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Owl Lands on Photographer’s Lens, Blends in Perfectly

December 14, 2020
Photographer Scott Dere was on an owl photography outing when an owl unexpectedly landed on his Canon 600mm f/4L IS III, blending in strangely well with the camouflaged lens. Dere had set out to photograph some great grey owls and, along the way, teamed up with three other photographers, including Beaumon Day and Olympus Explorer Brooke Bartleson. “In a minute or two, I found one perched and…
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Disney World Briefly Tested Photoshopping Masks onto Guests

December 14, 2020
Last July, Disney World instituted a policy that required guests to wear masks on the property, with the added step of denying ride photos to those who were not wearing them. The company recently briefly tested digitally adding masks in such cases. When Disney World reopened in July, the company made it clear that masks would be required on the premises at all times except in designated areas.
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Oppo introduces new “slide” concept phone with three hinges

December 14, 2020
Oppo introduced the Find X 2021 rollable concept phone, which is some way off from becoming commercially available, but the company is already thinking ahead and what could the next revolution in smartphone design. Oppo collaborated with the Japanese design studio Nendo to…
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Samsung Galaxy S21's ultrawide camera detailed, AF confirmed

December 14, 2020
Another day, another Galaxy S21 leak. This time is about the ultrawide camera, which until now has been vaguely mentioned in leaks. And by the looks of it, we have high hopes of the ultrawide snapper. According to solid Samsung tipster, , all three phones from the Galaxy S21 family will use the same Sony IMX563 sensor for their ultrawide units. It supports dual phase detection autofocus…
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Sony Xperia 1 II receiving Android 11 in Taiwan

December 14, 2020
Sony has started seeding Android 11 to its Xperia 1 II smartphones and the first country to get it is Taiwan. The build number is 58.1.A.0.921 and it’s right on schedule because Sony promised the update by the end of December. We expect the Android 11 update to hit more Xperia 1 II units in the following days or weeks. The patch itself is just 933MB big and holds November’s security…
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