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Army chief teases new Arctic strategy

January 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville teased the recently completed Arctic strategy emphasizing it would provide the U.S. with capabilities to compete and deter conflict in the region. The Army’s strategy recognizes “where our national interests are,” McConville said during an Association of the U.S. Army virtual event on Jan. 19, “and we certainly have and share…
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Leica Unveils Kevlar-Armored M10-P ‘Reporter’ Edition

January 21, 2021
Leica has announced the Leica M10-P “Reporter” limited edition rangefinder camera, part of the company’s 40th-anniversary celebration of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. This latest camera might be tougher than any other, as it’s covered in Kevlar armor. The core of the new camera, the M10-P, is a slight evolution of the popular M10 rangefinder with its biggest feature being a shutter that…
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Irix Reveals the 45mm f/1.4 Lens for the Fujifilm GFX

January 21, 2021
Irix has announced the 45mm f/1.4 Dragonfly manual focus lens for the Fujifilm GFX, which has is equivalent to 36mm on a full-frame camera and very well could be the fastest aperture available for the system. Irix, which isn’t a particularly well-known brand, promises a…
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Comparing the Sony a7R Camera Line’s Different Shutter Sounds

January 21, 2021
The unique click of one camera’s shutter can be fun to compare against one another. In a series of short videos posted by Map Camera, you can listen to the slightly different sounds of the shutters from Sony’s a7R line. PetaPixel has featured numerous videos highlighting the different sounds shutters can make, like this one that compares a variety of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, to one that…
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Another report of smaller notch in this year’s iPhones; sensor-shift OIS, too

January 21, 2021
A new report today echoes earlier ones that this year’s iPhones – possibly named the iPhone 12S – will have a smaller notch. We’re expecting the design of this year’s models to be very similar to the iPhone 12, but a MacOtakara report earlier in the month suggested that Apple would manage to shrink the screen notch … The company has also changed the position of the top receiver to…
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