Sony Airpeak Drone Firmware Update December 2023

New Sony Airpeak Firmware Update Targets Industrial and Pro Users

Sony's expensive Airpeak S1 drone has been regularly improved since its disappointing launch. Sony released an enhanced battery and better gimbal earlier this year, and has today released a new firmware update that adds advanced mapping, new safety protocols, and better compatibility.

Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River at sunset near Page, Arizona, USA.

Why Do My Photos of Famous Places Look Bad?

As part of its long-running "Notes and queries" segment, The Guardian asked its readers why photographs of beautiful scenery "never do it justice?" The following week, reader responses were published, offering great practical advice for amateur shutterbugs seeking to improve their travel photos.

Concept Brings Weird Analog Quadrascopic Camera into Digital Age

A new camera design takes inspiration from an unusual, short-lived analog camera type in the 1980s to create a thoroughly modern image-making device. The camera concept, which looks remarkably real and was made by industrial designer Olga Orel, delivers a digital re-imagining of vintage quadrascopic cameras.

How the Amazing LEGO Polaroid Instant Camera Went From Idea to Reality –The Verge

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The amazing LEGO Ideas Polaroid OneStep camera that photographers voted to become a real LEGO set is finally coming. In a brilliant exclusive story, The Verge has gone behind-the-scenes with LEGO to see how the blocky Polaroid OneStep SX-70 project came to life. From start-to-finish, the LEGO Polaroid project has showcased reverence for photographic history and the boundless passion of amateur LEGO builders and designers. The Verge‘s new story is excellent and photo and LEGO enthusiasts alike should go check it out. The highly anticipated LEGO set, officially the Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera (21345), will be available starting January 1, 2024, for $80.