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This $22,000 Photobook of the Sistine Chapel Was Made with 270,000 Photos

If you’re always on the hunt for limited edition photobooks and have ultra-deep pockets and bookshelves, here’s one for your collection: the The Sistine Chapel. It’s a giant $22,000 trilogy that contains views of the Sistine Chapel’s art captured in gigapixel glory through 270,000 individual photos. Published by Callaway Arts and Entertainment on November 1st, the book contains 822-pages…
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Kodak Professional Select Uses AI to Auto-Cull Your Images

Kodak has launched a new application – powered by artificial intelligence – that promises to quickly cull your images for you based on a set of rules. Called Kodak Professional Select, the company promises fast, easy, and accurate results. Kodak says that the service…
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Video: Meet Calypso, the predecessor to Nikon's iconic underwater Nikonos cameras

A customer at Camera West in California recently traded in an interesting piece of photographic history, the Calypso underwater camera. The 35mm film camera was the first of its kind that didn’t need housing to be used underwater. The Calypso was the brainchild of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau and Belgian engineer Jean de Wouters. The Calypso was released in 1961 as the first 35mm…
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Photoshop Virtual Summit II: 5 Days of Free Photoshop Training by Top Pros

Want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level but not sure where to start? Well, you’re in luck, because the Photoshop Virtual Summit II is just around the corner. It’s an online event that will offer 5 days of free Photoshop training by some of the world’s top experts. The Adobe-sponsored event is being put on by Photoshop instructor Dave Cross, who has been training photographers…
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Yongnuo Announces Oval-Shaped Flash With Built-In Modeling Light

Yongnuo has announced a new flash that includes a built-in ring of LED lights around the main flash unit that can act as a modeling lamp. Called the YN650EX-RF, it is also an unusual ovular shape. In its official press release, Yongnuo says that the YN650EX-RF is equipped with 24 LED lamp “beads” that it says will add “charming eye light” to photos. The LEDs are also dimmable at 100…
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