Fuji Lens Found After Four Months In The Wilderness Rain And Extreme Temperatures And It Still Works

It looks like Fujifilm takes weather sealing of its lenses very seriously. Steve Boykin of 35mmc recently lost a Fuji XF 23mm f/2 lens during a hike in the wilderness, firmly believing that he’d never find it. However, he did find it four months later, which is pretty incredible on its own. But what’s even more unbelievable that the lens is almost intact and it still works perfectly fine! Steve writes that he had looked in the area before, but wasn’t able to find the lens he’d lost....

April 9, 2023 · 3 min · 478 words · Joanna Gomez

Google Lens Prototype Could Do The Impossible Decode Doctors Handwriting

If you’ve used Google Lens, you know that it’s capable of solving lots of different tasks. And now, it has a superpower that only pharmacists have had so far – it can decode doctors’ handwriting. At its annual conference in India last week, Google announced that it’s working to bring you a “doctors’ handwriting translator” in the app. And of course, it’s working closely with pharmacists to develop the tool....

April 9, 2023 · 2 min · 424 words · Anthony Velez

Here Is How To Create A Cinematic Video Piece Under Extreme Time Pressure

When Benjamin Von Wong approached me to make a video for him I thought to myself that it would be like any other project. It was not. This one had an added twist; We have to deliver and showcase a full product before we left the location. This meant that we’d have six days of filming, and on the seventh day, we need to present the video of our work at the Nexus Global International Youth Summit....

April 9, 2023 · 9 min · 1758 words · Kenneth Patterson

Here S How To Turn Your Boring Garden Shed Into A Working Camera Obscura With A Darkroom

UK-based photographer Brendan Barry has turned quite a lot of places into giant cameras obscurae. He’s now in isolation like most of us, so even his bedroom became one. You may want to try something like that, but your family doesn’t share your enthusiasm. Well, here’s a plan B: use your garden shed. In this video, Brendan guides you through the transformation process that turns a boring old shed into a working camera obscura with built-in darkroom....

April 9, 2023 · 2 min · 320 words · Raymond Howell

Hong Kong Protesters Are Using Laser Pointers To Confuse Facial Recognition And They Re Frying Photographers Camera Sensors

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have been using laser pointers to distract police officers and confuse facial recognition cameras. But while they are beating facial recognition, they are also causing more serious problems for police officers and photographers covering the protests. The laser beams have caused eye damage to several people so far, and they have been frying camera sensors as well. Since June current year, people have been protesting against an extradition bill proposed by the government of Hong Kong....

April 9, 2023 · 2 min · 408 words · Gregory Hall
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