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Galaxy S21 series allegedly set for January 14 launch

November 4, 2020
The regular Galaxy S series release cycle is set for a shakeup in 2021, as an earlier launch date is now proposed for the upcoming Galaxy S21 series. Previous rumors suggested an earlier-than-expected January launch for the Galaxy S21, with yet more speculation from leakers now touting a proposed launch date. As for a release date, Jon Prosser now speculates that the Galaxy S21 series will be…
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How and Why I Built My Own Bellows-Style Dynamic Digital View Camera

November 4, 2020
Why does someone build their own camera? Maybe for technical reasons, usability enhancements, or perhaps personal style and artistic outlook. The raison d’ètre for the experimental camera I made here falls somewhere between all of the above. The prototyping process, over the last few years, has been about creating a tool that enables some of my own photographic ideas to be more readily…
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How to Add Believable Snow to an Image in Photoshop

November 4, 2020
PiXimperfect is an excellent resource for learning Photoshop techniques and in this 10-minute video, host Unmesh Dinda shows you how to add believable-looking snow to any image using Adobe Photoshop. The first step is to isolate the background that you want to add snow to.
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Huawei engineer explains the advantages of the free form lens on the Mate 40 Pro

November 4, 2020
Huawei released a post where one of its engineers explained the advantages of the free form lens tech on the Mate 40 Pro. The machine translation is rather rough but we did get the gist of it. The free form lens is undoubtedly one of the iconic Mate 40 Pro features. Instead of using the traditional spherical or aspherical optical elements, the 20MP ultrawide camera on the phone uses an…
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Oppo K7x announced with Dimensity 720 and 90Hz screen

November 4, 2020
Oppo introduced the K7 5G in August and today the company added another member to the K series, dubbed Oppo K7x. The Oppo K7x is built around a 6.5″ FullHD+ LCD that has a 90Hz refresh rate and a touch sampling rate of 180Hz. The screen has a pixel density of 405 ppi…
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Vivo S7e 5G is official with a 64 MP camera, 33W fast charging

November 4, 2020
vivo introduced a new phone for its domestic market called vivo S7e 5G. It comes with Dimensity 720 5G chipset, triple main camera, and fast charging. The vivo S7e 5G has a lot in common with the vivo Y73 5G, announced last month – same chipset, same 8/128 GB memory and even the camera placement and footprint are the same. However, here the main shooter on the back has a 64MP sensor, up…
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