Filmmakers Can Use 10 Times As Many Lenses on Super 16mm Thanks to OFG’s New Adapter

Old Fast Glass (OFG), a specialty cinema camera lens maker and rental house, unveiled the OFG Customs Long Shot. It is a new optical adapter designed to enable cinematographers to use full-frame and larger cinema lenses on Super 16mm cameras, preserving not only the look of larger-format lenses but also their entire field of view.

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Photographer Claims Drake Copied His ‘Ameriguns’ Series in Music Video

The photographer involved in a heavily scrutinized Balenciaga campaign three years ago has filed a lawsuit against Drake, alleging that the rapper’s music video copied his work and attempted to connect his feud with Kendrick Lamar to the photographer’s role in that controversial fashion shoot.

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Basketball Player Runs Back onto the Court with Camera Strapped to His Leg

A sports photographer had a disaster while sitting courtside at a college basketball game when a player fell into the crowd and came running back with a camera strapped to his leg.

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‘Highest Performance Wide-Angle Lens in Voigtländer’s History’ Comes to E and Z Mount

Cosina Voigtländer released the APO-Lanthar 28mm f/2 Aspherical lens for full-frame Leica M-mount cameras in June, calling it its best wide-angle lens yet. This ambitious lens is now coming to Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount.

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Sirui Astra 1.3x Anamorphic Lenses Are World’s First With AF and T1.8

Sirui has launched Astra, a new series of 1.33x full-frame autofocus-equipped anamorphic cinema lenses. The new Sirui Astra lenses are the world's first full-frame anamorphic optics to combine autofocus with a constant, fast T1.8 aperture.

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Seal Flees Orcas by Leaping onto Wildlife Photographer’s Boat

A harbor seal being pursued by a pod of killer whales managed to survive by unexpectedly jumping onto a photographer's boat.

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This Mind-Blowing Photo Shows a Skydiver Transiting the Sun

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a stupendous shot of a skydiver falling in front of the Sun. It was incredibly difficult -- requiring precise planning and coordination -- but the pair ultimately pulled it off on the sixth attempt.

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The Best Look Yet at Jeff Bridges’ WideluxX Camera Revival Project

We recently reported that the new WideluxX camera revival project has reached its prototype stage. Now, just a few weeks later, a video that the WideluxX's creators promised is available online, shedding more light on the upcoming camera.

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A New Epson RD Camera Could Succeed for the Same Reasons the R-D1 Failed

When my colleague Jordan Drake swiped the Epson R-D1 series of digital rangefinders out from underneath me in our recent Fantasy Camera Draft, I was disappointed. But my frustration also got me thinking about why the Epson RD should return and become more than just a quirky bit of digital camera history. The Epson RD series deserves better.

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Nextorage Just Made a Memory Card Unlike Any Other

It's becoming pretty normal to see Nextorage at the forefront of memory card technology, at least as it performs to guaranteed sustained performance in professional video settings. It was the first to land VPG800 certification and it has another first announced today: the only CFexpress card that is both VPG400 and VPG1600 complaint, simultaneously.

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