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Insta360’s new Ace and Ace Pro action cameras are now available to purchase, equipped with a flip screen that adds more utility – such as making it easier to frame vlogs and bike rides. The rest of the design of these devices is similar to the blocky design of GoPro’s Hero series.

 



The Ace camera starts from $379.99, while the Pro version is priced at $449.99. The specialty of the Pro camera includes a Leica Summarit lens, a large 1/1.3-inch image sensor for outstanding low-light performance, as well as recording up to 8K at 24 frames per second. On the other hand, the regular Ace camera features a smaller 1/2-inch image sensor and supports recording up to 6K at 30 frames per second. The Pro model can also capture additional nighttime detail and record daytime videos in Active HDR mode.

Insta360 Launches New Ace and Ace Pro Action Cameras that Come with Flip Screens



TP-Link’s smart home brand Tapo just announced a new home security camera ‘Tapo C120,’ priced at $39.99. The device is designed for both indoor and outdoor usage, including pet or baby monitoring. It comes with a magnetic mount and adjustable stand that make it easy to set it up.




The C120 is a wired camera and small enough to fit in a palm. It offers a video resolution of 2K, local storage with an onboard microSD card, AI-powered person detection, adjustable dual spotlights, a starlight sensor for color night vision, full duplex two-way audio, and an alarm system. The features crammed inside this little camera make it an all-rounder, and that too at a reasonable price.

 

TP-Link’s Smart Home Brand Introduces New, Handy Home Camera ‘Tapo C120’

Google just announced software updates for its Pixel phones, that also extend to the Pixel Watch and Fitbit devices. The latest feature drop includes camera enhancements, new personal safety options, and updates to haptics and adaptive charging.

 

Foremost, the most significant camera enhancement feature is the new ‘macro mode,’ that enables enhanced filming of little details. This, however, is exclusively a Pixel 7 Pro feature and not available for all camera apps or modes.

 

Moreover, phones from Pixel 6 onwards will be equipped with a new hands-free gesture where you show your palm to the viewfinder frame, to enable a timer when taking photos. Upon detecting the gesture, the camera will count down from 3 or 10 seconds, depending on the set number, and then snap a shot.

 

Another enhancement feature is the ability to create ‘cinematic wallpapers’ that add more depth to your lock screen, as well as a slick parallax effect. Cinematic photos are not a new Google technology as they have been a Google Photos feature for quite some time now. However, until now users didn’t have control over selecting photos for this effect, and will now be able to create cinematic effect for any photo of their choice.

Google’s New Software Updates for Pixel Phones Include Camera Enhancements, New Safety Controls and More

The Cities with Most Surveillance in the World

This is a quite surprising fact that the global urban population has taken over the rural population. According to the records of the year 2007, the two groups were split nearly 50/50, with around 3.3 billion people apiece. In today’s date, the percentage of people who live in the urban areas has grown to be over 55% and is expected to reach 68% by the year 2050. It is because of this trend that many of the world’s largest cities have become home to millions of people.

Due to this increasing density in the urban areas, different businesses, households and also governments have installed numerous security cameras which could serve many purposes but the mainly being crime protection. To get a hold of the scale of this surveillance, data from a recent report by Comparitech is taken which helps to visualize the most surveilled cities in the world.

The Cities with Most Surveillance in the World #Infographic


TikTok has announced a new feature that enables and prompts users to take and share a photo or video captured by their device’s front and back camera simultaneously. The feature is called ‘TikTok Now’, and it seems like a replica of the app BeReal.

 


As per TikTok, “You’ll receive a daily prompt to capture a 10-second video or a static photo to easily share what you’re up to.” Previously, other popular platforms including Instagram and Snapchat also released their versions of the same functionality, after BeReal started gaining popularity with the original idea.

TikTok Announces Dual Camera Feature ‘TikTok Now’



Snapchat has released a new Dual Camera option, which it has imitated from the French social media app BeReal.

 

The Dual Camera functionality allows for recording videos or taking photos that are captured by the front and back-facing cameras at the same time. It supports several output formats including vertical, horizontal, picture-in-picture, and cut-out.

 


While Instagram also developed its own version of the feature, Snapchat’s primary intention behind the launch is to provide users with more creative opportunities and trends. The company originally previewed the option as a part of its Director Mode, which contains more advanced editing tools for creative purposes.

Snapchat Rolls Out a Dual Camera Functionality

 


Facebook has partnered with Ray Ban to launch its first ever smart glasses in a variety of trendy styles. They go by the name of “Ran Ban Stories” and are priced at $299.

 

The glasses are based on three distinct traditional designs of Ray Ban, including the most popular one called Wayfarer. Facebook has built a multi-camera hub into the frame of the glasses, with which users can record or capture anything that they see while wearing them. There is a button on the top of the arm of the device, tapping which starts the recording. It provides a fun and easy way to capture live experiences.

 

Facebook Launches New Smart Glasses in Collaboration with Ray Ban

 


Sony just made an announcement about its new mirrorless camera, which happens to be its most advanced one to date. It costs $6,500 and is called Alpha 1. The camera comes with a new 50.1-megapixel full-frame sensor and can shoot continuous photos at 30 images per second. Moreover, it can record 8K video at 30fps. According to Sony, the shipping of its new camera will start from March.

 

Since Alpha 1 is priced significantly above mirrorless cameras of other companies like Canon and Nikon, Sony assures its customers that Alpha 1 is the most technologically advanced and innovate product of the company.

 

The camera’s buffer is capable of shooting up to 155 full-frame compressed RAW images or 165 full-frame JPEG images at up to 30 frames per second with its electronic shutter, while maintaining full AF and AE tracking performance. This sounds like a dream come true for sports and action photographers.

Sony Announces its New, Most Technologically Advanced Mirrorless Camera ‘Alpha 1’

A quick look into the statistic of CCTV cameras around the world

Technology has made huge strides in recent years to ensure the best security measures on national and international scales. Even today, anything that is slightly favorable for a country’s security is considered to be of enormous worth. Likewise, CCTV camera security, which is perhaps one of the most popular measures of maintaining security and discipline in the world, is taken into account in the infographic below to learn which places of the world are benefiting from this technology in abundance.

A quick look into the statistic of CCTV cameras around the world #infographic

 


Google has removed the astrophotography capabilities within the camera lens of Pixel 5 and 4a 5G. The feature has been taken away with Google Camera’s 8.1 update.

 

This special feature was a selling point of the Pixel 4 and was also available on the regular and telephoto cameras. It was also added to the 4a 5G and 5 with their new wide-angle lenses.

 

The feature allowed users to take photos of the night sky by pointing their phone up and keeping it still by balancing it on an object or setting it up on a tripod. 

Google’s Wide-Angle Astrophotography Feature is Gone from Pixel Phones’ Camera

World’s first phone with an under-display front camera launched by ZTE

We have seen numerous innovations in smartphones over the past few years. From in-display fingerprint sensor to notched screens, foldable phones to pop-up selfie camera, and a lot more, the manufacturers have been pretty creative with the designs of smartphones. Approaches to achieving the maximum screen-to-body display ratio have also been observed in various smartphones.

The latest advancement in the smartphone’s bezel wars is by ZTE which released a new Axon 20 5G, the first-ever smartphone having an in-display selfie camera. The phone goes live on sale today. In-display fingerprint sensors have become very common now, but integrating the selfie camera into the screen is surely difficult. ZTE beats Oppo and Xiaomi in the race who had been showing the demos for years but have not yet come up with a commercial device.




The cell phone itself is packed with some very impressive specs such as a huge 6.92 inches’ diagonal screen, 90Hz OLED panel, which makes the 1080p resolution looks less sharp than other phones. Talking about camera integration, the area where the camera is placed seems to have a dithering effect than the rest of the screen. If you look closely, you can see a small square with a lower resolution. It is, however, not a very noticeable thing in general use because phones with a punch-hole or notch have a bigger distraction on the notification bar.

World’s first phone with an under-display front camera launched by ZTE

Smartphones take over the entire camera industry

A whopping decrease in the use of cameras was observed in the year 2019 when the camera shipment from popular companies like Nikon, Olympus, and Canon experienced an 87% decrease. The record by CIPA focuses that how the rise of smartphones has affected the growth of cameras. In contrast with the cameras, smartphones have made extravagant advancement in their computational power and features. Ever since smartphones took a striding lead in the technology world, people have immediately switched to this invention. Despite being cost-effective and multi-feature, these devices also help people explore the world right away.

The following chart represents the massive decline in the percentage of shipments that took place between the years 2010 and 2019 in Japan. It is important to note that since the newest models of smartphones are installed with advanced lenses and features that give results equivalent or even better than the cameras, people do not find it necessary to have a smartphone along with a camera.

Smartphones take over the entire camera industry #infographic

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