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Ep. 27: Samsung Denies Rumors...Again! - and more Dec 07, 2015

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Photographer Don Komarechka opens the show. Thanks so much Don.

Samsung official denies rumors Nikon is buying it's NX technology...but they've denied things before. (#)

The City of Chicago agrees to pay a photographer $100,000 for its police allegedly beating him in 2012. (#)

Snowflake photography guru Don Komarechka release a photo 2,500 hours and 5 years in the making. (#)

India gets caught with a bad Photoshop job as they release a composited photo passed off as true. (#)

2014 camera sales show where Canon, Nikon and Sony stood at the rise of full-frame mirrorless. (#)

Time, Inc. stands its ground and major photographers organizations call them out on their contract. (#)

Phase One buys Mamiya and becomes an even bigger player in the medium format camera business. (#)

Adobe quietly adds 10-bit color support to the latest Photoshop CC update for Mac OS X users with certain specs. (#)

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Ep. 26: Is Nikon Buying Samsung's Mirrorless Technology? - and more Dec 03, 2015

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Celebrity beauty photographer Matthew Jordan Smith opens the show. Thank you so much Matthew.

Did Nikon make a bold move and acquire Samsung's mirrorless technology? (#)

People are naming their kids after Instagram filters?!!! Uggh. (#)

Capture One Pro 9 is released. Is it a Lightroom killer? How about a quicker alternative? (#)

Haven't spent enough on your Leica? Now you can some Leica shutter speed dial cufflinks and pendants. (#)

Famous Australian landscape photographer Ken Duncan gets confronted by authorities while shooting in public. (#)

Is Yahoo! getting set to sell of Flickr and other web properties? (#)

Photoshop CC is updated with a long-requested feature and other cool new items. (#)

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Ep. 25: A Legendary War Photographer Says Digital Photography Lies! - and more Nov 30, 2015

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Pratik Naik of Solstice Retouch opens the show. Thank you Pratik.

Legendary war photographer Don McCullin says digital photography can't be trusted. (#)

Samsung officially drops its camera business from the UK. (#)

The media misidentifies a Moroccan woman labeling her as a Paris suicide bomber. (#)

Did Sigma really reject Canon's advances? (#)

Holga cameras officially come to an end. RIP Holga. (#)

It took 60 years, but World Press Photo finally has a code of ethics. (#)

VCSO cuts the price of its film simulation software in half...and it's permanent. (#)

Instagram looks to be adding one of the most-requested features...multiple user switching. (#)

"The Dogist" (aka Elias Weiss Friedman) hits 1.5 million Instagram followers. (#)

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Ep. 24: Canon vs. the Gray Market - and more Nov 26, 2015

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Martin Bailey of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast opens the show. Thank you Martin.

Canon USA takes on the gray market as it sues a number of retailers. (#)

Time Inc.'s new contract for photographers a bit (read: a lot) overreaching. (#)

Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson is quite capable photographer as well. (#)

A Japanese company shows off a clear lens adapter which allows for creative lens flares. (#)

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Ep. 23: Leica Slims Down a Camera...and Another May be Going for a Dive - and more Nov 23, 2015

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Eric Draper, Chief Photographer of the George W. Bush presidency opens the show. Thanks Eric.

Leica announces the Leica M (Typ 262) with slimmed down features. (#)

Samsung officially pulls their camera business out of the German market. (#)

COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography) comes out with its Grey Chart Cap. (#)

The police are called when a citizen thinks they see someone carrying a machine gun (it was a tripod). (#)

Amazon now allows you to share your unlimited photo storage plan. (#)

Leica is said to be set to announce the Leica X-U (Typ 113), an underwater and shockproof camera. (#)

DJI announces a geofencing initiative called "Geospatial Environment Online" or "GEO". (#)

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Ep. 22: Reuters Issues a Worldwide Ban on RAW...Maybe Now Those "I Shoot JPG" T-shirts Will Start Moving! - and more Nov 19, 2015

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Matt Granger of MattGranger.com opens the show. Thanks Matt.

Special thanks to Trey Ratcliff, who listened to our show will broadcasting live from Bali on Facebook. (#)

Reuters issues a worldwide ban on RAW. (#)

Nikon announces the development of the D5. Is this at all a surprise? (#)

Adobe issues the Lightroom CC 2015.3 and 6.3 updates to squash bugs and more. (#)

Gura Gear goes with the Tamrac name moving forward and releases new bags. (#)

A foolish person alters a photo of a Sikh man putting a bomb vest on him and Quoran in his hands, it goes viral and the media labels him as one of the Paris terror suspects. (#)

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Ep. 21: A Bizarre Twist in the Monkey Selfie Saga - and more Nov 16, 2015

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Sony Artisan of Imagery Miguel Quiles opens the show. Thanks Miguel.

An already ridiculous story gets even more ridiculous in the Monkey Selfie case. (#)

Good news for the camera industry as sales seem to stabilize after a few rough years. (#)

The photographer who helped a wedding couple in need receives great photo karma. (#)

News organizations ban together in an open letter to the music industry and performers. (#)

If you use the InstaAgent app, you may want to delete it ASAP and change your login info. (#)

Is Samsung getting ready to exit the camera market or are they staying the course? (#)

Virtual Reality matures and Everest VR coming in 2016 shows what can be done. (#)

A foolish camera drone pilot crashes into the Seattle Great Wheel as police seek to locate the owner. (#)

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Ep. 20: Are There Some Things the Media Shouldn't Cover? - and more Nov 12, 2015

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My good friend Ted Forbes of "The Art of Photography" opens the show. Thanks Ted.

A University of Missouri professor fans the flames and turns students against student journalists. We hear from the student journalist who shot the video in his own words. (#)

Photographer Trey Ratcliff designs the ultimate HDR software, Aurora HDR. (#)

The Interactive Exposure Tool launches to help photographers understand the "Exposure Triangle". (#)

A photojournalist withdraws from a prestigious competition in Australia for altering a photo. (#)

Lytro reimagines Virtual Reality (VR) with its Lytro Immerge camera. (#)

Leica releases it's 0.95 collection of fancy lifestyle items to go along with its pricey cameras. (#)

Yahoo! upgrades its search in a way photographers and especially Flickr users may appreciate. (#)

The full audio from University of Missouri student journalist, Mark Schierbecker.

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Ep. 19: Sony Releases a New A-mount Body...Do You Care? - and more Nov 09, 2015

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Here's episode 19 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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Celebrity portrait photographer Michael Grecco opens the show. Thanks Michael!

Sony announces the a68, its first A-mount camera in a long time. Is this camera interesting to you? (#)

B&H warehouse workers score a victory and vote to unionize. How will things change for workers? (#)

Moo announces business cards with an NFC chip inside. Will you get these for your photo business? (#)

How far has technology come in the 17 years from the Canon D2000 to the Canon 5Ds R? (#)

Why do people ask photographers to work for free when they wouldn't ask members of other professions. (#)

Website Akiwi aims to help you more easily keyword your photos. Will you use it? (#)

DJI imagines a future where drones are a part of our daily lives. (#)

Hasselblad and DJI team up as the drone maker takes a minority stake in the respected camera company. (#)

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Ep. 18: Is Portrait Photographer as Lucrative as Fortune Says? - and more Nov 05, 2015

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Here's episode 18 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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A very enthusiastic Peter Hurley opens the show. THANKS SO MUCH PETER! (See what I did there?)

Fortune magazine says that Portrait Photographer is one of the top 5 best careers for work-at-home parents. (#)

What happens when you tell 6 photographers something different about their subject? Canon knows. (#)

Sony releases powerful firmware for the a7 II giving it 14-bit uncompressed RAW and phase detection autofocus with adapted lenses. (#)

National Geographic slashes 9% of its staff in advance of 21st Century Fox taking the reigns. (#)

Polaroid sues GoPro over it's cube-shaped Session camera. Does camera shape even mater?!!! (#)

Frederick Douglass appears to be the most-photographed man of the 19th century. (#)

The New York Times teams up with Google and distributes 1.3 million Google Cardboard viewers. (#)

Matthew checks in from Poland. Don't you think you should too? Hint, hint.

Thomas from Madison, Wisconsin in the USA leaves a voicemail via our widget and wants to know if he should stick with the straight-out-of-camera (SOOC) JPG or shoot RAW and convert it to JPG in Apple's Photos app on his Mac.

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