DP Review Friday February 10, 2023
Nikon has released a pair of new lenses for its Z-mount system—the Nikkor Z 85mm F1.2 S, which the company is aiming at pros who shoot studio headshots, weddings, events, fashion, b-roll, and close-ups, and the Nikkor Z 26mm F2.8 pancake lens, which is Nikon's slimmest and lightest full-frame AF lens ever. The 85mm f/1.2 S is the first Nikon 85mm lens to open as wide as f/1.2, notes DP Review. It promises to bring ultra-high-resolution and “intense” sharpness that renders skin texture and hair beautifully while providing an out-of-focus area, or bokeh, adds PetaPixel.
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David Schonauer Friday February 10, 2023
The rise of AI has raised legal questions, and the stakes, we noted this week, are growing exponentially: Getty Images has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against Stability AI, creators of open-source AI
art generator Stable Diffusion, alleging "brazen" intellectual property theft on a "staggering scale." Getty claims that Stability AI copied more than 12 million images from its database "without
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Tin House Studio Thursday February 9, 2023
Rarely is there enough time—for anything let alone everything—so you’ve got to make the most of what you have. In a new video from Tin House Studio, commercial photographer (and YouTuber) Scott Chouciño “audits” the business of photographer Alex Baker to offer advice on managing time. “Being a people-centric photographer, it can often take a lot more effort to organize personal shoots, however, that really mustn’t be a deterrent. Personal work is the cornerstone of our portfolios, or at least it should be, according to Scott,” notes Baker at Fstoppers.
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GOST Thursday February 9, 2023
A quote in Lorenzo Meloni’s book We Don’t Say Goodbye sums up all war coverage, past and present, declares The Washington Post: In bold, black letters are the words, “History repeats itself and the logic throughout the ages does not change.” The new book represents 10 years of work by Meloni in Iraq, Syria and Libya, beginning in 2013. “My intention was to try, within the limits of visual language, to understand and rationalize a conflict—its roots and evolution—and then place it in its historical context,” notes Meloni.
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