The ever-popular service Instagram added videosupport to its apps. The new update lets users capture 15-second video clips that can then be shared with others via e-mail or social media. There is no option to save the clips however, so if they’re not shared, they will be lost. The app also includes a new stabilization feature named Cinema that helps smooth the jerky movements … [Read more...]

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company Ltd. announced that it was changing its company name to Ricoh Imaging Company Ltd., effective from 1st August, 2013. However, the company will continue to sell both Pentax and Ricoh products under the new name, continuing the company’s commitment to making Pentax a household name for D-SLRs, ILCCs and binoculars, while Ricoh remains the mainstay for … [Read more...]

Adobe officially released the latest iteration to Photoshop, the Photoshop Creative Cloud. The software is the first to be made available through Adobe’s new subscription-based model, announced a couple of months ago, which required users to pay an ongoing monthly charge of INR 1,195 (approximately) for access to the software, as compared to the erstwhile model of paying a … [Read more...]

Fujifilm Corp. and Panasonic Corp. joined together to develop a new organic CMOS image sensor. The new device used an organic photoelectric conversion layer with a photoelectric conversion property at the light-receiving section of an image sensor, to achieve performance better than conventional sensors. The light-receiving film can be stuck on electrical circuits, followed by … [Read more...]

Fujifilm announced a new compact mirrorless camera, the X-M1. The camera uses the same 16MP APS-C size X-Trans CMOS sensor as the X-Pro1 and X-E1, but instead of the usual shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, the X-M1 uses twin electronic control dials to change exposure parameters. The X-M1 also has a 920,000 dot 3.0” tiltable LCD screen, but lacks an eye-level … [Read more...]