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TTartisan releases $770 90mm F1.25 manual prime for Leica M-mount camera systems

Chinese optics manufacturer TTartisan has announced its latest lens, the 90mm F1.25 for Leica M-mount camera systems. The lens, which is clearly designed to look like a first-party Leica lens, is constructed of 11 elements in 7 groups, including four high-refractive index elements. Other features include a ten-blade aperture diaphragm, a one meter (3.3’) minimum focusing distance and an aperture…
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How Astronomers Use Gravity as the Ultimate Camera Lens

The Hubble Space Telescope has an incredible camera system in its own right, but thanks to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing it can capture images far beyond what human technology and optical science currently allow. As noted by Fstoppers, NASA explains that…
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Asus Unveils the Zenfone 8 and Zenfone 8 Flip Smartphones

Asus has announced the Zenfone 8 and 8 Flip smartphones which feature similar camera sensors, but the latter allows the rear camera array to “flip” up and act as the front-facing camera. Asus Zenfone 8 The Zenfone 8 is Asus’s compact, an approachable model that is…
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Tintypes Made Using Focusing Loupes As Lenses

This personal project was born of a lifelong pursuit of charting new paths upon the broad field of the artistic landscape, combined with an unexplained passion for vintage ground glass focusing loupes. I’ll never stop looking for magical yet unexplored ways in which to see the world, and translating those findings into the language of photography; this is but one such journey. A lot of people…
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Sony Has Discontinued the a6500 Mirrorless Camera

Sony appears to have discontinued the a6500 camera as it has been removed from the company’s official website while distributors have also marked the camera as “no longer available.” Originally reported by Sony Alpha Rumors, the mid-range APS-C camera sat amidst…
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Tokina announces 25-75mm T2.9 cinema lens for $4,999

Tokina has announced the impending release of its new 25–75mm T2.9 cinema lens, a parfocal lens it calls ‘the pinnacle of modern cinema zoom lens design.’ The lens’ focal length fits between the company’s current 11–20mm T2.9 and 50–135mm T2.9 cinema zoom lenses, but its physical presence makes it the largest of the three. It weighs in at 2kg (4.4lbs), measures 174mm…
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Nikon Denies Any Z-Mount Lens Delay, Promises 30 Lenses by Year’s End

According to some reports, Nikon put its Z-mount lens roadmap on hold and postponed several announcements that were supposed to come in April. Nikon has now explicitly denied these rumors, and further promised to stay on track to bring its lens lineup to “approximately” 30 lenses by fiscal year’s end. In early May, Nikon Rumors reported that while Nikon was supposed to release several Nikon…
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