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Researchers Release Improved 3D Models Made From Tourists’ Photos

February 19, 2021
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning advancements have allowed researchers to build detailed 3D models of real-world locations by using the reference data of thousands of tourists’ photos. The finished models have cleanly removed unwanted objects and even normalized lighting conditions. The project and associated paper are titled Neural Radiance Fields for Unconstrained Photo…
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Hands-On with the Weird Fotosnaiper Soviet Sniper Camera

February 19, 2021
Photographer Mathieu Stern was browsing a flea market when he came across a Zenit Fotosnaiper, a Soviet-era camera rig that looks and feels more like a rifle. Stern jumped at the opportunity to have a copy of his own and to go hands-on with the camera. The Zenit Fotosnaiper…
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How a 16mm Motion Picture Camera Works, Revealed by Slow Motion

February 19, 2021
In a 7-minute video uploaded by The Slo Mo Guys, host Gav shows how an old-school handheld 16mm Russian film camera works thanks to detailed footage captured at 1,000 frames per second with a Phantom Flex 4K. After showing how film is loaded into the camera (and what film specifically this particular model camera takes), Gav demonstrates how to adjust the frame rate and shows what that looks…
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How to Easily Capture High-Detail Snowflake Photos at Home

February 19, 2021
Photographing snowflakes doesn’t have to be expensive. In this short 4.5 minute video from photographer Jens Heidler on his YouTube Channel Another Perspective, he teaches you how you can replicate these larger-than-life photos with even entry-level equipment. Heidler…
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Leica introduces APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 L-mount lens

February 19, 2021
Leica has introduced the APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH lens for full-frame L-mount bodies. It features 13 elements, 6 of which are aspherical; several of the elements are of the anomalous partial dispersion type to reduce chromatic aberration. The lens can focus as close as…
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Nikon's Z6 II, Z7 II are getting 1.10 firmware update with 4K60p shooting, improved Eye AF and Blackmagic Raw

February 19, 2021
Nikon USA has announced it will release pair of firmware updates for its Z6 II and Z7 II mirrorless camera systems on February 25. The updates add, amongst bug fixes and other improvements, the ability to shoot 4K video at 60 frame per second (fps), Blackmagic Raw recording and improved Eye-AF performance. Firmware version 1.10 for both the Z6 II and Z7 II will bring 4K UHD video recording…
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Software Can Turn Lightroom or Aperture Catalogs into Luminar Catalogs

February 18, 2021
Avalanche is a photo migration software by developer Cyme that can be used to convert one photo catalog into another without losing any data. Today it announced compatibility with Skylum Luminar 4 and AI, allowing Lightroom, Aperture, and soon Capture One catalogs to be turned into Luminar catalogs. Avalanche says that its software will analyze existing catalogs and safely migrate the images…
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