Global companies Alphabet and SoftBank’s attempts to launch flying mobile phone aerials high into the atmosphere have received backing from global telcos, energizing lobbying efforts aimed at driving regulatory approval for the emerging technology. The plan is to deliver high speed internet to remote areas by flying network equipment at high altitudes. The devices fly …
The U.S. electric carmaker Tesla got approval from a German court on Thursday to continue to cut down forest near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, in a defeat for local environmental activists. The court said in a statement it had rejected urgent applications to stop the land being …
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This is an interesting article put out by Avon and Somerset Police. It’s short and to the point, and clears it up nicely. Thank you Mr Policeman for that 🙂 There is no law preventing people from taking photographs in public. This includes taking photos of other people’s children. If you are taking photographs from …
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Remember the earth shattering P900? The optical zoom on that was the talk of the everything zoom. Well it seems there’s been an update to a superb bridge camera making it even better. The zoom on the new P950 remains the same 83x but it comes with lots of other updates on the 2015 launched …
There are some strange terms used in photography and none come more strange than Bokeh. What’s that all about then? Simply put Bokeh, is the out of focus parts of an image. So if someone tells you you’ve got some nice Bokeh, they are not being rude, they are merely complementing the use of the …
The premier app offers a rich set of planning tools for landscape, cityscape, outdoor, architectural and night photography. The Photographer’s Ephemeris® website TPE helps you plan outdoor photography in natural light. See how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth. The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan …
Overall rating: Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS Pros: Consistently sharp at all focal lengths Fast, silent autofocus Relatively compact and lightweight Impressively resistant to flare Cons: Autofocus failure in AF-C on the Alpha 9 Product: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS Manufacturer: Sony Price as reviewed: £1,199.00 Designed for Sony full-frame mirrorlessOptical image stabilisationDust …
The Tokina Opera 50mm F1.4 FF is a new lens for Canon and Nikon full-frame DSLRs. In addition to the Tokina AT-X series, which has been highly evaluated in the past, Tokina will expand the Opera series as a top model group for full frame in the future. The 50mm F1.4 FF is the debut …
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Meet the new Canon EOS R, which is their intro to the full frame mirrorless DSLR game. With a high-speed and wide lens mount, EOS R is an interchangeable lens camera that’s compatible with the new era of RF lenses which have been designed to work at the optimum distance from a full-frame sensor. This …
Canon’s new PowerShot SX70 HS bridge camera has the same processor as the EOS R, making it a DSLR-styled bridge camera, which includes 4K video in it’s arsenal. As you would expect from a bridge camera, it has a good focal range of 65x zoom, which is an equivalent of 21-1365mm in 35mm terms, …