News about en-us Continue reading →]]> Toronto-based photo-sharing service 500px is revamping its professional portfolios product, the startup announced today. The new portfolios, which are currently in beta testing, will eventually function more like standalone e-commerce sites for selling photography, and offer more customization options, including things like the ability to edit the CSS, store and blog integration, plus new themes and other additions. ]]> ]]> ]]> I like to use my SLR, but there are many times when I leave it behind because I'm not sure whether it'll be able to handle the conditions I plan to be using it in. LA-based hardware startup Outex is trying to make sure that photographers can use their cameras anywhere, without having to fork over north of $1,000 for environmental protection gear, and it's taking to Kickstater to fund the latest piece in its product puzzle.]]> If you're into DSLR photography, remotely controlling the thing is a pretty common want for new users and seasoned veterans alike. Satechi's BT Smart Trigger is a remote that works with a range of Canon cameras, connecting to the camera's hot shoe and giving them full control over their camera's shutter. It also doubles as an intervalometer, making it possible to get those cool time lapse and extended exposure shots that never fail to draw the appreciation of photography fans.]]> Look out, Google, Facebook and Dropbox? Amazon has now added automatic mobile photo uploads to its Amazon Cloud Drive Photos Android app, in an update released yesterday evening. The functionality makes the otherwise fairly bare bones photos app more of a competitor in the space, given that Google (via its Google+ app), Dropbox, and Facebook (iOS-only for now), have all recently eased the collection of users' photos from smartphones and tablets by introducing automatic uploading features to their respective mobile applications. ]]> Toronto photo-sharing startup 500px is reporting today that both of its applications, 500px for iOS and its recent acquisition ISO500, have been pulled from the Apple App Store due to concerns about nude photos. Combined, the apps have over 1 million downloads, 500px COO Evgeny Tchebotarev tells us. The flagship application has just under a million downloads, while ISO500 has a little over 200,000, he says.]]> Continue reading →]]> Polaroid is expected to unveil one more step in its comeback strategy with an Android-powered, interchangeable-lens camera this year at the CES show, and to complement that, it plans to launch "at least" 10 new Fotobar retail stores this year to help people print pictures from any device. The first of these will be in San Francisco, opening in February. ]]> Shutterfly, the photo and personal publishing company founded in 1999, is today making good on its September acquisition of Penguin Digital, with today's launch of a new iPhone application for photo prints and gifts. The app has been completely redesigned from the version released a few years ago, and now includes everything from photo uploads and storage to mobile ordering of prints and gifts, like mugs and iPhone 5 cases. ]]> The Lytro is a very cool piece of tech that can produce images with easy-to-manipulate depth-of-field, but it also means buying a new, $400 piece of photography gear that takes admittedly low resolution pictures, for a very specific use. Now, The Chaos Collective has built a workaround to allow users to create images with similar, stunning effects using the kit they already have – so long as that includes a camera with manual focus and video shooting capabilities.]]>

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