TetherTools has announced that it has upgraded its JerkStopper cable port protection system with a new line: TetherGuard. This new system uses a magnetic break-away or locking cable management system.
In the film days, which for me ended in late 2004, instant film was the only way for a photographer (and everyone else on set) to see what was being captured.
Renowned photography cooperative Magnum Photos has announced that they are currently working with Carnival Films -- the same group that created the hit show Downton Abbey -- on a television drama series that depicts the lives and work of the photographers who started the cooperative back in 1947.
There's a new cable on the market that will save you having to carry around at least one set of batteries. If you're a PocketWizard user and a Nikon owner, the company just announced a power cable that will allow their radios to pull power directly from your Nikon DSLR.
These days, it's easy to take for granted what the magic of the Internet, wireless technology, and fiber optic cables have made possible, but there was a time when sending a photograph a long distance in a short time wasn't quite that easy.
For instance, in 1926, someone on an oceanliner called the S.S. President Roosevelt snapped the above photo of the S.S. Antinoe during a rescue attempt. When that photo was sent almost instantly from London to New York City, it was such a big deal that the April 1926 issue of Science and Invention printed a huge infographic to show its readers how this miracle was achieved.
Japanese photographer Wataru Yamamoto's "Drawing a Line" project might look like a series of strange photos of a forest, but they're actually self portraits. His description is simple: they're "self-portraits taken in the forest, using a cable release made of string."
If you have a Canon compact camera running the Canon Hack Development Kit …
Trigger Happy is a new product that lets you use your iOS or Android smartphone as a fancy camera remote. It consists of an app and a one-meter-long cable that goes from your phone's audio jack to your camera. Besides acting as a simple remote shutter release for shake-free shots, the app offers bulb functionality for timing long exposures, an intervalometer for timelapse photography, HDR mode, and bramping. They're also working on lightning detection, audio waveform detection, face detection, and accelerometer-based triggering.
Here's a simple trick for those of you who find yourself always plugging in USB cables the wrong way on your first attempt: pay attention to the seam on the metal tip.
Tired of packing a huge mess of cables every time you go on a trip? The Magic Cable Trio …
Self-described creative technologist Thiago Avancini hacked this Atari 2600 joystick into a shutter release cable -- complete with an autofocus control for his Canon T2i. The controller is considerably larger than the average cable release or remote control, but it's a pretty nifty.