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There’s been a fair amount of news on the Photovine front recently — none of it particularly flattering for Google, or its now shuttered Slide branch. But users of the mobile app-based photo service can now continue sharing their pics using Piictu — a slightly different, yet remarkably similar service that launched well before its Google counterpart. What initially began as a fun side project for co-founder Jon Slimak, Piictu has apparently gained quite a following, prompting its creators to add some polish to the service and push it out of beta. We’re not quite sure what to expect for its future, but Google’s involvement with its Piictu competitor appears to have helped the original service gain some traction, despite its indy status. Jump past the break for the announcement from Piictu, or hit up our source link to download the iOS app.

Continue reading Piictu survives Google’s Photovine, launches out of public beta

Piictu survives Google’s Photovine, launches out of public beta originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nothing ruins a Kodak moment faster than taking a timeout to set up a tripod, which is why the folks at Gomite went magnetic when developing its tiny new Tiltpod. Designed for compact cameras or video recorders, magnets enable users to sidestep the whole “screw-in” process that typically eats away precious pre-shot moments. The underside is made of an elusive “grippy material,” enabling it to perch easily on rocks, car hoods, bathroom sinks or any other odd place you may want to recall vividly. Kind of like a cheaper version of this guy, the Tiltpod is available online now for a cool $17.95. For those still struggling to grok the purpose, there’s a gallery’s worth of explanation just below.

Continue reading Gomite Tiltpod magnetic tripod: snapping awkward family photos just got easier

Gomite Tiltpod magnetic tripod: snapping awkward family photos just got easier originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Carousel brings an optimized version of the Camera RAW rendering engine to iOS

Oh man. Apple’s PhotoStream can suck it. Adobe has just announced Carousel, an app which puts the Lightroom/Camera RAW rendering engine on the iPad and iPhone, and also lets you edit your photos and sync those edits between all your devices,
automatically.

Carousel doesn’t sync with your existing Lightroom library. Instead, you install the free Carousel app on your iOS devices and your Mac (Android and Windows versions are in the works) and the software syncs all photos and edits between devices, as well as storing a full-resolution copy on Adobe’s servers.

Here’s another shot of the interface, because I know you want to see it

You don’t get the full range of Lightroom’s power, either. Edits are limited to a variety of presets as well as basic image adjustments like saturation, exposure and cropping. But the exciting part is that it uses the same RAW rendering engine as Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW. This makes great-looking photos with low, low noise. It should also mean (although Adobe hasn’t said so) that you can import these images, with their non-destructive edits, into Lightroom.

The apps are all free, and the service is subscription-based, which makes sense as Adobe is storing your photos for you. Subs will be $10 per month or $100 per year, with an introductory price of $6/$60. The apps should be out any time now.

Adobe Carousel [Adobe]

See Also:

• Photosmith Syncs iPad with Lightroom
• LRPAD, an iPad Multi-Touch Controller for Lightroom
• 5 Apps We Can't Wait to See on the iPad
• Photogene 2.0 for iPad: A Desktop Photo Editor on a Tablet

This unassuming plate of sushi appears to have been captured at Apple HQ with an iPhone 5. Image: PocketNow

This isn’t just any photo of a plate of sushi.

Although the EXIF data for this photo says it was shot with an iPhone 4, the rest of the data says otherwise. According to the data, it was shot with an 8-megapixel camera, as it originally had a resolution of 3264 x 2448 before being cropped to a 5.12-megapixel size of 2235 x 2291. It’s also fishy that the photo was taken at 4.3mm f/2.4, which is decidedly more point-and-shoot-like than the 3.85mm f/2.8 lens setting of the iPhone 4.

The last bit of proof that this shot wasn’t actually taken with an iPhone 4? It’s geotagged location is none other than the first building at 1 Infinite Loop, Apple’s headquarters.

You know the rumors. The iPhone 5 is expected to have an 8-megapixel camera, an A5 processor and a slightly larger, flatter form factor . Previous guesstimates had the newest iPhone coming this month, but it looks like we’ll see the iPhone 5 in October, and it’ll be available on Sprint in addition to Verizon and AT&T.

Caveats: It is possible the EXIF data isn’t entirely truthful. The photo also could have been taken with just about any prototype Apple device — like that iPhone 4S also rumored to debut at the same time as the iPhone 5.

Regardless, the photo looks great. So does that uni.

Continue reading Samsung’s NX200 camera: 20.3 megapixels, interchangeable lenses, full HD video

Samsung’s NX200 camera: 20.3 megapixels, interchangeable lenses, full HD video originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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