The Daily PetaPixel for 08/01/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( [The Euclid Telescope’s Successful First Test Shows Its Awesome Potential]( By Jeremy Gray on Jul 31, 2023 05:40 pm [Euclid Space Telescope Test Images]( Nearly a month after launching from Cape Canaveral, the European Space Agency's new space probe, Euclid, has sent its first test images to Earth, and they are spectacular. [[Read More]( [Nikon’s New Robot Copies Your Handheld Motion and Does it Better]( By Jaron Schneider on Jul 31, 2023 05:17 pm [Cinebot Mini]( Nikon subsidiary Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) has launched the Cinebot Mini, a compact and lightweight live-action camera robot that is designed to simplify make complex motion control moves by copying hand-held actions. [[Read More]( [This DIY Game Boy Camera Ditches the Game Boy, Keeps the Camera]( By Jeremy Gray on Jul 31, 2023 04:52 pm [Game Boy Camera without the Game Boy]( The Nintendo Game Boy Camera holds a special place in the hearts of many photographers and gamers. It is an iconic part of photography history and was the first digital camera that many people owned when it hit store shelves in 1998 for about $50. Among the Game Boy Camera's numerous limitations is that it requires a Nintendo Game Boy, although builder Raphael Boichot has something to say about that with his Dashboy Camera project. [[Read More]( [Canon Warns Discarding Its Printers May Pose a Wi-Fi Security Risk]( By Jaron Schneider on Jul 31, 2023 04:36 pm [Canon printer]( Canon has warned that Wi-Fi connection settings stored in the memory of some of its inkjet printers may not be deleted by the usual initialization process and pose a security risk when disposed of. [[Read More]( [‘Audiio Originals’ are New Royalty-Free Songs Produced with Top Artists]( By Jaron Schneider on Jul 31, 2023 02:59 pm [Audiio Originals]( Audiio, a music licensing platform, will start rolling out exclusive songs produced by what it calls "sync industry veterans" monthly. Called "Originals," the songs aim to provide new, "trend worthy" and relevant songs into Audiio's catalog of music. [[Read More]( [Conspiracy Debunked: Yes, Cameras Can Survive Nuclear Weapons]( By Jeremy Gray on Jul 31, 2023 02:43 pm [Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy Theory]( Driven by the new blockbuster movie, Oppenheimer and an interview by Joe Rogan, the conspiracy theory that nuclear weapons are fake has been making the rounds again, relying primarily on the idea that cameras could not survive the purported atomic blasts. [[Read More]( [‘Lockhart’s List’ is a Massive New Camera Database for Leica Collectors]( By Jaron Schneider on Jul 31, 2023 01:21 pm [Lockhart’s List]( In the making for the past several years, a new Leica database called Lockhart's List is now available that aims to assist collectors and dealers who operate in the second-hand Leica camera market. [[Read More]( [Webb’s Photo of This Influential Galaxy Teaches a lot About the Early Universe]( By Jeremy Gray on Jul 31, 2023 01:08 pm [James Webb Space Telescope NGC 6822]( The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a colorful image of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Using its Near InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), Webb observed different aspects of NGC 6822, including gas-rich regions and specific organic compounds critical for star and planetary formation. [[Read More]( [Adobe Staff Worry Their AI Could Kill the Jobs of Their Own Customers]( By Jaron Schneider on Jul 31, 2023 12:00 pm [Adobe Building]( Some employees at Adobe are expressing concern that the company's advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), namely the text-to-image generator Firefly, will kill the jobs of its current customer base. [[Read More]( [The Winners of the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards]( By Jeremy Gray on Jul 31, 2023 10:53 am [2023 iPhone Photography Awards]( The winners of the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) have been announced, headlined by the Grand Prize Winner, Ivan Silva of Mexico, for his image, Heroe, showing a boy standing up in a heroic pose on the back of a truck. [[Read More]( [Iconic Photo of Chimp Reaching Out to a Human Changed Our View of Nature]( By Matt Growcoot on Jul 31, 2023 10:31 am [Chimp with Jane Goodall]( An iconic photo of primatologist Jane Goodall opposite a tiny chimpanzee with an outstretched hand changed the course of science. [[Read More]( [Daredevil Photographer Dies After Falling Off Skyscraper in Hong Kong]( By Matt Growcoot on Jul 31, 2023 10:23 am [Remi Lucidi]( French photographer and extreme sports athlete Remi Lucidi has died after falling off the 68th floor of a building in Hong Kong. [[Read More]( [Cloudy vs. Sunny: Photographer Investigates How Light Affects a Photo]( By Matt Growcoot on Jul 31, 2023 09:51 am [cloudy or sunny]( A photographer has investigated how light and the weather affects a photo by shooting the same location twice -- once when it's sunny and once when it's cloudy. 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