Photographers Are SPOILED by Modern Camera Tech!

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The Nikon Z6 III absolutely demolishes the D6 while the Canon R6 II puts the 1DX Mark III to shame -- and those flagship DSLRs are just five years old! Seriously, photographers don't sit and reflect just how spoiled they are with modern camera tech.
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In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 12:14 - Pulitzer Prize announcement
• 15:05 - Tamron plans to announce six lenses this year, 10 next year
• 18:39 - The DJI Phantom is dead
• 21:14 - Sony reportedly considering spinning off its sensor business
• 25:49 - Canon announced a "new" 75-300mm that just looks like a remount of a lens from 1999
• 29:47 - So, we have to talk about tariffs again...
• 30:52 - Leica raises prices in Canada because of the US
• 34:04 - The DJI Osmo Pocket costs $800 now, if you can find one
• 36:12 - Clever Supply's take on the tariffs: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/05/how-trumps-tariff-chaos-impacts-small-american-photo-companies/
• 39:29 - Photographer's often forget how good they've got it.
• 1:10:51 - What have you been up to?
• 1:15:37 - Your crazy lens ideas (and if they're viable)
• 1:20:00 - Never read the comments
• 1:23:40 - Tech support
• 1:28:52 - Feel good story of the week