Sony announces new waterproof Handycam

Sony announces new waterproof Handycam: "Sony’s new everything-proof Actioncam is definitely a worthy opponent to the likes of the GoPro HERO, although sometimes people just want a user-friendly video camera that can go in the water. Well, that’s where the Sony Handycam HDR-GW66VE comes into the picture. It’s a compact HD camcorder that can be submerged to a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) for up to an hour."

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Stray Light and Lens Flares in Photography – PictureCorrect

Stray Light and Lens Flares in Photography – PictureCorrect: "A camera lens is made up of several elements, pieces of special glass ground to a specific curve according to computer calculations. Each element directs light in a particular way and corrects aberrations caused by other lens elements. A telephoto lens may have from 10 elements up to double that number."

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Sony's Cyber-shot HX50V claims smallest and lightest 30x zoom crown

Sony's Cyber-shot HX50V claims smallest and lightest 30x zoom crown: "Given the ubiquitous nature of smartphones and the ever-increasing megapixel count of their onboard camera sensors, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the compact digital camera may have snapped its very last snap. Sony believes that its new Cyber-shot HX50V superzoom will make you think again."

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Large Sensors, Compact Cameras | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Large Sensors, Compact Cameras | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Compact cameras are facing heated competition from a new era of smartphones that are always connected and offer imaging quality on par with compacts that were introduced only a few years ago. As most serious photographers know, however, alongside these advantages smartphones also offer lackluster low-light abilities, impossibly slow autofocus, minimal manual controls, compressed image capture over RAW, run-of-the-mill video specs, nonoptical image stabilization and fixed lenses that offer slow apertures without optical zooming. "

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Modern Landscape Masters | OutdoorPhotographer.com

Modern Landscape Masters | OutdoorPhotographer.com: "Landscape photography can be a lonely endeavor. Those of us who are driven to capture the landscape are on a quest for rarely seen vistas, unusual weather conditions and the sort of special light that happens near the edges of the day. We're up early to be on the trail in the dark, and we get home late, having waited for the entirety of the sunset to paint the scene in rich, glowing hues. Some landscape photographers make these treks with a friend or a spouse, but more often than not it's just us and the scenic splendor. "

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