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Photographer ‘Disappointed’ That NBC Edited Lia Thomas Photos

NBC has sparked criticism for airing edited photos of transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas that softened the athlete’s facial features. The photographer behind one of the photos says she is “surprised and disappointed” at what was done to her original shots. Thomas dominated news headlines in March after becoming the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA…
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Why Digital Cameras Will All Die but Film Cameras Live On

Digital cameras are great — the technology they are built upon is remarkable, underpinned by remarkably sophisticated designs. Not only that, but the pictures they acquire are of such astonishing quality that they make anything that went before pale in comparison. So why…
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Panasonic, The Lumbering Tech Giant That Makes Cameras

The camera sector isn’t exactly a thriving business at the moment, with year-on-year declining sales and a slew of manufacturers having exited the market. The only way to survive — it would appear — is to have a significant market share (like Canon) or to be part of a much larger business (like Fujifilm). Or indeed, both (like Sony). Panasonic falls into the latter camp, a stalwart…
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NVIDIA’s New Tech Can Turn A Set of Photos into 3D Scenes in Seconds

NVIDIA’s Instant NeRF is a neural rendering model that can produce a 3D scene from 2D data inputs in seconds and can render images of that scene in milliseconds. The process is known as inverse rendering and allows AI to approximate how light behaves in the real world, which can be used to turn a collection of still images into a digital 3D scene in seconds. NVIDIA’s research team has…
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Hubble Uses Two Cameras to Take a Stunningly Detailed Galaxy Photo

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an incredibly detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that is shaped like an eye. The photo was made thanks to two of Hubble’s instruments: the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). This detailed photo shows the heart of NGC 1097, what NASA describes as a barred spiral galaxy that sits about 48 million light-years from…
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