DP Review Monday July 18, 2022
Nikon’s newly announced version 2.1 firmware update for its Z9 mirrorless camera system brings improvements to autofocus and addresses an issue that users had been encountering at sporting events, notes DP Review. A new High-Frequency Flicker Reduction mode lets users fine-tune shutter speeds in increments as small as 1/96th EV to cope with fast-refreshing LED display boards often used at sports venues. This provides a means to find a shutter speed at which flickering is minimized if not entirely eliminated. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday July 18, 2022
"You never forget your first murder. I mean, I had never seen a dead body before and that is something I'll never forget." So notes photographer Theo Wenner at Dazed, talking about the two and a half
years he spent shadowing New York City homicide detectives. The work, which started as a commission for Rolling Stone, is now collected in the book "Homicide" (Rizzoli). … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Friday July 15, 2022
A few months ago, the US Copyright Office rejected Steven Thaler’s request to copyright a picture on behalf of an algorithm he dubbed the Creativity Machine. The Copyright Office found that Thaler’s AI-created image didn’t include an element of “human authorship” — a necessary standard, it said, for protection. While Thaler, who has now filed a lawsuit, may be making mischief, it does raise an issue for creators and photographers using programs like the Dall-E 2, writes Matt Growcoot at PetaPixel. Your thoughts? Read the full Story >>
COLOSSAL Friday July 15, 2022
The exhibition “Endangered and Extinct,” on view at the American Museum of Natural History, focuses on the loss of insect species around the world through the work of Levon Biss. The British photographer often collaborates with institutions like the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Oxford Museum of Natural History, gaining access to their archives and selecting insect specimens. He then takes about 10,000 individual images using various lenses that are stitched together to create extraordinarily detailed shots of insects. Read the full Story >>
