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capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor |Tim Levy
By Mike O'Connor & Tim Levy | 23 April 2025Google has launched a free tool to help teach stage lighting. While Google calls their Learning Light an 'interactive studio', it will leave studio photographers feeling a bit disappointed as it is primarily suits stage lighting – as the light positions are fixed and you can't change the modifiers. Learning Light part of Google's newly released series of AI "experiments" focused on arts and culture.
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australianphotography.com | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 15 April 2025A new exhibition that delves into Fairfax's archives to uncover defining moments from more than 50 years of Australian news history has opened at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
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capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 26 March 2025Sydney's Powerhouse has announced the recipients of two major photography commissions, the Powerhouse Photography Architectural Commission and the First Nations Right of Reply Photography Commission. Guwa-Koa, Gungarri, and Kuku Yalanji photographer Jo-Anne Driessens and Architecture photographer Tasha Tylee have each been awarded a $20,000 photography commission, which will see them collaborate with Powerhouse over the next 12 months to develop major new works.
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capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 6 March 2025Panasonic has announced the Lumix S1R II, built around a 44MP BSI CMOS sensor that can capture 40fps image capture and, for the first time in a Lumix camera, 8K video. The Panasonic S1R II is the first update to the company's original high-resolution L-mount camera, the Lumix S1R from 2019, and on paper at least, the newest edition is a fairly significant offering.
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capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 25 February 2025Sigma has unveiled the BF, a slick, compact 24.6-megapixel full-frame camera built for those who appreciate the 'essence' of photography. The new compact camera features just three buttons, a dial, and a shutter release – no fuss, no distractions.
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australianphotography.com | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 25 February 2025Professional travel photographer, OM-System Ambassador and Photographer of the Year judge Lisa Michele Burns has launched a new membership club for aspiring travel photographers. The Brisbane-based photographer, who is well-known for her travel photography resource The Wandering Lens, describes the Travel Photography Club as a way to bring together people who love to explore the world and capture it creatively.
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2 months ago | 
australianphotography.com | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 24 February 2025After we reviewed Team Group's interesting T-Create P31 External SSD in January, the company asked us if we'd also like to take its magnetic PD20M 1TB drive for a spin. We were curious to test this little drive as it offers a unique solution for smartphone users who need to expand their onboard storage and, with a tiny form factor, combined with its magnetic functionality, it looks to solve the problem of limited storage in a neat and clever way.
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2 months ago | 
capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor
Drone manufacturer DJI says it will no longer enforce “No-Fly Zones”, in the USA, putting the onus on pilots to ensure they don’t fly in restricted areas, although Australia will remain exempt from the changes, for now. In a blog post, DJI says that a new update means US-based pilots will see DJI geofencing datasets replaced by official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data, matching similar changes made to European Union (EU) DJI drones last year.
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2 months ago | 
capturemag.com.au | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 3 February 2025I've reviewed many external SSDs over the years, but beyond the expected size and speed improvements that the new devices typically offer over their predecessors, it's rare to find a product that genuinely does something different to what's already out there.
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2 months ago | 
australianphotography.com | Mike O'Connor
By Mike O'Connor | 31 January 2025Assets from shuttered photo book publishing company Momento Photo Books have been purchased by Melbourne photo printing company photobookshop.com. Speaking to AP, Photobookshop owner Peter Thomas said the opportunity to buy the company’s assets came after an attempt to buy Momento following its closure in June last year. “We wanted to buy the business once we heard it had closed, but unfortunately we weren’t able to come to a deal,” he said.
