OM System OM-3 Review: A Classic Reborn
I have gone on the record with two stances for a while now: manufacturers need to cash in on their classic heritage and someone needs to make a compact Micro Four Thirds body. OM System just announced the new $2,000 OM-3 camera and while it certainly covers the first request, it kind of misses on the second one.
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OM System OM-3 Combines PEN-F Style With OM-1 II Performance
As promised and teased, OM Digital Solutions announced a brand-new camera, the OM System OM-3.
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OM System 17mm f/1.8 II and 25mm f/1.8 II Prime Lenses Go Metal but Ditch the Focus Clutch
OM Digital Solutions announced revised versions of its M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 and 25mm f/1.8 prime lenses, compact companions ideal for use alongside the stylish new OM System OM-3 camera.
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OM System Beefs Up Its 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Lens
The OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS II lens is an upgraded version of the same lens released in 2020 alongside the Olympus E-M10 Mark IV. The new version offers better image stabilization and more robust weather sealing but is otherwise the same lens.
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The Future is a Surprise: Nikon Completes its Final Lens Road Map
With the debut of the beautiful and pricey Nikon Z 35mm f/1.2 S, Nikon has released the last remaining unreleased lens featured on its final Nikkor Z lens roadmap. Nikon photographers are now heading into the future without a map -- all future Nikon lenses are slated to be surprises.
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Epson Denies Claim That Its CCD Film Scanners Are Approaching ‘End of Life’
Earlier this week, Keith Cooper from Northlight Images in the UK published a YouTube video where he claimed a source told him that Epson's V850 and 1300XL film scanners had reached "end of life" and would no longer be actively produced. Epson denies this.
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How AI Sees Us: ‘Analytic Portrait’ Series Combines AI Vision Tech With Real Portraits
Seoul-based artists Shin Seung Back, who is also an engineer, and Kim Yong Hun are back with another photography and AI-related project, Analytic Portrait.
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ByteDance’s Deepfake Tool Creates Convincing Videos From One Photo
Watch the short talking head video below. Granted, it is in French, and close inspection of it may raise suspicions but perhaps caught unaware it could well fool people into believing it is a real video and not AI-generated.
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Singer Ed Sheeran’s ‘New Thing’ is Photography With a Compact Camera
British singer Ed Sheeran says he has ditched his iPad and swapped it for a compact camera "like it's 1997."
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Nikon 35mm f/1.2 S Hands-On First Impressions: Optical Excellence
Nikon has created a compelling lineup of prime lenses that feature fast apertures and premium optics. The 135mm f/1.8 Plena anchors the telephoto end and the 85mm and 50mm f/1.2 lenses bring incredibly bright apertures to the normal ranges. It makes sense that the logical foray into the wide-angle is going to start with the new Nikkor 35mm f/1.2 S.
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