Rumor: Sony’s QX1 will bring Pro-Level Interchangeable Lenses to the realm of the Smartphone

 

When it comes to Smartphone Optics, Sony leads the pack, with its excellent Smartphone Camera Sensors and Lenses modelled after its equally excellent Camera Line. Sony had earlier unveiled the Sony QX10 and the QX100, which basically were Cameras that attached to and were controlled by your Smartphone.

They aimed to drastically improve the caliber of Pictures that can be taken from your Smartphone, and they succeeded. But the next generation of the QX Series will take it even further, and will bring in interchangeable Lenses to the Pack, according to a report by Sony Alpha Rumors.

Instagram releases new App: Hyperlapse, which allows you to Create Stunning Timelapses

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Timelapses usually need expensive equipment and are usually too complicated to the layman to do. However, Instagram is looking to change that, with its New App, Hyperlapse.

Movidius’ new Vision Processor can dramatically Improve your Smartphone Camera

Remember Google Project Tango? That Insane Project that can know everything about its surroundings using a combination of cameras, sensors, processors and clever Software? Project Tango has impressive surrounding-aware capabilities, which are partly due to Movidius’ Vision Processors.

Movidius now has unveiled an improved version of the Vision Processors in Project Tango

Apple is ceasing development of Aperture and iPhoto

At WWDC 2014, Apple had introduced Yosemite, the next version of Mac OSX. It introduced many new things, but it also seems that development on Aperture, Apple’s Photo Editing Program will cease and it, along with the iPhoto App will be replaced with Photos, an app that Apple had introduced at WWDC.

The reasons why a DSLR is still better than a phone at clicking pictures (And Vice-Versa)

Ask any professional photographer about their views on using a smartphone to click pictures and he/she will scorn at you and explain furtively about why a smartphone camera is the worst possible camera (Which it isn’t) and how the DSLR is and always will be the king when it comes to Photography. However, the average Joe doesn’t know WHY a DSLR is actually better than a smartphone. We are here to give you the reasons why a DSLR is better than a smartphone and to give the story a bit of a twist, we will also explore the other side: Why a Smartphone is better than a DSLR.

Apple hires the man behind Pureview’s innovative camera technology, Ari Partren

Oppo unveils the Find 7: A phone which has pixels stuffed everywhere…

For long, the Oppo Find 7 was rumored to have a 50 MP camera and  a Quad-HD (2560*1440) pixels screen. Oppo had even teased a picture with 50 MP resolution before it’s launch.

And now, Oppo has finally unveiled the Oppo Find 7, a phone that achieves many firsts. It has the world’s first 50 MP camera. And the world’s first Quad HD display. Sizzling, isn’t it?

Samsung unveils the NX mini: A camera that can make the ‘Selfie’ experience a lot better

Samsung has announced the NX Mini interchangeable lens Mirrorless camera. It is really small and can fit in your pocket; a remarkable feat for a camera that has the ability to change it’s lenses.

“This could easily fit into your pocket,” says Samsung. This camera is the thinnest in the market at 0.88 inches. Samsung has also outfitted the NX Mini with faux-leather, a design trend that Samsung has been following across it’s entire product line.

Nikon unveils V3 Mirrorless Camera: Delivers performance in a compact package.

The debate nowadays is Mirrorless vs DSLR. Many companies are setting foot in this mirrorless craze with the innovators being mainly Sony and Fujifilm . People still have the mindset that Mirrorless cameras are inferior to DSLRs but in reality it is not so. Why is there a lack of awareness? This is because big players like Nikon and Canon haven’t introduced professional mirrorless cameras.

Nikon has announced the Nikon 1 V3 mirrorless camera which offers enticing performance in a stylish and compact package.

It has got an 18.4 MP sensor which can record 1080p/60 fps

Instagram launches redesigned app for Android. Faster and Better.

Good news Instagram lovers! Instagram has dropped a huge update for Android. It is faster, has got aesthetic upgrades and is overall better.