The Daily PetaPixel for 10/17/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Fujifilm [Shop FUJIFILM GFX100 II Today!]( The new FUJIFILM GFX100 II is officially available for purchase. Follow the link below to get your hands on this groundbreaking body, which combines 102-megapixel resolution with a suite of high-speed functions. [Shop Now]( [The Gnu is a Versatile Modular Carbon Fiber Tripod with an Unusual Design]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 16, 2023 05:05 pm [Aurora Aperture Gnu tripod]( Aurora Aperture Inc. has announced an impressive, adaptable, and versatile tripod that aims to be the one tripod to rule them all. [[Read More]( [Gen Z Complain About The Difficulties of Using Digital Cameras]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 16, 2023 02:13 pm [Generation Z are complaining about Digital Cameras and SD cards]( Generation Z users on TikTok are complaining about the difficulties of using a digital camera -- instead of a smartphone -- for taking photos. [[Read More]( [The Clever Cameras Used by the East German Stasi to Spy on Citizens]( By Ted Kritsonis on Oct 16, 2023 02:06 pm [German Stasi Museum]( East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was one of the most tightly-controlled police states in recent memory from 1949 to 1990 that would spy on its own citizens throughout using all sorts of fascinating imaging equipment. [[Read More]( [Brad Bradley, Who Photographed the Cotton Bowl 75 Times, Dies Age 101]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 16, 2023 01:42 pm [Brad Bradley]( Photographer Brad Bradley, who first attended the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1948 and went on to photograph the college football game a further 74 times, has died aged 101. [[Read More]( [A Look Back at Canon’s First Serious Digital Camera, the PowerShot Pro70]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 16, 2023 01:38 pm [Canon PowerShot Pro70 Retro Review]( The Canon PowerShot Pro70's SLR-style appearance may not seem out of the ordinary now, but when it hit store shelves in 1998, it represented a significant departure for Canon. Photographer and vintage digital camera enthusiast Gordon Laing of Camera Labs has tested the influential Pro70 in the latest edition of Laing's excellent "Retro Review" series. [[Read More]( [Sony Wants to Put Haptic Feedback into its Cameras’ Shutter Buttons]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 16, 2023 01:30 pm [Sony Camera top]( Sony appears interested in expanding how its cameras communicate with photographers by adding haptic feedback that can be felt through its cameras' shutter buttons. [[Read More]( [Intel’s New 14th Gen i9 Chip is the ‘World’s Fastest’ Desktop Processor]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 16, 2023 12:29 pm [intel 14th gen]( Intel's next-generation CPUs are coming to stores tomorrow and the highest-end i9 promises 6GHz "right out of the box." [[Read More]( [Google Will Legally Protect its Generative AI Users]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 16, 2023 12:22 pm [Google user]( Google has offered indemnity to its users if they are sued for copyright violation after using its generative AI tools. [[Read More]( [New Nat Geo Docuseries Features Seven Leading Photographers]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 16, 2023 12:00 pm [National Geographic "Photographer"]( National Geographic has revealed the seven iconic photographers featured in the upcoming documentary series Photographer, created by Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. [[Read More]( [Photographer Finds $1,400 Lens for $7 at Thrift Store]( By Michael Zhang on Oct 16, 2023 11:56 am One extremely lucky photographer recently experienced the find of a lifetime at his local Goodwill thrift store. While looking through the home entertainment section, he was shocked to find a $1,399 professional camera lens priced at just $6.99. [[Read More]( [Photographers Capture Spectacular ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 16, 2023 10:35 am [Annular eclipse]( Photographers were out in force across the United States this past weekend to capture a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse which momentarily created a "ring of fire" in the sky. [[Read More]( [Panasonic’s S5 II Gets Handheld, High-Res, 8-Second Long Exposure Mode]( By Jaron Schneider on Oct 16, 2023 09:59 am [Panasonic S5 II]( Panasonic will release a firmware update for the S5 II and S5 IIX on October 24 that adds three new features, including the ability to create a high-resolution, 96-megapixel, eight-second, handheld exposure. [[Read More]( [Reuters Videographer Killed By Israeli Shelling]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 16, 2023 07:21 am [reuters videographer Issam Abdallah was killed israeli shelling]( A Reuters videographer was killed and six other journalists injured in southern Lebanon when missiles fired from the direction of Israel struck them. [[Read More]( [‘No Fakes Act’ Seeks to Ban Unauthorized AI-Generated Likenesses]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 16, 2023 07:16 am [Deepfakes of Margot Robbie]( A newly proposed bipartisan senate bill is aiming to protect people from having their likeness and voice generated by artificial intelligence (AI). 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