PetaPixel Wednesday September 25, 2024
In its 2024 Corporate Report, Sony has claimed again that it has achieved the number-one share in the full-frame interchangeable lens market. “This isn’t the first time Sony has made such a claim — having said it sold the most full-frame mirrorless cameras back in 2022. Shortly after Sony’s proclamation, Canon said it was the number-one digital camera company and led mirrorless camera sales, too,” notes PetaPixel. Sony’s new claim is based on internal data: Sony says it achieved the number-one market share based on internal data from the 2023 fiscal year.
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Ocean Photographer of the Year Wednesday September 25, 2024
After recently revealing the finalists in the 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest, Oceanographic Magazine has unveiled the winners: Top prize goes to Rafael Fernández Caballero for his image of a Bryde’s whale about to feed on sardines that were amassed to feed on plankton. Caballero made the photo in waters off Baja California, Mexico. “A feeding frenzy is the biggest show on Earth for me,” Caballero notes. “The smallest animals on Earth, plankton, attract bait balls of sardines and, in turn, giant whales show up.”
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The New York Times Wednesday September 25, 2024
A Detroit-area gallery owner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for defrauding photography collectors out of $1.6 million worth of fine art photos, The gallerist, Wendy Halsted Beard, 59, of Birmingham, Mich., previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for the scheme, notes The New York Times. According to the criminal complaint filed by the F.B.I., Beard agreed to sell over 100 fine art photographs on behalf of collectors, for which she’d earn a commission. Those works were instead not returned, or were sold without clients’ knowledge, with Beard keeping the profits.
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David Schonauer Wednesday September 25, 2024
Nearly 61 years ago, Dale Carpenter Sr. showed up on a street in Dallas, hoping to film President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade passed. He managed instead to capture footage of the chaotic and
desperate moments after Kennedy was shot, as a Secret Service agent sprawled on the back of the president's limousine. For decades the 8mm film that Carpenter shot on 22, … Read the full Story >>
