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Insta360's new teaser video sure looks like it's working on something for a drone

Insta360 has published a video to Youtube teasing a new product set to launch tomorrow, May 24, 2022. The 19-second teaser doesn’t reveal any details about a new product, but the visuals present in the teaser imply the use of a drone. Could it be Insta360 is going to take on the likes of DJI, Autel and others with its own drone? Or will this simply be an action camera designed to be mounted to a…
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Canon patent shows off new AI-powered auto-zoom feature

An illustration from the patent application showing how the auto-zoom feature would detect a subject within a frame and adjust the composition accordingly through digital and/or optical zoom. Canon has been granted a patent that highlights the details of a new technology…
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Photographer Builds Giant Camera and Darkroom Bus

Photographer Bill Hao from Vancouver, Canada, spent two years building a huge oakwood camera. It shoots gigantic wet plate collodion photos measuring 32×48 inches. The collodion wet plate process has one very critical requirement: the photographer must be able to coat…
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Real or Photoshop: How Much Photo Editing is Too Much?

There is a lot of discussion these days about the pros and cons of post-processing. Is it good or bad, why do we do it at all, shouldn’t photography be representative of reality? Authentic? Isn’t the image out of a camera the real thing? Isn’t editing cheating? What is an Unedited Digital Photo? Let’s put one thing to bed immediately. There is no such thing as an unedited image. Here’s…
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Nikon’s Profits Are Up, But its Market Share is Still Worryingly Low

Nikon recently released its annual results which are a key metric in determining how well the manufacturer is doing both in terms of short-term finances as well as implementing its medium-term strategy. The quick takeaway is that it’s making more money, but that camera market share is worryingly low. What does this mean for it going forward? Nikon had a difficult time both as a camera…
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Eerie Photos Reveal Last Moments Before Women Vanished in Panama

A disturbing set of photographs are at the center of a mystery of the disappearance and death of two young women in Panama and local authorities are currently bewildered by a conspicuously missing photo file on their SD card. In 2014 Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, both from the Netherlands were traveling and exploring the Central American country of Panama. On April 1, the 21-year-old…
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