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    Zeiss to launch world’s first lenses with “Transparent Aluminum” ALON elements, rumour suggests

    May 3, 2018 John Aldred

    It’s being reported by Sony Alpha Rumors that Zeiss are planning to launch the world’s first lens with ALON lens elements. Perhaps a 35mm f/1.8…

    Record label blasts photographer after stealing her photographs

    Apr 30, 2018 John Aldred

    Copyright infringement is all too common these days. It seems especially so in the music industry. One would think that fellow creatives, like musicians, would…

    Gaia space telescope captured this breathtaking star map of the Milkyway Galaxy

    Apr 30, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    The European Space Agency (ESA) just released the second star map taken by Gaia space agency’s one-billion-pixel camera. It contains 1.7 billion stars in our…

    LumiWatch is a projector smartwatch that turns your arm into a really bad touchscreen

    Apr 27, 2018 John Aldred

    The idea of a smartwatch that could project a “screen” onto your arm with an interactive touch UI has been around for a while. But…

    Photographer disqualified from wildlife photo contest for submitting an image of stuffed anteater

    Apr 27, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    National History Museum has announced that it’s disqualifying Marcio Cabral’s winning photo from the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Cabral’s image titled The…

    Legendary TLR brand Rollei is back after 60 years with a Fujifilm Instax camera

    Apr 26, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    Rollei hasn’t released a new Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera in years. This year, however, the iconic brand is poised to “reintroduce the TLR for the…

    This is how to make Profiles in the new Camera Raw & Lightroom

    Apr 26, 2018 John Aldred

    Earlier this month, Adobe released a new “massive update” for Lightroom and Camera Raw. The update brought Sony A7III support, along with a few other…

    Rare Soviet-era 14K gold ring spy camera is now available on eBay

    Apr 25, 2018 Chad Verzosa

    Since the end of the Cold War, we’ve been seeing bizarre spy gadgets make the news and blow our minds. Because most of those gadgets are…

    This is the world’s first Sony E-Mount 35mm film camera – and it’s open source

    Apr 24, 2018 John Aldred

    Well, this is an interesting turn up for the books. It turns out that while many photographers are trying to adapt their old film cameras…

    Court finally rules in the ‘monkey selfie’ case: no, monkeys can’t be copyright owners

    Apr 24, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    One of the most ridiculous and the most famous cases is finally solved: no, monkeys can’t own the copyright to the photos they snapped accidentally….