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Ep. 97: Samyang Goes Even Wider - and more Aug 11, 2016

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Photographer Mary Grace Dela Peña opens the show. Thanks Grace!

Samyang drops a 20mm f/1.8 wide-angle manual focus lens in many mounts. (#)

Zenfolio customers may want to turn a certain feature off as it's on by default. (#)

Kit Sentry is officially abandoned, leaving its Kickstarter backers without a refund as the future of F-Stop Gear remains in question. (#)

An elegant, but infrequently-used method of reducing the exposure of your background. (#)

Recent newsmaker Getty Images, crushes it at the Rio Olympics as its team culls approximately 1.5 million photos in 18 days and deliver them 120 seconds at a time. (#)

As we near our 100th episode, I'd like to know what you'd like to know about the show for Episode 100.

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Ep. 96: Shooting the Olympics in Rio…and Trying Not to Get Robbed - and more Aug 07, 2016

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Noted fashion photographer and host of "Top Photographer", Nigel Barker opens the show. Thanks Nigel!

A photographer gets robbed of $40,000 US worth of gear in Rio ahead of the Olympics. (#)

KitSentry is still vapor and a report questions the future of F-Stop Gear. (#)

Rumors that Sony is set to drop a 16-35mm f/2.8 at Photokina...and I finally choose a camera system. (#)

Zuma Press sues Getty Images for Getty's second major copyright infringement lawsuit in a week. (#)

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Ep. 95: If You Back a Candidate Publicly...Do You Kill Your Business? - and more Aug 04, 2016

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Photojournalist Heath Holden opens the show. Thanks Heath!

An enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump pays the price in his photography business. Is it wise to pick a side when you're in business? (#)

Canon reportedly is set to introduce a SD card which adds WiFi capability to its cameras. How very 2007 of them...or should WiFi come standard in cameras now? (#)

Samyang introduces a 35mm f/1.2 lens in various mounts. (#)

A photographer finds her images being sold in an unlikely place. (#)

Instagram is adds stories, is set to offer comment management tools...and why you should seriously consider expanding your Instagram efforts as a photographer. (#)

The future is here...you can now print full color holograms with a standard inkjet printer. (#)

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Ep. 94: One Billion Reasons Not to Use Someone Else's Photos - and more Jul 31, 2016

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Photographer and creator of Plotagraph Pro, Troy Plota, opens the show. Thanks Troy!

A noted photographer sues Getty for $1 Billion. (#)

Plotagraph Pro is announced and seeks to breathe new life into your photos. (#)

More rumors about the Canon 5D Mark IV as its announcement nears. (#)

Rumors that Sony will be updating it's a99, but is the A-mount system have any life in it. (#)

Yahoo! gets parted-out as Verizon acquires Flickr and other key assets as EyeEm offers a solution in Flickr's uncertainty. (#)

A Kickstarter campaign for a mid-level monolight with some high-end features. (#)

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Ep. 93: Nikon Drops an Incredibly Fast Portrait Lens - and more Jul 28, 2016

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Travel and landscape photographer Peter Flindell opens the show. Thanks Peter!

Nikon announces the world's fastest autofocus 105mm lens. (#)

Adobe releases Lightroom for Apple TV. (#)

Venus Optics announces the world's widest rectilinear f/2.8 lens. (#)

A new service seeks to help you find images of yours which have been stolen and establish who owns them. (#)

Stats on which cameras, lenses and settings are most-used in millions of images online. (#)

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Ep. 92: New Gear Rumors Abound - and more Jul 24, 2016

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Here's episode 92 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us.

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Out of Chicago & Out of New York Photography Conference founder Chris Smith opens the show. Chris has kindly hooked up our audience with $100 off the Out of New York 2016 conference by using discount code "SHARKY"! Thanks Chris!

Quite a few rumors of new gear coming up with Photokina 2016 rapidly approaching. (#)

The thought process that goes into a photojournalist prepping for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (#)

Affinity Photo ups its game with helpful new features in v1.5. (#)

Paul C. Buff releases its cool new DigBees strobes. (#)

Canon patents what would be the ultimate walk around lens for many people, but will we ever see it? (#)

Seagate announces a ginormous hard drive, but is it reliable and would you put all your eggs in one basket? (#)

Walkera announces a new superzoom option for its Voyager 4 drone. (#)

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Ep. 91: Shooting in Public and Knowing Your Rights - and more Jul 21, 2016

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Photo educator and landscape photographer Scott Davenport opens the show. Thanks Scott!

A photographer in the UK tests his rights on the streets of London and what you need to know about your rights to shoot in public, property releases and more. (#)

Red Zone...Green Zone...just how foolish was he? (#)

Canon patents a high-end point-and-shoot with an APS-C size sensor. (#)

Phase One teams up and creates two new lenses with blue rings. (#)

A photographer manages to damage three incredibly expensive sports cars during a photoshoot. (#)

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Ep. 90: Peak Design Is at It Again - and more Jul 17, 2016

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Here's episode 90 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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Photographer Nicky Digital opens the show. Thanks Nicky!

Peak Design announces three new bags in another already successful Kickstarter campaign. (#)

A foolish photographer and his assistant enter a nuclear exclusion zone for an eerie photoshoot as they risk their health. (#)

A new UV filter and circular polarizer are announced featuring the incredibly strong Gorilla Glass. (#)

A police department in the UK says photographing women without their permission is a hate crime, thus putting street photographers at risk of being arrested. (#)

DJI announces its first zoomable camera for camera drones to the dismay of sunbathing neighbors everywhere. (#)

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Ep. 89: When Lunatics Attack! - and more Jul 14, 2016

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Fashion, portrait and automotive photographer Alex Stone opens the show. Thanks Alex!

A man in a truck endangers the life of photographer Alex Stone on a road and is later arrested and charged. We hear from Stone in his own words. (#)

An incredible image of a woman being arrested by police at a protest in Louisiana goes viral and how you can make your photography more impactful through storytelling. (#)

Zeiss announces a 50mm f/1.4 lens with a large price tag and Sony reveals the price of its 70-200mm f/2.8 G Master lens. (#)

Thom Hogan talks about the 7 reasons he'll stick with his Nikon cameras...and I discuss the honeymoon being over between me and mirrorless and trying to decide which system to go with. (#)

Light raises $30 million and inches closer to bringing the L16 to market, but who is this camera for? (#)

Hasselblad and DJI gear up to launch a medium format drone photography platform. (#)

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Ep. 88: Fujifilm's X-T2 Ups the Game - and more Jul 10, 2016

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Here's episode 88 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us.

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Sony Artisan of Imagery Marc Weisberg opens the show. Thanks Marc!

Fujifilm announces its flagship X-T2 body with a number of speed improvements. But how does it stack up to Sony's offerings? (#)

DxOMark proclaims Tokina's 24-70mm f/2.8 tops over two Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses. (#)

ON1 wants photographers to contribute their top feature requests for their upcoming Photo RAW program. (#)

Samsung announces a new memory card format it's trying to make happen. (#)

An extremely useful tool for more-accurately determining if conditions will be suitable enough for doing night photography. (#)

A camera strap with somewhat limited usefulness aims to keep your neck and back from hurting. (#)

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