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Instagram Now Lets Creators Lock Photos and Reels Behind a Paywall

Instagram revealed that creators will be able to lock their photos and Reels behind a paywall for subscribers using the “subscriptions” feature. Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted a video announcing the update yesterday. In the clip, Mosseri says that the new subscription feature was part of the app’s efforts to help creators earn a stable income. With this new feature, creators…
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TTArtisan’s New 50mm f/2 Full-Frame Lens Costs Only $69

TTArtisan has announced a new 50mm f/2 full-frame manual focus lens. Though not the fastest “nifty fifty” in the company arsenal, the standard focal length lens has a natural viewing angle and the company says it has a fast enough aperture to provide high performance in low light. The 50mm f/2 is constructed of six elements organized into five groups, with two high refraction index…
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Nature Photographer Catches Bear Snoozing on Camera

Nature photographer Robert Martinez spent three years hoping to capture a brown bear taking a nap in front of his camera, something he finally achieved this month. Wilford the Bear was caught on Martinez’s camera trap lounging for a full four hours in Angeles National…
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Apple Adding a Periscope Lens to Higher-End iPhone 15 Models: Report

According to a new report, Apple is ramping up its supply chain to introduce a periscope lens in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max phones before expanding to wider integration across the entire iPhone 16 line. Apple has been rumored to be working on a periscope lens for its iPhone line for some time. In July of 2021, Apple was granted a compact zoom lens patent, otherwise known as a…
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Of course Nikon is getting out of DSLRs, the only question is: how far behind is Canon?

It’s always easy to fall into the trap of thinking, ‘how could this get any better?’ But it’s not obvious what Nikon could do (or how much it’d cost) to make a DSLR significantly better than the D850. And, quite understandably, its focus is likely to be elsewhere. The Nikkei, Japan’s most prestigious financial newspaper, has reported that Nikon is exiting the…
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