The Daily PetaPixel for 02/28/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by GuruShots Improve Your Photography Skills with GuruShots Join exciting daily photo challenges, get instant feedback & see how you rank in real-time compared to others. Over 7m+ users! Joing GuruShots today! [Join Now]( [How Leica Measured Shutter Speeds to the Millisecond with the Naked Eye]( By Jeremy Gray on Feb 27, 2023 03:45 pm [Shutter Speeds measured by eye]( Alabama-based photographer and engineer Destin Sandin of the YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay recently visited KameraStore in Finland. Sandin, whose videos deliver in-depth technical information in an entertaining and understandable way, learned about Kamerastore's specialized restoration and testing process, which includes using period-appropriate machinery. [[Read More]( [The Fox is in the Henhouse: AI Photos Are Beyond the Point of No Return]( By Matt Growcoot and Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 03:32 pm [Ai Generated Photos]( With artificial intelligence-powered "photos" winning competitions and fake portraits garnering thousands of fans, we are well past the point where we should be worried. We should be downright frightened. [[Read More]( [Couple Finds Trove of 2,000 Cameras and Lenses in Storage Unit]( By Michael Zhang on Feb 27, 2023 02:51 pm A Massachusetts couple tasked with cleaning out a storage unit was blown away after finding that it contained roughly 2,000 vintage cameras and lenses. [[Read More]( [The Average Digital Camera Price Has Doubled Over the Past Three Years]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 02:24 pm [Sony Cameras]( As the digital camera market contracts due to the popularity of smartphones, camera companies are finding that higher profits can still be reached by selling fewer cameras that cost, on average, twice as much as they used to. [[Read More]( [Facebook and Instagram to Combat the Sharing of Teen’s Intimate Photos]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 01:49 pm [Take It Down]( Facebook and Instagram have announced that they are founding members of Take It Down, a new platform designed to proactively prevent young people’s intimate images from spreading online. [[Read More]( [Panasonic to Add Phase Detection to Future Cameras, Including MFT]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 01:25 pm [Panasonic GH6]( Response to the Lumix S5 II has been positive enough that Panasonic has all but confirmed that it will add phase detection autofocus (PDAF) to its future cameras, including Micro Four Thirds (MFT). [[Read More]( [Google May Add Imagen AI Image Generator to Gboard Keyboard]( By Pesala Bandara on Feb 27, 2023 12:55 pm Google may be adding its artificially intelligent (AI) text-to-image generator Imagen directly to the Gboard keyboard for Android phones. [[Read More]( [The Largest Sky Map Photo Ever Made Has Gotten Even Bigger]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 12:45 pm [Image of Abell 3158, Part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey]( Now in its sixth year, the tenth data release from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys now covers half the sky and totals a petabyte of data combined from three separate telescopes. [[Read More]( [The Nikon Z9’s Selectable Shutter Sounds are Actually Coming]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 11:48 am [Nikon Z9 sounds]( The ability to change the sound that the Nikon Z9's electronic shutter makes is actually coming, as demonstrated by the company during a live stream. [[Read More]( [Camera Takes Pictures by Describing What it Sees to AI]( By Matt Growcoot on Feb 27, 2023 11:39 am [AI camera]( An artist has created a novel AI camera that describes what it sees to an AI image generator which then synthesizes the picture and instantly prints them out for the photographer. [[Read More]( [Qualcomm Generates AI Images in Seconds Locally on an Android Phone]( By Pesala Bandara on Feb 27, 2023 11:15 am Qualcomm has showcased the ability to generate images made with artificial intelligence (AI) in just 15 seconds locally on an Android device, the fastest ever on a phone. [[Read More]( [Mexican President Shares Photo ‘Proof’ of a Mythical Forest Elf]( By Jaron Schneider on Feb 27, 2023 10:46 am [Aluxe]( Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has photo proof of an aluxe, a mythical creature that -- according to Mayan belief -- are small mischievous creatures that live in forests and fields and like to play tricks on people. [[Read More]( [VR App Reminiscent of Black Mirror Lets You Relive Your Memories]( By Pesala Bandara on Feb 27, 2023 08:21 am [vr memories wist labs]( A new virtual reality (VR) app lets a user rewatch and relive memories they recorded on a smartphone. [[Read More]( [Rare Photos of Thriving Wildlife in the DMZ Between North and South Korea]( By Matt Growcoot on Feb 27, 2023 08:07 am [DMZ animals]( Newly-released photos show the diverse and flourishing wildlife inside the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) that has been left untouched for 70 years. [[Read More]( [Photo Contest Fooled by AI Image Launches ‘Human vs Machine’ Competition]( By Matt Growcoot on Feb 27, 2023 07:59 am [humanvsmachine]( A photography contest that awarded first place to a computer-generated artificial intelligence (AI) image has launched a new competition that pits AI against human photographers. [[Read More]( Earlier Stories: [The Xiaomi 13 Pro and its Leica Cameras are Coming to the West]( [My Strange Ongoing Troubles with the Canon R5]( [A Beginner’s Guide to Zone Focusing in Photography]( [On Hate Mail: When Your Photography Attracts Death Threats]( [Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 Review: One Display Tablet To Rule Them All]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2023 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](.