Chinese optics manufacturer TTartisan has announced its latest lens, the 90mm F1.25 for Leica M-mount camera systems.
The lens, which is clearly designed to look like a first-party Leica lens, is constructed of 11 elements in 7 groups, including four high-refractive index elements. Other features include a ten-blade aperture diaphragm, a one meter (3.3’) minimum focusing distance and an aperture…
The Hubble Space Telescope has an incredible camera system in its own right, but thanks to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing it can capture images far beyond what human technology and optical science currently allow.
As noted by Fstoppers, NASA explains that…
Tintypes Made Using Focusing Loupes As Lenses
May 12, 2021
This personal project was born of a lifelong pursuit of charting new paths upon the broad field of the artistic landscape, combined with an unexplained passion for vintage ground glass focusing loupes.
I’ll never stop looking for magical yet unexplored ways in which to see…
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DataRobot revealed yesterday during an online AI Experience Worldwide conference that it has acquired Zepl as part of a larger effort to enable data scientists to customize AI models developed on its platform. Zepl created an open source Apache Zepyl notebook that enables data scientists to collaboratively develop and…
Asus has announced the Zenfone 8 and 8 Flip smartphones which feature similar camera sensors, but the latter allows the rear camera array to “flip” up and act as the front-facing camera.
Asus Zenfone 8
The Zenfone 8 is Asus’s compact, an approachable model that is…
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A new report alleges that the iPhone 13 will be slightly thicker than the iPhone 12 and feature a camera bump that will grow in size but protrude outwards less than current models.
According to a report on MacRumors, Apple may be trying to make its camera…
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Malicious actors are constantly finding ways to circumvent platforms’ policies and game their systems — and 2020 was no exception. According to online harassment tracker L1ght, in the first few weeks of the pandemic, there was a 40% increase in toxicity on popular gaming services including Discord. Anti-fraud experts…
We’re expecting a smaller iPhone notch this year, but a designer has put together a concept with a whole new approach to the notch.
Instead of a center notch to accommodate things like the front-facing camera and Face ID tech, designer Antonio De Rosa imagines lifting the…
Security researcher exploits Find My network to send messages over any nearby iPhone’s data connection
May 12, 2021
The Find My network is used by Apple to report locations of items and devices via the data connection of any nearby iPhone, Mac, or other Apple device. Security researcher Fabian Bräunlein has today released a blog post demonstrating how the Find My network can be exploited…
WhatsApp recently introduced new privacy policies for its users, focused on deepening integration with Facebook. The new privacy policy was first set to go into effect in January, but the rollout was delayed by three months.
The privacy policy change is now available, and those users who don’t agree will lose access to certain features in the app. Here are some more details, and two…
