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K-Lens One Kickstarter campaign has been cancelled due to financial issues, backers will be refunded

The Kickstarter campaign for the K-Lens One light-field lens has been cancelled at the last minute due to ‘financial issues’. The campaign had raised almost €200,000 on a €75,000 goal and had orders for 95 units, but despite this it seems other behind-the-scenes funding fell through. In a statement the company says it was left uncertain about whether the lenses could be made, and rather…
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Nikon Discontinues the D500, a Triumph of the DSLR Era

Nikon Japan has officially marked the D500 DSLR as “old product,” signaling that the company will cease manufacturing the camera. The last new D500 cameras around the world will be those already on store shelves. The “Old Product” Designation Nikon Japan…
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23 Years Later: Revisiting the Olympus CAMEDIA C-2000 Z

Photographer Gordon Laing has been digging through his archives and revisiting classic digital cameras. His latest entry takes a look at the Olympus CAMEDIA C-2000 Z, a camera that was originally released 23 years ago. The CAMEDIA C-2000 Z The CAMEDIA C-2000 Z was…
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Adobe shows off upcoming Camera Raw support for Photoshop on iPad

Adobe is bringing Camera Raw to the iPad version of Photoshop, and has demonstrated how it works in a hands-on video. Ryan Dumlao, senior product manager for Photoshop on iPad, shows how Camera Raw can be used to edit RAW and DNG photos directly imported from a camera — in this case a Fujifilm — or ProRAW files from the iPhone 12 Pro and 13 Pro. Camera Raw is a long-standing plugin that allows…
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Photographer’s Camera Tumbles Down Ski Run at Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics have kicked off in Beijing, China, and it seems one photographer’s camera decided it wasn’t close enough to the action. It was caught on camera tumbling down the snowy mountain where skiing events are taking place. While the opening ceremony of the 2022 Games is on Friday, February 4th, athletes have already begun competing in a number of events, including…
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The K|Lens Light Field Lens Kickstarter Has Been Canceled

The German-based startup K|Lens, which promised to provide the ability for any camera to shoot light field images, has canceled its Kickstarter that raised $225,422. Canceled Kickstarter Spotted by Photo Rumors, K|Lens has officially canceled its successful crowdfunding…
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Sigma will release new products via livestream on February 9

Mark your calendars, Sigma fans. Sigma has announced it will be holding a Sigma Stage Online event next week, on February 9, to show off new products. The event, which Sigma says should last ‘about 30 minutes,’ will take place at JST 21:00 / CET 13:00 / EST 08:00 and will be livestreamed on Sigma’s official YouTube channel via the embedded YouTube video above. No further details are provided…
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