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Venus Optics unveils an 11mm F4.5 ultra-wide-angle lens for full-frame mirrorless systems

August 28, 2020
Venus Optics has released its latest lens, the Laowa 11mm F4.5 FF RL lens for full-frame mirrorless camera systems. The ‘FF’ and ‘RL’ initialisms in the name of the lens refer to the lens’ full-frame (FF) and rectilinear (RL) design. The fully-manual lens is constructed of 14 elements in 10 groups, including two aspherical elements and three extra-low dispersion elements, which results…
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This Camera is Made of 23,248 Coffee Stirrers, an NES Controller, and LEGOs

August 28, 2020
Here’s one of the more unique cameras you’ll ever see: designer Adrian Hanft took 28,248 coffee stirrer straws and turned them into a one-of-a-kind camera — the images show up as 28,248 points of light. After verifying that 250 straws can project an image onto ground glass, Hanft ordered tens of thousands of black disposable coffee stirrers on Amazon and began building prototypes of the…
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Olympus Releases Free OM-D Webcam Software for Mac Users

August 28, 2020
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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Matt Granger Says ‘Goodbye Nikon,’ Sells All His DSLRs to Go Mirrorless

August 28, 2020
This morning, YouTuber Matt Granger—known for many years as “That Nikon Guy”—dropped a bit of a bombshell: he’s decided to sell all of his Nikon DSLRs and lenses. In fact, he already did it, and is now brand-less as he tries to decide what mirrorless system he’s going to go with next. To be fair, Granger hasn’t gone by “That Nikon Guy” since 2013, but up until this week, the vast…
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Canon Cameras Can Now Auto-Backup to Google Photos

August 28, 2020
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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Canon Unveils EOS R5 Firmware 1.1, Improves Overheating Times

August 28, 2020
Most regular consumers haven’t even received their Canon EOS R5 pre-order yet, but the company has already released a major firmware update for the camera. And while Canon doesn’t actually SAY it in the documentation, this update does improve both the base overheating and the recovery times. First things first, Canon barely even mentions temperature performance in the change log for Firmware…
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