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• A National Archives Archivist Enlarged a Mislabeled Glass Plate in 1952 and Found Lincoln at Gettysburg

  20-10-2026 23:03 via Fstoppers
  
  The National Archives still lists the negative as "Crowd of citizens, soldiers, and etc. with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg." Everything before the president's name is the label the plate wore in federal storage for most of a century. The rest is there because Josephine Cobb enlarged a broken piece of glass about 20 times in 1952 and found him in it. [Read More]
  
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• Comparing Peak Design’s Travel and Pro Tripods: Which One Is For You?

  20-10-2026 20:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Peak Design's Travel Tripod is probably one of the most talked-about tripods on this site, and opinions have been polarized. Since the brand has expanded its tripod lineup with three new Pro models, it's clearly important that we see their differences and optimal use cases. [Read More]
  
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• The Great Tripod Debate: Twist Locks or Lever Locks?

  20-10-2026 18:03 via Fstoppers
  
  You've noticed that tripods come with two basic kinds of locks: twist locks and lever locks. They're quite different. Which should you purchase? I'll tell you my experiences and observations. Twist Locks The Robus RC-5570 has high-quality twist locks.I generally like twist locks, or collar locks, but I feel that you have to really go out of your way to make sure that they are locked down because occasionally, if you are not careful, they can slip.[Read More]
  
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• Is the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L Really the King of Portrait Lenses?

  20-10-2026 17:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Ask a room full of people to name the best portrait lens, and most will point to something like the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, with its reputation for sharpness, flattering perspective on faces, and heavy background blur. If you're about to spend serious money on portrait glass, ask whether that reputation fits the rooms you work in and the apertures you actually use. [Read More]
  
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• The Most Important Camera Setting You're Not Using

  20-10-2026 16:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Any modern digital camera has thousands of settings and more features than most individual photographers will ever use. But there are some settings that photographers of all genres can benefit from using. One of the most overused terms in photography is "game-changing." It seems like every time a new piece of gear is announced, whether it's a camera, lens, strobe, modifier, tripod, or lens cloth, someone is out there to tell you why you need it and why it's going to revolutionize your phot
  
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• DXO ViewPoint 6 Offers Image Correction Without Crops

  20-10-2026 15:03 via Fstoppers
  
  DxO has been busy lately, updating its collection of apps, giving them new capabilities and gently using AI to keep the photographer in control while making editing easier. Today, DxO is announcing ViewPoint 6, the latest version of its software for correcting geometry, perspective, and distortion. Version 6 brings AI masks to ReShape Fusion, the tool for adjusting the components of a scene from within the frame. Photographers can now concentrate a geometric correction on a single element
  
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• How the Canon EOS R6 Mark III Holds Up After a Year of Paid Work

  20-10-2026 14:03 via Fstoppers
  
  The Canon EOS R6 Mark III sits in the middle of Canon's mirrorless lineup, yet its feature list now overlaps with both the higher-resolution R5 Mark II and Canon's Cinema EOS bodies. If you shoot stills and video for a living, that overlap decides how many bodies you buy, carry, and maintain. [Read More]
  
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• Should Your Next Filmmaking Camera Be a Lumix?

  20-10-2026 13:03 via Fstoppers
  
  Picking a camera system for video locks you into a mount, a lens lineup, and a manufacturer's release schedule for years, and the features a brand ships early tend to shape how you work long after the purchase. Panasonic's Lumix bodies rarely dominate filmmaking gear talk, even though several capabilities now drawing attention elsewhere have lived inside them for a long time. [Read More]
  
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• Is Panasonic's $400 Lumix S 40mm f/2 Worth It?

  20-10-2026 11:03 via Fstoppers
  
  At $400, the Panasonic Lumix S 40mm f/2 is one of the least expensive ways to put an official autofocus prime on an L-mount body. A 40mm sits between the standard 35mm and 50mm choices, and a lens this small and cheap has a good chance of becoming the one that never leaves your camera. [Read More]
  
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