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GFP-GAN is a New Free AI Tool That Can Fix Most Old Photos Instantly

A newly-released artificial intelligence (AI) model called the “Generative Facial Prior” (GFP-GAN) can repair most old photographs in mere seconds, and it can do it for free. Anyone who has old photographs of their families and friends that have not held up well against time, regardless of the small and/or poor condition of the image, now has the chance to restore their faded and…
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Photographer Creates DIY Telescope to Snap Incredible Photos of the Moon

A photographer has used his 3D printer to create an impressive 900mm reflector telescope that is so simple to put together that “it’s like assembling furniture from IKEA.” The design, which Jonathan Kissner refers to as “Hadley,” has a 114/900mm reflector with a spherical primary mirror housed in mostly 3D-printed parts. Kissner also says that his Hadley telescope can do…
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Untold Stories of the Nikon Z9’s Development

The process of designing a flagship digital camera is a heavily guarded secret. But in a rare exception, some of the key individuals responsible for the development of the Nikon Z9 sat down and explained some of the defining aspects that brought the camera to life. Nikon pulled together a group of engineers and individuals involved with the development of the camera and shared their…
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Canon Pulls R3 Firmware Update for Undisclosed Reason

Canon has pulled the latest R3 firmware update that was announced last week. The company has not disclosed why the update has been removed. When reached for comment, Canon said the following but stopped short of providing an explanation. “The latest firmware…
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Tokina rebrands and raises prices of 13 lenses, discontinues three other lenses

Tokina has announced it is discontinuing 3 of its lenses and raising the price of 13 others, as part of a product line restructure. According to Tokina, the price increase is due to ‘cost hikes of raw materials and components.’ Despite ‘making every effort to absorb the cost hike,’ Tokina says it is ‘not able to bear all the cost increase any further and [needs] to revise the price of…
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