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Saturday, July 4, 2026

The latest version of Darktable includes AI features for denoising and masking, a move that deviates from its previous avoidance of the technology. Elsewhere, The oldest surviving American photograph, taken in Philadelphia in 1839, was created by Joseph Saxon using a cigar box with a crude lens. This daguerreotype, exposing for ten minutes, captured Central High School from a window. Separately, Seeking to avoid the burden of heavy camera equipment during a trip to New York City, the author opted for a pocket-sized Yashica Tank camera.

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