Author: Gannon Burgett

You can now connect your GoPro to a HUD inside ‘smart’ snow goggles

Gannon Burgett

In case you didn’t know, there’s such thing as smart goggles. Designed for skiers and snowboarders who are looking to get the most out of their equipment, smart goggles are traditional snow goggles with integrated technology that pairs with your smartphone or other devices to display stats and information onto a heads up display (HUD) […]

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Autonomous Lily drone delayed: or, why crowdfunding tech isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Gannon Burgett

Earlier this week, we shared with you how Peak Design became Kickstarter ninjas, crowdfunding numerous products and – so far – delivering on every last one of them. But that’s not always the case with crowdfunding projects. Just look at TriggerTrap’s Ada, a Kickstarter project that failed a year after it successfully raised over £290,386 […]

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Kipon launches lens reducer, lets you put Hasselblad lenses on Sony E-mount cameras

Gannon Burgett

It’s unlikely you’ll have the desire to go back to full frame after shooting medium format. But in the event that you do, Kipon’s brand new reducing adapter will now let you use Hasselblad medium format lenses with your full-frame Sony E-mount camera bodies. The adapter works by reducing the size of the image circle, […]

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These amazing little USB drives are 1:2.6 scale models of Canon’s 5DS and ‘L’ series lenses

Gannon Burgett

USB drives are practically a dime a dozen nowadays. But sometimes you want something a little more specialized that will make yours stand out from the crowd when you slip it into your USB port. To help take your USB drive game to the next level, Canon has unveiled a new mini DSLR USB drive. […]

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Sony is bringing its ‘4D Focus’ α68 camera to the US and Canada…in three months

Gannon Burgett

A month after releasing the α68 in Europe, Sony has announced that it is bringing its latest entry-level camera to the US and Canada, contradicting previous rumors that Sony was killing off its A-mount lineup. As a refresher, the α68 uses Sony’s new 24 megapixel CMOS sensor with Translucent Mirror Technology, which allows users to […]

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How to create an authentic Star Wars lightsaber using old camera components

Gannon Burgett

Here’s a bit of photography-related Star Wars trivia you may have never known. The lightsaber used in the original Star Wars was a modified 3-Cell Graflex Flashgun handle. DIY YouTube effects guru Shanks FX took this piece of trivia and used it to create an informative tutorial video showing how you can make your very own […]

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The SP-445 is a 4×5 film developing system that can fit in your backpack

Gannon Burgett

It’s safe now to say that film is anything but dead. More so now than ever, it seems photographers young and old are looking to get back to the days of darkrooms. Recently, we shared with you the Filmomat, a completely automated film processing machine created from scratch. Today, we have for you a less […]

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DJI teams up with FLIR to release a thermal imaging drone system

Gannon Burgett

If you’ve ever seen thermal imaging footage, there’s a good chance it was captured with an infrared camera developed by Oregon-based FLIR Systems, a company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of thermal imaging cameras. It’s for that reason that drone manufacturer DJI has teamed up with FLIR to create the Zenmuse XT, a […]

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Lightroom for iOS 2.1 adds live filters, point curves and split toning

Gannon Burgett

Last week, Apple announced that you can now transfer images directly to your iPhone, a feature that was once reserved only for iPads. Today, that ability gets a little bit sweeter with a brand new update to Adobe’s Lightroom for iOS. Lightroom for iOS version 2.1 brings along a handful of new features that will […]

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