Chris is catching up on the latest developments in the world of camera makers (Nikon goes 3D printing?!), new papers (awesome noise reduction), a train set with 10 miles of tracks (and photography thereof) and of one big question to Getty: is it really just about copyright questions? Really?

Topics:

• [PHOTO, NEWS] Nikon vor 620 Millionen Euro Übernahme : Nikon is planning take over SLM technologies, a German company that specializes on 3D printing. The 620 EUR acquisition seems to be going forward. Nikon going into modern manufacturing seems like an interesting move.


• [AI, PHOTO] RawNeRF : Denoising technology has been developed to near perfection over the last 20+ years. From simple pixel averaging to more recent AI-based detail restoration techniques. Now a paper about RawNeRF (NeRF standing for Neural Radiance Fields) outlines a new technique that uses multiple photos to achieve some pretty stunning results.


• [PHOTO] Miniatur Wunderland, Laowa und Cybertruck : Miniatur Wunderland is located in Hamburg, Germany. Not only is it a huge train set with over 10 miles of tracks, they also have moving cars, planes, landscapes and it’s become quite a visitor attraction. They are also the perfect use case for both versions of the Laowa probe lens.


• [PHOTO, AI, NEWS] Getty bans AI art : This one is not really surprising. Getty Images being one of the biggest commercial photo agencies has now banned AI-generated art from their library. This includes StableDiffusion, DALL-E and of course Midjourney. They claim it’s because of unclear copyright, but Chris suspects something different to be real reason behind the decision.

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