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Misogynistic new app rates AI-generated photos of women

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A new website named smashorpass.ai has launched, which lets men rate images of AI-generated women. The site has drawn attention to its resemblance to Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous “hot-or-not” website, FaceMash, created two decades ago.

Like Zuckerberg’s original site, Smashorpass.ai invites users to rate AI-generated female images using a positive or negative response. The key difference is that all the “women” featured on this site are actually AI-generated images, exhibiting the common biases often found in these AI-generated photos.

How Davinci Resolve went from $250,000 to $295

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DaVinci Resolve history time: Resolve has known an incredible pricing roller coaster since it first came out in the ’80. Software has changed the game for editors in ways that are hard to imagine today. To fully understand how much has changed, you’d probably wanna take a tour that also explains why “DaVinci” is still being used as a prefix for Resolve. Here’s a brief history lesson from industry veteran Marc Wielage.

How to DIY your own budget studio flag/reflector clamps

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We all know there is a seemingly limitless amount of gear we can get for the studio, and clamps seemingly make up a large part of that.

We have the crab, duck bill, platypus, Quaker, super, mini… the list goes on and on, and although these clamps all do different things, they all have one thing in common – they can be pricey!

Nanlite announces powerful AC-powered FC500B and FC300B LED lights

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Nanlite has announced its new bicolour FC series LED lights. The FC series, so far, contains two lights. There’s the FC-300B (buy here) and the FC-500B (buy here), offering output of 350w and 520w, respectively.

The lights have a variable temperature range of 2700-6500K. Remote control is available through Bluetooth with the Nanlink app, wired DMX control, or 2.4GHz with the WS-TB-1 transmitter (buy here) or the WS-RC-C2 remote control (buy here).

The SpeediGimbal monopod head gets you ready to shoot action in an instant

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Love them or hate them, massive lenses are just a requirement for certain types of photography. Sports, wildlife and other forms of action when you’re shooting from a distance all need them. Their size makes them a pain, though.

Even with a monopod, they can be quite difficult to shift around on location, especially if you need to act quickly. Colin Brister, though, has developed a solution. It’s called the SpeediGimbal (buy here) and you can stick it on the monopod you already own.

Sony’s ILX-LR1 is a cut-down industrial Sony A7R V for $2,950

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Sony has announced the new Sony ILX-LR1 (buy here) E-Mount mirrorless camera. Unlike most of the Alpha cameras you’ll be familiar with though, this one isn’t aimed at photographers and filmmakers. It’s designed for industrial use but offers a similar spec to the Sony A7R V (buy here), but for about a grand less.

The ILX-LR1 doesn’t shoot 8K video like the A7R V, but it’s a full-frame camera, with a 61-megapixel sensor. Its lightweight, compact form factor is targeted towards inspection, investigation, surveying and mapping by drone.

Leaked DJI Mini 4 Pro images show omnidirectional obstacle avoidance and 4K 100fps video

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Images have leaked of what appears to be the upcoming DJI Mini 4 Pro drone. It offers some pretty significant upgrades over the Dji Mini 3 Pro (buy here), including 4K video at 100fps and omnidirectional obstacle avoidance.

It also offers features typically only found on more more expensive enterprise and high-end consumer drones, such as waypoint flight with 20KM HD video transmission. It’s an impressive set of skills for a <250g drone.

ProGrade Digital first to announce CFexpress 4.0 cards with 3.4GB/sec transfer speeds

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After the announcement of the new CFexpress 4.0 standard by the CompactFlash Association, we’re already seeing the first cards and devices being announced. It looks like ProGrade beat everybody to the punch.

The company has announced a new 3rd-generation CFexpress 4.0 Type B memory card with a massive 1.3TB capacity. They’ve also announced a new PG05.6 CFexpress 4.0 reader, which utilises USB4 to hit those new speed limits.

Cooke launches SP3 range of low-budget full-frame cine lenses for mirrorless cameras

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Legendary Hollywood lens maker, Cooke Optics, has announced a new line of full-frame “SP3” cine lenses (buy here) for Sony E mount mirrorless users. The lenses have a maximum aperture of T2.4 and feature an interchangeable mount.

The lenses appear to be only available for Sony E mount at the moment, although Canon RF, Leica L and Leica M options will be coming in the future. They also cost about a third to a fifth of typical Cooke lens prices.

Dramatic image of falcon attacking pelican wins Bird Photographer of the Year

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An image of a peregrine falcon tackling a brown pelican that ventured too close to its nest has taken the grand prize in the 2023 Bird Photographer of the Year Award, the world’s largest bird photography competition. Photographers from all over the world entered more than 20,000 images into the competition, each with their eyes on the £5,000 grand prize.

The arresting image was taken by American photographer Jack Zhi, who captured the birds in Southern California.

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