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  • Sigma US announces Mount Conversion Service for recent lenses

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    Sigma has announced a ‘Mount Conversion Service’ for any of its recent ‘Global Vision’ lenses – a paid-for service designed to reduce the uncertainty of changing camera systems. The company says it will charge between $ 80 and $ 250, plus shipping costs, depending on the specific lens. The Global Vision range currently includes seven lenses – from the huge 120-30mm F2.8 DG OS Sport for full-frame DSLRs, down to the 19mm F2.8 DN Art for Micro Four Thirds. The company has also extended the warranties on all new products to four years.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Canon announces unique Vixia Mini camcorder with fisheye lens

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    Looking more like a projector than a camera, the Canon Vixia Mini made its debut today, its aim to serve bloggers, youtubers and apparently guitarists. Its 16.8mm equivalent fisheye lens is designed to capture video and stills with a unique perspective, and users can switch from wide to close-up mode while recording for an interesting live ‘cut’ effect, while maintaining Full HD video recording. Its built-in touch-sensitive LCD flips to face forward or backward, and a tripod mount can hold the device firmly in place. Click through for more information, and images.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Make prints from your phone: Impossible Instant Lab closer to reality

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    Back in 2008 the Impossible Project took on the task of reproducing Polaroid instant film. Since then, their product line has expanded to include the Impossible Instant Lab. Similar to the analogue Daylab that Polaroid (and Fuji instant film) fans use(d) to create instant prints from 35mm and 120 film, transparencies, snapshot prints and 3D objects, the Instant Lab operates in much the same way using onscreen images from your iPhone as the source. Click through for more details. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Adobe announces ACR 8.2 and Lightroom 5.2 release candidates

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    Adobe has announced the latest ‘release candidates’ of Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop Lightroom, adding support for ten cameras – including preliminary support for the Canon EOS 70D and Sony RX100 II. The release candidates of Adobe Camera Raw v8.2 and Lightroom 5.2 also fix some bugs introduced in the previous versions. ACR v8.2 acts only as a camera and lens profile update for users of Photoshop CS6. Both are available to download from the Adobe Labs site, with the usual reliability caveats about release candidates. A release candidate of DNG converter 8.2 is also available.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Breathtaking images from Red Bull Illume 2013’s finalists

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    The finalists in the annual Red Bull Illume photo contest have been revealed, and action and extreme sports never looked so good. A total of 250 finalists have been announced with entries in 10 different categories. Come August 29th, a winner will be crowned from 50 finalists invited to the reveal in Hong Kong. Click through and take a look at some of these incredible contenders for the grand prize.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Editorial: 5 Reasons why I haven’t used my DSLR for months

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    Compact cameras, smartphones and mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras are getting seriously good these days, and for a lot of photographers, they’re supplementing or even replacing older, bulkier DSLR kit. After he finished our recently-published review of the Fujifilm X100S, dpreview editor Barnaby Britton realized that he hadn’t picked up his DSLR for months. In this short feature, he explains why.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • 12 stunning photos of Godafoss – Waterfall of the Gods

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    Godalfoss – Waterfall of the Gods – is one of the most striking natural features of Iceland, a country famed for, well… striking natural features. My Modern Metropolis has published a gallery of 12 stunning images of Godalfoss, including a shot taken by dpreview contributor Erez Marom. Click through to feast your eyes, but be warned – it will make you want to take a trip to Iceland. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • SmugMug launches totally redesigned website

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    Photo sharing site SmugMug has rolled out a totally redesigned website, which was ‘rebuilt from the ground up’. The look-and-feel of the site is radically different, and somewhat resembles the recently redesigned Flickr. Some of the new features on SmugMug include a large selection of default templates for the consumer, plus the ability for pros to create their own custom designs. Organizing photos has been much improved as well, with a new drag-and-drop interface.  Follow the link to see what the new SmugMug looks like.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sample gallery: Nokia Lumia 1020

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    After our hands-on look at the Nokia Lumia 1020 last week, we were excited to spend a few days really shooting with the device. We’ve now had time to test out the Lumia 1020 in a wide array of lighting conditions and on an assortment of different subjects, and been able to more thoroughly explore the many settings available through the new Nokia Pro Cam capture app. Click through for the full gallery on connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Photography campaigners close to saving Fox Talbot archive

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    A campaign launched by Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries to acquire a valuable archive of images by photography pioneer Fox Talbot has been thrown a £200,000 lifeline. Campaigners want to ‘save’ the archive of images, which has been transferred to a New York dealer with an eye to selling it on the open market. If the campaign is successful, the historic collection will remain in the UK. The massive £200,000 (~$ 300K) donation takes the campaign to within £375,000 of its target of £2.25 million. Click through for more details. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)