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1. Let there be light – painting stop-motion animations

Darren Pearson is a multi-talented photographer, light painter and animator. He creates stop-animations using a Night-writer – a self-designed, purposemade tool for creating colourful drawings using light. These short films are labour-intensive, often taking months or years to create, but Darren has created a style we’ve never seen before. https://bit.ly/36ljzuh

2. Camera wars: the Nikon v Canon tradition continues

Canon and Nikon have again shadowed each other closely with their next generation of pro-level interchangeable lens cameras. So it is little surprise that the Canon EOS R3 and Nikon Z 9 were released so close to each other – and once again illustrating the different philosophical approaches of each brand in the execution of a pro camera. https://bit.ly/3tbgvhn

3. The Nikon D500 is being discontinued

According to Nikon Japan and Nikon Asia, the Nikon D500 has officially been discontinued. The news doesn’t come as much of a surprise. After all, the Nikon D500 was released in 2016 and, while it is still an excellent APS-C camera for wildlife and landscape photography, like most brands Nikon is channelling its energy into mirrorless systems. https://bit.ly/3524mzd