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Venus Optics Unveils 11mm f/4.5 Lens for Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras

Specialty lens maker Venus Optics has just released another interesting optic. The Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL is the world’s widest rectilinear lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras that can still accept screw-on filters, offering a 126° field of view from a surprisingly small package. To our knowledge, the widest full-frame lens currently available on the market that still allows you to attach a…
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Netgear Unveils the Meural WiFi 15.6″ Auto-Syncing Photo Frame

Netgear today unveiled the new Meural WiFi Photo Frame, a 15.6-inch digital frame that’s designed to be a simple and effortless way to show personal photos and artwork. “So many photos are captured on smartphones every day, yet many are not seen on screens that showcase them in their fullest, richest detail,” says Netgear SVP David Henry. “With our new Meural WiFi Photo Frame we’ve…
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Olympus Releases Free OM-D Webcam Software for Mac Users

Olympus has just announced the release of its OM-D Webcam Beta software for Mac. Almost two months after releasing the software for Windows, Mac users can now turn select OM-D cameras into ultra-high-quality webcams for livestreaming or video conferencing without using a…
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Winning Photos from the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year Contest

The Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) photo competition has announced the winners of the 2020 contest. The overall winner this year was Majed Alza’abi of Vardø, Norway, who captured the above “artistic and impressionistic” photo of European Shag. “I took this shot in April 2019 while on a visit to the famous Norwegian seabird island of Vardø, a location packed full of birds that…
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Canon Cameras Can Now Auto-Backup to Google Photos

If you’re a Canon shooter who struggles with backing up your photos on a regular basis, you may be happy to know that there’s a new integration with Google Photos that allows for automatic image backups over Wi-Fi. “If you own a DSLR or point-and-shoot camera, you know…
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Leica Unveils Line of ‘Made in Portugal’ Lenses that are Cheaper for US Buyers

Putting the words “Leica” and “Cheap” in the same headline is usually an oxymoron, but the company has just announced that it will be selling “Made in Portugal” versions of nine popular M-mount lenses in order to bypass a controversial US tariff established last year, making these lenses more affordable for US buyers. As mentioned above, the reason behind this move is a punitive 25%…
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