Locket, a popular app that shares photos straight to family and friends’ home screens, has just announced that it has secured $12.5 million in funding.
The app has secured funding from Open AI CEO, Sam Altman, among others, and has been downloaded over 20 million times. It is a simple premise that allows users of the app to publish photos directly to another person’s phone.
This…
NYA-EVO has announced an upgraded version of its Fjord camera backpacks that are made from recycled nylon waste such as those from fishing nets and fabric scraps. The result is a heavy-duty bag that also reduces the environmental impact of nylon by 90%.
The…
Nikon’s Q1 results show Imaging Products profits up 48% YoY, revenue nearly matching pre-pandemic results
August 5, 2022
Nikon’s high-end Z-mount cameras, such as the Z9 pictured here, have proven critical for the company in its transition from DSLR to mirrorless cameras.
Nikon has announced the financial results for the first quarter (Q1) of its 2023 fiscal year (FY2023), revealing…
RED’s latest flagship camera, the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV, is now available to pre-order. As with previous ‘XL’ versions of its camera systems, the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV uses the same 8K Vista Vision (VV) sensor (40.96mm x 21.60mm) inside the standard V-RAPTOR, but wraps it inside a unified body that offers additional ports, connections and interfaces for high-end productions and studio-oriented…
A new report alleges that Nikon has discontinued 35 of its F-mount DSLR lenses over the past three years as the company focuses its efforts on mirrorless cameras.
Amatuer Photographer has been tracking availability of Nikon DSLR lenses for the past three years and…
Tamron has announced that it is working on a mobile version of its Lens Utility desktop app. Designed for Android devices, the Lens Utility Mobile will enable the customization of various lens functions on some Tamron lenses.
Tamron has provided a free Lens Utility…
The latest Time magazine cover, which features embattled basketball player Brittney Griner, has been mocked for being a “high school Photoshop” job.
The front page shows an image of Griner, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star that was arrested in Russia on drug charges, that Time commissioned Lorna Simpson, a photographer and multimedia artist, to create.
A…
Tamron is developing an Android app that will let you update and customize your lenses on-the-go
August 4, 2022
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Tamron has announced it’s working to develop a new Tamron Lens Utility Mobile app that will allow you to update firmware and fine-tune lens settings through the USB-C port on your Android device.
As the name suggests, this new app will effectively be a…
Acclaimed landscape and timelapse photographer Michael Shainblum has shared an informative guide that explains how he uses long exposures to capture his incredible fog photos.
In the information-heavy 15-minute video, Shainblum breaks down his process for creating…
Film Photos Capture the ‘Golden Era’ of BMX
August 3, 2022
Scott Carroll with a footplant on the Dorchester ramp, 1990 | Mark Noble
It was 1987 and the end of the BMX craze, the sport is being pushed underground. Photographer Mark Noble decided to start publishing magazines, using his film cameras to take pictures of riders on DIY ramps as the extreme sport built itself back up again.
Noble started out on a Pentax ME Super before progressing to…
