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Thousands of Chinese Police Photos of Detained Uyghurs Leak Online

Thousands of hacked Chinese police photographs of interned Uyghurs have shed light on Beijing’s treatment of its Muslim minority in Xinjiang. Dubbed the Xinjiang Police Files, the photos were passed to the BBC and other media earlier this year. After a months-long investigation to authenticate them, they have now been published and offer significant insight into the imprisonment of…
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James Webb Telescope’s First Full-Color Photos to be Released on July 12

The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, and a countdown clock has been added to the telescope’s website. Webb, which is a partnership with the European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, and NASA, is the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space. The telescope is currently in the midst of wrapping…
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Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary review

Sigma surprised us all with their very compact new ultra-wide zoom, the 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary. We took it for a long walk through downtown Calgary to see if there are any trade-offs for the portability. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Introduction Sample images Size and design Autofocus Close up performance Flare and sunstars Chromatic…
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Best Star Tracker for Astrophotography in 2022

So, you have decided you want to take your astrophotography to the next level… maybe you want to capture more detail in the Milky Way core, or perhaps dabble with deep space objects like Andromeda or Orion or maybe you came from my all-in-one astrophotography tutorial.
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Ep. 368: Canon Introduces the EOS R7 and R10 – and more

Episode 368 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 –  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Photographer, Jon Erlien In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show…
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