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Apple’s new ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs will introduce a whole new kind of computer, one which other PC makers won’t be able to copy.
Your camera’s light meter is dumb, and probably doesn’t work quote how you think it does. But it is accurate — you just have to know how to read it.
Nikon's F3 is almost perfect, let down by a laughably-bad exposure-meter display. This hack will let you dial in super-fast exposure compensation, using the aperture ring.
The FE2 is the best manual focus SLR ever made, and it's still every bit as good today as it was when it launched in 1983.
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This badge identifies people with non-obvious disabilities, so you can offer them a seat on public transport.
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