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This Leica-like camera is made of paper and takes 16MP photos

Let’s get this out of the way first and foremost: this camera is a novelty and nothing more. Still, I want to shoot with it, if for no other reason than to say I did. This ultra-thin Leica-inspired camera is constructed of some kind of paper card stock material with a small digital camera sandwiched between the two sides. According to the specifications list, the camera features a 16MP sensor…
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Gorgeous Timelapse of London Took 2TB of Photos to Create

Photographer Mattia Bicchi recently spent seven days in London to capture gorgeous timelapse and hyperlapse footage of the United Kingdom’s capital city in 4K. Bicchi, an Italian living in Madrid, traveled to the City of London where he shot as much footage as possible, coming back with a whopping two terabytes (TB) of RAW files. To tackle this project, Bicchi was armed with a Sony a7R…
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Gear in this story

The Sigma 24mm DG DN Art lens feels sturdy and has some heft, and the focus and aperture ring had enough resistance to build confidence running around Seattle for a weekend of shooting. It didn’t take long before we were more focused on making images than fumbling with gear. How does the image quality stack up? Check out the photos in our sample gallery and let us know what you think in the…
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Hypnotic Photos Show the Flight Paths of Birds and Bats

Lockdown Vultures (Moab Slope) Stifled by lockdown, photographer Doris Mitsch began to look up for inspiration and started photo-stacking bird flight paths with the editing sometimes taking her days to finish. “The photos take hours and hours and hours to edit.
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My Friend’s Smartphone Took a Photo That Rivals My Full-Frame Camera

Left: Photo taken with a Samsung Galaxy S22. Right: Photo taken with a 5D Mark III. For the last several years, manufacturers have repeatedly blamed smartphones as the reason the camera market has collapsed so spectacularly, and a recent experience has me now fully understanding this. Last weekend, I attended the Southport skate jam and because the weather in England is unusually…
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