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Nikon says it wants to have 50+ Z-mount lenses on the market by 2025

This past week, Nikon shared its ‘Medium Term Management Plan,’ which details what areas of its businesses Nikon will be focusing on from now through 2025. While much of it focuses on Nikon’s non-imaging businesses, Nikon does detail a number of interesting strategies regarding its future efforts for digital imaging. On a presentation slide title ‘Imaging Products: Business Strategy,’…
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Man Creates a Working 35mm Movie Camera with 3D Printing

There is no denying that shooting on film is expensive. It is among the many reasons major studios have all shifted to using digital cameras for their movie-making. But even with the shift in technology and cost, there is just something appealing about the way these old…
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Fujifilm Warns Its 120 Slide Films Will Be Hard to Find

Fujifilm has announced some bad news for medium format photographers who use its slide films: there will be shortages of 120 reversal films as the company struggles to source the necessary ingredients. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen supply chain issues and soaring materials costs across the globe, and the photography industry has been noticeably impacted as well. Estimated arrival times for…
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Tamron Developing 28-75mm and 28-80mm Drone Lenses

Tamron has filed a patent for a pair of zoom lenses designed for use on gimbals and drones: a 28-75mm f/4 and 28-80mm f/4.5. Both lenses are described as compact and with little change to their center of gravity across the zoom range. The patent, filed by Tamron in…
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Scientists Develop AI Camera That Can Shoot Full Color in Total Darkness

Scientists from the University of Irvine have developed a camera system that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with an infrared camera to capture full-color photos even in complete darkness. Human vision perceives light on what is known as the “visible spectrum,” wavelengths of light between about 300 and 700 nanometers. Infrared light exists beyond 700 nanometers and is invisible to…
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A Cosmic Camera is Being Sent to the Moon’s South Pole This Year

The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) in Hawai’i is preparing to launch a dual-camera system attached to a Moon lander later this year whose primary purpose will be to photograph the cosmos. ILOA is preparing its precursor science education payload for integration on a pioneering commercial Moon lander later this year, while also continuing to advance more robust…
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