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Panasonic announces HLG plug-in for Photoshop CC, adds Raw video modes to S-series cameras

Panasonic has announced a plug-in that allows true-to-life HDR stills to be edited in Photoshop CC. Its S-series cameras can output high dynamic range images compatible with the Hybrid Log Gamma standard, but until now there’d been no easy way to edit them. The LUMIX HLG Photo plug-in will allow HLG stills from the S1, S1R, S5 and S1H to be opened, edited and saved within Photoshop. The…
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Kolari Vision's new R5 cooling mod doubles 8K recording time and improves recovery time

Kolari Vision, a company known for its camera modifications, has unveiled what it claims to be the first commercially-available service for modifying Canon EOS R5 cameras so they can record nearly double the 8K footage and dramatically decrease the wait time needed to recover when the camera does overheat. The modification uses a custom heatsink that vents the thermal energy from the processor…
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Lenbaby Launches New ‘Pinhole-Style’ Obscura Lens

Lensbaby, a company known for making unconventional lenses and unique optics, has announced its latest lens: a three-in-one Pinhole-type optic called The Obscura. The Obscura lens is based on the camera obscura, “a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side…
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Beautiful Photos of Rice Fields in India Perfectly Leverage Composition

Dibakar Roy, from Kolkata, India, uses the power of remarkable composition thanks to shadows, patterns, subjects, and perspective to take this seemingly ordinary part of everyday life for farmers into the extraordinary. Farming paddy — which is both the term of a field where rice is grown as well as for rice that is in its husk — is of huge importance in rural India, where agriculture is the…
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Why I Bought a Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246)

I used to view digital Leica cameras as a classic example of style over substance. Surely this is a perfect example of a company developing a luxury brand on the back of their, admittedly wonderful, history and heritage. In a world of ever-increasing sensors, rapidly…
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Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 105mm F2.8 VR S sample gallery

The Nikon NIKKOR Z MC 105mm F2.8 VR S is a short telephoto macro prime lens for Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless Z mount. Offering several upgrades over previous generations, the new Z 105mm is being pitched as a versatile prime lens for everything from macro shooting to…
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This Leica M3 replica is only $89 (and made entirely of wood)

If a genuine Leica camera is too rich for your wallet blood, this might be your next best option. It’s a wooden Leica M3 replica camera from Leica Rumors that will set you back just $89 — less than a third of most Leica lens hoods retail for. This first batch, which includes only ‘a few’ units, is a test run to gauge interest. If these first units, each of which has its own unique markings…
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