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    Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro features faster CPU options, latest Intel Iris Graphics configurations and updated keyboard

    Apple has announced its new 13-inch MacBook Pro, bringing modest performances improvements and one physical improvement that should make keyboard warriors around the world much happier. We’ll get to the specs in a minute, but first the most important update—the keyboard. Apple has eschewed its...
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    Forthcoming USB4 will power displays up to 16K at 60 fps thanks to DisplayPort 2.0 'Alt Mode'

    DisplayPort logo on a USB Type-C device notes VESA certified DisplayPort Alt Mode support. The next-generation USB protocol will combine its functions with those of a DisplayPort, allowing users to run extreme resolution monitors or to connect and power external devices from the same port...
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    The gear that changed my (photographic) life: reader responses part 2

    Reader responses part two – gear that changed my life Photo of Canon AE-1 by DPR member WoifC We've compiled more of our favorite responses to the question we've been asking – both of ourselves and our readers – "What was the piece of gear that made the biggest difference to your...
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    Slideshow: Winners and finalists of Smithsonian Magazine’s 17th Annual Photo Contest

    Winners and finalists of Smithsonian Magazine’s 17th Annual Photo Contest Smithsonian Magazine recently announced the winners and finalists of their 17th Annual Photo Contest. Over 36,000 images were submitted by more than 10,000 photographers from 145 countries. A judging panel...
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    Gear that changed my (photographic) life: the Canon PowerShot G3

    Old and new: The Canon PowerShot G3 and the PowerShot G1 X Mark II. This article was originally published in 2017 as part of our 'Throwback Thursday' series. It's hard to believe that the Canon G-series is almost 17 years old, and while technology has certainly marched forward, 'G cameras'...
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    Lexar release new 'Professional' 3-in-1 and 'Compact' 2-in-1 card readers

    Lexar has announced a pair of new multi-card readers, the Professional Multi-Card 3-in-1 Reader and the Compact Multi-Card 2-in-1 Reader. Professional Multi-Card 3-in-1 Reader The Professional Multi-Card 3-in-1 Reader features slots for SD, microSD and CompactFlash cards, with transfer...
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    British Museum launches revamped online collections database early with 1.9M images

    On Tuesday, April 28, the British Museum announced that it is the latest institution to make digitized images of its various collections available for free online. The 'revamped' online collections database now contains 1.9 million images that are offered to the public under the restrictive...
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    Review: The DJI Mavic Air 2 is the best all-around drone for most people

    DJI Mavic Air 2 $799 ($998 with 'Fly More' kit) | dji.com DJI just released the Mavic Air 2, the successor to the original Mavic Air that arrived in 2018. Notably, it's the first Mavic drone to offer 48MP stills, 8K HyperLapse and 4K/60p video at 120 Mbps. It's also the first consumer drone...
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    Video: How one photographer turned his backyard shed into a camera and darkroom

    Photographer and DIY camera extraordinaire Brendan Barry has used his time in lockdown to create a camera and darkroom out of a shed in his yard. Throughout the above 22-minute video, Barry summarizes the build process, showing what was required to turn his compact shed into an all-in-one...
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    Elon Musk reveals how SpaceX will address light pollution caused by Starlink satellites

    Following the successful launch of its Starlink 6 batch of satellites last week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted out a few details about night sky light pollution caused by these low Earth orbit satellites and the company's plans to address this issue. According to the tweet, SpaceX is taking...
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    DJI announces the Mavic Air 2 with 4K/60p capture, ActiveTrack 3.0 and more

    DJI has announced the Mavic Air 2, the newest compact, folding drone in DJI’s growing lineup. In addition to new hardware, both inside and out, the drone also features new fly modes for simplifying the flight process. At the heart of the Mavic Air 2 is a 48MP 1/2” Quad Bayer CMOS sensor...
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    A beginner's guide to lighting tools – with stay-at-home-friendly DIY versions

    DIY studio lighting solutions One of the most important skills that photographers can learn is how to control and manipulate light. After all, it's the very definition of photography! So if you aren’t already a master of photography lighting, use this quarantine time at home to explore...
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    Exposure X5 software review: blazing fast and subscription-free

    Exposure Software Exposure X5 $119-149 | exposure.software Although we've reviewed both of its immediate predecessors – Alien Skin Exposure X3 and X4 – here at DPReview, I'm personally a newcomer to the long-running and retroactively-eponymous Exposure series. Since the last release...
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    Blackmagic Design's Pocket Cinema Camera 6K now costs $1,995 after permanent price drop

    Blackmagic Design has announced it’s dropping the price of its Pocket Cinema Camera 6K (BMPCC6K) by $500, bringing the retail price down to $1,995. Although Blackmagic Design doesn’t explicitly say the price drop is due to the current COVID-19 pandemic in the press release, it does suggest the...
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    Aputure's Light Storm system gets adjustable color with the new LS 300X continuous light

    Lighting company Aputure has announced a new studio light for still and movie shooters that offers color temperature settings of between 2700 and 6500K. The LS 300X joins a system of lights in the Light Storm range, but is the first to offer bi-color controls as the other lights in the series...
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    Film Fridays: 9 analog photography ideas for isolation

    Introduction Whether you're stuck indoors due to the global pandemic, or other reasons, there are plenty of ways to keep busy and to keep your photographic senses sharp. We've already covered some general photographic ideas for isolation as well as ways working photographers can keep...
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    Canon EOS R5: The long game ends with a big leap

    The fruit of Canon's R&D emerges from the shadows Canon has been the best selling camera brand for most of the digital era. Different people might ascribe this dominance to different areas of strength, be that lens design, ergonomics, color response or simply very successful marketing that’s...
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    Shoot now, focus later: multi-view lens patent is Sony’s latest foray in to light field photography

    According to Sony Alpha Rumors, Sony has filed a patent for an interchangeable E-mount lens that will allow users to adjust focus after the shot has been recorded. The lens appears to contain a number of lenses arranged next to each other to record multiple individual images on the camera’s...
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    Nikon releases firmware update for its D780 DSLR to fix SD memory card errors

    Nikon has released a very minor firmware update for its D780 camera system. Firmware version 1.01 (up from 1.00) addresses just a single issue, wherein some SD memory cards wouldn’t work inside the camera. Nikon doesn’t specify what memory cards caused problems, but a two-month-old DPReview...
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    Fujifilm releases very minor firmware updates for six of its XF lenses

    Fujifilm has released minor firmware updates for a number of its XF lenses, including five zooms and a single prime. The firmware version numbers vary from lens to lens, but across the board, all five updates simply list ‘Fix of minor bugs’ as the only change in these updates. Below is a list...


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