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NBA Superstar Steph Curry Names His Son Canon

If you're a die-hard Canon photographer who's considering naming a child after your favorite Japanese camera company, you can now walk in the footsteps of NBA superstar Stephen Curry. Curry and his wife welcomed a baby boy into the world on Monday, and his name is Canon Curry.

It’s All In The Name…

Recently, during a period of extreme self-examination (this is pretty much that time of year -- is it not?), I set about tackling the age-old question... why ain't I famous yet? Why am I not in every gallery, museum and private photography collection -- when I so obviously deserve to be?

So I set about examining this age-old mystery, dissecting every possible raison de jour. Boundless talent -- check; unrivaled originality -- check; sheer, unbridled charisma -- check, check and check! Stumped as I was, this time I pushed forward -- this time, there would be no rest or retreat until I broke through the bonds that would unleash me from my ill-begotten anonymity...

Apple Thought About Naming the iPhone “TriPod”

"How's the image quality on the TriPod 5?" That's a question you would perhaps be hearing these days if certain decisions had been made differently years ago over in Apple HQ. When the Cupertino-based company was brainstorming names for the smartphone that would eventually be called the "iPhone," one of the names that was being considered was "TriPod."

“I Hereby Dub Thee Ultra High-Definition,” CEA Tells 4K. Sony Grumbles

4K-resolution video capabilities are finding their way into more and more cameras these days, even though monitors that can display the resolution currently cost as much as one or two family sedans. Heck, even the tiny new GoPro Hero3 can shoot 4K, albeit at a semi-useless 15fps.

Although photographers and filmmakers can't do too much with 4K footage at the moment, there will come a time when it's the new 1080p. When that time comes, will we still be calling it "4K"? If the Consumer Electronics Association has its way: no.