The Daily PetaPixel for 09/20/2022

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( Enter PetaPixel's Wildlife Photo Contest: [Wild Personalities]( Grand Prize Winner receives an OM SYSTEM OM-1 Camera Kit and a Trip to the Galapagos with Lindblad Expeditions! [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by OM SYSTEM OM SYSTEM OM-1: THE ULTIMATE OUTDOOR COMPANION Adventure is our home. Take the camera system rugged and small enough to follow you anywhere! The weathersealed, ultra-lightweightOM SYSTEMOM-1 is your outdoor companion, ready to capture stunning images in any environment. [Grab Yours]( [Nikon’s New 17-28mm f/2.8 Designed to be Affordable and Versatile]( By David Crewe on Sep 20, 2022 12:00 am [Nikon-Announces-Affordable-Nikkor-Z-17-28mm-f-2.8]( Nikon has announced a new 17-28mm f/2.8 lens for its Z-mount mirrorless cameras. The full-frame wide-angle optic is the latest addition to the company's selection of f/2.8 zoom lenses. [[Read More]( [Smartphone Cameras Can Accurately Measure Blood Oxygen Levels]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 19, 2022 04:05 pm [Blood Oxygen Levels Measured by Smartphone Camera]( Researchers have shown that smartphone cameras are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%, which is the lowest value that dedicated pulse oximeters should be able to measure as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. [[Read More]( [Tokina’s Mini Pieni II Toy Camera Actually Takes Tiny Photos and Videos]( By Pesala Bandara on Sep 19, 2022 03:32 pm [Tokina Pieni II]( Kenko Tokina has announced an ultra-compact digital camera called the Pieni II that is small and lightweight enough to be held between to fingers and takes tiny 1.3-megapixel photos and videos. [[Read More]( [How to Use a Light Meter in Photography]( By Brandon Jackson on Sep 19, 2022 02:28 pm For decades, there’s a piece of gear that I’ve always had in my camera bag. This would be a handheld light meter. I feel I’m in the minority these days by still using a handheld light meter and that’s too bad this is so. [[Read More]( [Photographer’s Portraits of ‘Comfort Women’ Confront Japan’s Colonial Past]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 19, 2022 02:14 pm [comfortwomenfeature]( Tsukasa Yajima's photographs of comfort women, girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army, underline the importance of remembering atrocities of the past. [[Read More]( [Instagram Says it is Falling Behind on Creator Satisfaction]( By Pesala Bandara on Sep 19, 2022 02:03 pm [instagram]( Instagram head Adam Mosseri has told staff that the app is falling far behind TikTok and YouTube in all aspects of creator satisfaction. [[Read More]( [Tilta’s Camera Cage with Built-In SSD Brings Super Speed to Sony Cameras]( By David Schloss on Sep 19, 2022 01:59 pm [Tilta Camera Cage]( Tilta is rumored to be producing a half-cage-style grip for Sony cameras with CFexpress Type-A card ports will feature a fast M.2 512GB SSD USB 3.2 output and write speeds fast enough to handle any video format thrown at it. [[Read More]( [Photo of Space Station Crossing the Sun Nabbed in Just Half a Second]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 19, 2022 01:01 pm [tiangong]( Juan Carlos Casado photographed the Tiangong Space Station (TSS) passing in front of the Sun capturing the outline of the spacecraft's modules and solar panels. [[Read More]( [Next Week, Jupiter Will Be the Closest It Has Been to Earth in 59 Years]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 19, 2022 01:01 pm [Jupiter]( On September 26, Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has come in the last 59 years which combines with the gas giant's opposition, which should result in spectacular views. [[Read More]( [Is the iPad Pro the Perfect Travel Computer for Photographers?]( By Kyle Agee on Sep 19, 2022 12:30 pm When Apple announced their new M1-powered iPad Pro in April of 2021, I totally ignored it. I thought to myself, “Why in the world would anyone be willing to pay a grand for an iPad?!?” [[Read More]( [CatLABS x Film 320 is a Unique New Black and White Emulsion]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 19, 2022 12:21 pm [CatLABS x FILM 320]( CatLABS has announced a brand new black and white film emulsion that promises unique grain and tonal range to produce photos that the company says are unlike anything else on the market. [[Read More]( [You Can Now Check if Your Photos Were Used to Train AI Image Generators]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 19, 2022 12:00 pm [aiimage]( A new website now allows photographers to find out if their work has been used to train AI-image generators. [[Read More]( [Australian Film is World’s First to Use Real-Time Ray Tracing in Production]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 19, 2022 11:51 am [Don't Go Below]( The new Australian film Don't Go Below is the world's first to use a real-time ray tracing system that utilizes ultra short throw projectors and ambient light-rejecting screens, melding a digital environment with actors. [[Read More]( [Some iPhone 14 Pro Cameras are Audibly Grinding in Third-Party Apps]( By Jaron Schneider on Sep 19, 2022 10:52 am [iphone 14 pro]( Some new iPhone 14 Pro users are reporting that the camera is shaking and making an audible grinding noise when using third-party camera apps. [[Read More]( [Navy Admits to Having More UFO Videos But Refuses to Release Them]( By Matt Growcoot on Sep 19, 2022 08:51 am [UFO over small town]( The U.S. government has said it will not share any more footage of UFOs with the public to protect "national security." [[Read More]( [BeReal May Start Adding Paid Features to The Photo-Sharing App]( By Pesala Bandara on Sep 19, 2022 08:48 am [bereal]( BeReal is considering adding paid features to the app in a bid to avoid Instagram-style advertising. [[Read More]( Show us the wild personalities you've captured, and win BIG! [Enter Now]( Earlier Stories: [Photographer Explores the Damage Humans Have Done to Earth]( [Hands-on with DALL-E 2, the AI Image Generator Taking the Web by Storm]( [Homemade Leica Monochrom, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Broken Sensors]( [Datacolor Spyder Checkr Photo Makes Color Correction A Breeze]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2022 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](.