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From Bombs to Bubbles: Repurposing a 610mm Spy Plane Lens for Macro Photos

You didn’t ask to learn about bellows extension factors, but we’re going to cover it with the most absurd camera that you may ever see! Built from over two sheets of plywood, scraps of 2x6s, old drywall screws, and the cheapest 610mm lens that I could find on eBay, literally every expense was spared. I would be surprised if I spent more than $200 out of pocket to create this 10-foot…
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Regarding Photographs: Reading Photos I

This is the third essay in this series, and it begins a smaller sequence of notes running over the ways we as viewers make sense of pictures. We spend, I think, too much time thinking about what happens before and during the making of a picture, but not enough on what…
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AIStorm raises $16 million for low-powered AI edge computing chips

AIStorm, an AI startup developing chipsets that can directly process data from devices, has raised $16 million. The company says the funding will enable it to scale manufacturing to deploy its hardware for devices like handsets, notebooks, smart speakers, remote controls, TVs, earbuds, IoT, and wearables and for transport applications. Edge computing is forecast to be a $6.72 billion market by…
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Apple iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max get ProRAW with iOS 14.3

Apple has released iOS 14.3 that enables the ProRAW feature on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. What that does is give you all the standard RAW data with the photos, while also retaining the information generated by the phone’s processing algorithms. Additionally, iOS 14.3 brings Apple Fitness+ and AirPods Max support, while introducing privacy information on the App Store and…
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Huawei nova 8, 8 Pro, and Enjoy 20 SE specs tipped

Huawei is set to introduce the nova 8 and nova 8 Pro smartphones on December 23. While no official specs have been teased yet an image shared by reveals the specifications of the nova 8 duo. The nova 8 Pro will be powered by the Kirin 985 SoC and support dual-mode 5G. It…
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Oppo A15s price leaked ahead of launch

A few days ago, we saw a leaked banner that revealed the design and a few specs of the Oppo A15s. Now another poster has surfaced, telling us the A15s will cost INR11,490 ($155/€130) in India. The poster doesn’t include any new details but corroborates specs from the previous leak: 6.52″ HD+ screen, triple rear camera, 4GB RAM, and 64GB storage. The A15s also has a fingerprint…
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