Samsung’s shock Australian exit
IT’S bad news for fans of Samsung’s latest must-have gadgets: the South Korean technology giant is quitting a key Australian market.
Cameras
Five tips for photographing Vivid
VIVID is just around the corner, so to celebrate news.com.au sat down with a Canon photographer to find out what you need to do to capture great shots.
The Aussie invention saving cyclists’ lives
AN INNOVATIVE Australian company has developed a $200 device that promises to protect cyclists from dangerous motorists on the roads.
Google Translate’s big leap forward
GOOGLE has showcased its newest translation technology which allows users to transform Chinese characters into English at the pointing of a cameraphone.
Five sharp-shooting camera accessories
FROM Kickstarter to conventional companies, we round up five of the best camera accessories to ensure you’re ready for every photo opportunity.
This kid just won $330k
BRITISH teenager Luke Bannister just took home $330,000 for winning one of the most ludicrous sporting competitions in history.
Battle for ultimate travel camera title
SMARTPHONES can take great shots, but at least one tech company is out to persuade us that we need an actual camera for truly memorable travel photos.
Drones smuggling drugs into prison
PRISONERS have been coming up with ingenious ways to bring contraband into jails for quite some time and drones are the latest craze.
The story behind winning Aussie snaps
PATIENCE is a virtue, as the old adage goes. And that’s exactly what these amateur photographers mastered to scoop their Canon Light Awards wins.
A win for 700,000 Australians
A COURT has dumped a police charge that could have made tens of thousands of weekend recreational motorbike riders law breakers.
Are more megapixels better?
CANON has released the world’s highest resolution full-frame digital SLR camera, but do more megapixels make for better photographs? We put it to the test.
‘This is the future of sport’
IT HAS attracted millions of dollars from investors and now this radical new sport is hoping to take the world by storm.
How to get the best iPhone snaps
THE iPhone is the world’s most popular camera. Here are ten tips to capturing 2016 in a year-long 366 photo project.
The year’s biggest tech hits and misses
FROM quirky failures to gadgets that made us throw our money at them, we look at what worked — and what went wrong — in 2015.
Ocean film shot only on the iPhone
A LOS ANGELES-based filmmaker decided the best way shoot an ocean movie was on his smartphone — and the results are astonishing.
The 15 best gadgets of 2015
IT’S been a big year in technology, and now we’re able to look back and judge the most exciting new gadgets on offer.
Top gadgets for a summer heatwave
HOT weather and gadgets don’t usually mix but here are five summer-ready gadgets from tough cameras to a bicycle radar which break the rules.
Drones vs sharks in Aussie waters
IT might sound like some sort of B grade horror movie, but drones vs. sharks is the latest strategy to protect swimmers at our Australian beaches.
‘They viewed me as some sort of creep’
THEY’RE the ultimate toy for adults, and are on countless Christmas lists. But drones aren’t as great as you think.
New Big Brother cams will be watching you
BIG Brother style police cars fitted with telescopic spy cameras that can see into your car from up to 100 metres away, could be coming to Australia.
Quick-draw digital camera shootout
FROM pocket-sized cameras to long-range zoom lenses, we review five of the best digital cameras from Sony, Nikon, Canon and Panosonic.
How good is the iPhone camera?
PHOTOGRAPHER Lisa Bettany put the cameras from every single iPhone to the ultimate test in a side-by-side shoot out.
Sydney in spectacular drone images
A PIONEERING drone from 3D Robotics has captured the city’s most iconic locations from the sky in a series of remarkable shots.
Selfie drones could be the next big thing
LOVE getting that ultimate photo of yourself? Well forget the selfie stick, you could soon save your arms and just get a drone to take that shot for you.
Reunited after five years in watery grave
SHORTLY after this photo was taken, Chloe Hutson lost her camera in a Prague river. Thanks to a Beatles lyric and an aquatics instructor, she’s got it back.
iPhone photos are about to change
SAY goodbye to the humble snapshot, because an important and magical change is coming to your iPhone’s photo album.
Just how good is a $5900 camera?
Digital cameras are getting more advanced and more specialised. Just how good is the $5900 Leica Q or Panasonic’s phone/camera hybrid? We can tell you.
GoPro launches tiny camera to go
THE world’s leading action camera maker, GoPro, is going small with its latest big release — an action camera with a minimum of fuss.
Camera to capture action in the dark
PEOPLE whose best action moments happen in the dark will now be able to capture it all on video with the first action cam to have a night vision mode.
Third time lucky with compact M3
CANON’S third attempt at cracking the compact system camera market shows improvement – but one big question remains.
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