We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › By now, you’ve seen cameras—even those attached to smartphones—with specs boasting the ability to shoot 8K footage. It’s an impressive number and it looks great on marketing material, and it does comes in handy for some specific purposes. But for many ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › I leave my smartphone sitting face down on my desk most of the day. I hear it vibrate. I pick it up and it shows me my notifications. I didn’t realize quite how ingrained this whole process is in my psyche ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › In my mind, the world of webcams is fairly static. Most models, at least the best ones, cost between $100-$300. The less expensive ones offer 1080p resolution at 30-60 frames per second, which is as good as most video call platforms ...

This article was originally featured on Popular Photography. Just four months after launching, Snap (the company formerly known as Snapchat) has grounded its Pixy selfie drone. The diminutive $230 drone got middling reviews and suffered from low presales. Somewhat understandably, given the current economic climate, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told staff that future development was being halted as “part of broader reprioritization of ...

This story has been updated. It was originally published on May 16, 2019. The rise of the smartphone has cut down the number of gadgets we need to carry with us. Most people see no reason to weigh themselves down with gear when one device can be a camera, audio recorder, e-reader, digital music player, document scanner, and much more. ...

This article was originally featured on Popular Photography. We like to say it’s not about the gear, that a photographer with any camera can create good photos. And in most situations that’s true. Then there’s bird photography. To get the highest quality photos of feathered subjects you need special equipment: zoom lenses with a lot of reach, plus (ideally) image stabilization ...

Google’s car-mounted Street View cameras have been traversing the globe for a decade, offering users the opportunity to stroll down a street from the comfort of their computer screen. However, the cameras used to gather this data haven’t improved in eight years. Google is in the midst of revamping its Street View cameras, and you’ll be able to see the results ...

Intel launched a new generation of RealSense depth cameras this week, and they feature stereo cameras, updated depth modules, and Intel RealSense D4 vision processors. Intel’s RealSense D400 Series Depth Cameras offer advanced computer vision capabilities in a convenient form factor with USB connectivity. But these cameras aren’t built for consumers; you need to be a developer to get any ...

Out of the box The Knock is attractively designed and will look good on most porches. It attaches to a plastic bracket that screws into your wall. A Torx screw secures the doorbell on the bracket, which should prove a deterrent to anyone attempting to pull the doorbell off your house and steal it. It’s easy to install, although you’ll need ...

Could a $20 home security camera actually be any good? That was the question on our mind when we were pitched the WyzeCam, the first offering from a cabal of ex-Amazon employees trading under the name Wyze Labs. Turns out the answer is, yeah, it can be very good. WyzeCam defies everything we know about Wi-Fi security cameras. Not only ...