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Sandmarc’s New Mini Slider is Made for the iPhone and Action Cameras

Sandmarc has announced a compact and lightweight cinema-style camera slider designed for use with the iPhone and action cameras. The new Cinema Slider is made out of a combination of carbon fiber and aluminum, which the company says makes it both light and strong. The combination of the two alloys makes for a durable and strong slider, which is also small enough to be easily portable…
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Meike Launches $200 85mm f/1.8 AF Lens for Sony Full Frame Cameras

Meike has announced a super-affordable autofocus-equipped lens for Sony full-frame E-mount cameras: the 85mm f/1.8 STM. The company says the autofocus is fully supported by multiple Alpha cameras and even several APS-C E-mount cameras. The Meike 85mm f/1.8 STM is described as a full-frame portrait lens that is also suitable for architecture and landscape photography. While the elements…
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Photographer Shares Her Most Outrageous Photoshop Requests

Photographer Rachel Canale’s popular video series details the outrageous Photoshop requests clients have asked of her. Requests such as, “Can you make it look like I’m hugging a leopard?” and “Can you put me in a selfie with Beyoncé?” appears to be commonplace in Canale’s line of work. Speaking to PetaPixel, Canale explains how her series “Things People Have Asked Me…
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Gear in this story

Most modern cameras will shoot video to one degree or another, but these are the ones we’d look at if you plan to shoot some video alongside your photos. We’ve chosen cameras that can take great photos and make it easy to get great looking video, rather than being the…
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Macro Photography with a $20 3D Printed Microscope Lens

A photographer 3D printed a 4x telescopic macro adapter lens and sent it to a photographer for a field test who produced stunning results with the custom-made glass. Nicholas Sherlock, sent his creation to YouTuber Michael Widell who took the 3D printed lens outdoors to…
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NASA to Power Down Voyager Probes: Here Are Their Best Space Photos

The Voyager Space Probes — the most distant cameras in the universe — are being powered down after 44 years of interstellar travel. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have made it deeper into space than any manmade object in history. Both were launched in 1977 to photograph a fortuitous alignment of the planets in our solar system. A Voyager probe took this false-color image of Saturn’s rings on…
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