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Apple’s Camera Can Read Text, Spotlight Now Searches Photos

Announced today at the WWDC 2021, Apple has added “Live Text” to photos with the forthcoming iOS 15. This feature will enable Apple devices to recognize text and numbers within an image and let users copy that text from the image and paste it into other apps like Mail or Messages. This new-to-Apple Live Text feature works on new images taken with your iPhone or iPad as well as any existing…
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Photographer Sues Capcom for $12M for Using Her Photos in Video Games

A photographer has filed a lawsuit against Capcom, accusing the Japanese video game giant of infringing her copyright by using her photos extensively in its best-selling video games. Polygon reports that Judy A. Juracek filed her initial complaint in a Connecticut court yesterday. Juracek is a designer and photographer who has published several books with photos of various surfaces to serve as a…
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Nikon: Team Developing the Z9 Understands its Grand Expectations

In a recent interview with Phileweb, Nikon’s Fumiyuki Wakao — the company’s General Manager of Planning and Marketing — said that the team developing the upcoming Z9 professional camera was dealing with “great expectations and responsibilities” and that they were “struggling to reach the goal.” Nikon announced that it was developing the Z9 mirrorless professional camera in early…
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Sigma's 3.00 firmware update for the FP is now live with support for the new EVF-11 viewfinder and more

As it promised it would, Sigma has released firmware version 3.00 for the Sigma FP. The update addresses known issues and adds features found on Sigma’s newer FP-L camera system. Firmware version 3.00 adds support for the Sigma EVF-11 launched alongside the FP-L, includes the new ‘Powder Blue’ and ‘Duotone’ color modes, enables saving and loading cameras via QR codes and adds the…
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