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camera lens will, at some point, become dirty enough to warrant a cleaning. To ensure your lenses stay in tip-top shape, we’re going to run through how to clean your camera lens with the attention to detail it deserves. After all, a well-maintained lens could last a lifetime. Cleaning the front and rear elements First, you want to clean the front and rear elements of the lenses. For obvious reasons, these two optical elements are the most likely to get dirty when shooting day-to-day, the front element in particular. Before opting for a traditional cleaning cloth, however, what you’ll want to do is use a blower bulb. We suggest the Giotto Rocket Blaster, as it’s an age-old tool used by photographers around the world for decades. Using a blower bulb helps to gently remove any dust or dirt on your lens that would otherwise be ground into the glass when wiping it with a cloth. Once you’ve finished blowing off the element, you’re going to want to … [Read more...] about How to clean your camera lens to keep it as good as new

Amazon Fire HD 6 Score Details “Amazon’s Fire HD 6 looks like the kind of tablet you’d give a kid for Christmas, and at $100, it’s the best bargain you’ll find.” It costs $100 Bright color options Ideal for kids Sturdy build Bad camera Kind of heavy for its size Laggy performance Limited apps and storage We live in a world full of boring black rectangles, but every now and then, we come across a device that stands out from the crowd. Amazon’s Fire HD 6 is the brightly colored peacock of the dirt-cheap tablet underground. The chunky little tablet sports a 6-inch screen and comes in cheerful, exciting colors. Sure, it’s got mid-to-low-end specs and isn’t the fastest slate out there, but it certainly is cute. It’s the kind of tablet you’d give a kid for Christmas. Still, there are a lot of other low-cost tablets out there and it’s hard to know which one to … [Read more...] about Amazon Fire HD 6 review

If you have an iPhone 7 Plus, you can grab the iOS 10.1 beta that enables the new Portrait mode. From our short time experimenting with the new feature, it’s well worth the install. Portrait mode in the iPhone 7 Plus uses a combination of the phone’s rear dual cameras to gather distance information plus specialized computer vision algorithms to produce a shallow depth of field effect, whereby the subject remains in sharp focus but the background blends into a pleasing blur. This is done in real time, allowing you to preview the look of the image before taking the picture. The phone also saves the shallow depth of field image along with the standard photo, so you’re not stuck with just one or the other. That also makes it easy to compare the two photos, and see the added benefits of the blur effect, or bokeh. Here are a few photos we took with the Portrait mode. Previous Next 1 of 12 When you launch Portrait mode, the camera will … [Read more...] about How Portrait mode elevates mobile photography in the iPhone 7 Plus

On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Greg Nibler and Luke Larsen dive into the biggest tech topics of the day, including a $6,000 Mac Pro, a portless iPhone on the horizon, Tesla’s “premium connectivity,” Snapchat’s “harmless” deepfakes, Golden Globe nominations, and more. Myth Nibler then speaks with pro Fortnite player Myth, who talks about the 5G revolution, as well as his life in the fast lane as a pro gamer. Don McGuire Don McGuire, vice president of marketing at Qualcomm, speaks with Nibler at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit about how 5G technology is primed to make some major changes in our daily lives. It’s then time for some awesome tech you can’t buy yet. Nibler is joined by DT Senior EditorDrew Prindle to talk about some amazing tech on the horizon, including a 3D SLA printer, a smartphone microscope, and a 2-terabyte keychain. Øyvind Birkenes We then speak with Øyvind Birkenes, chief executive officer of … [Read more...] about Digital Trends Live: $6,000 Mac, portless iPhone, Golden Globe nominations

Need to record a Skype call so you can watch or listen to it again later? Whether it’s for a family memento or a potential podcast, you might want a simple way to record your audio or video conversations. We’ll be assuming you’ve already installed the latest version of Skype for our guide or at least the last version of the classic desktop client. If you haven’t, head to the Skype website, and download it before we get started. Please note that recording audio and video conversations without asking the other party for permission is legally questionable and differs based on where you live. Check the laws in your local area, or ask for permission before recording. Skype’s built-in recording Skype has its own built-in recording function and though others may be more fully featured, it comes pre-bundled with the application, making it the easiest to get to grips with. Note that Skype is available on smart displays and smart … [Read more...] about How to record a Skype call