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How I Converted My Afghan Box Camera Into a 4×5 Slide Projector

I have been shooting 4×5 color transparencies or commonly known as color slide film for many years but the best that I could enjoy them was to put them on the light table and viewing them through a loupe. Unlike my 35mm and 120 slides, I have never seen them projected big simply it is not easy to locate a 4×5 slide projector. 4×5 slides on a light table For the last few years, I tried…
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Nikon Unveils a New Boxed Set of… Candies

While Nikon may be a camera company, its museum in Tokyo is known for selling some unusual and limited non-photography Nikon-themed products. Announced today, a set of 10 different flavored yokan candies packaged in a collectible box are available for 1,200 yen (about…
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ACDSee Gemstone is Shaping Up to Be a Serious Photoshop Alternative

ACDSee has released a free beta version of Gemstone — a new stand-alone editing software that is currently available for anyone to try — that looks extremely promising as an Adobe Photoshop alternative. ACD Systems has released image editing and management products since 1993 and currently offers a varied list of desktop and mobile programs — such as Photo Studio Ultimate, Luxea Video…
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Charli.ai CEO on training AI-driven personal assistants

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Charli.ai’s digital personal assistant that employs AI to organize a user’s life is expected to enter beta this summer. Known as Charli, this personal assistant promises to do everything from finding all related documents in email and cloud storage systems to organizing receipts and tax…
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Spike adds video and audio calls to its macOS and iOS email apps

There’s been a lot of focus on email apps in recent years. Even with the rise of chat services like Slack and Teams, apps like Spike, Hey, and Big Mail have shown that there is a lot of life left in email. Spike is an app that focuses on turning email messages into chats by removing intros, salutations, and signatures so it looks and feels like iMessages or WhatsApp. Today, Spike is adding video…
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