The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019

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[View it in your browser](. to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast!]( [25683aad-fd15-4681-b999-25b47f86a370.jpg]( TODAY'S POSTS [Three Months with the Panasonic S1R]( [First Look at Full-Res RAW Files from the 61MP Sony a7R IV]( [The First-Ever Movie Scene with a Total Solar Eclipse as the Backdrop]( [Instagrammers are Getting Sick After Posing in Toxic Turquoise Lake]( [Photographers, Instagrammers: Stop Being So D*mn Selfish and Disrespectful]( [Amateur with Fuji GFX 50R Takes On Pro with Google Pixel 3]( [Zhiyun Unveils Cheap, Compact Crane-M2 Gimbal for Compact Cameras]( [Photos of Sandhill Cranes Raising a Baby Goose]( [Losing My Photography Mojo and Finding It Again]( [eBay Scam: Buyer Steals Camera by Pretending to Receive Wrong Product]( Three Months with the Panasonic S1R Jul 22, 2019 01:45 pm | Paul Monaghan If you’re wondering why someone who loves Sigma cameras and gets called the ‘Foveon Wizard’ by his peers is writing about the Panasonic Lumix S1R, I need to take you back to 2007. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( First Look at Full-Res RAW Files from the 61MP Sony a7R IV Jul 22, 2019 11:57 am | [DL Cade]( [Watch the Video]( A lot has been said about the quality of the images coming out of the [61MP Sony a7R IV]( but most of the first impressions [we’ve seen]( are based on JPEGs. Now, thanks to Jared Polin of [Fro Knows Photo]( you can get take a close look at full-res RAW files captured with Sony’s new camera and see how they hold up. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( The First-Ever Movie Scene with a Total Solar Eclipse as the Backdrop Jul 22, 2019 10:44 am | [Michael Zhang]( During the recent total solar eclipse in Chile, professional outdoor photographer [Ted Hesser]( was on hand on an indie film shoot to help do something that had never been done before: capture a movie scene with totality as the backdrop. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Instagrammers are Getting Sick After Posing in Toxic Turquoise Lake Jul 22, 2019 10:31 am | [DL Cade]( It’s been less than two weeks since [we reported]( on the toxic lake in Siberia that has become a popular photo location for Instagrammers. Now, another bright turquoise lake, this time in Spain, is attracting would-be influencers. Except this one is so toxic it’s actually making people very sick. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Photographers, Instagrammers: Stop Being So D*mn Selfish and Disrespectful Jul 22, 2019 09:50 am | Paul Reiffer What does it take to push a farmer to this point? The point where, fed up of thousands of disrespectful photographers, wannabe “influencers” and narcissistic tourists, they feel the only way to get them to stop damaging their business and property, is to damage those people’s photographs? … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Amateur with Fuji GFX 50R Takes On Pro with Google Pixel 3 Jul 22, 2019 09:28 am | [DL Cade]( [Watch the Video]( The folks over at popular tech channel [Linus Tech Tips]( recently did something fun. They combined your standard Amateur vs Pro photography challenge with the Pro Gear vs Smartphone trope to answer a different kind of question: Can a rote amateur with an expensive camera beat a professional who’s using only a smartphone? … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Zhiyun Unveils Cheap, Compact Crane-M2 Gimbal for Compact Cameras Jul 22, 2019 08:32 am | [DL Cade]( [Watch the Video]( Earlier today, Zhiyun [added]( a lightweight, affordable, compact gimbal to their Crane lineup. Called the [Crane-M2]( the small 3-axis gimbal is targeted at travel shooters and vloggers who want to capture the smoothest possible footage with their compact camera, smartphone or action cam. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Photos of Sandhill Cranes Raising a Baby Goose Jul 22, 2019 08:20 am | Steve Gettle This spring, here in Michigan, something quite unexpected happened. It started out as it always does in early April, with the sandhill cranes preparing their nest. A week later, they laid their first egg and then a second egg appeared. The devoted parents incubated both eggs and in early May the first egg hatched. This is where the unexpected turn occurred. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( Losing My Photography Mojo and Finding It Again Jul 22, 2019 07:48 am | Giora Dan On the way out of the Terai Plain in Nepal, I stopped in the town of Janakpur. The town has a beautiful temple and I was all geared up to shoot some nice stuff. But as I wandered around, I could not “see” any images despite a religious ceremony that was taking place at the time of my visit. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( eBay Scam: Buyer Steals Camera by Pretending to Receive Wrong Product Jul 22, 2019 07:04 am | [DL Cade]( When it comes to selling your used camera gear online, many consider [eBay]( to be one of the safer options. But as one photographer found out recently, there’s a new scam that gets around eBay’s “protections” and could cost you thousands of dollars and your camera gear. … [[visit site to read more]( [Read More]( [Like The Daily PetaPixel for 07/22/2019 on Facebook]( [share on Twitter]( [b82dce33-4a48-4869-a135-1d67d5dd676a.jpg](  YESTERDAY'S POSTS [How I Shot a Concept Photo of an Organ Market]( [Digitizing a Reproduction 1865 Box Camera for Authentic Vintage Use]( [A Letter to New and Aspiring Wedding Photographers]( [Ep. 325: Is the Sony a7R IV Underwhelming or Not? – and more]( [Lightroom Trick: How to Pick Colors from Anywhere on Your Computer]( [Instagram Will Now Warn You Before it Disables Your Account]( [Photographer Turns Huge Shipping Container into Working Camera]( [Wacom’s Cintiq 22 is an Affordable Pen Display for Budget-Conscious Pros]( [Is Sony’s Pace of Innovation Actually Hurting the Photo Industry?]( [Behind the Scenes: What It’s Like on a Commercial Film Set]( Copyright © 2019 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. 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