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LensKit App Helps You Pick The Right Camera and Lens Combination

LensKit is a new iOS app that gives photographers the option to try out many different cameras and lenses to see how they work together. It will even help visualize the photograph by displaying a simulation. Zak Ray, based in New York City, created a new tool that consists of a comprehensive database of adapters, cameras, and lenses that photographers can put together to see what lenses…
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Panasonic announces $500 Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds

Panasonic has announced the Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds camera systems. This 18mm full-frame equivalent ultra-wide-angle lens is constructed of 12 elements in nine groups, including two aspherical elements, two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and one Ultra High Refractive Index (UHR) element. Panasonic says the lens’ autofocus is ‘capable of smooth…
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Panasonic Leica DG 9mm F1.7 sample gallery

Panasonic’s new 9mm F1.7 lens promises to deliver top performance in a pint-sized package. Does it raise the bar for ultra-wide angle lenses in the Micro Four Thirds system? Check out our sample gallery to find out. Want to learn more about this lens? Watch our…
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Cosina’s Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 35mm f/2 for Nikon Z is Coming in June

Cosina has revealed more information about its upcoming Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 35mm f/2 aspherical lens for Nikon Z-mount, what it is calling its highest performance “quasi-wide-angle” optic ever. Cosina has been steadily expanding its lineup of lenses for Nikon Z-mount thanks to what it describes as a licensing agreement with the Japanese camera company. While its lenses are still…
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Gorgeous Macro Photos Perfectly Capture Colorful Splashing Liquid

Australian photographer Craig Loechel went from blindly experimenting with a water drop kit for the first time to mastering the art of macro liquid photography. The Unpredictable Nature of Liquid Art Photography Loechel has been “a serious photographer” for over 13 years but says he had a strong interest in art from an early age. He shoots a wide variety of subject matter, but macro…
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