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Nikon officially announces the Nikkor Z 40mm F2 compact prime

After confirming in June that it would be available in 2021, Nikon has officially announced the Nikkor 40mm F2, a compact, affordable prime lens for the mirrorless Z-mount. Weighing only 170 g (~6 oz) the Z 40mm F2 promises to be an ideal walkaround lens for full-frame and APS-C Z-mount shooters. Optical construction comprises 6 elements in 4 groups, with a 9-bladed aperture promising…
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Fujifilm Designs a Foldable Smartphone with a Stylus Pen

Fujifilm appears interested in jumping into the mobile smartphone space and designed a folding smartphone that works with a stylus pen. The description appears to be very similar to Samsung’s recently announced Fold 3. In a patent discovered and illustrated by LetsGoDigital, Fujifilm seems poised to take on a new market segment: mobile phones. The patent was filed in the United States on…
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Fujifilm GF 35-70mm F4.5-5.6 WR sample gallery

We’ve been shooting with the new Fujifilm GF 35-70mm F4.5-5.6 WR for some time, on both the newly announced GFX 50S II and the 100MP GFX 100S. Check out our gallery of sample images to see what it can do in a range of different shooting situations. Our impressions so far? It’s one of the best ‘kit lenses’ we’ve ever seen. Take a look for yourself and let us know what…
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Wrong Photos Are a Myth, Bad Technique Isn’t

One of the most common myths in photography and art, in general, is that some things are wrong and others are right. This creates a notion that some art is worse than other art. If this were true, the world would never go beyond a predefined concept of art. Painters like Van Gogh have painted “wrong paintings”. However, executed with the brilliant technique that suits the concept, these…
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