By admin on February 15, 2020
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Israeli defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd recently released a demo of their special “Drone Dome” counter-drone defense system. A car-mounted anti-drone solution that can fry unwelcome drones from miles away using a high-powered laser beam. The demo above, released just a few days ago, is pretty intense. So-called “hostile” drones are detected, […]
By admin on February 14, 2020
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PetaPixel has learned that the CP+ 2020 expo in Japan—one of the largest photo industry trade shows in the world—has been cancelled due to fears over the recent coronavirus outbreak. An official announcement from the show is expected shortly. (UPDATE: Confirmed) We were tipped off to the news earlier this evening when social media consultant […]
By admin on February 13, 2020
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Canon has let the EOS R5 cat out of the bag. After a very detailed (and accurate) leak last month, Canon has officially announced the development of an advanced EOS R with IBIS, 20fps continuous shooting, 8K video, and two card slots. Being a development announcement, we only get a teaser—a small taste—of what Canon […]
By admin on February 12, 2020
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In addition to unveiling the flagship Nikon D6 DSLR, Nikon also released two new Z-mount lenses for its mirrorless system tonight: the NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S and the NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR. The two new lenses fall on opposite ends of the Z-mount spectrum. The 20mm f/1.8 is an “S” lens meant for […]
By admin on February 11, 2020
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As a part of the launch of the Fuji X100V, Fujifilm posted a video on their YouTube channel of Japanese street photographer Tatsuo Suzuki at work. Suzuki’s aggressive style rubbed people the wrong way, and within the week, he was scrubbed from the campaign, and then erased from the Fujifilm website. Although Fujifim has yet […]
By admin on February 10, 2020
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On the surface, street photography may seem like a genre of disparate and random images based completely on chance. In reality, when done well, street photography can be turned into a cohesive art form that allows a photographer to show off a strong vision. But how is this done? The process to get there takes […]
By admin on February 9, 2020
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Fujifilm has apparently dropped ambassador Tatsuo Suzuki from its X Photographer program after Suzuki’s “in your face” street photography shooting style sparked controversy over the past week. It all started after Fujifilm announced the new X100V and released a series of videos showing photographers using the camera. One of them featured street photographer Tatsuo Suzuki: […]
By admin on February 8, 2020
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A Reddit user running the Mac application Little Snitch 4 discovered that Skylum’s Luminar photo editor is “calling home” to Facebook while the app is in use, allegedly for “analytics purposes.” The discovery was made by u/numblock699, who posted about the find on r/photography and r/privacytoolsIO earlier today. He noticed the anomaly as soon as […]
By admin on February 7, 2020
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Instagram has just launched a new feature called “Following Categories,” that breaks down the accounts you’re following into those you see in your feed the most, and those you interact with the least… more or less giving you an answer to the question “Who should I unfollow?” The feature was announced today through the Instagram […]
By admin on February 6, 2020
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Fujifilm found itself in the middle of a heated debate about ethics and street photography yesterday, when one of the promo videos it released for the Fuji X100V sparked outrage among a certain segment of the company’s fans on YouTube. The video has since been taken down. Alongside the X-Summit livestream and official X100V promo […]