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13 of the Guinness World Records’ Most Iconic Records, in Photos

Guinness World Records is celebrating National Photography Month by sharing some of what it is calling its most “highly sought after” photos from its archive. The 13 images illustrate some of the brand’s most historic and noteworthy records. “The original Guinness Book of World Records was first published in 1965 with black and white photography, and over the decades, our annual edition…
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Best cameras under $1000 in 2021

If you want a camera that offers more advanced features than typical budget options, there are several products available in the $500-1000 price range that should fit the bill. The cameras in this buying guide tend to offer more direct controls than cheaper models, better…
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Kodak Ektar 25, Frozen for Over 30 Years

Can you preserve a 30-year-old roll of color film and shoot it like the day it was purchased? Today I’m going to answer that question as well as give an in-depth history of one of Kodak’s most pivotal films, Ektar 25. I think that some of its history as well the results may surprise you. Announced in October 1988 at Photokina, along with 17 other color films, Kodak Ektar 25 was introduced with…
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Video: A review of Canon's first PowerShot camera, 25 years after its release

Gordon Laing, Editor of CameraLabs*, has *published his latest ‘Retro Review,’ featuring the Canon PowerShot 600, an early digital camera that he considers ‘Canon’s first consumer digital camera.’ The 10-minute video showcases the pros and cons of the 25-year-old camera, contextualizing the features with its contemporaries at the time of its release in 1996. Specifically, Gordon…
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Patent Shows How Canon Will Integrate Eye-Control AF into an EVF

In a patent, Canon explains how it intends to translate its Eye-Control Autofocus (AF) technology into a camera with an electronic viewfinder (EVF). The technology was originally developed for the EOS 5 SLR, and as such needed updating. In early April, Canon announced that it was developing the EOS R3 camera which would use the company’s old Eye-Control AF for the first time in years. However…
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