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Even though we're only halfway through 2024, it has felt like a very busy year for the camera industry. This week, the PetaPixel Podcast team is joined by Camera Labs' Gordon Laing to give a midterm grade to every camera maker. Who is acing the year, who only earns a passing grade, and who is at risk of failing? The four discuss!



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We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.



In This Episode

00:00 - Intro: It's Gordon Laing!
03:38 - Meta changed "Made with AI" to "AI Info"
09:01 - Google appears to be bringing the next Pixel much earlier than expected
12:22 - The Leica D-Lux 8 is now shipping, although it is already sold out
17:15 - OM System's E-M1 Mark III Astro repurposes old tech for a niche audience
22:01 - Grading Every Camera Maker: 2024 Mid-Year Review
26:11 - Canon
34:21 - Fujifilm
40:57 - Leica
46:31 - Nikon
53:35 - OM System
1:01:17 - Panasonic
1:13:51 - Ricoh/Pentax
1:18:56 - Sigma
1:25:15 - Sony
1:32:30 - Tamron
1:37:18 - Two final things...

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You can also read the story, Six Ways to Help Yourself See Like a Photographer, today here.

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In a topic spurred by an opinion piece on PetaPixel last week, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider discuss what they think the future of the Nikon Z7 III is – if it has one at all.

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We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.

In This Episode

00:00 - Intro
09:44 - U.S. House passes DJI Drone ban bill
13:42 - Sigma dropped its first RF lens
15:58 - Congrats to Pentax, the Pentax 17 is selling well
24:22 - Blackmagic Camera is now on Android
25:47 - So, where is the Nikon Z7 III?
43:22 - What have you been up to?
46:41 - Kristi Odom sent prints!
48:17 - Tech support
48:35 - If you could only have one lens forever, what would it be?
52:31 - Are there too many sensor sizes? Too few?
53:34 - What's the best solution to dissatisfaction with Fujifilm autofocus?
59:51 - Is the Lumix S9 good for training a new photographer?
1:03:02 - Which is better for a photographer, the Z6 III or Zf?
1:06:13 - What are some tips to take better photos of moving subjects in extreme low light?
1:10:30 - Never read the comments

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The Art of Photography's Ted Forbes joins Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider to talk Pentax 17, Instax Wide 400, and the Nikon Z6 III which all launched on the same day. In a week of firsts, the four provide their thoughts on each of these new cameras and what that means for the photo industry at large.

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We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.

In This Episode

00:00 - Intro, say hi to Ted Forbes!
07:54 - Two new film cameras announced in the same day?
09:34 - Fujifilm's first new Instax Wide camera in 10 years
12:44 - Nikon self-service repair program
19:04 - Adobe will use "Generative Credits" to regulate Photoshop and Lightroom AI tasks
25:58 - Adobe sued by the US DOJ
36:21 - Differing opinions on the Pentax 17 and Nikon Z6 III
1:02:43 - Watch Ted's Z6 III hands-on
1:03:11 - What have you been up to?
1:07:32 - Tech support
1:08:11 - Will AI upscaling make larger sensors obsolete?
1:12:34 - For someone without a camera, should I buy new or used?
1:14:00 - For printing photos, should I be editing on an LCD or an OLED?
1:18:28 - We talk about upgrading cameras, but when should I upgrade my lenses?
1:23:01 - Are autofocus adapters good enough for telephoto lenses?
1:31:30 - Never read the comments

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Adobe is having a hard time getting out of its own way. Last week, the company pushed an update to its terms of service that was widely viewed as an over-reach. The company plans to change them again, but is it too late? The PetaPixel Podcast team discusses.

Also in this episode, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider go over Apple's new AI tools, Canon and Blackmagic Design's new immersive video capture systems made specifically for the Apple Vision Pro, and the team also breaks down Fujifilm's full camera line to see if it really needs to be as robust as it is.

We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.

We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.

In This Episode:

00:00 -Intro
10:00 - Canon dropped two dual-optic lenses. First is this one.
11:17 - It's Apple Certified, too
12:12 - The other one is an APS-C lens
07:00 - Blackmagic made a stereoscopic video camera that shoots 8kp90 per eye
24:43 - Apple Intelligence in photo editing
28:20 - The Adobe Block
28:49 - Adobe's updated terms of use update enrage photographers
29:36 - Adobe says it isn't spying on users
29:52 - Adobe will adjust the ToS
42:55 - Nikon Z6 III is coming next week
44:08 - Fujifilm makes a lot of cameras now, do we need them all?
1:03:04 - What have you been up to?
1:08:27 - Tech support
1:08:36 - How can I take better indoor sports photos?
1:15:24 - What is your favorite way to take a break from editing without losing your groove?
1:18:51 - Three major questions about lenses and how they resolve.
1:28:09 - Never read the comments (but we always do)

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Yesterday, Panasonic announced the GH7, a video-packed powerhouse of a camera that looks to be almost perfect. The only compromise? The Micro Four Thirds sensor. So we knew there would be a lot of folks asking: why would you spend $2,000 for the GH7 when the S5IIX exists? Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider discuss.


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We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.


In This Episode:

00:00 - Intro, and the new subscriber stretch goal challenge
08:20 - Wait, PetaPixel merch?
11:22 - DJI seems very worried it's about to get banned in the U.S.
19:05 - Adobe removes AI image in the "style of Ansel Adams" after the late photographer's estate blasted them on social media
23:07 - Less than half of all Japanese households own a digital camera
28:29 - Kodak cameras with 10-year-old tech are selling like crazy
33:16 - Have Sigma zooms reached the quality benchmark of Sigma primes?
42:14 - Why Would You Buy a $2,000 Micro Four Thirds Camera in 2024?
58:06 - What have you been up to?
1:03:38 - Tech support
1:03:51 - Why doesn't a 24-85mm f/1.2 exist?
1:06:24 - What tech came out that you thought was meh but was actually great, and vice versa?
1:13:45 - Why do we call it "post processing"?
1:17:10 - Why is no one else making a camera like the GR III?
1:18:45 - Why is my camera seemingly ignoring my shutter speed limit threshold?
1:21:57 - Will L-mount be getting any compact lenses?
1:24:54 - Will Sony (or someone else) ever make lenses like Canon's unusual fast zooms?

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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake give their insight into camera press trips and whether or not they believe they allow for ethical evaluation of equipment. They also talk about medium format and how viable it is in 2024 for wildlife and bird photography.



In This Episode

00:00 - Intro
08:07 - The Leica D-Lux 8 looks familiar
16:39 - YouTube reviews and press trips: are they ethical?
45:40 - Is wildlife photography on medium format a real thing now?
1:04:10 - What have you been up to?
1:09:53 - Tech support
1:10:00 - Is there any advantage to shooting uncompressed RAW?
1:11:16 - How does Jordan process audio for YouTube?
1:13:42 - Are there any tricks to making a video using footage from multiple camera brands?
1:16:30 - Will we ever see a leaf shutter lens in the L-mount to mitigate rolling shutter effects?
1:23:05 - Never read the comments