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Interview: Olympus Educators Lisa and Tom Cuchara on how Olympus has transformed their outdoor photography

June 15, 2021
Lisa and Tom Cuchara are photographers and Olympus Educators, based in Connecticut. Their work covers everything from weddings and infant portraiture, to bird and macro photography. Over the course of long careers, they’ve used various types and brands of camera equipment, but these days their core kit is based around Olympus OM-D series cameras and M.Zuiko lenses. In this interview, they…
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China’s Zhurong Mars Rover Snaps Selfie with Detachable Camera

June 14, 2021
China’s Zhurong rover, which landed on Mars as part of its Tianwen-1 mission, has sent back its first images which include a panoramic photo of the landing site as well as a “selfie” that the rover captured of itself using a detachable, wireless camera. According to an official press release, the panoramic photo below was captured by the drone’s navigation camera. When it took the photo…
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Adobe to Discontinue Photoshop Mix and Photoshop Fix

June 14, 2021
Adobe has announced that it will be pulling the plug on Photoshop Mix and Photoshop Fix, two stripped-down photo-editing apps for mobile devices that Adobe offered until “full” Photoshop was released for the iPad. Adobe Photoshop Mix was unveiled for the iPad back in…
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This Cameraman Outran the Sprinters in a 100m Race

June 12, 2021
Sports photographers and videographers usually work stealthily in the background, documenting athletes without distracting from the competition, but one cameraman in China stole the show after he outran the sprinters in a 100m race. The college student videographer at Datong University in northern China’s Shanxi province was tasked with shooting the 100-meter sprint from up close — he was…
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9 of History’s Rarest Cameras You Can Actually Buy

June 12, 2021
The history of photography is over a century old — in fact, it was 107 years ago that Oskar Barnack created the Ur-Leica, a camera that would later be known as the genesis of the 36×24 “full-frame” format. Since then, hundreds of companies across the world have, to…
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Leica 24-70mm f/2.8 Versus Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8: Is There a Difference?

June 12, 2021
While reviewing the Leica 24-70mm f/2.8, I was able to spend some time with a lens from Sigma that has been accused of being the exact same lens in a rehoused body. But is it? Editor’s note: The following evaluation is meant to be viewed after reading the full review of the Leica 24-70mm f/2.8, as most of the information below focuses on showing how the Sigma lens performs in comparison to…
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