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The Original Sony Alpha 9 Appears to Have Been Discontinued

Sony’s original Alpha 9 camera has appeared as discontinued through a few retailers, including Adorama, leading to the appearance that the company has retired the sports camera that was originally announced in 2017. Spotted by Sony Alpha Rumors, the Sony Alpha 9 camera is now listed as discontinued on both B&H and Adorama. PetaPixel reached out to Sony, but the company was unavailable for…
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Panasonic Leica 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH field review

Introduction 88% Overall score Jump to conclusion Panasonic’s Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH is a bright zoom lens aimed at photographers using Micro Four Thirds camera bodies. With a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 50 to 100mm, the 25-50mm F1.7…
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Video: Peter McKinnon goes hands-on with a pair of Canon EOS R3 cameras

Photographer and YouTuber Peter McKinnon was recently sent a pair of Canon EOS R3 cameras to play around with. While he hasn’t had much time yet to put it to the test, he has shared a new hands-on video wherein he shares his initial thoughts on the EOS R3 and shows off plenty of up-close shots of Canon’s forthcoming mirrorless camera. McKinnon starts off by acknowledging that at the time of…
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Android App Visualizes On-Device and Cloud-Stored Photos on a Map

Levion Software’s free Photo Map app for Android shows photos stored on device or in multiple cloud storage platforms and illustrates them on a world map so users never lose track of where and when their images were taken. As smartphones get better and more powerful features, the ability to sort, geotag, and place images on a world map has become more popular. It is a feature that has long been…
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Making a DIY Camera Flash by Reusing a Disposable Camera’s

Recently I bought a film camera from the 1970s, the Canon A-1. Considering that the camera is almost three times older than me, it was no surprise that there are a few issues with it. The first camera I got jammed before I even loaded in my first roll, and the replacement camera had a battery drainage issue (which took an almost complete disassembly to fix). But anyway, that isn’t the point of…
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