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Engineer Builds a DIY Hot-Swappable Battery Grip for His Canon EOS M

An electronics engineer has created a do-it-yourself hot-swappable battery solution for photographers who want to keep their cameras going through shoots without stopping or losing any footage. Needing to hastily swap a battery during a shoot so as not to miss anything is likely a familiar scenario to most, if not all, photographers and videographers. Sometimes, that swap needs to be timed…
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Kandao’s Obsidian Pro 12K 360 Camera is Loaded with 8 APS-C Sensors

Kandao is going all-in on high-quality, VR-ready, 360-degree video with its newly-announced Obsidian Pro. The company is calling it the “world’s-first cinematic 360-degree camera with 8 APS-C sensors” to offer 24 million pixels of high-resolution 12K capture. As noted by Fstoppers, Kandao announced the camera on April 15 and says it can capture 12K by 12K video at up to 30 frames per…
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Tamron Launches 150-500mm Super-Telephoto Zoom for Sony E-Mount

Tamron has announced the 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD, the company’s first full-frame super-telephoto zoom lens for Sony mirrorless cameras. Where the Tamron 150-600mm has proven popular for DSLRs, the new 150-500mm is sure to entice Sony sports and wildlife photographers as well as other long-lens shooters with its focal length, compactness, and price. The Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 has a…
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‘Time Travel’ Photos Honor the 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

Photographer and “time travel photographer” Patrick McNicholas has spent the last three years compiling historic images from the Tulsa Race Massacre and recreating them in the same location in the modern-day to create final photos that blend the past and present. McNicholas says that the project, titled Tulsa Past to Present, started “by accident” in February of 2018. “A friend and…
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