A rare, collapsible version of the Meyer Primoplan 5cm f/1.9 LTM Leica M39 mm RF — valued at $50,000 — was listed for less than a day before the seller received a private offer to purchase it. Just a few months before, it was scooped up at a flea market for just $10.
While the sale is pending, it shows just how hot the market is for rare, vintage Leica collectibles.
Jean-Louis Beek who runs…
On March 30, Canon released a set of firmware updates for the 1DX Mark III, EOS R5, and EOS R6. Not long after, a bug that affected Full HD video recording on the R6 was discovered. Canon today has released a new update to address this issue.
Within 24 hours of Canon’s…
Disposable cameras are all the rage, and the relatively new Snap It wants to make it easier to always have one on hand by mixing the retro-tech with the very modern subscription service business strategy.
Snap It is blending a couple of different strategies that other…
WildArt Photographer of the Year, a new international wildlife competition, has announced the winners of its first contest that is themed “wet.” It is the first of 10 competitions the organization is launching in 2021.
The organization touts itself as a “competition designed by wildlife photographers, for wildlife photographers and judged solely by wildlife photographers.” WildArt says…
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Curri, a Y Combinator-backed logistics startup delivering construction supplies and materials, today announced the closing of a $6 million funding round. The company says the…
iPhones in Russia now show government-mandated list of apps to install as part of set up
April 1, 2021
Last month, it was revealed that Apple had agreed to comply with new Russian legislation that would require device makers to ‘preinstall’ apps as part of first setup.
As it is now April, this law has come into effect and Apple has enabled the system server-side. After…
Facebook is launching today a new COVID-19 vaccine profile frame on iOS, Android, and the web, developed in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new frames will let you share support for COVID-19 vaccines and see that others are doing the same.
Research shows that social norms can have a major…
After initially removing the compass within Maps on Android way back in early 2019, Google has now restored the much-loved feature after fan pressure.
The little floating compass widget was unceremoniously ripped from Maps in what Google said was an “effort to clean up…
Apple to buy over $50 million worth of batteries from Tesla for new energy storage project
April 1, 2021
Apple announced a massive new energy storage project in California, and we learned that Tesla will supply its Megapack battery systems for the project.
In a press release yesterday, Apple announced that it is building a massive new 240 MWh energy storage project at its…
I first found my way into electric bicycles over 10 years ago as a form of alternative urban transportation. But lately I’ve been getting more into gravel riding for fitness. And in my never-ending quest to find more affordable ways to help get people onto their first electric bicycle, I decided to take a value-priced e-bike on a gravel ride to see how it would go.
If you’re not already…
