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Which is better, cropping a full-frame image or using a crop sensor?

Which is better, cropping a full-frame image or using a crop sensor?

| Nando Harmsen | 13,775 views | 54 comments

A crop sensor uses a smaller part of the image circle than a full-frame sensor. This makes the image from the crop sensor appear enlarged. You can achieve the same result by cropping a full-frame image. But which is better, using a crop sensor or cropping a full-frame image?

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Microsoft lets portrait photos talk with AI

Microsoft lets portrait photos talk with AI

| Elja Trum | 2,882 views | 3 comments

Microsoft's VASA-1 AI model can make a single portrait photo talk and sing realistically. The company does not want to release the programme for fear of misuse in deepfakes, but someone else will probably do it with something similar.

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Colour photographs from 1900 found by TU Delft

Colour photographs from 1900 found by TU Delft

| Elja Trum | 2,316 views | 0 comments

TU Delft has found six glass slides (1890 to 1910) that turn out to be a very early attempt at colour photography. A diffraction chromoscope had to be recreated to view the images.

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The Compressing Effect Does Not Exist

The Compressing Effect Does Not Exist

| Nando Harmsen | 134 views | 0 comments

A telephoto lens compresses distances. This is known as the compressing effect. The reality is a little more nuanced. In the end, the effect does not exist.

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