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Xiaomi’s New Mijia Smart Glasses Have a 50MP Camera and 15x Zoom

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled smart glasses equipped with a 50-megapixel camera as well as an 8-megapixel periscope camera that is capable of up to 15x zoom and 100 minutes of continuous recording. Xiaomi announced the launch of Mijia Glasses earlier today, describing the wearable technology as “never seen before.” The Google Glass style device features a 50-megapixel Quad…
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Instagram Launches New ‘Dual’ Camera Feature, Similar to BeReal

Instagram has added a new “Dual” camera feature — seemingly in a bid to copy photo-sharing app BeReal which soared to the number one spot in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store charts this week. The new “Dual” camera feature allows users to record content with their back-facing camera and record their reaction to the event with their front-facing camera at the same time. The rear…
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Video: Learn how Kodak develops and applies light-sensitive coating to its film (in the dark!)

Last year, Destin Sandlin of the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day showed the science behind film development. Sandlin explained how photographic film is constructed, exposed, and developed. Sandlin discussed the film’s chemical structure and then shot some film. Sandlin loves film. It has a special, unique quality that is tough, if not impossible, for digital cameras to match. He gets his…
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Tamron Unveils 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Lens: ‘A New Category of Telephoto’

Tamron has announced a new 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras which is expected to be available from this fall. The versatile ultra-telephoto zoom lens will “create an entirely new category for a high-performance ultra-telephoto mirrorless zoom lens,” the company says. The 50-400mm boasts an 8x zoom ratio and will be the same size as a…
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