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Photographer Creates Epic Night Sky Panorama Using Ordinary Cameras

Photographer Samy Olabi spent a total of 70 nights over the course of four years capturing 12,200 photos that took a combined 2.2 million seconds to expose in order to capture the night sky using a mixture of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Olabi is an accomplished astrophotographer who previously shot miniaturized scenes using the real Milky Way Galaxy as a backdrop. Over the last four…
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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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