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At Google I/O 2017 the company showed off its new Google Lens technology. This AI-powered capability uses visual recognition to provide information about whatever your smartphone's camera is pointed at. Examples given by the company include identifying a type of flower or providing reviews and other information about a restaurant.

With Google Lens, your smartphone camera wont just see what you see, but will also understand what you see to help... more

FilmSpektakel is back with another of their special ‘flowmotion’ hyperlapses, this time featuring the city that never sleeps: New York City. The production team behind A Taste of Austria (featured here) spent 10 days taking 65,000 photographs to create the hectic video above.

In A Taste of New York... more

British designer Olly Gibbs recently did something really fun. He took the popular neural face transformation app FaceApp to the Amsterdam museum, where he used it to… liven a few of the characters up. Somber... more

Sigma has released new firmware for Canon mount versions of four of its lenses:

  • 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM | Contemporary Canon
  • 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM | Contemporary Canon
  • 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary Canon
  • 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM | Art Canon

According to Sigma, the new firmware improves the AF accuracy of the lenses when used with the Sigma Mount Converter MC-11, as well as decreasing the lens... more

Canon has launched a new contest called '365 Days of Summer,' and it seeks a photographer who will ultimately spend a year 'identifying and living 365 new stories across the globe as part of [Canon's] new Live For The Story brand positioning.' That photographer will spend a year traveling to summer-y locations around the globe, all expenses paid by Canon.

Interested photographers can enter the competition by sharing their 'most memorable summer story' on Instagram by tagging #... more

Sony just debuted two new full-frame E-mount zoom lensesone ultra lightweight, one premium. The 12-24mm f/4 G ultra-wide angle zoom falls into the former category, while the fast 16-35mm f/2.8 GM joins Sony’s line of high-end G-Master lenses for pixel peeping sharpness fiends.

Both lenses break new ground for Sony’s FE mount lineup. The 12-24mm f/4 G is Sonys widest full-frame E-mount lens to date, while the 16-35mm f/2.8 GM completes Sony’s G-Master large... more

Improving your composition can bring balance and personality to your photography, simultaneously enabling you to produce more appealing images. And as quick tips go, this 90-second video from... more

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The Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G is a full-frame-compatible ultra-wide angle lens for the company's E-mount mirrorless system. It uses a 'Direct Drive Supersonic Wave Motor' which uses a piezoelectric element to shunt a relatively heavy lens assembly quickly and... more

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The Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM provides the constant F2.8 wide-angle zoom that has been so conspicuously absent from the company's full-frame lineup until now. A fast wide-angle zoom is a common element in many photojournalists' camera bags, as well as being a... more

Hands on with new Sony wide-angle lenses

For the time being, Sony's extraordinary forward momentum seems as though it is here to stay. We have not one - but two wide-angle lenses to further fill out the full-frame E-mount system for professional and enthusiast photographers. Let's see what they have to offer.

Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM

Sony's newest G Master lens is quite an accomplishment. The FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM is extraordinarily lightweight (especially in comparison to... more

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