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Light L16 camera review: quantity, not quality

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The  Light L16 camera is an engineering marvel. It takes 16 different smartphone-sized imaging modules, each carefully aligned behind a piece of glass, and uses them in concert with each other to create images that are bigger and better-looking than the results the individual cameras are capable of. It does all this in a form factor that’s two or three times thicker than, but not quite as wide as, an iPad mini, something that actually fits in a few pockets and is easy enough to stow in a bag. That’s Light’s selling point for this $2,000 camera: the L16 is ostensibly a full bag of camera gear in one body. At a very high level, this is the experience of using the L16. With a scrub of your thumb across the 5-inch touchscreen, you can quickly zoom from a 28mm wide-angle perspective to a 150mm telephoto view or anywhere in between. Otherwise, the L16 is mostly a bother. The photos it takes are in a strange-quality limbo between smartphone images and something that was shot with ...

Tech to Look for in DSLR Cameras

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Looking for a new DSLR camera? You will be overwhelmed with the long list of the possible options. It is harder to decide what to pick if you are not aware of the technical specs and what they mean. In this article, we’ll break down the technologies to look for in a DSLR camera. Whether you are buying a new one or considering  NYC camera rentals , look for innovative features to make the most out of your DSLR. For the best DSLR cameras to rent with tech-advanced features, it is hard to go wrong with BorrowLenses. Aperture Priority Mode: This allows users to control and adjust the aperture of the camera. It gives you control of the amount of light that enters the camera during exposure. Changing the aperture makes the background blur or clear depending on the effect you want to achieve. Wider aperture places the emphasis on the subject, which causes the background to blur.  Mastery of aperture priority  mode allows you to control the depth of field. Internal and...

From Chromebooks to MacBooks, here are the best laptop deals for July 2019

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Shopping for a new computer can be frustrating, especially if you’re on a budget. It also can be quite confusing, with all those specifications to think about — be it RAM, storage, or processing power. There’s no need to worry, though, as we’ve got your back. We’ve sorted through the web and picked the best laptop deals available for July 2019. Our picks cover everything you can think of — 2-in-1s,  MacBooks ,  Chromebooks , and more. DELL XPS 13 9380 (2019) — $1,030 One of the best laptops on the market today — and in fact, for several years running — is  Dell’s diminutive XPS 13 . The latest version has the same tiny bezels as always but puts the webcam above the display where it belongs, removing one of the only complaints we had about the machine. It’s incredibly well-built, looks great, and performs well. It even has a hinge that is designed to open easily while also providing just the right amount of rigidity to keep it in place. Right now, Dell has ...

Sony’s Reon Pocket is a smartphone-controlled wearable air conditioner

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With summer temperatures ramping up across the northern hemisphere,  temperature-controlled clothes  really can’t come soon enough. In the meantime, we’re left having to contort our jaws in a desperate effort to blow air onto our faces, or flap our shirts manically in the absurd belief that it’s actually going to make any difference. But fear not. Sony is apparently on the case. It’s been working on the Reon Pocket air conditioner, a device that it says can be worn discreetly on your back to keep you cool in hot weather, and warm in winter. Smaller than a smartphone, the miniature air conditioner slots into an inside pocket in a specially made undershirt and cools the wearer using a Peltier element usually used in cars and wine coolers. Its battery can last for 90 minutes, and needs two hours to fully recharge. The Reon Pocket connects to a smartphone app, which the wearer uses to control the temperature as they go about their day. Or at least, 90 minutes of it. W...

Striking Vivo Nex 3 leak points to more than 100% screen-to-body ratio

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Leaker  Ice Universe  has shared some details on what we could expect from the rumored Vivo Nex 3. The leaker posted a photo of a glass body, within which the phone would be housed, earlier today on Twitter (via  The Verge ). It suggests a novel new approach to smartphone design. The glass housing would seemingly go around the entire phone, including the side edges, leaving only the top and bottom of the device open. Presumably, the top and bottom of the phone would include typical sensors and ports like a charge port and pin-hole mic. The display, however, would occupy the full front of the unit and offer a more than 100 percent screen-to-body ratio. Screen-to-body ratio describes how much of the front-facing portion of the phone the display covers, so in this case, that would be the entire front plus a small portion of the sides as it curves around. Check it out below. Ice universe @UniverseIce This is the biggest leak today! This is the scree...