Canon Rumors Monday April 24, 2023
It’s here at last, reports Canon Rumors: Canon has officially announced its RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM lens, answering calls from photojournalists and professional level customers for a modern 300mm f/2.8 equivalent lens. The $9,499 lens “is a bit of a monster,” adds DIY Photography, although Canon says it’s the lightest f/2.8 zoom lens with a 300mm focal length on the market. The lens’s design includes one fluorite element and 4 Ultra-Low Dispersion (UD) elements. Fluorine coatings and Canon’s Super Spectra Coating (SSC) help to minimize ghosting and flare.
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World Press Photo Monday April 24, 2023
Ukrainian war photographer Evgeniy Maloletka‘s striking image of an injured pregnant woman in Mariupol has been named the 2023 World Press Photo of Year. Maloletka has been covering the war in his home country since 2014. He arrived in Mariupol just hours before Russia began bombarding the city and spent 20 days living with paramedics in the basement of a hospital, notes My Modern Met. Photojournalist Mads Nissen wins the Photo Story of the Year prize for his courage of Afghanistan after the U.S.’s withdrawal.
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HYPEBEAST Monday April 24, 2023
Rapper Cam’ron has been sued for allegedly using an iconic photo of himself wearing a pink fur coat on a slew of merchandise without the photographer’s permission. Photographer Djamilla Rosa Cochran accuses the Harlem Dipset rapper of profiting off of an image that she took of him in 2003. Along with Cam’ron, whose real name is Cameron Giles, Dipset Couture LLC is named in the suit, notes Hypebeast. Cochran’s photo became a popular internet meme and a defining image of Camron’s persona and wider hip-hop culture, adds PetaPixel.
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New York Post Monday April 24, 2023
In recent years New York City restaurants have capitulated to — and in many cases actively courted — TikTokers and Instagrammers for promotional purposes, but those days may be coming to an end, notes the New York Post. Consider Morgan Raum, 26, who recently took out her iPhone and LED light to capture a server at the trendy restaurant Bad Roman swirling black truffle honey atop the whipped ricotta appetizer. Before Raum could finish capturing the moment for her Instagram account @ToooMuchFood, an angry diner nearby chastised her.
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