There has been some really unique, funny, and interesting things going on in the world of photography this week. From a massive NASA collection of Apollo Space Program images released to Flickr, to a computational camera that uses 16 cameras, to Adobe Lighroom’s bug problem with their newest update to 6.2/CC. This week certainly has plenty of fun stuff to read.

As the Precise-Moment.com’s photo news roundup has become a weekly thing around here, I hope you will visit every week to read the latest photography news.

NASA Releases 8,400 Images From Apollo Moon Missions

One of the greatest achievements in human history was when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins made it to the moon during the Apollo 11 moon mission. This week NASA released 8,400 images from the Apollo Space Program to Flickr. What’s interesting is that many of the images have never been seen before. It’s an amazing piece of human and American history, and still remains one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century.

To take a look through this amazing collection, click here to visit the Flickr archive.

DJI Osmo: Handheld Gimbal Camera

We all know DJI for their amazing drone cameras, but today they’ve become more than the just the fly guys. Indie filmmakers and photographers who shoot video to supplement their photography businesses have a new gimbal handheld camera — the Osmo. The handheld Osmo is a 3X gimbal image stabilization camera system that has three camera options: the X3 with a 1/2.3 12MP image sensor that shoots up to 4K; X5 which is a micro 4/3rd 16MP sensor that shoots up to 4K; and finally the X5R that has a micro 4/3rd 16MP sensor that captures uncompressed RAW video.

You use the Osmo by connecting your smartphone as your monitor when shooting video or photos. The benefits of using the Osmo is its ability to fit into tight spaces, give the photographers perfect image stabilization while moving, and the ability to to take long exposures and panoramas handheld.

You can pre-purchase the Osmo now with optional accessories like an extension stick, tripod, car mount, and bike mount. The Osmo will retail for $649.

New Lightroom Bugged Out!

With the newest update for Adobe Lightroom 6.2/CC customers have been having trouble with it crashing because of the new import process. Adobe recognized this critical error needed to be fixed immediately and released a blog entry assuring everyone that they were working on getting the bug fixed as soon as possible.

If you are having crashing problems, Adobe suggests taking these steps:
• Go to Lightroom > Preferences.
• Click on the General tab
• Uncheck “Show ‘Add Photos’ Screen”
• Restart Lightroom

16 Cameras-in-One

The silicon valley startup, Light, introduced a new camera called ‘L16’ this week. It’s unique because it has 16 different cameras located on one small point-and-shoot sized body. The camera shoots at different focal lengths and fires off 10 simultaneous shots at once. The 10 shots are combined together to create one massive 52-megapixel image. The camera will be available in September 2016 and will retail for $1,699.

It looks like we will have to wait to see if this camera will take off or not, but nevertheless, I think it’s innovative and interesting approach to imaging.

To learn more about the L16, visit Light’s site.

Want to Take Pictures At a Concert? Don’t Do It…

There should be some sort of etiquette for people when taking pictures during a concert. You certainly don’t want to be “that guy/girl” obstructing people’s view of the band, or taking bad shots during the entire performance. These are just a few rules that Woody Roseland offers up in his hilarious YouTube video: “5 Photohacks to take better Snapchats and pictures at concerts”. Step 1 is: “Don’t. Just don’t do it.”

New Photojojo App Lets You Print Unique Items

If you’ve been a photographer for a while then you know the satisfaction of holding your own photographic print. This week Photojojo, an online store that started as a great blog back in the day, released the Parabo Press app. Parabo lets you to take your digital images and print them on to all kind of fun products like newsprints, risograph prints, massive engineer prints, accordion style prints, photo books, and square prints. The app is only available on iOS, but Photojojo says an Android version is in the works.

To get the app for your iPhone, learn more about Parabo Press here.

Precise-Moment Week in Review

If you ever wondered how an image filter works on your smartphone or Instagram, check out Image Analyst Dr. Mike Pound’s video on how it all comes together here.

MIT released research study about creating a successful see through camera that can see through walls. To learn more how this camera works, click here.

Inspiration is something that any artist needs to fuel their passion and creativity. To read 50 of the most inspirational photography quotes of all time, click here.