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These four sisters have taken a photo together every year for the past 40 years. The photos show a gorgeous passing of time and how all bodies age gracefully. Plus, it's just really freaking cool. (Of course, the best comment I saw on Imgur was "Imagine being the fifth sister, who always had to take the photo." Yes, imagine.)

Google has removed "tens of thousands" of nude pictures stolen from celebrities and published online.

A statement from the web giant said it has deleted photos "within hours" of requests being made and has "closed hundreds of accounts."

It comes after reports Hollywood entertainment lawyer Marty Singer has threatened to sue Google for "violating privacy".

The New York Post published a letter addressed to senior staff at Google.

The letter states that Google failed "to act expeditiously, and responsibly to remove the images" and "was perpetuating the despicable conduct of these habitual pervert predators".

Cara Delevingne and Jennifer Lawrence were among the group of stars targeted by cyber thieves who posted their stolen pictures on sites including 4Chan.

Although the women involved in the potential lawsuit have not been named, the legal papers stated: "We are litigation counsel for over a dozen celebrities."

In his letter, Marty Singer said, the female stars would seek damages for Google's "blatantly unethical behaviour" and "knowingly accommodating, facilitating, and perpetuating the unlawful conduct" of the hackers.

The high profile lawyer added: "Google knows the images are hacked stolen property, private and confidential photos and videos unlawfully obtained and posted by pervert predators who are violating the victims' privacy rights".

In response, Google said: "Our turnaround is generally hours, not weeks.

"Of course people continue to post these images on the web, so - like other online services - we rely on people notifying us to help us take them down, whether by flagging content, or filing DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) requests."

Other celebs to be targeted by cyber thieves are Kate Upton, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and horror star Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Pitch Perfect actress Anna Kendrick has also reportedly had photos of hers

According to Mr Singer's legal document, some of the photos have also turned up on YouTube and Blogspot, owned by Google.

Google said: "We're removing these photos for community guidelines and policy violations (eg nudity and privacy violation) on YouTube, Blogger and Google+.

"For search we have historically taken a different approach as we reflect what's online - but we remove these images when we receive valid copyright (DMCA) notices."

The announcement of the HERO4 Black, Silver, and lower-priced HERO might have leaked a few days early, but now we've got the official launch today.

GoPro often goes big launch videos, and its no different with the HERO4:

Intro video for the HERO4 Black:

Here are the full specs for the HERO4 Black:

Supports 4K30, 2.7K50, and 1080p Video

Capture 12MP Photos at 30 fps

Ultra Wide, Medium, and Narrow Field of View Settings: These help you choose the preferred perspective, be it wide-angle and inclusive, medium for a bit of focus, or close-up

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity: Pair it with a mobile device or the separately available Smart Remote, Control of up to 50 cameras from distances of up to 600'line-of-sight

Protune for Photo and Video: Gives you manual control over color, ISO limit, exposure, and more

QuikCapture: Power the camera on and start recording automatically with the press of a single button

HiLight Tag: Tag the highlights in your videos during recording for easy retrieval and playback later

Interval Capture for Time Lapse

Auto Low Light and Night Photo Modes: Take photos at user-defined intervals to use in time-lapse videos — .5 sec, 1 sec, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec

Flat and Curved Adhesive Mounts Included

Built-in Mic, HDMI, USB, MicroSD

Waterproof Housing Depth: 131.0' / 40.0 m

Availability: October 5th 2014

Price: $500

Intro video for the HERO4 Silver:

Full specs for the HERO4 Silver:

Supports 4K15, 2.7K50, 1080p60 Video

Capture 12MP Photos at 30 fps

Built-In Touchscreen Display

Protune for Photo and Video: Gives you manual control over color, ISO limit, exposure, and more

QuikCapture: Power the camera on and start recording automatically with the press of a single button

Ultra Wide, Medium, and Narrow Field of View Settings: These help you choose the preferred perspective, be it wide-angle and inclusive, medium for a bit of focus, or close-up

Camera Housing Waterproof to 131'

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity: Pair it with a mobile device or the separately available Smart Remote, Control of up to 50 cameras from distances of up to 600'line-of-sight

Interval Capture for Time Lapse

HiLight Tag: Tag the highlights in your videos during recording for easy retrieval and playback later

Auto Low Light and Night Photo Modes: Take photos at user-defined intervals to use in time-lapse videos — .5 sec, 1 sec, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec

Works with Optional Smart Remote

Flat and Curved Adhesive Mounts Included

Built-in Mic, HDMI, USB, MicroSD

Waterproof Housing Depth: 131.0' / 40.0 m

Availability: October 5th 2014

Price: $400

 

And specs for the HERO:

Supports 1080p30 and 720p60 Video

Captures 5MP Photos at 5 fps

Ultra Wide Angle Glass Lens

Camera Waterproof to 131'

Interval Capture for Time Lapse

Auto Low Light

QuickCapture 1-Button Power/Record

Built-In Microphone

Skeleton Backdoor for Better Audio

Flat and Curved Adhesive Mounts Included

Waterproof: 131.0' / 40.0 m (Camera)

Availability: October 5th 2014

Price: $130

The biggest difference between the two HERO4 models that we've seen so far are the higher frame rates on the Black edition, and the touchscreen display only on the Silver edition. It's unclear why the Black model wouldn't also get the touchscreen since it seems to be their flagship, but it's possible that they wanted a more significant way to differentiate the two products more than just specs. As we said before, the HERO is very similar to the HERO3 White, but is coming in much cheaper at $130. We've also heard that the ProTune is capable of up to 60mbps, so it's possible we may see recording quality improvements depending on the frame rate. All three cameras will be available in the first week of October.

In spite of the earth-shattering scandal that is "Bend-gate," early adopters of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have already shot some outstanding footage with the improved cameras on the new devices, most notably some first-person perspective hyperlapses as well as some stunning 240fps slow motion.

Of the many features added to the iPhone camera in the latest hardware/software update (timelapse and super slow motion being among the most notable and flashy of them), there's one feature in particular that might put the iPhone 6 Plus is a class all its own in terms of video capture. I'm talking of course about optical image stabilization. Lack of stabilization of any kind has always one been one of the biggest issues and dead giveaways smartphone video. Hopefully a well-implemented OIS technology could begin bridging the gap between phones and dedicated cameras, and making smartphone video more palatable.

A recent video from Uncage the Soul Productions shows off all of the new features of the iPhone 6 Pus and then some.

Here's what they had to say about the footage and the capabilities of the phone in this short video.

Is the iPhone 6+ amazing? YES. Would I bring it to a job shooting for a client? No. It will shoot 240fps, but it degrades and is not what you’d want full size in a polished video. The in-camera stabilizer in the Instagram Hyperlapse app is AMAZING, but it exports final video in 720 not 1080. Timelapse looks great when the conditions are stable, but changing light has the phone struggling to smoothly change exposures following the light.

Nature footage is all well and good, but how does a wine pour look at 240fps, you ask? The folks at Osbourne Images have you covered.

And a little bit of footage from the Apple folks themselves:

As much as I'm not fond of the idea of using a phone as a primary camera for making films (unless there really is no other option), it's getting harder and harder to deny that the technology has progressed to a point where many phones are more capable image capture devices than the professional digital cameras of 10 years ago. When combined with apps that ostensibly make the most of those hardware advances, like the hotly-debated $1,000 4K video app Vizzywig 4K, it's clear that smartphone filmmaking is not a passing fad, as many have claimed, but instead an extension of the democratization of filmmaking technology that was spurred by cameras like the Panasonic HVX and the DSRLs that would follow.

As much as we may not like it, smartphone filmmaking is here to stay. The technology will continue to progress and the image quality will continue to inch closer to the cameras that we consider suitable for professional video production work.