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Why Some Celebs License Photos of Themselves and Others Steal Them

When news broke on Monday that Miley Cyrus was facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission, it sounded familiar. Another celebrity allegedly misused intellectual property and was sued by a photographer for posting a picture on their social media without obtaining a license or consent first. It has…
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Introduction With the announcement of the Fujifilm X-H2, it becomes clearer how the company’s two flagship models compare and who they’re aimed at. We’re going to take a quick look…
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Samyang announces world’s first AF cine lens for full-frame E-mount cameras

Samyang has announced the world’s first autofocus cine lens for full-frame E-mount camera systems, the 75mm T1.9 V-AF. The lens is the first of what will be five lenses in the series, which will eventually include 20mm, 24mm, 35mm and 45mm focal lengths as well by the end of 2023. Samyang doesn’t share the optical construction of its 75mm T1.9 lens, but does state it has an image circle of…
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Nikon is Fighting RED’s Lawsuit Over the Z9’s Compressed RAW Video

In May, RED Digital Cinema filed a lawsuit against Nikon, alleging that the data compression technology it uses in the Z9 camera violated its patents. Nikon has responded and argues RED’s patent should never have been approved to begin with. RED’s lawsuit says that a type of compression it has patented is in use by the Nikon Z9 without licensing it. The lawsuit states numerous…
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How Steve Sasson Invented the Digital Camera

Steve Sasson is an electrical engineer who invented the digital camera while working for Kodak. The Rochester, New York, company, which had made its fortune by selling photographic film and paper for most of the 20th century, did not think that Sasson’s digital camera had…
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Reality TV Star Photoshops Herself to Show How ‘Deceptive’ Social Media Is

Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel has revealed how “deceptive” editing and filters can be, by posting a Photoshopped image of herself in a bikini on Instagram. Real Housewives of New York alum and television personality, Frankel, has also condemned other celebrities who are known for Photoshopping their own social media images. Frankel shared a heavily edited photo of herself in a…
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