Build your own camera with Chinon L.A.S.T.

If you want to take on a D-I-Y project, the Chinon L.A.S.T. (Learning-Achieving-Sharing-Teaching) camera kit might be the project for you. The 35mm film camera comes with two interchangeable lenses, normal back cover and light leak back cover for more creative photos. Assemble the kit and even swap the front plates to customize the camera further. The camera costs US$59.99 and comes with a free single front panel label.

Overview: Nautica's 30th anniversary NMX 650 Tide Watch

By Corey Herscu

Oh man do I love my watches.

Big or small, glimmery or simple, high tech or as bare-boned as one could imagine, chances are, I own at least one iteration of each previously descripted piece in my growing collection of wrist candy.

But none are quite like my friend pictured above, the 30th anniversary NMX 650 tide watch from Nautica. And I'll tell you why

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The Apple Beat: Mac Pro getting pre-order status in Germany as launch anticipation builds

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's new Mac Pro is the supercar of desktops. A product that's both exotic and incredibly powerful and quite far ahead of what the competition has available now.

The much awaited replacement to the cheese grater Mac Pro design (which harkens back to the dark days of PowerPC and the G5) is also one which unapologetically pushes various boundaries in industrial design, engineering, fabrication and performance. Apple's promised that the first Mac Pros would be available to order in December and while no firm date has been set, a German reseller is already taking orders for this statement product.

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Google planning to fix Nexus 5 camera with an OTA Android 4.4.1 update

By Corey Herscu

And boom goes the dynamite.

When Google launched the Nexus 5 just over a month ago, there were two key love/hate features: Android 4.4 KitKat was loved, the poor camera functionality was not. From my usage of the device, as much as I adored the new features that came with KitKat, I couldn't get over how unusable the camera was (this isn't to say hacks aren't available to fix the issue. I am talking about out of box experience), that's why I swapped out to a different device for an improved cameraphone experience.

Well, friends, the gaping camera issue has finally been acknowledged. According to Dave Burke, Director of Engineering at Google, the issue came down to "tweaking how long the shutter stayed open in different lighting scenarios. The team initially thought the optical image stabilization, which is built into the Nexus 5′s hardware, would prevent blurriness, but it didn’t compensate enough for the software’s tendency to force the shutter to overstay its welcome."

According to The Verge, Google plans a 4.4.1 rollout to address these concerns with an almost exclusive focus improving the overall camera performance. 

Via TheVerge