The Library of Congress has created something really cool. It’s called the Newspaper Navigator, and it’s an AI-powered image search that lets you browse through over 1.5 million newspaper photos from over 16 million pages worth of digitized newspapers published between 1900 and 1963.
The Newspaper Navigator project is the brainchild of Computer Science PhD student Benjamin Charles Germain Lee…
If you have deep pockets and have been dying to edit your high-res photos on a ginormous touchscreen, you may want to take a look at the 85-inch Microsoft Surface Hub 2S, which will begin shipping in January 2021. It’s a $22,000 display that can run Adobe…
Samsung Unveils ‘Next-Level’ 980 PRO SSD with 7,000 MB/s Read Speed
September 23, 2020
Samsung has just unveiled the latest and greatest in NVMe SSD technology with the release of the 980 PRO: the company’s first PCIe 4.0 solid state drive that’s “designed for professionals and consumers who want cutting-edge performance in their high-end PCs…
The Market For Discontinued Photographic Film
September 23, 2020
My fridge was recently full of instant film. I mean that literally, it was not possible for me to put any more packets of the film into the fridge without risking damaging them.
I had acquired all of the film one day when my printer sent me an email asking if I wanted to purchase 93 packs of Fujifilm FP-100C for 2,790 Swiss Francs (~$3,000) in Switzerland. That’s ~$32.50 per box, about three…
Canon EOS R5 vs Sony a7R III Dynamic Range Test: Has Canon Caught Up?
September 23, 2020
Portrait photographer and YouTuber Manny Ortiz recently set out to compare the new Canon EOS R5 against his go-to workhorse, the Sony a7R III. But in addition to doing a general side-by-side usability comparison, he was looking at one thing in particular: dynamic…
Moment Unveils CineBloom Diffusion Filters for ‘Dreamy, Film-Like Vibes’
September 23, 2020
Moment has announced its new CineBloom Diffusion Filters. The lens filters are designed for both cameras and phones and help you capture “dreamy, film-like vibes” straight out of a camera.
“The CineBloom Diffusion Filter takes the edge off your digital sensor,”…
Profoto Unveils the A10 Speedlight: Works with Phones, Costs $1,100
September 23, 2020
Profoto has just unveiled the latest iteration of the A1 series of round-head speedlights. First came the Profoto A1, then the Profoto A1X, and now the company has unveiled the Profoto A10: basically an A1X with Bluetooth and “AirX” technology built in.
In almost every way, the Profoto A10 is identical to the A1X. You get the same round flash head design, a big display for easily changing…
Alice Camera is a New AI-Accelerated Computational Camera
September 23, 2020
The British startup Photogram AI has announced a new camera called the Alice Camera. It’s an “AI-accelerated computational camera” that aims to deliver better connectivity than a DSLR and better quality than a smartphone.
Smartphones have been making huge advances in…
Watch This Guy Turn a Classic Nikon FM into a Digital Camera
September 22, 2020
Japanese tinkerer Sanasol has just released a detailed, step-by-step “blueprint” video that shows you exactly how he was able to transform his classic Nikon FM film SLR into a digital camera without harming the film camera at all. If you have a few bucks to spend and a…
ON1 Unveils ON1 Photo RAW 2021 and Launches All-New ON1 Portrait AI
September 22, 2020
Portland-based software company ON1 made three announcements yesterday. It launched a new application called ON1 Portrait AI, pushed a major update to ON1 Photo RAW Mobile for iOS and Android, and unveiled the latest version of the ON1 Photo RAW desktop editor, which will officially launch in October.
ON1 Portrait AI
As the name suggests, ON1 Portrait AI is a stand-alone application (also…
