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13 November, 2025

Editing, manipulating, lying, fake – towards an agreement of the meaning of words

By Peter Schu

13 November, 2025

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Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic

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A Pair of Unusual Lenses Adapted to a Fuji GFX 50S

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7 November, 2025

Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)

By Hamish Gill

David Pauley shared his photo of the year for 2025 the other day. Scott Ferguson commented on that post that maybe more people could submit their photos of the year as part of a...

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