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Spellbinding Photos of Mars Canyon That Would Stretch from NY to LA

A view of Tithonium Chasma, part of Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon | ESA The European Space Agency has released stunning images of the enormous Valles Marineris canyon taken by the Mars Express. Valles Marineris cuts across Mars like the Grand Canyon cuts across the United States, except the Martian canon is 20 times wider and five times deeper than the American landmark. The Martian…
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Nikon Fixes Minor Bug in Nearly 10-Year-Old D7100 DSLR

In an unexpected and somewhat strange move, Nikon has released a firmware update for the nearly 10-year-old D7100 DSLR that addresses a minor bug. The new firmware, spotted by Nikon Rumors, updates the camera from version 1.04 to 1.05 and fixes an issue with the…
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It’s not often you have to go digging through the closet to install the latest firmware for a camera you own, but that might well be the case for some Nikon D7100 owners. Nikon has announced a firmware update for the nearly 10-year-old camera that addresses a rather small problem. It seems rather odd that a nearly decade-old camera is getting an update while more recent cameras sit around…
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How a Photo Editor Made $100,000 Photoshopping Dog Pics

Photo editor Mandy Helwege has made $100,000 so far this year Photoshopping pictures of dogs next to their younger selves. Helwege began her niche business in 2018 when she was still working in sales. But after posting a viral TikTok video toward the end of 2021…
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‘Historical Role of the SLR is Already Over,’ Says Former Nikon GM

Tetsuro Goto, a former Nikon general manager and the designer of the Nikon Df, responded to questions about Nikon’s supposed withdrawal from the DSLR business by saying that the maximum performance of SLRs has already been reached. In an interview with Aeradot, Goto — who served in multiple roles at Nikon through the years including as general manager, chairman, and lead of the…
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Telescope Made from Multiple Canon Lenses is Hunting for Galaxies

Canon has partnered with an Australian university to bundle 10 Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS II lenses together into what they call the Huntsman Telescope to scout the skies from the Southern Hemisphere. The novel telescope design, made by Macquarie Unversity with support from Canon, will be used to search for and study ultra-faint galaxies and astronomical objects from Australia. The…
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