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Leica launches Kevlar-covered ‘Reporter’ version of its M10-P camera

Leica has launched a Kevlar-trim ‘Reporter’ version of its M10-P camera , but at $8795/£7100 body only you’ll need to be very brave to test the effectiveness of the new Kevlar trim on the company’s latest limited edition M camera. The new Leica M10-P ‘Reporter’ features a deep green paint that looks to me like NATO Green, and is wrapped in Kevlar where the usual…
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Leica Unveils Kevlar-Armored M10-P ‘Reporter’ Edition

Leica has announced the Leica M10-P “Reporter” limited edition rangefinder camera, part of the company’s 40th-anniversary celebration of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. This latest camera might be tougher than any other, as it’s covered in Kevlar armor. The core of…
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Irix Reveals the 45mm f/1.4 Lens for the Fujifilm GFX

Irix has announced the 45mm f/1.4 Dragonfly manual focus lens for the Fujifilm GFX, which has is equivalent to 36mm on a full-frame camera and very well could be the fastest aperture available for the system. Irix, which isn’t a particularly well-known brand, promises a high-quality construction that the company says was gained through its manufacture of full-frame lenses. Despite being manual…
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Comparing the Sony a7R Camera Line’s Different Shutter Sounds

The unique click of one camera’s shutter can be fun to compare against one another. In a series of short videos posted by Map Camera, you can listen to the slightly different sounds of the shutters from Sony’s a7R line. PetaPixel has featured numerous videos highlighting the different sounds shutters can make, like this one that compares a variety of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, to one that…
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iPhone trade-in gets you twice as much as a comparable Android one, a year in

New data provided by a trade-in website shows that an iPhone trade-in gets you twice as much as trading in a comparable flagship Android smartphone a year after you bought it. Both comparisons are calculated as a percentage of the purchase price, to ensure that they are like-for-like … The difference tails off slightly at two years, but the used iPhone is still worth very much more than the…
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