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Will Canon Scrap the EOS M Mirrorless Lineup and EF-M Mount?

The announcement has landed and it’s now official: Canon has released an APS-C RF-mount camera. In fact, it hasn’t just released one – but two – in the form of the R7 and R10. It might seem strange, given that Sony and Nikon have had APS-C models for some time, but this is a big deal because Canon already has the EF-M mount and EOS M APS-C mirrorless range. This begs the question, is Canon…
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Righting the Record on Photos of Wartime Europe

The Tanganyika expeditionary force in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) during East African campaign of the first world war. Imperial War Museum., CC BY-NC A war in Europe instantly creates parallels with the world wars for people in the UK and other European…
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The Canon EOS R1 Will Have 100-Megapixels, is Coming in 2023: Report

A new report is echoing previous predictions that Canon’s true flagship EOS R1 is coming in 2023, but adds a new twist: it is expected to boast 100-megapixels. As is the case with most rumors, details are scant. Canon Rumors reports that the R1 will be a full-frame camera and boast 100-megapixels, but when it arrives is less solid: the rumor site believes it could arrive sometime in…
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How OM Digital Torture Tests its Weatherproof Cameras

Earlier this year, OM Digital launched the OM-1, which earned the highest weatherproof rating of any camera on the market PetaPixel was given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at just how intense the company’s torture testing is to assure this unmatched rugged design. …
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Samsung Shoots Building-Size Photo with its 200MP Smartphone Camera

Samsung’s 200-megapixel smartphone sensor has not yet made its way into a consumer device but the company has already begun hyping what it can do by printing a massive 616 square meter (2,021 square feet) photo taken with it. The 200-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL HP1 was announced last September and is the industry’s first that reached such a resolution and is based on 0.64 µm-pixels…
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RED Sues Nikon for Infringing on its Video Compression Patents

RED has sued Nikon for illegally copying its data compression technology. The lawsuit asserts that Nikon infringed on its patents through capabilities granted to the Nikon Z9 in the recent firmware 2.0 update. The lawsuit was filed in a southern California federal court today and asserts that the Japanese camera manufacturer and its United States subsidiaries have illegally infringed on…
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