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Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
Camera News: Blackmagic Design adds 6K EF mount version of the Pocket Cinema Camera for $2,495
Blackmagic disrupts the low-end cinema camera market. Again. What next RED, Panasonic and Sony?
Trendspotting: Amazon Echo still leads smart speaker market at 70% share, followed by Google Home at 25% (Report)
Amazon's early bet on Alexa and smart speakers and assistants continues to payoff.
A new report today shows CEO Jeff Bezos and team with a still commanding lead in the smart speaker market. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported smart speaker market share as of June 30, 2019 as follows:
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Is the Panasonic GH5 mirrorless camera still worth it in 2019?
Now over two years old, the Panasonic GH5 features 4K 10-bit video, IBIS and a lot of features. Sony (A7 III), Nikon (Z6), Canon (EOS RP), Fujifilm (X-T3) have released new models. Is the GH5 still worth it?
Canon EOS 80D vs. Sony a6000: Pixel peeping photos of oil paintings
Recently I compared results of photos taken with the Canon EOS 80D and Sony a6000 and came to a surprising conclusion.
I thought photography wasn't that tricky until I tried to take photos of oil paintings. Google it. You'll find lots of tips and pointers on how to do it...
RED Hydrogen Two to have better camera — and let’s hope for Redcode too
Red Digital Camera's Hydrogen project is off to a shaky start. Hydrogen One, the first iteration of the smartphone, didn't exactly thrill reviewers.
A lot of that had to do -- ironically -- with the camera. It wasn't very good.
RED is known for its high-performance, high-end cinema cameras. They're used...
Apple Watch could get longer battery life thanks to microLED display
According to reports today Apple is planning to move to microLED displays for the next generation Apple Watch.
If so that could mean better battery life. Eventually, per the sources, the energy efficient displays could also make their way to future iPhone models.
In addition to increasing battery life microLED should...
Tesla reports Q2 July 24, Model 3 continues to lead EV sales in US (by a wide, wide margin)
Mark your calendars for July 24. That's when Tesla (NASDQ: TSLA) will report its Q2 numbers. Given the surprise Q1 results featuring record production and delivery numbers, all eyes will once again be on Elon Musk.
Model 3 continues to dominate headlines. The "entry" level Tesla is selling briskly, and...
Amazon sets sights on Sonos, developing rival high-end audio speaker
AI-powered smart speakers are convenient. But, for the most part, they could sound much better.
Trendspotting: Outlook for digital camera market not looking so good
Shipments were down 22% last year and things aren't like to improve anytime soon for the flailing digital camera market.
According to a Japanese report, 20 million digital stills camera (DSC) units were shipped last year. The trend is y/y declines in sales including 2017 y/y, 2018 y/y and so...
