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    Nikon temporarily suspends repairs to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19

    Nikon USA has announced it’s temporarily suspending equipment repairs at its service facilities and no longer accepting new repairs due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The move, which was done ‘in accordance with mandates issued by the federal government and various state governments,’...
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    Photos: SkyPixel 5th anniversary aerial imagery contest winners

    SkyPixel 5th anniversary contest winners SkyPixel, in partnership with DJI, Nikon, SanDisk, and Western Digital Corp, launched its 5th Anniversary Aerial Photo & Video contest on December 3rd. Entries closed on February 3rd and the results were announced earlier this week. The 56 category...
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    Canon EOS R5: Here's why you probably don't need 8K right now (and a few reasons why you might)

    Here's why you probably don't need 8K right now (and why you might) Canon's recent announcement of the new EOS R5 wasn't completely unexpected, but one of the camera's key specifications, 8K video, did catch us a bit by surprise. 8K video has been in development for several years, but to...
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    Interview: how a box of negatives offered a very personal glimpse into the past

    Joan Ruppert's father, Joe Tortorici, pictured in the late 1930s. This image, along with many others, was discovered in a trove of negatives and contact prints given to Joan by her mother. When Joan Ruppert was handed a box of film negatives by her mother, she had no idea what to expect. What...
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    Roger Cicala breaks down the do's (and don'ts) of cleaning your camera gear and workspace

    Roger Cicala, founder and owner of Lensrentals, is best known in these parts for tearing down, repairing and reviewing lenses. But not long ago (relatively speaking), it wasn’t just lenses Roger was mending; he was also a physician. As such, his experience in these two fields makes him uniquely...
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    Skylum releases Luminar 4.2, includes AI Augmented Sky and new portrait enhancements

    Skylum has announced a new version of its Luminar 4 software, Luminar 4.2. The free update includes a major new feature, AI Augmented Sky. The new AI Augmented Sky feature allows photographers to place various objects directly into the sky, leading to new ways to create digital art. In addition...
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    ON1 Photo RAW 2020.1 released, delivering improved user interface and better performance

    ON1 has announced that the new version of ON1 Photo RAW 2020 is available now. ON1 Photo RAW 2020.1 includes new user interface updates, new features, performance enhancements, and new camera and lens support. For photo editing improvements, ON1 Photo RAW 2020.1 includes improved highlight...
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    Olympus TG-6 review: the best waterproof camera on the market

    Introduction The Olympus Tough TG-6 is the company's sixth-generation premium underwater camera. It features a 12 Megapixel sensor, 4X optical zoom lens, numerous sensors and, of course, serious protection against the elements. Key specifications 12MP, 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS sensor 25-100mm...
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    Apple reveals new iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard with trackpad, hinge

    Apple has unveiled its latest iPad Pro model. The tablet, as recent leaks first revealed, is joined by a new backlit Magic Keyboard with a built-in trackpad. Unlike the Smart Folio keyboard, the new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro has a floating hinge design, offering users a more familiar...
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    Virtual trade show from Cinema5D in the works to replace canceled NAB 2020 April event

    The canceled NAB 2020 event will live on in the form of a 'virtual trade show' from Cinema5D, according to Johnnie Behiri and Nino Leitner. The team first revealed intentions to hold a virtual trade show in the place of NAB 2020 on March 12, stating at the time that they were approaching...
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    Editorial: 'The world is ending, why are you still writing about cameras?'

    Office mascot and all-round Good Boy, Belvedere. Pictured in October, before we all had to pack up and work from home. Good times. Well, here we are. It seems like a year ago that I was pulling alarming statistics together about the economic impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but in fact...
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    Slideshow: Sony World Photography announces 2020 National Awards Winners

    Sony World Photography announces 2020 National Awards Winners Recently, the World Photography Organisation announced Sony World Photography's National Awards 2020 winners. The National Awards program was developed to support and celebrate local photographic talent from 63 countries and...
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    Video: a BTS look at what goes into making a camera weather-resistant

    Dave Etchells, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Imaging Resource, has shared a video and accompanying blog post that dives into the topic of weather-resistance in cameras. In both the video and blog post, Etchells shows off the bespoke system he’s built for testing the claims of manufacturers and...
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    Sigma CEO confirms ‘most new products’ will be ‘exclusively for mirrorless cameras’

    In a tweet published on March 10, Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki shared a bit of information that hints at what products we should most be expecting to see from Sigma in the foreseeable future. In response to a question from Twitter user Terry Ikoma, username @uplink_boss, Yamaki-san said Sigma will...
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    GoPro Hero8 Black review: Have action cameras finally hit a wall?

    Have action cameras reached peak performance? I remember GoPro in the early days. Back then the cameras could only offer sub-SD recording, had no Wi-Fi and more importantly no way to see the picture as they lacked a screen. They were a hard sell, but filled a gap for small disposable digital...
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    Adobe announces free at-home Creative Cloud service for students and educators impacted by COVID-19 outbreak

    Adobe has announced it will be providing students and educators at-home access to Creative Cloud applications free of charge due to the increasing amount of remote learning current taking place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to qualify for this service, a student must otherwise only have...
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    Canon confirms the EOS R5 will capture internal 8K/30p video, offer 'advanced animal AF'

    In an uncharacteristic move, Canon Australia has published a press release revealing a number of new details pertaining to the specifications of its upcoming EOS R5 mirrorless camera, in what appears to be an effort to quiet the ongoing speculation regarding what ‘8K’ capabilities the camera...
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    Opinion: Stop worrying about new cameras and love the one(s) you've got

    I've recently found myself in the following situation: Over the course of just a couple months, the two main digital cameras I shoot with have both been replaced by new models. This includes my everyday, 'personal' camera in the Fujifilm X100F and my 'gig' camera in the Nikon D750. With the...
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    Video: Ferrari sports cars, Formula 1 cars captured on-track with a Super 8 cameras from the 1960s

    Nick Shirrell, a motorsport filmmaker known for using old school film cameras to capture auto races, recently received an invitation from Ferrari to travel to Italy and film a race using 50-year-old Super 8 cameras with 8mm film. The result is a 10-minute video featuring a retro production style...
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    NASA is asking the public to use their smartphones to help track light pollution caused by satellites

    A newly launched NASA project called Satellite Streak Watcher aims to assess the night sky light pollution caused by low-Earth orbit satellites using images captured by the public. On its SciStarter project page, NASA asks anyone interested in participating to 'Photographically record satellite...


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