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‘Army Men’ Figure of Pioneering Combat Photographer Helps Kids Process War

A metallic figurine of a woman photographer with a camera is shown on the left; on the right, a black-and-white photo shows a woman wearing glasses taking a photo of people outdoors with a camera.

War Toys has worked with the estate of the late, great photojournalist Dickey Chapelle to create a remarkably accurate and detailed 1:32 scale figure of the photographer. This figure, which includes Chapelle's trademark glasses, earrings, and Leica and Nikon cameras, will join a larger set of noncombatant figures for an educational board game that focuses on the people who work for peace in war and combat.

Two views of a large format camera mounted on a tripod: the left shows the front with its lens and bellows extended, while the right shows the back with a digital camera attached as a digital back.

This Adapter Turns an L-Mount Camera Into a Sliding 4×5 Digital Back

Fotodiox, makers of some of the more niche adapters on the market, just announced another unusual option: an adapter that lets photographers mount a full-frame L-Mount camera to any 4x5 large-format camera with a supported Graflok back, opening new creative possibilities for landscape, architectural, and studio photography.

A photo editing software window shows a horse in a green field. The horse is selected and highlighted in red, while editing tools and a histogram are visible on the right side of the screen.

How Two Photographers Transformed RAW Photo Support on Mac

As photographers using macOS know all too well, native macOS-level support for RAW image formats can be hit-or-miss, and new support can take months or years to arrive, sometimes never arriving at all. This means that photographers must rely on third-party software to process many RAW photos, and that support in Apple's own apps, like Photos, is spotty. However, not all is lost, as very talented engineers are working hard to overcome macOS's own RAW limitations.