PetaPixel Tuesday April 16, 2024
Looking for thrills, and pictures? Designed for first-person view flying using accompanying goggles, DJI’s newly unveiled Avata 2 drone has more style, speed, and stamina than its very good predecessor, notes PetaPixel. It also sports a larger image sensor than the original Avata, bringing the FPV drone series up to a Type 1/1.3-inch CMOS 12-megapixel image sensor that promises a wider dynamic range and improved performance in low-light conditions. The drone’s ultra-wide lens has a 155-degree field of view, like a 12mm lens on a full-frame camera. It will also cost you less than the original.
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David Schonauer Monday April 15, 2024
First with Photoshop, and now with AI-powered image generators that can produce deepfake stills and videos, there has been increasing concern about the truthfulness of images. This fear was
encapsulated by Wired magazine after last month's photo scandal involving Catherine, the Princess of Wales: "Photography is no longer evidence of anything," cried the magazine after the release of a
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THE HILL Monday April 15, 2024
Stanford University scientists and engineers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have built what they call the world’s biggest digital camera—an instrument the size of a small car with a front lens some 3 feet wide. “Its images are so detailed that it could resolve a golf ball from around 15 miles away while covering a swath of the sky seven times wider than the full moon,” said SLAC professor Aaron Roodman, The 3,200-megapixel camera will help researchers observe our universe in unprecedented detail, notes The Hill.
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HEMERIA Monday April 15, 2024
Photographer and marine biologist Cristina Mittermeier has spent two decades telling stories about the people and animals affected by climate change, notes My Modern Met. Now she is collecting her work in a new book. Titled Hope, the book is being crowdfunded at Hemeria, a boutique publisher and designer in Paris. Mittermeier calls the book an “artistic manifesto” that “weaves her own personal narrative with meaningful visual stories from a journey spanning over 120 countries and every continent.
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