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Adobe Has Completely Redesigned Masking in Lightroom and ACR

Adobe has announced that it will be launching a redesigned and more powerful way to make selective adjustments — collectively referred to as masking — in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) and all Lightroom applications at the end of October. Adobe says that while it has been creating new ways to make selections with its AI-powered selection tools inside of Photoshop, the image processing engine used by…
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Irix Unveils the Cinema-Inspired 30mm f/1.4 Lens for DSLRs

Irix has announced a new 30mm f/1.4 lens that it says uses the same optical design found in its 30mm cine model, but has been rehoused to work for still photographers. The new DSLR lens is available in Nikon F, Canon EF, and Pentax K mounts. The Irix 30mm f/1.4 is constructed of 13 elements in 11 groups and features an optical design that includes three ultra-low dispersion glass elements, two…
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Google Lens Soon to Allow Search with Photos and Text Combined

Google Lens, the company’s image recognition technology, will soon allow a smartphone’s camera to not only recognize objects in the real world but be combined with search terms to allow users to ask questions about what the camera sees. Google will add functionality from its Multitask Unified Model (MUM) to allow its Lens system to understand information from both the visual data as well as…
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Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS 'Sports' lens field review

Introduction 85% Overall score Jump to conclusion The Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports is an ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame and sub-frame mirrorless cameras based around either the Sony E-mount or the Leica L-mount. With 35mm-equivalent focal lengths equating to 225-900mm with an APS-C crop, it’s aimed primarily at still photographers looking to bring distant…
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