The Octopus Is A 5K Full Frame Open Source Camera That Lets You Swap Out Sensors

Now that digital imaging sensors are starting to become more freely available to the masses, all kinds of open source projects have been popping up that use them. Most of them are typically fairly limited to things like the Raspberry Pi or development boards like the Arduino and ESP32. But now, there is a new and pretty serious looking open source camera out there. It’s called the Octopus, it has interchangeable sensors that go up to 5K full frame, it’s fully programmable and runs on the open source operating system, Linux....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 348 words · Rose Ochoa

The Vivo X90 And X90 Pro Smartphones With Zeiss 50Mp 1 Inch Camera Launch Globally

Vivo’s X90 and X90 Pro have been out in China for a little while now, but today sees their global international launch. Both smartphones feature Zeiss cameras, with the X90 Pro sporting a large 1-inch sensor. Both smartphones feature 50-megapixel Zeiss camera modules, with the non-Pro model also sporting 12-megapixel telephoto and wide-angle cameras. The X90 Pro, on the other hand, features 50-megapixel wide and 12-megapixel telephoto cameras. With Zeiss optics in both devices, featuring Zeiss’s T* lens coatings, pixel shift, dual-tone LED flash, HDR and panorama modes, the expectations are high for this one....

February 11, 2023 · 6 min · 1124 words · Shannon Gibson

This Is How One Photographer Uses Gelled Flashes And Modest Equipment To Produce Awesome Portraits

Originally from Ghana, photographer DextDee Livingstone had to travel all the way to China to discover his passion for shooting portraits, but we’re sure glad that he did. Now back in Ghana, DIYP got in touch with DextDee to find out more about him, and to get some insight into how one particularly striking portrait of Doris was made. But I realised I was more interested in the expressions of people, just the face, what experience they were going through....

February 11, 2023 · 4 min · 839 words · Jeffrey Aguilar

Top 14 Best Lightweight Pc Games For Low Spec Machines

And, to help you in finding new gaming alternatives if your computer has low-specs, we decided to select the ones we consider to be the best games any computer can run, ensuring you a lot of fun. Check them out down below and don’t forget to also discover the best websites to download games! 1. FTL: Faster than Light 1. FTL: Faster than Light Using an image to represent FTL: Faster Than Light would be paying the game a disservice since it trades graphics potential in for amazing mechanics....

February 11, 2023 · 10 min · 2058 words · Natalie Harrington

Travel Bloggers Flying A Drone In Iran Have Been Released From Prison

Travel bloggers Jolie King and Mark Firkin were arrested in July for flying a drone without a permit near Tehran, Iran. The couple, known on Instagram as T.W.O. – The Way Overland, was facing up to ten years in prison. However, they have now been released, reportedly as a result of a prisoner swap. In 2017, King and Firkin quit their jobs in order to travel the world together. They started the journey in their native Australia and planned to end it in London, sharing their adventures on social media....

February 11, 2023 · 2 min · 333 words · Rodney Anderson
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