Apple has this week made it easier for iPhone, iPad and Mac users to transfer their iCloud Photos to Google Photos. Engadget reports that Apple has launched a new service that allows iCloud Photos users to transfer the photos and videos stored on iCloud to be transferred to Google Photos without needing to download the entire collection of files.
There are requirements users must consider before…
A San Francisco reporter for a local news station was conducting an interview about theft problems in the Twin Peaks neighborhood when he was accosted at gunpoint and robbed of his camera.
Don Ford, a reporter for KPIX 5 News, was working on a story about robberies in the…
DPReview has published an interview with Nikon executives where the company is asked some very pointed questions about its strategy and future. In it, Nikon promises that a flagship Nikon Z camera, a mirrorless akin to the D6 DSLR, will come in 2021.
DPReview pointedly…
The Pittsburgh Penguins NHL team is facing backlash after one of its staffers Photoshopped masks onto people in an image shared on social media. The original photo featured multiple people either not wearing masks or wearing them incorrectly.
The image and associated tweet were shared on March 3 and were designed to thank fans for their loyalty and support during a time where public gatherings…
Typically, bird photographers use high-end cameras with telephoto lenses and trek out into the wilds but enthusiast Ostdrossel has a different method: she lets the birds come to her. Using a feeder-mounted camera, she remotely captures striking images of the birds that visit…
While Google Photos has been the subject of some scrutiny since it announced it would be removing its unlimited “High Quality” free storage option, it’s still a very popular service. Apple is making it easy to move from iCloud to Google Photos with a new free feature…
The Nikon Z 24-200m F4-6.3 is an impressively capable travel zoom for the company’s full-frame and APS-C Z-mount cameras. It doesn’t have a super-fast maximum aperture (it’d be the size of a bazooka if it did, after all), but it turns in really sharp images courtesy of its optical formula and vibration-reduction system that works in-tandem with the stabilizers in the…
Video: Programmer shows it's possible to run a Minecraft server on a Canon EOS SL2 (200D) DSLR
March 5, 2021
We’ve already seen how DOOM can be played on a Kodak digital camera from 1998. It appears though that’s not the only gaming software that can be played on a digital camera. In a recent YouTube video, a programmer that goes under the pseudonym Turtius shows it’s…
Nikon has released NX Studio, a new all-in-one image management and editing program for macOS and Windows computers.
The new program is designed to view, process and edit still photos and video. As Mike Tomkins detailed in our review, NX Studio is effectively the…
Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH
March 5, 2021
Leica has announced the release of the APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH. The compact 35mm F2 is the closest-focusing M-mount lens, with a minimum focus distance of just 30cm (11.8″).
The optical formula of the 35mm F2 includes 10 elements in 5 groups, with 4 aspherical surfaces. Six elements use anomalous partial dispersion glass to help reduce chromatic aberration. The lens has 11 aperture…
