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Fujifilm to Hike Film Prices by Up to 60% in April 2022: Report

Fujifilm has notified dealers in Japan to expect price increases across a range of its photography products. Specifically, the company’s photo film will go up in price by as much as 60% starting in April. Japannese camera shop, film retailer, and film developer Print Koubou published a note on Twitter that it received from Fujifilm, as spotted by DCLife.
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Camtraptions Launches Solar Panel for Camera Trap Speedlights

Camtraptions has announced a solar panel that works in tandem with its speedlight for use in long-term, off-the-grid camera traps. The compact solar panel allows the flashes to be deployed for extended or even unlimited periods of time. A “camera trap” refers to a camera that can be automatically triggered to take a photo by a change of some kind in its vicinity. Camera traps are used by…
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Photographer Captures Dazzling Aerial Photos of Solar Power Plants

Photographer Tom Hegen has captured a stunning series of aerial photos showing what sprawling solar power plants look like from a bird’s-eye view. The project is titled The Solar Power Series. Hegen is a German photographer who has focused his career on capturing aerial photos that offer insights into the traces humans are leaving on Earth’s surface. Hegen “provides an overview of…
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Rare 0-Series Leica camera owned by Oskar Barnack expected to fetch over $2.6M at auction

The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner and to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, Leica is auctioning off an extremely rare unit, a Leica 0-Series camera owned and used by Oskar Barnack, the man who more or less invented 35mm still photography. This year’s auction will be held at Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany, on June 11, 2022. While other cameras, lenses…
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