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Using a Zeiss 300mm Lens for a Wet Plate Self Portrait Project

December 16, 2021
Wet plate photographer Markus Hofstätter recently acquired a Zeiss 300mm f/4.5 lens, and although it produced beautiful results, the process of getting to a finished image was filled with numerous obstacles along the way. The Austria-based Hofstätter is not a stranger to DIY solutions when it comes to antique photography equipment. From fixing a solid Linhof tripod that was left in a bad…
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Revisiting the Canon 1D, 20 Years Later

December 16, 2021
It was my first year in college. I was going out every day to teach myself photography, Harry Potter had just come out in theaters, and Canon entered the digital photography world with its very first fully backed flagship, the Canon EOS 1D. At the time, I was shooting on the…
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Pixelmator Photo is now available on iPhone

December 16, 2021
The Pixelmator team is perhaps best known for Pixelmator Pro, the richly-featured Mac image editor and graphics tool. However, the company has been quietly iterating on a streamlined photo-focused app on the iPad, Pixelmator Photo. Today, Pixelmator Photo is expanding to the iPhone too. This means you can take a picture with your iPhone’s camera and immediately edit it using Pixelmator Photo…
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OnePlus Nord 2 CE renders showcase the upcoming budget Android

December 16, 2021
The latest set of 3D renders of an unreleased device have been shared online, and this time it’s the turn of the OnePlus Nord 2 CE. While it’s unclear just how popular the original Nord CE was, it looks like OnePlus is doubling down with the Nord 2 CE in early 2022.
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OnePlus Buds Z2 have Fast Pair, available today for $99 if you sign up for OnePlus’ loyalty program

December 16, 2021
The OnePlus Buds series has delivered a few pairs of solid truly wireless earbuds, and today the company is launching the OnePlus Buds Z2 with a mid-range price and the return of Google Fast Pair. The OnePlus Buds Z2 are a middle ground between the OnePlus Buds Pro and the much cheaper OnePlus Buds Z. puts it in direct competition with the Pixel Buds A-Series, and these certainly put up a good…
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Lightyear announces ~$34,000 solar electric car

December 16, 2021
Lightyear, a startup known for developing an expensive solar car, announced its second vehicle, and it’s going to be a much less expensive ~$34,000 solar electric car. Lightyear first caught our attention because it spun out of Solar Team Eindhoven, a group of…
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries

December 16, 2021
. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to study. Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled…
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