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Caught on video: Photographers robbed of $7,000 in gear while stuck in traffic in San Francisco

February 9, 2021
Real estate photographers Ben Barghabany and Mahsa Tighi of HomeShots experienced a photographer’s worst nightmare, having their gear stolen. The pair of photographers were sitting in traffic in San Francisco when, in broad daylight, a robber smashed their back window and grabbed a bag of equipment. Barghabany and Tighi, who work together as husband and wife, had been on a shoot near Dolores…
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Photographers Robbed While Stuck in SF Traffic, Lose $7,000 in Camera Gear

February 7, 2021
This may be the modern-day equivalent of a stagecoach robbery: a pair of photographers were just brazenly robbed while they were sitting in traffic in San Francisco. Robbers smashed their rear window and stole a bag filled with $7,000 in gear, and it was all caught on camera. ABC7 reports that husband-and-wife real estate photographers Ben and Masha of Home Shots were waiting to get onto the…
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5 Cameras You Should Avoid

February 6, 2021
If you are reading this article, there’s a high chance that sooner or later you are going to buy a new camera. And as we all know, photography is not exactly a cheap hobby. Maybe it is going to be your first more expensive camera or just the next one in line. You might…
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Oppo Develops Double-Sided Pop-Up Smartphone Camera

February 6, 2021
Multiple companies are apparently trying to solve the selfie camera notch problem in various ways. Oppo has a design they could implement as early as this year that allows a single pop-up camera module to capture photos both forward and backward out of a single unit using…
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Yongnuo Launches 25mm f/1.7 Lens for Micro Four Thirds

February 5, 2021
Yongnuo has announced the 25mm f/1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds on its official website today. While the construction appears to be designed to be affordable and lightweight, the company also claims solid performance. The YN25mm f/1.7M will weigh 150 grams and will be 60.8mm wide (~2.4 inches) by 66.6mm tall (~2.6 inches). While pricing and availability were not part of the announcement, given…
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7 Reasons to Add a Noctilux Lens to Your Camera Bag

February 5, 2021
As a professional corporate photographer who completes around 300 professional assignments a year and has done so for many years, I have used a number of modern, ultra-fast lenses made by excellent optical equipment manufacturers, but I keep on coming back to the Noctilux…
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Canon produced its 150-millionth lens in January, marking an incredible milestone 34 years in the making

February 5, 2021
Canon’s current collection of EF and RF lenses for both still and cinema cameras. Click to enlarge. Canon has announced it reached the ‘significant milestone’ of producing its 150-millionth interchangeable (EF and RF) lens in January 2021. In its press release celebrating the achievement, Canon says the lucky number 150,000,000 was an RF 70–200mm F2.8 L IS USM telephoto zoom…
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