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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Canon’s Quad Pixel Could Be the Next Big Thing
One of the hallmarks of Canon cameras is Dual Pixel AF. First introduced on DSLRs at a time when Live View mode was known for faltering autofocus, the technology turns each pixel into two focusing sensors. But, can Canon make the autofocus system that ranks among the best, if no…
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How Omar Z Robles Made $200,000 from Street Photography
As wonderful as street photography is, most who practice it seldom make substantial money. Often seen as something you shoot on the side, photographers instead fund their life with other genres, like portrait and commercial photography. However, now and then, we see success stor…
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The Fujifilm XT4 is Fantastic. And It’s Got a Great Rebate
Time is running out! Fujifilm’s holiday savings were extended. They’ve got cameras and a few lenses on rebate right now. Let’s be honest, most of their lenses are already at fantastic prices. But then you get bangers like the 50mm f1 that’s got a nice discount attached r…
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Charlie's Diary (Feed)
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Obligatory Hugo eligibility post
Because the novella publication date slipped into 2022, I have just one Hugo-eligible publication this year. Obviously Invisible Sun is a no-hoper in the best novel category—it's book nine of a series in a deeply unfashionable subgenre—but it's also the last Merchant Prince…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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The Real Martin Luther King Jr
For the Guardian, Michael Harriot writes that “The real Martin Luther King would make white people uncomfortable”: One does not have to reach back into the historical archives to explain why King was so despised. The sentiments that made him a villain are still prevalent in…
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A New Fujifilm Flagship Is Coming. This Is What the Next X Camera Needs
When the Fujifilm X-H1 launched in 2018, it was heralded as Fujifilm’s flagship X Series camera. But, that was five years ago and, since that launch, the X-H1 lost flagship status as cameras like the X-T4 and X-Pro3 arrived with better specs. The years that have passed without…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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dmitriid is being grumpy
dmitriid: If it ain't broke, don't fix it should be a mantra tattooed on the forehead of every programmer and product manager. Here we have mobile Safari breaking site autocomplete that has been working just fine for literally over a decade. I visit news.ycombinator.com a few t…
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Sturdy. Sharp. Slow: Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN Review
When the L-Mount Alliance formed, it allowed companies like Panasonic to jump into full-frame mirrorless with a list of lenses already available. But, one thing the L-Mount family was missing was zoom, with optics from Leica topping out at 280mm and, later, Panasonic at 300mm. W…
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How 14 Year-Old Lance Wilson Created This Spectacular Photograph
"The best photos are the ones that don't need to be heavily altered in my book!" Those are the wise words of the photographer, Lance Wilson. Such wisdom is often delivered by photographers who are later down the road in life. But Wilson is 14 years old, already displaying a matu…
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