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T7 and T7 Touch: The Best Samsung SSDs Money Can Buy in 2021  

In my opinion, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 and Portable SSD T7 Touch are some of the best SSDs available. While that sounds like a bold claim, it is based on using these drives daily for the past month. Let’s see what makes these particular models so great and why you may want to get… Continue reading T7 and T7 Touch: The Best Samsung SSDs Money Can Buy in 2021  

How Renaissance Art Methods Can Save Smartphone Photography

Smartphone cameras use technology that has greatly advanced in the last few years. However, they have had a heavy focus on obtaining as much detail as possible which can produce unnatural-looking shots. The key then is for manufacturers to get away from this type of treatment and try and work towards ones that have better… Continue reading How Renaissance Art Methods Can Save Smartphone Photography

How to light-paint a Porsche 911, from start to finish

A car is never just a car, particularly a luxury car like a Porsche. Just as each image should tell a story, so does every car. One photographer who understands this is automobile light painter Dominykas Liberis from Vilnius, Lithuania. Every one of his images and car portraits oozes personality, elevating them from ‘just a… Continue reading How to light-paint a Porsche 911, from start to finish

A Rare Soviet Spy Camera That Can Shoot Through Walls is for Sale

An unusual and rare vintage Russian spy camera has appeared for sale. The 35mm rangefinder film camera was designed to photograph through tiny holes drilled in walls and capture photos for blackmail or target manipulation. The Catawiki listing for the KMZ Krasnogorsk Zorki 4 “reflex” C166 (NIMFA-3) was spotted by Kosmo Foto and is described… Continue reading A Rare Soviet Spy Camera That Can Shoot Through Walls is for Sale

Explore a Photographer’s Ongoing 6-Year Timelapse of New York City

Photographer Joseph DiGiovanna is in the midst of a project to timelapse the New York City skyline continuously for 30 years. Six and a half years in, he has launched a website that allows visitors to pinpoint and explore any day since he started. PetaPixel featured DiGiovanna’s project in 2019 as part of photographer Emeric… Continue reading Explore a Photographer’s Ongoing 6-Year Timelapse of New York City

New Camera is First 2/3-Sensor System to Shoot 4K at 1,000 FPS

For-A has announced a new dual-sensor 2/3-inch 4K camera that allows for up to 1,000 frames per second with “no sacrifice on brightness” of the image that comes with traditional single-sensor cameras using broadcast lenses. For-A is a Japanese company that develops, manufactures, and sells professional video equipment for various applications. Its latest camera, the… Continue reading New Camera is First 2/3-Sensor System to Shoot 4K at 1,000 FPS

Xiaomi claims its new battery technology increases battery capacity 10%

Xiaomi claims the smaller battery pack on the right contains the same amount of power as the larger pack on the left. Electronics manufacturer Xiaomi claims it’s developed a new type of battery technology that can pack 10% more capacity into batteries the same size of traditional lithium-ion batteries. In a post shared on Weibo,… Continue reading Xiaomi claims its new battery technology increases battery capacity 10%

Speed Camera Photo Sent to Woman Exposes Husband’s Affair

Speed cameras have long raised concerns over privacy issues, but they remain a popular means for governments to promote road safety (and raise revenue) by automatically catching drivers who break traffic laws. It turns out the cameras can also inadvertently catch people who break their marriage vows. The German newspaper Bild reports that a 36-year-old… Continue reading Speed Camera Photo Sent to Woman Exposes Husband’s Affair