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Surprise! Adobe Stock creators aren’t thrilled with Adobe’s “ethically sourced” generative AI tool
Jun 21, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Adobe Firefly arrived in March 2023 and extended to Photoshop and Google Bard shortly after. The company bragged about not using unlicensed photos for training,…
Mitakon releases Creator 28mm f/5.6 and 135mm f/2.5 lenses for Fuji GFX mount
Jun 20, 2023
John Aldred
Mitakon has announced two new lenses. Well, technically, they’ve announced two new G-mount versions of existing lenses. One is the Mitakon Creator 28mm f/5.6 (buy…
Leica registers Hybrid Instant camera with the FCC
Jun 20, 2023
John Aldred
Leica has registered an interesting-looking camera with the FCC. It looks like Leica’s planning to take away a little market share from Fujifilm. The new…
Stable diffusion AI adds un-crop, a free out-painting tool
Jun 20, 2023
Alex Baker
Clipdrop has just released a new tool called Uncrop in a bid to compete with Adobe’s generative fill. Uncrop is essentially the same as Dall-E’s…
92.5% of photographs today are shot with smartphones
Jun 19, 2023
John Aldred
According to research by Max Spielmann, the UK’s leading high-street photo printing chain, 92.5% of the countless millions of photographs shot today will be on…
Best flash accessories ($50 or less) that provide disproportionate value to their cost
Jun 19, 2023
PJ Pantelis
The Strobist mentality is about achieving big-budget images with low-budget equipment. But buying your flashes is just the beginning of your journey. Here are eight items…
Nikon pushes artists with ‘Natural Intelligence’ Campaign but uses Creative commons and old images
Jun 19, 2023
Alex Baker
We featured Nikon’s advertisement Natural Intelligence, which shows breathtaking landscape images from around the world taken by different photographers. However, after some investigation, it appears…
12 amazing toy photographs with no AI
Jun 17, 2023
Udi Tirosh
There is a lot of AI art out there and many amazing digital creators, but we wanted to pay homage to create art in-camera. (Even…
Nikon’s anti-AI ad reminds us of the wonder of the real world
Jun 16, 2023
Alex Baker
We’ve all been a little wrapped up lately in the amazing powers of AI. From ChatGPT to Dall-E and Adobe’s new generative fill, it really…
Tiffen’s Blue Streak filters simulate anamorphic lens flare on normal lenses
Jun 15, 2023
John Aldred
Tiffen has announced its new Blue Streak filters available in a range of standard cinema filter sizes. The filters are designed to simulate the look…