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Canon to Have Olympic Gear Rentals Despite Contact Tracing Concerns

Canon has announced that it has established a full professional photo service center inside the Tokyo 2020 main press center to support Olympics photographers despite the complications with how this would affect contact tracing. Last week, photographer Jeff Cable explained that he was told that photographers would need to supply their own camera equipment to cover the Olympics, breaking from the…
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Light Painting Photos with a Geometric Drawing Machine

Originally, the geometric chuck was a device to make ornate patterns on a lathe. Invented in the 1860s, the device could have up to 8 layers—each driven by a central shaft. There are several of these complex devices still in existence and on display in museums. Each layer…
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Photos of the Sulfur Miners at the Ijen Volcano in Indonesia

Every day hundreds of men climb the 9,000 feet to the summit of Mount Ijen located in Java, Indonesia and then trek 3,000 feet down into the crater to break slabs of sulfur. Each load of sulfur is around 100-135 pounds, which is the approximate total body weight of the miners. Many of these men do not wear gas masks and carry their loads of sulfur up a steep volcano wearing sandals versus shoes.
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Updated: Nikon Z fc pre-production sample gallery

The Nikon Z fc is due to start shipping soon, and while we wait for a final production sample to review, we’ve been adding images to our previously published gallery of JPEG samples. In addition to a variety of images taken around the Pacific Northwest, we’ve…
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Venus Optics Unveils 14mm f/4 Zero-D Lens for Canon and Nikon DSLRs

Venus Optics has announced a new Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D (zero distortion) wide-angle manual focus prime lens for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The company says that it uses a completely different optical design from the mirrorless version of the lens. Venus Optics says that the Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D DSLR lens is designed specifically for Canon and Nikon DSLRs and is not just a rehoused version of the…
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Photographer Makes DIY Lenses with Cake Molds and Epoxy

In an effort to challenge herself, Italian photographer Ursula Ferrara has made her own lenses for her large-format film camera using plastic epoxy and silicone cake molds. Ferrara is a photographer, painter, and animation film director from Italy who first became…
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3D Printed Cartridge Turns Any 35mm Film Camera into a Digital Camera

YouTuber befinitiv has published a video where he shows how he updated an old Cosina Hi-Lite film camera with a cartridge based on a Raspberry Pi that turned the analog camera into one capable of capturing digital photos and videos. Befinitiv’s video shows any curious minds how to build a custom film cartridge that turns any analog camera into a digital camera. With it, a photographer is able…
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