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Nikon Officially Ends International Warranties for Lenses and Accessories

While published on Nikon Japan a few weeks ago, a notice in English has finally been added announcing that the company will no longer provide international warranties for Nikkor lenses and accessories. Nikon has published the English version of the notice on Nikon Imaging Support. In it, the company states that up until this point it had attached an international warranty to interchangeable…
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Intel is Repositioning its Depth-Sensing Camera into Facial Recognition

Intel has officially launched RealSense ID, a facial recognition camera module that is built on its RealSense depth-sensing technology. Originally designed for touch-free interactions, Intel looks like it is going all-in on facial ID instead. The concept of the tech is most easily compared to Apple’s FaceID technology. Intel says that RealSense ID brings a “highly accurate, natural solution…
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Behind the Scenes of How Kodak Film is Made

Curious how Kodak manufactures its film? In this 8-minute video, Studio C-41 shows the process from making the original giant rolls of plastic that eventually becomes film, to the finished product found on store shelves around the world. Despite the demand for film falling significantly over the last couple of decades, Kodak continues to produce it in large amounts from its factory in Rochester…
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Field review: Sigma 35mm F2 DG DN

87% Overall score Jump to conclusion The Sigma 35mm F2 DG DN is a fairly compact, weather-sealed medium-wide prime lens for L-mount and Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras. It’s designed as a more compact, reasonably priced alternative to ultrafast prime…
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New Cloud-Based Software Can Turn Any 2D Photo into a 3D Hologram

Looking Glass Factory, the company that brought you the extremely successful Kickstarter for the hologram photo frame back in December, has announced a new cloud-based service that can turn any 2D image into a 3D hologram in seconds, no programming knowledge required. The Looking Glass Portrait photo frame absolutely crushed its $50,000 Kickstarter goal with over $2.2 million pledged ahead of…
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