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A Teardown of the Sigma fp Mirrorless Camera

October 7, 2020
Since making is debut in July of 2019, the Sigma fp has gained notoriety as a very capable camera despite its mixed reviews. The decidedly lowercase ‘fp’ is Sigma’s first full-frame sensor. The fp was released the same year that all other major camera manufacturers that aren’t Sony were releasing their first or second full-frame mirrorless cameras, and in typical Sigma fashion, the fp…
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NASA Turns Space Photos Into Music

October 7, 2020
NASA has a new project that turns space photos into sounds. Using sonification, images obtained from telescopes are turned into “music” that sounds like what you’d hear when your operating system boots up. The creative project is being carried out by scientists at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. “Telescopes give us a chance to see what the Galactic Center looks like in different types…
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How To Take Photos Like Vivian Maier

October 6, 2020
Armed with her Rolleiflex, a roll of TRI-X 400 (or Ektachrome) film stock, and her bold character, the late Vivian Maier made herself legendary with her dramatic street photography. Her street portraiture in particular is riveting thanks to the expressions on her subjects.
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Two ‘Big White’ Lenses Coming to RF Mount in 2021: Report

October 6, 2020
Canon’s “big white” zoom lenses are among the company’s most popular offerings, but the only lens released for the RF mount so far has been the RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM. But the company reportedly has two “big whites” up its sleeve for 2021. CanonRumors is reporting that the next two lenses in this category are due next year, with the 300mm f/2.8 IS USM reportedly among them. At…
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Did President Trump Stage Photos While Being Treated for COVID-19?

October 6, 2020
On Saturday, while President Donald Trump was being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the AP distributed two handout photos taken by White House photographer Joyce Boghosian. Jon Ostrower, the Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, tweeted that the president appeared in two different locations taken 10 minutes apart based on the EXIF data included in the…
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