The Daily PetaPixel for 04/20/2024

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by MPB [Shop Used Camera Gear from MPB and Save 40% More Than New]( MPB has the used camera gear you're looking for. Discover our wide range with new items added daily. Used camera gear from MPB is affordable, reliable and sustainable. Every item is thoroughly tested by product specialists and comes with a free 6 month warranty. [Shop Now.]( [TTArtisan’s New AF 56mm f/1.8 Lens for APS-C Cameras Costs Just $158]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 19, 2024 03:15 pm [A woman with dark hair holding a digital camera up to her face, focusing it. the setting is outdoors with soft-focus greenery in the background.]( After some teasers on Chinese social media late last year, TTArtisan has released the AF 56mm f/1.8 prime lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. [[Read More]( [Real Photos From the Excope DT1 Kickstarter Reveal Its Limitations]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 19, 2024 01:55 pm [Three panels showing blurred and magnified views of a small object alongside clearer images of delicate blue flowers with green foliage, suggesting a focus on details and textures.]( Beaverlab Technology, the maker of the Excope DT1 camera currently on Kickstarter, has a response to PetaPixel's exposé, and it is mainly one of contrition. [[Read More]( [Depositphotos Launches ‘Commercially Safe’ AI Image Generator]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 19, 2024 01:17 pm [Two photographers in a park during autumn, smiling and holding cameras. the woman on the left has long hair and holds a large camera, and the man on the right, with stubble, holds a smaller camera.]( Stock photo website Depositphotos has launched an AI image generator which it says is commercially safe to use. [[Read More]( [Microsoft’s VASA-1 AI Can Make Any Person’s Image Move and Speak]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 19, 2024 12:54 pm [Split image comparing a modern woman speaking animatedly on the left with the mona lisa edited to have an open mouth expression on the right.]( Microsoft unveiled a new lip-syncing AI tool that transforms a still image of a person's face into an animated clip of them talking or singing. [[Read More]( [Audiio’s New Elements Feature Enables Users to Easily Build a Unique Track]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 19, 2024 12:22 pm [Split image: on the left, a man in headphones smiles behind a sound mixing console with labeled channels. on the right, a close-up of the same man's face in profile, focusing intently.]( Audiio, a leading provider of licensed music for creators, has announced Elements, a new way for people to mix and match components from multiple tracks to create something personal and unique. [[Read More]( [Two Students Fall to Death While Taking Selfie at Waterfall]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 19, 2024 08:11 am [two-students-die-taking-selfie-waterfall-scotland-death.jpg]( Two students died after falling off the edge of a waterfall while taking a selfie at the popular beauty spot. [[Read More]( [YouTuber Perfectly Recreates GTA VI Trailer Shot by Shot]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 19, 2024 08:09 am [Split-screen image of two women in a car, each wearing red bandanas; on the left, a woman drives with a serious expression, on the right, a woman smiles holding cash.]( YouTuber Andrew Levitt painstakingly recreated all 46 individual shots in the trailer for the Grand Theft Auto VI video game. [[Read More]( [Newly-Unearthed Photo May Reveal Iceberg That Sunk The Titanic]( By Pesala Bandara on Apr 19, 2024 07:21 am [Black and white historical photograph showing iceberg sunk Titanic.]( A rediscovered photo, that appears to show the iceberg that sank the Titanic 112 years ago, goes on auction this month. [[Read More]( Earlier Stories: [Group of Six People Rip Bear Cubs Out of Tree to Take Selfies With Them]( [The Far Out Winners of NASA’s Photo of the Year Contest]( [Rare Lime Green Leica Up for Sale Is a Vibrant Part of Photographic History]( [Aura Frames ‘Walden’ Review: It Checks All the Picture Boxes]( [‘Deep Sky’ IMAX Film Celebrates the Passionate People Who Built Webb]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2024 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. PetaPixel · 2944 N 44th St Ste 100 · Phoenix, AZ 85018-7258 · USA You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.