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Tamron is Developing a 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 for Nikon Z Mount

August 30, 2022
Tamron has announced that it is developing its first Z-mount system lens in the 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD, which it bills as the smallest and lightest telephoto zoom for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens appears identical to the 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD that was made for Sony E-mount cameras in 2020, and shares many if not all the design decisions found in that lens…
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Revisiting the D1, Nikon’s First DSLR, 23 Years Later

August 30, 2022
Photographer Gordon Laing is back with a new edition of Dino Bytes, the series where he revisits classic cameras from decades past. This time he’s dusting off the 23-year-old Nikon D1, the company’s first DSLR. The Nikon D1 was first introduced in 1999 and…
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French Officials Use Satellite Photos and AI to Spot Unregistered Pools

August 30, 2022
France is estimated to have about 3.2 million private swimming pools, but many of them are unregistered. Authorities are using satellite photos and AI to find them to recover about €10 million in unpaid taxes. The system has been developed by Google and French IT company Capgemini and was deployed by the French tax office to spot private residential swimming pools that were…
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Tamron is developing a 70–300mm F4.5–6.3 Di III RXD lens for Nikon's Z-mount

August 30, 2022
Tamron has announced it’s developing a 70–300mm F4.5–6.3 Di III RXD lens for Nikon Z-mount camera systems. This would make it the first third-party zoom lens for Nikon Z-mount cameras with autofocus capabilities. Based on the external design and the specifications that are mentioned, this ‘new’ lens appears to be a Z-mount version of the company’s 70–300mm F4.5–6.3 Di III RXD lens…
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Galaxy Z Fold 4 holds up to dust in torture test, but nothing has changed from older models [Video]

August 30, 2022
Foldable smartphones have come a long way since launch, but even Samsung’s latest and greatest ship with a huge list of warnings for how you should treat the device. In a torture test putting the Galaxy Z Fold 4 through the worst of the worst, it holds up well to dust and dirt, but that’s not really a surprise. Zach from the JerryRigEverything channel this week published his routine torture…
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