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Sony A6700 QS Unboxing – Precision Camera

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New Topaz Photo AI v1.5 released

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Topaz released the new Photo AI version 1.5. Here are the improvements:

Recover original detail when removing noise

Removing all noise can sometimes make an image appear unnaturally smooth. To fix this, you can now add original image detail back into your denoised result:

 

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Increase the Recover Original Detail slider to intelligently blend luminance detail back into your image while still removing all color noise. While not necessary for all images, it can improve how natural images appear without compromising on noise reduction quality:

 

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The effect you get from this this slider would be similar to an “Add Grain” feature, except the extra detail comes from the original image instead of artificially generated grain. Recover Original Detail is currently only available for non-raw images, but we will add it to Raw Remove Noise soon as well.

Preserve eye color when recovering faces

Face Recovery will no longer change eye color when enhancing faces. This applies to all photos but is especially noticeable in B&W or sepia images (image available here 29):

 

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You can now also better control where to apply face recovery in Preferences → Autopilot. Change this setting if you see abrupt transitions between recovered areas and the rest of the image:

 

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Please let us know what else you’d like to see to improve Face Recovery.

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Laowa shows two new lens prototypes for APS-C E-mount: 8-16mm f/3.5-5 and a compact 15mm f/5.0 pancake

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Laowa did display two new lens prototype (both also for APS-C E-mount cameras).

LAOWA New Lens CF8-16mm F3.5-5.0 C-Dreamer Super Wide Angle Zoom Lens

  • Full size conversion angle of view 12-24mm
  • Lens construction: 16 elements in 12 groups
  • Aperture blades: 5
  • Shortest shooting distance: 0.2m
  • Filter: 86mm
  • all metal body
  • Size: 88.3×88.54mm
  • Weight: about 463g
  • Mount: Sony E, Fuji X, Nikon Z, Canon R, Canon EF-M

New 15mm f/5.0 pancake

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Sony AUTOFOCUS Settings For PHOTO & VIDEO Explained | Using A6700

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