The Daily PetaPixel for 10/13/2022

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( DEADLINE is tomorrow , October 14th! 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 Xencelabs Special Offer on Xencelabs Pen Tablet Small + Quick Keys Compact and portable, the Xencelabs Pen Tablet Small is ideal for creatives and photographers on the go and those with limited desk space. This offer bundles the Pen Tablet Small and Quick Keys, enabling shortcut keys for an easy-to-use interface. [Shop Now >]( [Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III Review: Not Your Average All-In-One]( By David Schloss on Oct 12, 2022 03:35 pm [Tamron 50-400mm Review]( At first glance, the Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD seems like Frankenstein’s monster of lenses. Super-telephoto lenses that provide a relatively wide focal length are uncommon and generally awful. Making a lens with such a wide range of focal lengths is complicated, yet Tamron made one that performs well across the zoom range. [[Read More]( [Hands-On With Microsoft’s New Surface Pro 9 Laptop]( By David Schloss on Oct 12, 2022 03:02 pm [Surface Pro 9]( After some brief hands-on time with Microsoft's two new laptops that were unveiled today, the Surface Pro 9 is a more attractive product for the photographer and videographer due to the Intel 12th Gen processor, and the portable form factor is more practical for photographers on the go. [[Read More]( [Google Pixel 7 Pro Review: It’s All in the Software]( By Ted Kritsonis on Oct 12, 2022 02:48 pm [Google Pixel 7 Pro Review]( Google is predictable when it comes to how it evolves its smartphones and cameras, which is to say that the mechanics are familiar, while the inner workings get the tweaks. The Pixel 7 Pro takes that formula and it’s up to you to run with it. [[Read More]( [Artists are Burning Their Work for NFTs]( By Lisa Marie Segarra on Oct 12, 2022 12:56 pm [Flames]( The intersection of art and NFTs keeps getting weirder. Painter Damien Hirst has joined other artists and burned 1,000 of his pieces this week, all in the name of non-fungible tokens. [[Read More]( [AI Shows What the Kardashians Would Look Like ‘Without Plastic Surgery’]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 12, 2022 12:39 pm [Kylie Jenner]( A group of live streamers used artificial intelligence (AI) to show what they believe the Kardashians would look like "without plastic surgery." [[Read More]( [The Winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 12, 2022 12:15 pm [Small World Contest]( The winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Photo Microscopy Competition have been announced, with a remarkably detailed photo of an embryonic Gecko hand taking the top prize. [[Read More]( [Canva Passes 100 Million Monthly Active Users, Nearly 4x That of Adobe]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 12, 2022 12:09 pm [Canva]( Canva, a super-simple creative software solution, has more than 100 million monthly active users, an explosion of growth that sees nearly four times as many users on the platform as rival Adobe has Creative Cloud subscribers. [[Read More]( [Microsoft Integrates DALL-E Into New Design App and Bing Search Engine]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 12, 2022 11:54 am [Microsoft designer]( Microsoft has launched a new app called Designer that will feature AI-image generation powered by DALL-E. [[Read More]( [Dear Microsoft, Please Give Us a Powerful Surface Studio]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 12, 2022 11:28 am [Microsoft Surface Studio]( Today Microsoft announced a new Surface Studio -- the third in the lineup and first since 2018 -- and while it’s great to see the company continuing this product line, creative professionals are still waiting for the powerhouse Apple-killer we were promised in 2016. [[Read More]( [American Girl Dolls Brought to Life in Evocative Photos]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 12, 2022 10:42 am [American Dolls]( A photographer has carved out a fascinating niche recreating iconic scenes using American Girl dolls as models. [[Read More]( [Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2+ is a Light Performance Upgrade]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 12, 2022 10:00 am [Surface Studio 2+]( Microsoft has announced the Surface Studio 2+ which takes most of the successes of the innovative desktop computer originally launched in 2016 and gives it a performance lift via an 11th-generation Intel chip and an NVIDIA 3060 GPU. [[Read More]( [Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 Bring Intel 12th Gen Power]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 12, 2022 09:59 am [Surface Laptop]( Microsoft has announced upgrades to two of its Surface laptop lines in the Surface Pro 9 and the Surface Laptop 5, both of which bring Intel's 12th-generation CPUs and integrated graphics. [[Read More]( [Dashcams in Ukraine Capture Putin’s Indiscriminate Missile Campaign]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 12, 2022 08:29 am Terrifying footage of Russia's indiscriminate missile campaign in Ukraine has been caught on dashcams across the country. The attacks are revenge for the Kerch Bridge explosion that connects Crimea to Russia. [[Read More]( [Making Employees Keep A Webcam On While Working is Illegal, Court Rules]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 12, 2022 07:53 am [webcam]( A Dutch court has ruled that a U.S.-based software company violated an employee's human rights after it forced him to keep his webcam on while working. [[Read More]( [Davante Adams Charged with Assault After Shoving Photographer]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 12, 2022 07:44 am [DavanteAdams]( The photographer who was pushed over by Las Vegas Raider player Dante Adams has filed a report with the police. [[Read More]( Show us the wild personalities you've captured, and win BIG! 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