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Smartphones with a new 200-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL sensor reported to be coming soon
Jan 11, 2021
John Aldred
According to a report on GizChina, Samsung is gearing up to launch “many innovative sensors” during the course of 2021, including a new 200(ish)-megapixel sensor…
Godox to release an updated “V1 Pro” round head speedlight with built-in cooling fan
Jan 11, 2021
John Aldred
This seems a little bit weird, but not an entirely unreasonable idea. Godox has filed a patent that looks very similar to the existing Godox…
Photographer arrested and charged with burglary after taking rooftop photos
Jan 11, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A 25-year-old photographer and war Army veteran Isaac Wright was arrested for taking rooftop photos. He was charged with “burglary and possessing criminal tools” after…
Nikon no longer offers international warranty for lenses and accessories
Jan 8, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Nikon has announced that it will no longer offer an international warranty for its interchangeable lenses and accessories. This goes for both F-mount and Z-mount…
Capture One to increase prices by up to 54% on plans and perpetual licenses
Jan 8, 2021
John Aldred
According to a report on PhotoRumors, the folks at CaptureOne are about to significantly bump their perpetual license cost for Capture One for Nikon, Fuji…
Japan’s top-selling DSLR in 2020 was the Nikon D5600 – Wait, what?
Jan 7, 2021
John Aldred
The rankings for 2020 are in from BCN, which collects sales data from across its platforms, and it looks like the most popular DSLR sold…
Hubble captures photo of asteroid worth 70,000 times the global economy
Jan 5, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Hubble has taken quite a lot of stunning images over its three-decade-long existence. And recently, it took managed to capture a photo of the asteroid…
Fujifilm breaks backup storage records with a tape that can hold 580 Terabytes
Dec 30, 2020
John Aldred
Fujifilm has shattered backup storage records with a new magnetic tape backup solution that offers around 50x the capacity of current commercially available LTO-8 tapes…
Canon has patented an Osmo gimbal-style camera with interchangeable lenses
Dec 29, 2020
John Aldred
This is pretty odd, but also kind of cool. Canon has patented (through no fewer than five separate patents) a strange DJI Osmo-like gimbal with…
Darktable just dropped 3.4.0 with improved tethering and live histogram, and color calibration
Dec 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Darktable has just released its 3.4.0 version. As always, it’s completely free and available for Windows, iOS, and Linux. The open-source alternative to Lightroom has…