Google confirms ‘limited’ Android bug that prevents emergency calling w/ Microsoft Teams installed, fix coming
December 9, 2021
Last week, a user reported that their Pixel 3 was not able to dial 911 (emergency services in the US). Google has confirmed that there is an emergency calling bug with Android under a “limited set of circumstances” and that there is a fix.
The Reddit user in question…
Hands-on with the K-Lens, a light field lens that captures 3D data for post-capture refocusing
December 9, 2021
We’ve seen light field cameras before, such as the Lytro camera, but K-Lens is the first light field interchangeable lens to be available for existing digital still and video cameras. The lens is able to record a grid of images that contain information about the relative…
Lensrentals reveals its 'Most Rented New Products of 2021'
December 9, 2021
If you’re wondering what new products have proven to be most popular throughout 2021, Lensrentals has you covered. As it’s done in the past, Lensrentals has published a list revealing what products released in 2021 were the most rented by photographers and cinematographers around the world.
As was expected, last year’s list proved to be ‘a bit of an anomaly,’ mostly due to the…
Roblox launches Ralph Lauren Winter Escape experience
December 8, 2021
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Ralph Lauren will debut The Ralph Lauren Winter…
DxO Launches Nik Collection 4.3, PhotoLab 5.1, and FilmPack 6.1
December 8, 2021
DxO has announced updates to PhotoLab 5, FilmPack 6, and the Nik Collection of apps and presets, all of which have improvements, workflow enhancements, or additional presets.
PhotoLab 5.1 will bring an improved User Interface along with GPS coordinates leveraged…
Well-known astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a stunning new photograph of the Sun with an impressive amount of detail by combining 150,000 separate photos captured from his backyard.
The resulting photograph is titled Fire and Fusion and weighs in at a whopping 300 megapixels.
“A detailed look at our star,” McCarthy says. “I captured around 150,000 images of the sun…
Red Bull Illume has announced the winning photographs from its 15th annual Action Sports Photography competition.
Over the years, the Red Bull Illume competition says it has solidified itself as one of the largest photo competitions in the world and has produced…
A large collection of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photographs will be offered at auction starting on December 9 and includes quite a few images that have never appeared at auction before.
Henri Cartier-Bresson lived from 1908 to 2004 and is considered a master of…
The Sony Alpha 1 Was the Most Rented Camera of 2021
December 8, 2021
Lensrentals has published its end-of-the-year data that reveals the most popular equipment that has been rented in 2021. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Sony Alpha 1 was the most popular stills camera, with Nikon’s Z7 II in second place.
Lensrentals says that it believes its data is a great tool to measure industry metrics to determine where both the photo and video markets are trending.
