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Fujifilm further beefs up its X-series lineup with the X-E2S, X70 and XP90

Gannon Burgett

While the X-Pro2 took the spotlight at Fujifilm’s keynote presentation, three other cameras also made their official debuts: the X-E2S, X70 and XP90. Below we’ll take a look at each one and what they bring to the table. X-E2S First up is the Fujifilm X-E2S, a new interchangeable lens mirrorless camera designed to replace Fujifilm’s […]

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Arizona Senator wants to make it illegal to record cops in public

Gannon Burgett

Last week, John Kavanagh, a Republican State Senator of Arizona, introduced a new bill that would make it illegal to film police in all but extremely limited circumstances. Senate Bill 1054 states that the public wouldn’t be able to film a police officer any closer than 20 feet. Furthermore, even if someone is the required […]

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Adorama, Best Buy list Samsung NX lenses at ‘closeout’ prices, further lending credit to its death

Gannon Burgett

Further confirming the slow, painful demise of Samsung cameras, both Adorama and Best Buy have almost every Samsung NX lens listed at ‘closeout’ prices, including some third party glass. It all began as a rumor, tossed around in the latter parts of Summer 2015. Since then, the rumors became reality when Samsung announced it was killing […]

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GoPro Shares At an All-Time Low After Disaster Sales; Will Let Go 7% of Its Staff

Liron Samuels

In its announcement to investors of Q4 and overall preliminary results for 2015, GoPro said it will be cutting back its workforce by 7% in order to “better align resources to key growth initiatives”, but Business Insider says the move came as “sales are a disaster”. Meanwhile the company’s shares hit an all-time low. That […]

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This film will be shown entirely on Instagram, 15 seconds at a time

Gannon Burgett

Creating self-prescribed limitations can oftentimes lead to some of the most creative solutions. That’s exactly what the team behind Shield 5, an up and coming crime drama, is hoping for. Rather than creating and sharing the seven-minute short film on Vimeo or YouTube, as has been the trend for the past few ears, the 28 […]

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Last weekend’s NFL playoff game was so cold that camera batteries started freezing

Gannon Burgett

I’ve shot many football games in my life. At times, my camera’s batteries have lost charge more quickly than usual, but never before have my batteries actually frozen to the point where they won’t even turn on. But that’s exactly what happened this past weekend during the NFL Playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and […]

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Time Lapse Photography Just Got A Powerful Update

David J. Crewe

If you’re a Time Lapse fan like myself than this is an exciting weekend. Gunther Wegner, creator of LRTimelapse, (arguably the best plugin/tool for your time lapse arsenal on the market), just sent out the press release detailing the specifics of the latest update to LRTimelapse 4.5 including use of some of the awesome newest features […]

Nikon will let you swap out memory card slots in the D5

Gannon Burgett

Yesterday, we shared with you the latest Nikon rumor, which states upwards of 90% of Nikon’s D5 camera production will be the more advanced XQD model, as opposed to the CompactFlash (CF) model. Interestingly enough, we’ve come across a more conclusive piece of news today that states Nikon will be able to swap out the […]

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YouTube partners with GoPro for VR content, hopes to support HDR video ‘soon’

Gannon Burgett

It looks like YouTube is getting extremely interested in up-and-coming video formats, including virtual reality (VR) and high dynamic range (HDR). During YouTube’s keynote at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, Chief Business Officer of YouTube, Robert Kyncl, announced the video platform is partnering up with GoPro to produce and share 360º […]

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