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WD’s freshly designed external drives launch new identity for company

Western Digital just reimagined the boring hard drive with a modern design. The hard drives utilize strong hardware encryption.
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Does the Google Pixel really have the best smartphone camera? Judge for yourself

Does the Google Pixel really have the best smartphone camera yet? DxO Mark thinks so, but you can decide on your own by viewing the first sample images.
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Popular gigapixel panorama tool can craft motion time lapses, too

The panoramic head that's popular for creating gigapixel images can now shoot video and time-lapses with orchestrated motion.
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Photo-sharing site Panoramio falls off the map, discontinued in favor of Google Maps

The photo-sharing platform based on geo-tagging will be closing it's doors in favor of new Google Maps photo-sharing features. Panoramio closes November 4.
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This blink-to-shoot camera attaches to any pair of glasses

The wink-to-shoot camera that puts what’s arguably the biggest feature from Google Glass into any pair of glasses is now headed to the United States.
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Hands On: Palette modular photo editing controls

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Nothing left behind: GearEye keeps tabs on everything from lenses to SD cards

A startup is working to ensure photographers never arrive at a shoot without an SD card again. GearEye is a new system that checks your gear bag for you.
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App update lets you create moving artwork with Prisma’s new video capability

Prisma's filters that use artificial intelligence to create painting-like effects can now be applied to videos with a new iOS app update.
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Polaroid launches an app-based photo printing service to get real Polaroid prints from your iPhone

Polaroid's latest official app turns iPhone shots into actual white-framed Polaroids. The new app includes options from traditional prints to canvas.
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Ansel Adams’ Arca-Swiss view camera expected to fetch over $70K at auction

The camera used by both Ansel Adams and Liliane de Cock Morgan could be yours -- if you're the higest bidder at a New York auction later this month.
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Digital picture frames give way to smart frames: Aura curates your best photos

The Aura isn't an ordinary digital picture frame -- it's a 'smart frame' that will curate your photos for you using facial detection (and a nudity filter).
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Aerial photography industry expected to grow despite drone regulations

New technology may be met with new regulations, but the aerial photography industry is still expected to grow by over 12 percent.
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When stock meets social: EyeEm will now license select images with Adobe Stock

Users of the hybrid stock and social photo platform EyeEm can now license images through Adobe Stock -- if, that is, the photos are hand-selected.
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Pentax’s full-frame camera can shoot steadier long exposures with a new electronic shutter

Shooting without internal vibrations from the camera is now possible for Pentax K-1 shooters with a new firmware update that includes an electronic shutter.
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Hoya's latest two-in-one filter corrects odd color casts made by neutral density filters

What do you get when you cross a neutral density and an infrared filter? Better color clarity, or at least that's what Hoya claims for its new filters.
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Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Elements 15 bulks up with new facial recognition features

With new facial recognition features, Adobe's basic photo and video editors redefine what "basic" software can do.
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How Black Magic cameras captured the shots in this epic capture-the-flag battle

Small action cameras have small resolution -- take a behind-the-scenes look at how Black Magic cameras were used to shoot this game of capture the flag.
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A DIY 360 camera may not be the fairest of them all — but it is only $50

Can't afford a 360 camera? This DIY rig is designed from a Raspberry Pi and a cheap iPhone accessory -- and a lot of programming know-how.
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Phase One shushes the click with a new electronic shutter, a first for medium format

Sometimes the click of the camera is like music -- other times, it startles the subject. Phase One IQ3 users now have the option for a quiet shutter.

These 11 images could be the best action shots you see all year

What do you get when extreme sports meets photography and Red Bull? An incredible collection of award winning action images. Check out this years' winners.
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This Kickstarter is a literal toss-up: AER lets you throw your GoPro for aerial shots

Go ahead, throw your GoPro -- the AER will keep it protected while wings give the camera a flight steady enough to shoot from.
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Polaroid wants the Force to be with you with the weirdly wonderful Brightsaber

Polaroid's Brightsaber may not defend you in a duel, but the device could be a versatile tool for lighting your photographs.
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This film wasn't just shot entirely with drones, but with drones on autopilot

A drone love story, shot entirely by autonomous drones? That's the premise behind a new film debuting at the London Film Festival next weekend.
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DJI’s Mavic Pro packs down to water-bottle size, goes 40 mph, avoids obstacles

DJI's first folding drone is here -- and it's the company's smartest drone yet with new auto-follow features.
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MindShift’s latest backpack is designed for photographers blazing trails

Designed for photographers working their way through the trails, the new MindShift TrailScape is a spacey backpack with a slim profile.
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Miss paying for film? This new iOS app has you covered with digital rolls

Paying for every photo makes you pause before hitting that button -- or that is the idea behind a new Fotr iOS photo app anyways.
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Podo, the selfie-slaying, stick-it-anywhere camera, has new features, lower price

The camera that can stick to any surface is back on Kickstarter -- and with a few new features to boot.
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Peak Design can tote the title of the second most crowdfunded company in history

Photographers must really love their bags -- the camera bag designer Peak Design is now the second most crowdfunded company in history.
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Looking for a new camera? The latest gear to emerge at Photokina 2016

Gear addicts had no shortage of new tech to drool over as Photokina 2016 brought several major camera announcements this week.
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Apple Creative Cloud users should update Lightroom before upgrading to OS 10.12

A Lightroom update adds camera support for the iPhone 7 and GoPro Hero 5, as well as bug fixes for Mac users upgrading to OS 10.12.
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Phase One reimagines its 100-megapixel camera, makes it more ‘affordable’

For the pixel peepers that are a bit more budget minded, Phase One just introduced a new 100-megapaixel camera that's actually $11,000 cheaper than the IQ3.
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New custom overlays make 360Fly action-cam shots look like a video game

A new partnership between 360Fly and RaceRender allows users to upload custom speedometers, track maps and more to their own 360 footage.
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A new video editing app from PicsArt just beat Prisma to the punch

Can artificial intelligence make art? With the new PicsArt app, artistic effects can now be applied to videos, thanks to an AI program.
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Use your smartphone like a ‘real’ camera with Joby GripTight POV kit

Smartphone cameras may be portable, but their slim design makes them hard to hold. With the GripTight, smartphones have four steadier shooting options.