tech radar Wednesday May 28, 2025
Tech Radar says Fujifilm “has outdone itself” with its new X half camera—a retro digital compact “that packs some of its wackiest and outright funnest ideas yet, all inspired by film photography.” According to Fujifilm, the X half blends modern functions with half-frame film “DNA” to bring what it describes as a new and innovative approach to content creation, adds PetaPixel. The X half features an 18-megapixel Type 1 sensor into a tiny camera body and a 32mm-equivalent f/2 lens and shoots only JPEGs. Is it just a toy? You decide. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday May 28, 2025
The world has never been more saturated with imagery or, notes a recently-release assessment of the creative landscape from artist-owned stock media cooperative Stocksy, more visual sameness. "We live
in the age of Big Content--a never-ending firehose of algorithmically juiced recommendations, infinite scrolls, and vibeless moodboards," notes the report. "Inspiration has never been more abundant
and accessible, yet everyone seems to be pulling from … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday May 27, 2025
Sebastiao Salgado, widely regarded as one of the world's greatest documentary photographers, died on Friday, May 23, in Paris. He was 81. His family cited leukemia as the cause, saying that Salgado
had developed the illness after contracting a particular type of malaria in 2010 while working on a photography project in Indonesia. Over the course of his career, Salgado "garnered widespread
acclaim...with his … Read the full Story >>
Mashable Tuesday May 27, 2025
In the latest viral ChatGPT image trend, Reddit users are asking the AI chatbot to create an image based on their usernames. And, notes Mashable, if you think of some of the wildest Reddit usernames you've encountered, you won't be surprised that the results are wild. (For the good of humanity, Reddit user DiarrheaCreamPi said, “Hey gang, Imma sit this one out.”) You can go here to see some of the most popular results.
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