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Compact Camera Sales Are Still Booming Amid Growing Photo Industry

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CIPA recently released its global digital camera and lens shipment data for April, presenting a ripe opportunity to gauge the health of the photo industry after one-third of the year has passed. There is a lot of interesting data to consider, including evidence that the compact camera surge is far from a flash in the pan. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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Apple’s RAW Processing is Finally Evolving After a Decade and It’s a Big Deal

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Although Apple's WWDC Keynote gets by far the most attention, the event is a treasure trove of new info for developers across the entire Apple ecosystem. Buried among literally over 100 new videos Apple posted to its Apple Developer YouTube channel this week is one about a significant upgrade to the company's Core Image RAW processing APIs that power RAW and ProRAW capture on iPhone and RAW image processing across all of Apple's platforms. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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Sony Is (Probably) Never Making a Medium Format Camera

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There has been chatter about Sony making its own medium format camera system for about as long as Sony has made image sensors for other brands' medium format cameras. Sony's recent reveal of the 65mm-format Rialto 65 image sensor block for Venice 2 cinema cameras has only strengthened these rumors. However, the speculation is pipe dreaming, at best. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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Cameraman Narrowly Escapes as Burning ‘Spidercam’ Crashes onto Pitch During Soccer Match

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A cameraman narrowly avoided serious injury after an overhead wire-suspended “spidercam” caught fire and fell onto the field during a pre-World Cup friendly soccer match. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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You Can Buy the Luna Ultra Camera Insta360 Only Sorta Unveiled

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As content creators wait to learn more about the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, its biggest competitor, the Insta360 Luna Ultra, is likewise keeping key facts close to the vest. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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A Close Look at the Extremely Rare, Foveon-Powered Polaroid X530

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As promised, photographer James Warner, known for his YouTube channel snappiness, created a full-length video about his ultra-rare Polaroid X530 compact camera. The weird 2004 digital camera has a Foveon X3 image sensor, marking the first and only time a Foveon sensor was utilized by a non-Sigma digital camera. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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f8 Develop is an HDR Film Negative Inversion App Built for Apple Silicon

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f8 Develop is a new film negative inversion app made specifically for macOS and is meant to support photographers who scan with a mirrorless or DSLR camera at home. [ Read More ] from PetaPixel
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