The original Kodak moment: Snapshots taken from the camera that changed …

Captured on camera: A snapshot taken from Kodak No.1, the camera that changed photography in 1888 Fun in the garden: Two young girls dressed in their Sunday best push along a miniature wheelbarrow Row your boat: These snapshots taken by amateurs using a Kodak No.1 give a charming insight into everyday…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 4:00 pm

Camera Deals of the Day: Fuji X-E1 kit for $1000, Canon EOS M kit for $349 …

It’s that time again. Time for another camera deal roundup! We’ve got a bunch of fantastic savings on a variety of interchangeable lens cameras from Fujifilm and Canon mirrorless cameras to a Canon entry-level DSLR. We’ve found some lens deals as well for full-frame and APS-C Canon DSLRs. There’s also…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 4:00 pm

Watch the Olympus E-M1 get drenched under a water faucet and keep shooting …

We knew the mirrorless Olympus OM-D E-M1 compact system camera was pretty durable and weather-resistant when we got our hands on it for a First Impressions review last month, but the below video shows how it can survive getting drenched by water. Our friend Chris Gampat at The Phoblographer ran…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 11:00 am

Adding DSLR filters to a Nokia 808!

This was from earlier this year, but I don’t believe anyone picked up on it – Al Reynolds (ibat400) shows how to first (semi-permanently) attach a filter mount to a Nokia 808 back over, then how to use it to take extreme long exposures and incredible macro shots. You might Here’s…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 11:00 am

F-Secure’s Younited wants to combine Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive

F-Secure is best known as a security vendor, providing Internet security solutions for desktop PCs, mobile devices, and business users. Now it is expanding into cloud storage, but by taking a novel approach to organizing and storing your files online. F-Secure’s new cloud service is called Younited. It’s the company’s…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 11:00 am

The original Kodak moment: Snapshots taken from the camera that changed …

Captured on camera: A snapshot taken from Kodak No.1, the camera that changed photography in 1888 Fun in the garden: Two young girls dressed in their Sunday best push along a miniature wheelbarrow Row your boat: These snapshots taken by amateurs using a Kodak No.1 give a charming insight into everyday…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 11:00 am

Buy Crikey: Photo albums a breeze to create

Do you dread getting your photos developed? Don’t. It’s getting easier by the year. Home photo printers have improved and there are many online photo printing sites and in-store kiosks competing for your dollar. Forget sticking individual prints one by one into photo albums. For at least five years now…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 11:00 am

Starry St Catherine’s: Our Flickr Group Picture of the Week

It’s that time of the week when we dive into the Flickr Group Pool (which now has over 20,000 images) to choose our Flickr Group Picture of the Week. We love this shot of star trails by Ainsley Bennett at St Catherine’s Oratory (otherwise known as the Pepper Pot). Join the…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 6:00 am

Blast from the Past: Photos Captured 125 Years Ago with the Kodak No. 1

It could be argued that consumer photography didn’t begin until 1888, when Eastman Kodak made his Kodak No. 1 (the followup to the Kodak Box) available to the public at large alongside the now famous slogan: "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest." And thanks to the National Media Museum, we…

Posted on: October 1, 2013 6:00 am

Hands down, Flickr used to be the best high-quality photo sharing

site on the internet. It is now basically unusable. Even on incredibly fast machines the infinite scrolling of pictures in a search bogs the computer down and the pictures open in a ridiculous display mode that does no one any favors. And this is just the basic, bare-bones functionality I…

Posted on: September 30, 2013 4:00 pm