Digital Camera World Wednesday June 5, 2024
The Camera and Imaging Products Association in Japan has released its data for March 2024, and, notes Digital Camera World, sales of both interchangeable lens cameras and compact cameras seem to be on the upswing. Between January and March this year, compact cameras have seen 7-percent growth in units and a 41 percent growth value year on year, fueled by the popularity of newer all-in-one vlogging cameras,and the success of the Fujifilm X100VI premium compact.
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100 For The Ocean Wednesday June 5, 2024
In 2023, the inaugural 100 for the Ocean print sale raised more than half a million dollars toward ocean conservation, and, notes Colossal, this year the event is back with work from 100 photographers from around the globe. Founded by Paul Nicklen, Cristina Mittermeier, and Chase Teron, 100 for the Ocean dovetails with the work of their SeaLegacy organization, which tells visual stories about the earth’s seas. This year’s sale supports Coral Gardeners, focused on coral restoration, and other groups.
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THE VERGE Wednesday June 5, 2024
Adobe found itself in hot water recently after the Ansel Adams estate publicly scolded the company for selling generative AI imitations of the late photographer’s work. On Friday, Adams’s estate posted a screenshot to Threads showing AI-generated images available on Adobe Stock that were labeled as “Ansel Adams-style.” While Adobe permits AI-generated images to be hosted and sold on its stock image platform, users are required to hold the appropriate rights or ownership over the content they upload, notes The Verge. The company responded to the Adams estate, saying it had removed the offending content.
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David Schonauer Wednesday June 5, 2024
In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear
submarines. The case against the photographer, Fengyun Shi, appears to be the first known prosecution under a World War II-era law that bans photographing vital military installations using aircraft,
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