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Nikon’s New Lens Tech is a Danger to Medical Devices

March 7, 2022
Nikon’s new $14,000 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S lens for mirrorless cameras has been getting terrific reviews, but there is another more unusual reason the lens stands out in Nikon’s lineup: Nikon warns that you should not use it if you have a pacemaker or any other kind of medical device. The official reference manual for the lens contains this warning (first spotted by Nikon Rumors): “Do…
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Canon to Launch 32 New RF Lenses Before 2026

March 7, 2022
As part of Canon’s annual financial results presentation, the company’s Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai has explained some strategies going forward, including the plan to release lenses at pace with current production for the next several years. Driven by Solid…
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Sony Alpha 1 Teardown: The Inside of a Flagship Mirrorless Camera

March 5, 2022
The Sony flagship camera is here, the first of the mirrorless full-frame “holy trinity” of Sony, Canon, and Nikon to be released. Sony announced this beautiful beast back in January 2021, and today we’re going to take it apart, modify it into a full spectrum camera, and (hopefully) put it back together again. This article is a complete disassembly and teardown of the Sony Alpha 1…
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How to Tag Your Photos to Make Them Easy to Find

March 5, 2022
I had a death in the family this week, as my brother in law Michael Stroud passed away, after a three-week hospital stint. There are many parts of the grieving process, of course, and one big one is revisiting memories, with photos and video. As the photographer and…
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New Pentax K3 Mark III Update Improves Astro Photos Without GPS

March 4, 2022
Pentax has announced a new firmware update for the K3 Mark III DSLR that improves the performance of its ability to capture astrophotography. Called Astro Tracer Type 3, it tracks celestial objects without using the GPS unit. Astro Tracer Type 3 Firmware version 1.41 enables the K3 Mark III astrotracing feature without the use of global positioning, direction, or other data. This allows…
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What It Was Like To Use Photoshop Version 2.5 From 1992

March 4, 2022
Adobe Photoshop has been around for so long that it has become the international standard for photo editing and is even used as a generic verb for any type of photo edit. But, like all great things, it took a long while for it to reach its current state. A Stark Contrast Looking back at the beginnings of this software is almost shocking when you consider just how not powerful the application was…
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