Welcome to episode 26!  Consider subscribing if you haven’t already.

In this episode:
00:01:16 – Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas vetoes a bill which would have infringed on the First Amendment.

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00:03:42 – Would you apply chemical eyedrops to your eyes if it meant you could improve your night vision?

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00:05:01 – Facebook now allows parents to tag their kids who are under 13.

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00:05:53 – Sony divests itself of about half of its investment in competitor, Olympus.

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00:07:53 – Photoflex goes out of business after 30 years in the business.

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00:09:35 – In-depth with official White House photographer Pete Souza. Watch the interview here.

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00:10:18 – Yahoo!-owned Flickr has two options for you to release photos into the public domain. But should you?

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00:11:22 – An 87-year-old grandmother sells a huge collection of Civil War photographs to the Library of Congress. Read more about it and see the video here.

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00:12:42 – Camera maker Olympus reaches a court settlement to dispense with a number of lawsuits following its accounting scandal.?

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00:14:28 – A photographer shoots 5,000 photos in 9 months and creates a stunning time-lapse of the Manchester, England sewer system. See it here.

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00:15:33  – A Turkish photojournalist’s photo of a Syrian girl surrendering to his camera goes viral and sparks controversy. Read more about it here.

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00:16:57 – Social network Instagram removes a photo of a fully-clothed woman with period blood twice then puts it back and apologizes. Read the Washington Post article here.

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00:18:53  – Nikon makes a completely pointless stainless steel hot shoe mount insert. Is this Nikon’s idea of innovation amid stiff competition?

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00:22:04 – A military transport jet nosedives 4,000 feet as the pilot’s DSLR gets lodged between the joystick and his chair’s armrest.

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00:23:58 – Photography lighting industry pioneer Paul C. Buff dies at age 78.

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In Drone News…
00:25:01 – PhaseOne makes an 80 Megapixel medium format quality camera which is meant to be carried beneath a drone.

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00:25:57 – Our YouTube video with an in-depth preview of Nikon’s D7200 tops 8,000 views. Find it at YouTube.com/LensShark

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