Photo Geek Weekly Episode 169 – Paying to Be the Product

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Alastair Jolly joys the discussion on social media subscriptions, new cameras from Canon, the differences in AI upscaling products and a 3-month gig to photograph a hotel. All this and more, with some love for the GameBoy Camera! Thanks for listening.

Story 1: Meta Will Start Charging $12 a Month For Verification on Instagram (via PetaPixel)

Story 2: Canon EOS R8 & R50 Announced (via Newsshooter)

Story 3: Head-to-head: Adobe Super Resolution vs. ON1 Resize AI vs. Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI (via DPReview)

Story 4: Maui Hotel Offering 3-Month Stay and $10K to Photograph Renovations (via PetaPixel)

Picks of the Week:

Don: 2BitToy – get the pieces to modify a GameBoy Camera to accept modern lenses

Alastair: Frame.io Camera to Cloud Integration

Bonus – Don’s preliminary work with the GameBoy Camera:

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