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Yongnuo has a new $310 50mm F1.8 AF full-frame lens for Sony E mount cameras on the way

Yongnuo has announced the YN 50mm F1.8S DF DSM, a new lens for full-frame Sony E mount camera systems. While the name and basic specifications are nearly identical to the APS-C 50mm F1.8 Sony E mount lens Yongnuo released early last year, the lens itself appears to be an entirely different design, inside and out. The autofocus lens is constructed of 11 elements in eight groups, including four…
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Lensii to Take on Instagram as a ‘Better’ Photo Sharing App

Lensii, originally an artificial intelligence-assisted photo cloud platform that looked to challenge Google Photos, has announced that it’s adding another target to its sights: Instagram. The company’s founder and CEO Sunghoon Park spoke to PetaPixel in July about the plan to assit users in organizing, sorting, searching, and choosing the best images from their collection of photographs…
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Cottingley Fairies: The Photo Hoax That Fooled Kodak and Arthur Conan Doyle

Just after the Christmas of 1904, a group of lucky children nestled into their seats at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London for a night of whimsy and wonder. There, they witnessed the first adventure of a boy who could never grow up, clad in autumn leaves and cobwebs. Their eyes expanded with delight as he entered the room of children just like them, on a mission to retrieve a…
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Samyang announces $500 12mm F2 AF lens for Fujifilm X mount cameras

Samyang has announced its new 12mm F2.0 AF lens for Fujifilm X mount camera systems, which offers a full-frame equivalent focal length of 18mm. This compact ultrawide lens appears to be a slightly tweaked version of the APS-C Sony E mount 12mm F2 lens revealed earlier this year. Like its E mount predecessor, the X mount 12mm F2 AF lens is constructed of 12 elements in 10 groups, including three…
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