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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…
Fuji’s GFX 100S announcement coming on January 27th? Price expected to be $5,999
Jan 7, 2021
John Aldred
There isn’t a lot of information on this one yet, but Fujifilm is expected to possibly be making an announcement on January 27th for the…
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…
FAA removes always-on Internet from Remote ID requirements when flying drones
Jan 2, 2021
John Aldred
The FAA released its ruling on Monday, December 28th, on Remote Identification (Remote ID) for drones and also a final rule on flights at night…
Canon hammered every other brand for gear rentals in 2020
Dec 31, 2020
John Aldred
Although the overall number of photography and video productions has been cut short this year, there have still been many going ahead. Many photographers and…
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…
Google quietly removes ultra-wide astrophotograhy mode from Pixel 5 and 4a 5G
Dec 30, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google introduced the astrophotography mode in its Pixel 4 phone launched last year. The same feature was added to Pixel 5 and 4a a year…
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…
Drone pilot fined $182,000 after breaking the FAA rules in 26 flights
Dec 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A drone pilot from Philadelphia recently earned a massive $182,000 fine from the FAA. He allegedly broke multiple regulations over 26 separate flights over the…
This is what the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction looks like from a moon-orbiting probe
Dec 26, 2020
Udi Tirosh
We have seen a few great photos of the “Great Conjunction” between Jupiter and Saturn. There is even one photo with the International Space Station…