The Daily PetaPixel for 05/10/2024

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Aftershoot Start Your AI Editing Journey With Aftershoot Explore an all new AI Editing experience with Aftershoot Edits 2.0 and get Consistent Edits, Every Time. Start your Free Trial today! [Try For Free]( [Nikon Bought RED for Just $85M]( By Jaron Schneider on May 09, 2024 06:48 pm [Nikon acquires RED]( Earlier this year, Nikon revealed the bombshell that it had acquired US-based cinema company RED Cinema, thrusting itself into the video space that it had for so long been on the outside of, looking in. Now, based on its 2023-2024 financials, it has revealed just how much that cost: 13.167 billion yen, or $85 million. [[Read More]( [AP and Reuters Win 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for Powerful and Tragic Photos]( By Jeremy Gray on May 09, 2024 05:13 pm [Left: a group of people wade through a river carrying belongings on their heads. right: an artistic installation of stacked pillows and blankets forming a figure hugging its knees.]( The 2024 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The Associated Press' photography staff won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography, while Reuters' photo staff took the prize for Breaking News Photography. [[Read More]( [Dehancer Online Ditches Apps and Plugins, Uses Your Web Browser Instead]( By Lisa Marie Segarra on May 09, 2024 03:43 pm [Grid of multiple images of a French Bulldog with varying temperature filters applied, transitioning from warm to cool tones across the images.]( Dehancer is known for its plugins for photo and video editing software, but the web browser-based Dehancer Online lets users go plugin-free -- no app downloads required. [[Read More]( [Fotodiox’s Clever New GFX Stitching Adapter Digitizes 4×5 View Cameras]( By Jeremy Gray on May 09, 2024 01:00 pm [A large format camera with a bellows focusing system is positioned against a cloudy sky, emphasizing its lens and intricate design details.]( Fujifilm GFX owners can easily mount their medium-format mirrorless camera to any large-format 4x5 view camera with a Graflok back using Fotodiox's new 4x5 GFX Stretch Stitch Adapter. [[Read More]( [How I Lost My Camera Bag and All My Gear in Italy]( By Jefferson Graham on May 09, 2024 12:31 pm [A person with a backpack is entering a yellow taxi parked by the curb in front of a building with wooden doors and a small tree nearby.]( For ten harrowing minutes, I lost everything in Italy. My beloved backpack of gear was gone. [[Read More]( [TikTok Embraces Content Credentials by Automatically Adding AI-Generated Tags]( By Matt Growcoot on May 09, 2024 12:16 pm [TikTok]( TikTok claims it is the first social media platform to support the Content Credentials provenance system by automatically adding AI-generated labels to content it detects as synthetic. [[Read More]( [The Benefits of Shooting Mirrorless as a Wedding Photographer]( By Brenda Bergreen on May 09, 2024 12:01 pm [A person holding a sony camera with a zeiss lens, adjusting settings on the dial with their right hand. focus is on the camera, showing details of the buttons and lens.]( We switched to shooting mirrorless as wedding photographers as soon as we were able to accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish without compromising our photos. For us, this meant waiting until we had a lighting set-up that worked for us, and as soon as we solved that we pulled the trigger. Now, having shot mirrorless for a handful of wedding seasons I can’t imagine going back. [[Read More]( [Exascend’s New Memory Cards for Sony Cameras Can Handle 8K/120p]( By Jaron Schneider on May 09, 2024 11:49 am [An exascend essential pro 1 tb cfexpress memory card, displaying its capacity and speed details on a plain gray background.]( Exascend's new Essential Pro series of CFexpress Type A memory cards -- a format that, at the time of publication, only Sony uses -- use the new 4.0 standard, meaning they can promise some ridiculous speeds to support high resolution and high framerate shooting. [[Read More]( [Prison Guard’s Bodycam Catches Fire Causing New York to Withdraw Them]( By Matt Growcoot on May 09, 2024 11:36 am [Body camera]( After a New York City Department of Corrections employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation when the bodycam she was wearing suddenly caught fire, bodycams for all staff have been temporarily suspended. [[Read More]( [Fujifilm Teases Two Cameras and Lenses for X Summit Next Week]( By Matt Growcoot on May 09, 2024 11:00 am [Close-up image of a black fujifilm camera dial on the right and fujifilm x | gfx logo on a black background on the left.]( Fujifilm, continuing its torrid pace of new product announcements, appears poised to announce new cameras and lenses next week in Sydney, Australia. [[Read More]( [Fujifilm’s Camera Profits Soar on the Backs of Instax and the X100 Series]( By Jaron Schneider on May 09, 2024 10:59 am [A man focuses intently while taking a close-up photograph of pink flowers using a vintage-style camera, with blurred buildings in the background.]( Fujifilm published its financial report from April 2023 to March 2024 and its professional imaging division saw a huge leap in revenue: it earned 172.1 billion yen (about $1.1 billion), which is up 20% year over year, thanks in no small part to the X100 series and the continued growth of Instax. [[Read More]( [Photographer Sues Google for Using Her Photos to Train AI Image Generator]( By Matt Growcoot on May 09, 2024 09:28 am [Google]( Photographer Jingna Zhang has launched a lawsuit against Google along with three other artists who accuse the search giant of using their copyrighted work in the training of its AI image generator model Imagen. [[Read More]( [Photographer Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Woman During Boudoir Shoot]( By Pesala Bandara on May 09, 2024 08:59 am [john lill photographer arrested sexual assault]( A professional photographer has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a client during a boudoir photo shoot that he was hired for. [[Read More]( [Photographer Cries Tears of Joy After Being Reunited With Lost Camera Bag]( By Pesala Bandara on May 09, 2024 08:34 am [Left: a woman embracing a man who appears emotional, leaning on a counter. right: a group of four adults, two men and two women, smiling for the camera in an indoor setting.]( A photographer was filmed bursting into tears of joy after learning that his lost camera bag, with over $21,850 worth of gear and memory cards full of images, had been found. [[Read More]( [Photographer Sets World Record for Fastest Drone Flight at 298 MPH]( By Matt Growcoot on May 09, 2024 08:18 am [A man wearing a blindfold holds a bright green, rocket-shaped drone with "faster than f1" text, outdoors under a clear sky. "guinness world records" and "record holder" logos are displayed.]( A photographer and content creator has set the world record for the fastest drone flight after his custom-made aircraft achieved a staggering 298.47 miles per hour (480.2 kilometers per hour). 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