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Researchers Find DSLR Cameras Can Get Ransomware
Ransomware is perhaps one of the worst bits of malware you could hope to get. Put simply, usually entering via a rather innocent-looking e-mail attachment (something like an invoice) it encrypts all of the documents on your system. You largely don’t notice this until you next turn on the system…
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Samsung Found Cheating At Smartphone Camera Again!
Samsung Found Cheating At Smartphone Camera Again! Anyone who has regularly upgraded their smartphone over the last 5 years will regularly note just how much more improved camera quality is getting. Don’t get me wrong, there is certainly still more than a notable difference between the camera on, for example,…
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III Now Can Shoot 4K RAW via Magic Lantern Update
The latest update to the Magic Lantern custom firmware adds 4K RAW video recording capability to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera. It is one of those too amazing to be believed news that everyone overlooked it when it came out, plus it did not help that it was…
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MIOPS Smart Trigger Review – A Powerful and Versatile Gadget!
Introduction Turn the lights off or dim them, set up your speedlights, visualize the “crime scene” and let’s shoot… some High Speed photos with the MIOPS Smart Trigger system! Today we’ll be taking a look at a smart camera trigger system which is designed to help you capture beautiful shots, “freezing”…
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Photography 101 – Everything You Wanted to Know!
Introduction Photography? What’s that? Photography is the art of capturing the light, without light, photography wouldn’t exist. In case you didn’t get the memo, my name is Bill Peppas and I’ll be here on eTeknix regularly publishing reviews, articles, guides and news regarding photography and videography. In this article we’ll…
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New Canon 1D X Mark II Can Shoot 4K Video
Canon has unveiled its new flagship camera, the EOS-1D X Mark II, which is capable of shooting 4K video. The camera features a full-frame 20.2-megapixel camera, can shoot photos at 14fps using autofocus and 16fps in Live View mode, and can shoot 4K RAW video at 60fps. With a native…
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Canon Produces Record Beating 250-Megapixel Sensor
Canon has unveiled an astonishingly detailed, 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor which features a signal readout rate of 1.25 billion pixels per second. The 19,580 x 12,600 resolution set a new world record for a camera of its size and is nothing short of an engineering marvel. According to Canon, the sensor…
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Ricoh Announces Development of Long-Awaited Full-Frame Pentax DSLR
Pentax fans have long been wanting a full-frame DSLR camera and they’ve been close before. Back in 2001 Pentax announced one, but it never made it to the market. Now Ricoh has answered the wishes and announced that they are developing exactly that. The company didn’t share a whole lot of…
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What Happens Inside a DSLR Camera at 10,000 fps
Cameras are really a modern marvel. How they capture such high-resolution images under a host of different conditions is incredible. But quite often their operation is so quick and so small that we don’t see how they do everything at once. Well now we can, thanks to this great video…
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4K Samsung NX1 Camera Due For US Release
Samsung’s top end SMART camera, the NX1, their first camera capable of shooting 4K video, is due for sale in the US imminently. The camera was originally slated for US release last month, but shipments didn’t materialise. The NX1 has received positive buzz, being used by Joseph Gordon-Levitt to shoot…
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Ricoh Theta Records 360-Degree Video
Ricoh’s Theta camera has been given a significant upgrade. Previously, the $399 unit was only capable of snapping 360-degree photos, thanks to the two hemispherical lenses placed either side of the device. The new, updated model gives users the ability to transfer data twice as fast via WiFi, operate the…
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Sony Unleashes the A7S w/ 4k Video
Sony has brought a third model into the new A7 family named the A7s. Like it’s older brothers, the A7s maintains the super small form factor that houses a beast of a full-frame sensor. The star of the show is its new full-frame 35mm sensor pushing 12.2 megapixels that is…
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