The Daily PetaPixel for 04/18/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Vanguard Vanguard - #WhatsYourStory For over 30 years, Vanguard's drive to disrupt mediocrity and commitment to innovation has allowed us to create the highest-quality camera tripods, bags & more at an affordable price. [Shop Vanguard's Spring Sale]( [Nikon’s New DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR its Widest Lens for Z Mount]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 18, 2023 12:01 am [Nikon Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR lens]( Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR lens, an ultra-wide angle lens designed for content creators and vloggers. The lightweight lens is the widest Nikkor Z DX-format lens yet. [[Read More]( [Sony’s Airpeak Drone Gets a Lighter Gimbal, Better Nav, and Bigger Battery]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 17, 2023 11:59 pm [Sony's Airpeak Drone]( Sony has announced three new accessories for the Sony AirPeak drone: a lighter gimbal, a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) kit that improves its navigation and flight precision, and a new enhanced better for longer flight times. [[Read More]( [Meike’s New 85mm f/1.4 to be the First 3rd Party Autofocus Lens for Canon RF]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 17, 2023 04:25 pm [Meike 85mm]( Meike has announced a new 85mm f/1.4 autofocus lens for Sony E, Nikon Z, Leica L, and -- surprisingly -- Canon RF mounts. If this stands, Meike will be the first third-party manufacturer to come to market with an autofocus-equipped lens for Canon's mirrorless mount. [[Read More]( [Man Uses Midjourney and ChatGPT to Resurrect His Dead Grandmother]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 17, 2023 04:21 pm [Grandma]( A man used Midjourney and ChatGPT to resurrect an artificial intelligence (AI) version of his late grandmother. [[Read More]( [How We Climbed an Iconic Norwegian Mountain for an Epic Aurora Photo]( By Virgil Reglioni on Apr 17, 2023 03:33 pm On March 23rd, 2023, Earth got hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in six years. I was out executing my unique aurora shot of the year, titled The Platform. [[Read More]( [Aputure’s Amaran 150c and 300c Lights are Built for Filmmakers]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 17, 2023 03:31 pm [Aputure amaran 150c and 300c lights and accessories]( Aputure has announced the amaran 150c and 300c point-source LEDs alongside the accompanying Spotlight SE projection lens and Light Dome Mini SE light modifiers for them. [[Read More]( [The Main Kodak Film Business is Up for Sale Again]( By Lisa Marie Segarra on Apr 17, 2023 03:23 pm [Kodak Alaris]( Kodak Alaris -- notably a different brand from the perhaps more well-known Eastman Kodak -- is to be sold by its owner, the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF). [[Read More]( [Astronomer Captures NASA’s Mysterious Green Laser Beams]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 17, 2023 02:58 pm [Laser beam streak]( A homemade motion detection camera has become the first instrument on Earth to capture NASA's enigmatic ICESat-2 satellite firing laser beams at Earth. [[Read More]( [The Vertigo Lens Turret Lets You Mount Three Lenses at the Same Time]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 17, 2023 02:12 pm [Vertigo Lens Turret]( The Vertigo Lens Turret is an adapter that fits onto a camera's lens mount and allows a filmmaker to effortlessly switch among three different attached lenses, a design that is set to "get the cinema world spinning." [[Read More]( [This Bird Photo May Break Your Brain (And No, It Wasn’t Photoshopped)]( By Michael Zhang on Apr 17, 2023 01:46 pm This mind-bending photo of a bird is making the rounds on the internet, and people's brains are having a hard time processing what exactly the photo shows. It is a real single-exposure photo, though, and not the result of Photoshop manipulation. [[Read More]( [Webb Captures Star-Forming Galactic Merger Brighter Than 1 Trillion Suns]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 17, 2023 01:37 pm [James Webb Space Telescope Arp 220]( NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning "smash-up" of two spiral galaxies. Collectively called Arp 220, the collision of the pair of galaxies has facilitated massive star formation. [[Read More]( [Jupiter Probe Sends Back Earth Selfies as it Embarks on 12-Year Mission]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 17, 2023 01:31 pm [Juice Selfie]( A space probe that will explore Jupiter and its moons beamed back farewell selfies with planet Earth in situ hours after it was successfully launched on Friday. [[Read More]( [Montana Looks to be the First US State to Outright Ban TikTok]( By Lisa Marie Segarra on Apr 17, 2023 01:22 pm [TikTok]( Montana’s legislature just passed a bill that would force app stores like the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store to ban TikTok in the state, making it likely to be the first in the U.S. to ban the social media site. [[Read More]( [Laowa’s Four New Anamorphic Lenses Include Widest-Ever for Super35]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 17, 2023 01:10 pm [Laowa Proteus 2x Anamorphic lenses]( Venus Optics launched its new line of high-end Laowa Proteus 2x Anamorphic lenses in January with 35mm, 45mm, 60mm, and 85mm T2 primes. The company has now announced another quartet of Proteus 2X lenses, adding 20mm, 28mm, 100mm, and 135mm focal lengths to its cinema lens series. [[Read More]( [Adobe is Adding Firefly Generative AI into Video, Audio, and Animation Apps]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 17, 2023 12:50 pm [Adobe Firefly in Video]( Hot on the heels of the debut of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) Firefly, Adobe has announced that it will be integrating its capabilities into the company's video, audio, animation, and motion graphics design apps. [[Read More]( [Magnum Photos Expands Reach with Celeb-Infused Square Print Sale]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 17, 2023 12:22 pm [Magnum Photos and Friends Square Print Sale - Vital Signs]( For the first time in the nine-year history of the Magnum Square Print Sale, Magnum photographers have invited a "diverse group of artists, filmmakers, and fellow photographers" to join them in the new Square Print Sale, which started today and runs through April 23, 2023. [[Read More]( [Rode Unveils a Bunch of New Audio Equipment and Streaming Solutions]( By David Schloss on Apr 17, 2023 12:06 pm [Rode]( In what Rode describes as its "biggest product announcement ever," the company is updaing the Wireless GO II and RODECaster Pro II and introducing seven new products including the Streamer X, RODECaster Duo, and PodMic USB. [[Read More]( [DaVinci Resolve Gets More Than 150 Updates in Major Release]( By David Schloss on Apr 17, 2023 10:42 am [DaVinci Resolve 18.5]( DaVinci Resolve 18.5 features four new artificial intelligence (AI) tools and more than 150 feature upgrades. [[Read More]( [Giant Spiral Appears Amid the Aurora Lights in Alaska’s Night Sky]( By Matt Growcoot on Apr 17, 2023 10:14 am [SpaceX Swirl]( A photographer out capturing the aurora lights over Alaska on Saturday night was dumbfounded when a giant blue spiral appeared above him. 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