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Dear Camera Makers, Please Secure Our Camera Gear to Stop Robberies

Dear camera manufacturers, The photography community and content creators would like to voice an urgent need for camera gear to be equipped with anti-theft protective systems. Theft and robbery of high-value items is not a new issue, and will not disappear soon. However, the targets of such crimes have evolved. All of us remember when vehicle theft was rampant. Manufacturers realized…
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Comparing the Cost of the Nikon Z9 and Canon R3 Around the World

It should come as no surprise that cameras cost varying amounts depending on which country they are purchased in. So which countries are charging the most for the Canon R3 or Nikon Z9, and which the least? Nukeni is a website that aggregates data on a range of tech products including cameras to determine which countries are offering the cheapest and most expensive rates for the same products. The…
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What to Expect from Nikon’s NX MobileAir and NX Tether Apps

Nikon quietly announced a pair of new software applications to go along with the flagship Z9 Camera last week: NX MobileAir for smartphones and NX Tether for Mac and PC. The mobile app NX MobileAir will be released for Android and iOS devices on November 24th, 2021, and is designed to let photographers connect their cameras to their smartphones for fast FTP uploads over the cellular connections…
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Nikon announces NX MobileAir and NX Tether apps

Alongside the Nikon Z9 and new lens announcements (Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, updated Z lens roadmap and new FTZ II adapter), Nikon announced a pair of new apps, NX MobileAir and NX Tether. NX MobileAir is an Android and iOS app that lets…
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How to Shoot a ‘Day vs Night’ Portrait In-Camera

Special effects are a fantastic and fun way to tell compelling stories through images. While they may seem complicated, the truth is, many special effects are easily done in-camera using tools you likely already have. In this video, I’ll be walking through how to create…
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Funleader Converts Contax 45mm f/2 G-Mount Lenses to Leica M-Mount

Lens manufacturer Funleader has acquired 300 Contax 45mm f/2 lenses (originally for Contax G-Mount) and non-destructively converted them to Leica M-Mount to allow the original Carl Zeiss Planar T* optics to be used with modern Leica rangefinders. The original Contax Zeiss Planar T 45mm f/2 G autofocus lens was designed for the Contax G1 and G2 cameras, as noted by KEH which has a few of them…
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