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When the Nikon D200 came out in 2005, it was a big hit. At the time, Gizmodo said it was pretty rawkin. But would you believe that a decade-old camera design could handle ultra high speed photography, like the amazing bullet-blasted peanut butter cup shot above Turns out, a well designed workflow is all it takes. The image of peanut butter cup slaughterwas a fun Halloween treatfrom the
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