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[embedded content] The Canon Zoom Lens FD 35-70mm f/4 AF was a lens originally manufactured in 1981 and features an unusual motor system that allowed it to autofocus. In Kai Wong’s 13-minute video, he shows how it still works remarkably well even today. Spotted by Fstoppers, the FD 35-70mm f/4 AF took Canon’s successful lens

Panasonic will soon release a new wide-angle fast prime lens according to a new report. If true, it would be the third in a set of four f/1.8 prime lenses the company originally revealed last fall. While Panasonic has spent most of 2021 working on Micro Four-Thirds cameras like the GH5 Mark II and the

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Yikes, There is Water (and Salt) on my Sensor! ’ Phil Mistry Dave Holland is a Canadian sports photographer who recently photographed the Tokyo Olympics

The parts shortage that is affecting many consumer electronics products continues to squeeze camera manufacturers, as Nikon has announced it is discontinuing the Coolpix B600, a camera it launched less than a year ago. The Nikon Coolpix B600 was a 16-megapixel compact point-and-shoot that featured a 60x optical zoom. It was first announced on December

Venus Optics has announced that Nikon Z, Canon RF, Leica L, and Canon EOS-M mount options have now been added to seven existing Laowa lenses. Earlier this year, Venus Optics announced four popular Laowa lenses for Leica L-mount: two wide-angle lenses, the 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye and the 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D, and two macro lenses, the 24mm f/14 2X Macro

Mobile photo editing app developer LateNiteSoft ’ known for the mobile app Camera+ 2 ’ has launched the Camera+ Studio application for Apple computers. The company says that the desktop version brings many of the more popular tools from the mobile app to the Mac along with a full suite of standard photo editing tools

Instagram is making simple browsing easier by integrating topics ’ what it calls “Interest Search” ’ into results from searches, greatly expanding the ability to find images and videos beyond hashtags and accounts. As part of a series where Instagram reveals more about how parts of its system works, the company revealed that it has

Instagram is retiring the swipe-up link feature in Stories that allows users to direct their audience to external websites and will use link stickers ’ with additional business customization features ’ instead. Earlier this year, Instagram announced its plans to give influencers more ways to make money through the branded content marketplace and other tools

Talk about the ultimate camera flip: it has come to light that some savvy camera collector (or investor) won a rare Leica camera at auction in 2019 for $24,000 before turning around two years later and re-selling it at auction for a staggering $480,000. Leica Rumors reports that one of its readers (who wishes not

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Photos from the Fall of Kabul to The Taliban ’ BuzzFeed Evacuations Continue in Afghanistan ’ in Pictures ’ The Guardian A Photographer in Afghanistan

[embedded content] Here’s a good example of how NOT to photograph grizzly bears out in the wild. This video shows a man who was caught on camera wading into Brooks River in Alaska and getting too close to feeding grizzly bears in order to snap some smartphone selfies and photos. A common piece of advice

The largest and national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland is switching from DSLR cameras to Sony mirrorless cameras. Sony scored a big win for its camera business this week by striking a deal with PA (formerly known as the Press Association) to have its photojournalists shoot with Sony cameras and lenses. PA

Renowned Japanese American photographer Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, professionally known as Hiro, has passed away at the age of 90. He was best known for his successful editorial and commercial fashion photography career as well as his unique style that has been imitated by many. The New York Times reports that Hiro died on Sunday, August 15,

If you’re a fan of both photography and watches, the new TACS ATL was designed just for you. It’s a watch that features a design inspired by the iconic twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera. Unveiled back TACS in March, the ATL (which stands for Automatic Twin Lens) joins TACS’ Lens Series of watches inspired by various

Intel’s RealSense cameras were originally designed for touch-free interactions but pivoted to specifically facial recognition in January. Today, Intel confirmed that it is “winding down” its high-tech camera and sensor development to focus on its core chip business. In a statement to CRN, Intel says that it has decided to pull the plug on camera

Apple has recently patented an unusual method for dealing with the much-maligned “notch” that contains its front-facing camera. Rather than use a system that places the camera under the display, Apple instead has designed a moving “window” that can open to reveal a camera behind it. As noted by Patently Apple, the expandable display that

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! L.A. Times Photographer Shares an Olympic Journey: Robert Gauthier ’ LA Times USA gymnast Simone Biles is congratulated by her coach Cecile Landi as it

Apple has acknowledged that the way it announced its plans to automatically scan iPhone photo libraries to protect children from abusive content may have introduced “confusion” and explains how it is designed to prevent abuse by authoritarian governments. After some heated feedback from the community at large, it appears that Apple has acknowledged it had

A judge has ordered a wedding photographer ’ who failed to provide the photos and videos to his clients for six years ’ pay a couple $22,000, chastising him for “deceitful behavior” and unsavory business practices. As reported by the Vancouver Sun, Kaman and Ramandeep Rai ’ a couple from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada ’

Levion Software’s free Photo Map app for Android shows photos stored on device or in multiple cloud storage platforms and illustrates them on a world map so users never lose track of where and when their images were taken. As smartphones get better and more powerful features, the ability to sort, geotag, and place images

[embedded content] Twitter has wrapped its first bounty program for artificial intelligence bias on the platform, and the results have highlighted an issue that has been noted as a problem in the past. According to a report from CNET, researcher Bogdan Kulynych (who took home the $3,500 prize) has found that an important algorithm on

Samsung has been granted a patent for what it is described as a camera with a moveable construction. The three cameras in the array are arranged in a T-shape and a motorized gear moves them in a sliding motion, which changes their aperture in the process. Unearthed and illustrated by LetsGoDigital, the company describes a

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! The Best Photos from the Tokyo Olympics ’ CNN (updated today) Embed from Getty ImagesIf you want to do a photographic catch-up of the just concluded

Canon has filed a patent for a system that expands the battery indicator of a camera to also display the remaining life of a connected USB-C battery supply. According to the patent document, this update will show both the internal (normal) battery charge state along with the battery percentage of the external connected power supply

Just one day after Apple confirmed that it plans to roll out new software that will detect child abuse imagery on iPhones, WhatsApp’s head took to Twitter to call out the move as a “surveillance system” that could be abused. Apple recently announced that it would roll out a software update this fall that would

[embedded content] Serif has released its latest 1.10 update to its image editor suite, Affinity Photo, alongside Affinity Designer and Publisher, which claims to bring “superpowered performance” with a completely re-engineered architecture. The new major update is available today, with a free upgrade to all existing Affinity app users across all operating systems. The company

Chinese camera lens manufacturer 7Artisans has announced the affordable $236 APS-C 50mm f/0.95 lens for Sony E, Nikon Z, Fujifilm X, EOS-M, and Micro Four Thirds (MFT) mounts. The new 50mm lens joins what appears to be a consistently growing lineup of interesting and affordable manual lenses for mirrorless systems giving photographers and videographers even

[embedded content] Leica has partnered with Japanese collectible company Medicom Toy with a limited edition Bearbrick toy. The cartoon-style bear will be available in three sizes and features iconic Leica camera iconography, but it won’t take photos. Originally teased on Weibo and announced in full in Zeek Magazine (and spotted by Leica Rumors), the Bearbrick

PhotoPlus has launched Learning Lens, a new online platform that will play host to educational resources for photographers. The company says that it plans to cover anything and everything photographers could possibly want to learn about, all for free. Online educational resources aren’t new, as perhaps the most well-known one aimed at photographers and creatives

Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! PetaPixel Contributor Blair Bunting Selected to Join Canon Explorers of Light ’ Phil Mistry © Blair Bunting Canon USA Inc has announced on July 27