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Kodak Professional Select's AI-powered virtual assistant speeds up image culling

Kodak Alaris has introduced a new application, Kodak Professional Select. The app relies upon proprietary artificial intelligence to cull hundreds to thousands of images based upon technical attributes and aesthetic qualities. The company states that technical attributes include color, focus, brightness, exposure, contrast and sharpness. With respect to aesthetic qualities, the AI looks for eyes…
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Canon’s New Full-Frame Camera Can Shoot at ISO 4,500,000

Canon has announced the latest generation mulit-purpose cameras, the ML-100 and ML-105, that can reach a staggering ISO 4,500,00 for astonishingly detailed color photo and video capture in extremely dark environments. We haven’t heard that much from Canon when it comes to its multi-purpose cameras lately. The last major announcements we have on record was in 2015 with the ME20-F SH. Not long…
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Panasonic Unveils Compact Lumix S 85mm f/1.8 for L-Mount

Panasonic has announced the Lumix S 85mm f/1.8 for L-Mount, a compact and lightweight portrait prime that is also dust and moisture resistant. The lens is designed to be used in both photo and video applications, with special attention paid to assure its viability for…
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This Hong Kong Man Has Spent 60 Years Collecting Vintage Camera Gear

The South China Morning Post published this 10-minute short film titled “The Camera Guardian.” It’s about Hong Kong shop owner David Chan, a lover of cameras who has spent over 60 years collecting and selling vintage photographic equipment. Chan considers old cameras “works of art.” “Though Chan buys and sells some equipment, he considers himself more of a guardian of vintage…
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How and Why I Built My Own Bellows-Style Dynamic Digital View Camera

Why does someone build their own camera? Maybe for technical reasons, usability enhancements, or perhaps personal style and artistic outlook. The raison d’ètre for the experimental camera I made here falls somewhere between all of the above. The prototyping process, over the last few years, has been about creating a tool that enables some of my own photographic ideas to be more readily…
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