos. With these advancements, however, photography has lost something. It used to be - way back when I was a kid - that you had to be very [...]
On Wednesday, HTC held a launch event. It was widely assumed that this event would mark the release of a new HTC smartwatch. According to Re/code, the wearable was not ready, and thus the launch of the watch was pushed back. HTC Americas head Jason Mackenzie told Re/code: We had originally planned to have a wearable [...]
Check out this beautiful digital camera. It's the Leica M Edition 60 which is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Leica M-Series range finders. It's like the Porsche or Rolls Royce of cameras. Leica has been known for their superior German built quality. Wired reports that the Leica M Edition 60 boasts a 24 mega-pixel [...]
Facial recognition is one of the fastest developments in technology today. On one hand it's being used across social media to recommend people to tag in photos. On the other hand it's being used by law enforcement to help identify law breakers, something both welcomed and feared by many. Privacy is obviously the biggest hindrance [...]
We all know that crowdfunding is inspiring innovation across many sectors both technical and not so technical. We've seen some great wearable technology, mobile apps, games and even a really cool phone case or two. One sector that's really benefited from the crowdfunding explosion is photography. Just yesterday we reported on Otto a new physical [...]
There is no shortage of cameras available. You've got mirrorless cameras, DSLRs, point-and-shoot, action cameras, among many more varieties. More-or-less, all of these cameras do just about the same thing, just in varying degrees and qualities. However, we just came across a new Kickstarter campaign that has a very unique approach to the camera. The [...]
SNAPprints was another super-creative application on display at One Spark. Perhaps the only thing that held SNAPprints back from performing better in the popular vote was their location. They were tucked into the Bank of America building which, for whatever reason, did not see much traffic throughout One Spark. Anyhow, SNAPprints is a collaborative, event [...]
"WeVue is a social media app that crowdsources pictures and videos at events and then turns that crowdcourced content into a movie called a WeVue!"
As smartphone cameras seem to be getting exponentially better, what has become of the camera? There is certainly still a market for high-end DSLR cameras, but the point-and-click digital cameras have almost become extinct
