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Sony Unveils First Look At Its New Airpeak Drone Designed To Carry Alpha Mirrorless Cameras

Sony’s new Airpeak drone system, first announced in November 2020, sees some new developments coming out of CES 2021 as Sony unveils a first look at the new drone, teasing some of its features and benefits. Sony says that the goal of the Airpeak brand is to further develop today’s drone technology while kicking things up a notch for professional creators. The initial offering, which Sony describes as “the first phase of this project”, will see Sony launch a new business targeted for professional photography and video production during spring of 2021 to go along with the first new drone....

Stop Using Tape To Attach Your Gels Use Magnets Instead

If you’re like me and you’ve tried to attach gels to your lights in the past, you’ve likely resorted to using one of the many types of sticky tapes available. When I used to manage a studio, I would see all manner of tapes being used to attach gels to hot modifiers. From masking tape, duct tape, parcel tape and when they ran out, even regular old sticky tape was used....

The Oneplus 7 Pro S 3X Optical Zoom Isn T Completely A Zoom It S A Crop

There’s been a lot of talk about the cameras on the new OnePlus 7 Pro, and it’s not all been good talk, either. The OnePlus 7 Pro boasts a “3x optical zoom”, but is it really? According to one user on Reddit, not so much, no. OnePlus isn’t really lying with this claim, but there are some caveats. One could argue that they’re “lying by omission”, though. So, the OnePlus 7 Pro has three cameras on the rear....

The Us Department Of Defense Has Formally Blacklisted Dji As A Chinese Military Company

It seems that DJI is facing even more struggles in the US as the Department of Defense (DoD) adds the companies to the list of Chinese companies on its official blacklist classifying them as a “Chinese military company”. DJI’s been facing problems with the US government since at least 2017 when the US Army banned the use of DJI drones over perceived cyber vulnerabilities. DJI was then added to the US Economic Blacklist in 2020....

The Weirdest Macro Lens Laowa 24Mm F 14 2 1 Is Now Available For Preorders

The Laowa 24mm f/14 2:1 Probe lens is definitely the weirdest macro lens I’ve ever seen. It was presented at Photokina way back in in 2016, and now it’s finally available for preorders. Venus Optics has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund this “weird, but revolutionary” lens and the funds have already gone through the roof. The company has also published a video with plenty of sample footage, and seeing that, I’m not surprised that so many people want to own this crazy lens....