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Sony Unveils the 50mm f/1.2 G-Master Prime Lens

March 16, 2021
Sony has announced its 60th E-mount lens — the 50mm f/1.2 G-Master — that it hopes will prove that not only can it continue to make compact, lightweight primes but also can also do so while competing with the fast aperture lenses of both Canon and Nikon. One of the more prominent talking points that emerged when both Canon and Nikon announced the RF-mount and Z-mount and in comparison to the…
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Adobe Updates Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic

March 16, 2021
Adobe has announced an update to both Lightroom Classic (to version 10.2) and Lightroom (to version 4.2 on desktop) with a few new changes and performance enhancements. Both updates are available to download from Creative Cloud immediately. Adobe Lightroom Classic Starting…
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Leica is Increasing Prices Across its Entire Product Line

March 16, 2021
Leica has quietly announced that it will be raising the prices across its entire product line by varying degrees, averaging around 2-5% on most items but getting as high as nearly 10% in the case of some of its cameras. According to a report, while most products are seeing a small bump in prices, some items are seeing markedly higher jumps. For example, while the majority of M, SL, and TL lenses…
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Apple camera supplier O-Film possibly out from iPhone supply chain

March 16, 2021
China’s O-Film, a camera module manufacturer, told investors today it received a notification from a “particular overseas client” saying it would cut its business ties, according to Reuters. “The impact of this specific customer order change on the company’s operations and performance is still under evaluation, and there is considerable uncertainty,” the company wrote in a…
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Google Go reaches 500-million Play Store download milestone

March 16, 2021
Although designed for modest smartphone hardware and those mainly in emerging markets, Google Go has now reached the impressive 500-million-download milestone on the Google Play Store. While more of a replacement for the dedicated Google app — itself a streamlined instance of Chrome — Gallery Go was originally only available on Android Go-powered smartphones but eventually available to…
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