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    The FAA’s new drone rules start coming into effect from April 21st
    Mar 15, 2021 John Aldred

    The FAA has announced dates for when their new tightened drone regulations (revised from an initial proposal in December 2019) will start to take effect….

    Don’t Fall for the StarScope Monocular “Telescope” Smartphone Lens Scam
    Mar 13, 2021 John Aldred

    This sort of thing seems to pop up quite regularly. Optics that defy the laws of physics that you can attach to your phone to…

    Canon has patented a bunch of fast(ish) portrait-length 70-100mm RF prime lenses
    Mar 12, 2021 John Aldred

    A new Canon patent application has popped up on the Japan Patent Office website detailing six new RF mount prime lenses ranging in focal length…

    The Sigma fp L expected to be announced soon, but with a weird (not Foveon) sensor
    Mar 12, 2021 John Aldred

    The Sigma fp L was thought to have been getting announced at CP+ last month, but it turned out to not be the case. Instead,…

    Atomos is bringing ProRes RAW video to the Sony FX3
    Mar 12, 2021 John Aldred

    This announcement is probably a big surprise to absolutely nobody, but Atomos is bringing ProRes RAW support to the Atomos Ninja V when used in…

    OPPO’s new Find X3 Pro has TWO 10-Bit 50MP Sony cameras that see a billion colours
    Mar 11, 2021 John Aldred

    OPPO has announced its new Find X3 Pro smartphone, and it comes with a pair of primary cameras with each featuring 50-megapixel Sony IMX 766…

    DaVinci Resolve 17 final now available in native Apple M1 flavour
    Mar 11, 2021 John Aldred

    Blackmagic has announced that DaVinci Resolve 17, released just a couple of weeks ago, is now also available as an Apple M1 native application. As…

    AI-powered Super Resolution upscaling is now available in Adobe Camera Raw
    Mar 10, 2021 John Aldred

    Adobe Camera Raw now includes a new feature that will be coming soon to both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. It’s called Super Resolution and it’s…

    Sony unleashes world’s largest and highest resolution 128-megapixel global shutter CMOS sensor
    Mar 10, 2021 John Aldred

    Sony has announced their Sony’s newest huge CMOS sensor, the Sony IMX661 with a global shutter and whopping 127.68-megapixel resolution. It’s said to be both…

    Adobe has released the first stable version of Photoshop for the Apple M1
    Mar 10, 2021 John Aldred

    Adobe has today announced that Adobe Photoshop native to Apple computers using the new M1 chip has now been released. Adobe says that it delivers…