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The Best Monitors for the Apple Mac mini and Mac Studio

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Apple's redesigned M4 Mac mini and powerful Mac Studio are amazing computers for photographers and video editors, delivering excellent performance for the price. However, neither ships with a display, leaving customers to decide, "What's the best monitor for my Mac mini (or Mac Studio)?" PetaPixel offers three great options.

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Zeiss’ Otus ML Lenses Promise Photographers Something Entirely Different

Zeiss made its long-awaited return to the traditional photography space by reintroducing its beloved Otus series for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 and Otus ML 85mm f/1.4 lenses channel a classic, manual-focus photographic workflow that most first-party lenses eschew in favor of clinical sharpness, digital lens corrections, and perhaps most notably, blazing-fast autofocus. For Zeiss, this is the Otus ML's strength, not its weakness.

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Leica’s Colorful New Binoculars Promise Performance and Style

Like many companies that make photographic lenses, Leica has its hands in many pies, including projectors, rifle scopes, and binoculars. It is the lattermost group that Leica updated today, launching four compact binoculars in the new Leica Ultravid Compact Colorline range.

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What WhiteWall’s New Shopify Integration Means to Photographers

PetaPixel reported on WhiteWall's new Shopify integration when it was announced late last month, but it is such a big deal, it is worth taking a closer look. PetaPixel chatted with WhiteWall CEO Thomas Alscheid and pro photographer Per Appelgren about the integration and what it means for photographers.

Sigma BF Review: Riding The Knife’s Edge of ‘Too Simple’

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One of the most fundamental lessons taught in any art form is to strip away the excess; to streamline and distill down to its essence, only the most essential parts. We see this in many art forms such as sculpture, writing, and even photography, and now we have it in a camera. But is it possible to go too far?

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The Best Images Photographers Captured Using Ricoh GR Cameras

Given how popular Ricoh GR series cameras are with a broad range of photographers, it should come as little surprise that people capture amazing photos using their GRs. The Ricoh GR Photo Festival, which started in 2022, celebrates some of these incredible shots.

Stop Battling Anti-Consumer Printers and Just Buy an Epson EcoTank

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For the past two years, The Verge's Editor in Chief Nilay Patel has recommended the same Brother laser printer as the best option on the market, even going so far as to renew that guide with an entirely new story that includes a very funny AI-generated text section. However, I disagree with Patel and Brother's anti-consumer practices are making the publication doubt that choice, too.