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Iranian COVID-19 Patient Photo Wins Nikon Photo Contest 2021

September 22, 2021
Nikon has announced the winners of its Photo Contest 2020-2021, a competition that has been active for over 50 years. This year’s winning image depicts a senior citizen in Iran who was admitted to receive treatment for COVID-19. Nikon says that the winners of its Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and set of Special Encouragement Awards were selected from a total of 65,062 entries submitted from…
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The 10 Hottest 35mm Cameras You Could Buy in 1991

September 22, 2021
1991. What a great time to be alive. Seeing movies like Robin Hood and Hook in the theatres, and hearing hits like “Joyride” by Roxette or “Losing My Religion” by REM are some of my favorite pop culture memories of that time. Not to mention watching TV shows like Home Improvement, America’s Funniest Home Videos, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Of course, being eleven years old, my…
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How Aspherical Lenses Fix Aberrations and Improve Sharpness

September 22, 2021
What is an aspherical lens and what does it do? Canon has shared a video that explains the problems engineers face in lens design and how the company solved them using aspherical lenses. Canon recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its aspherical lens technology through a new exhibit in its virtual Canon Camera Museum. The aspherical lens exhibition has multiple articles and videos on…
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iOS 15 brings back the popular dial picker from iOS 13 and earlier with a twist

September 22, 2021
Across the system, iOS 14 brought a new dial picker that was quite the departure from the tried and true version we had in the years before. As we first reported in June, with iOS 15, Apple has brought back its popular wheel dial picker but with a small twist for those who prefer numpad entry. iOS 14 made a big shift with its dial picker. Instead of the large, wheel-style dial picker, it adopted…
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