Jared Po and fronos
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first up is Tik Tok working on a photo
app to compete with Instagram no well
there something funny about that
statement right there because didn't
Instagram change their entire app to try
and copy Tik Tok no they didn't oh yes
they did now here we are with news that
code was found in the latest version of
Tik Tock that's referencing something
called Tik Tock photos guess what I'm
not anti that at all if Tik Tok can pull
off a separate app that's focused on
photography I'll be there to try and
expand my following now with that being
said I don't currently have Tik Tok
downloaded on my
phone for a few reasons one it's super
addicting and you can get stuck wasting
hours mindlessly scrolling and two it's
dangerous yeah it is
dangerous for as much as we're being
told our data is safe and the Chinese
government doesn't have access to your
info they they kind of have shown that
they do because Tik Tok has admitted on
spying on reporters accounts they looked
at IP addresses of journalists who were
using the app in an attempt to learn if
they were in the same location as
employees suspected of leaking
confidential information yeah and that's
not good at all and that also brings up
the so-called Tik Tock ban Bann in the
USA and why it comes about because it's
a national security risk China is using
Tik Tok to elevate content and spread
misinformation to ferment dissent along
with creating confusion in fact the day
of the vote in the United States
Congress Tik Tok used its influence to
push a notification to user saying on
Election Day we'll see who's banned in
the USA Congress is planning a total ban
of Tik Tock that would strip 170 million
Americans of their constitutional right
to free expression and encourage people
to call their Congressman isn't it funny
that a Chinese company is saying
anything that has to do with a
constitution or people's
freedom in fact Facebook Twitter
Instagram Snapchat chat Reddit and a
bunch of other social media apps are
already banned by China so yeah the
Chinese government is using Tik Tok to
try and influence people in the United
States the moral of the story bite dance
is going to have to sell to a company
that's not controlled by the CCP and I
think that will happen and we be better
off for it look Tik Tok is one of the
best social media apps out there for
spreading information the problem is if
China is able to spread misinformation
that causes us to fight here gito shoot
you first I don't care well that's a win
for them and not a win for us so I look
forward to Tik Tok being sold and being
out of Chinese hands next up Sony Alpha
rumors is reporting that Sigma will be
announcing a 50mm F 1.2 emount lens
during a live stream on March 26th phone
call oh I wonder who that could be hello
OD Jacqueline with Sigma
PR fine fine okay I'll let them know and
it's also available for
the
alliance Alliance allance allance Sony
Alpha rumors is saying that the lens
will be lighter and more Compact and
priced better than Sony's 50 1.2 GM now
I have to tell you that Sony's 51.2 is
going to be hard to beat because it's
one of the best lenses that I've ever
used it's smaller and more compact than
the Nikon 51.2 and even smaller than
Canon's
51.2 it's simply a fantastic lens now
with that being said it's priced at
$1900 and if the rumor is true and sigma
does release a 51.2 competitor it's
going to have to be significantly less
more expensive yeah significantly less
more expensive Jared it's going to have
to be significantly less
more it's going to have to be
significantly less expensive than Sony's
and also have pretty comparable Focus to
get my considerations now if this rumor
is true how how much will the sigma need
to be in order to get your consideration
to get it over the Sony let me know down
below and finally in a new story that
dropped after we filmed last week's
photo news fix Nikon has released
firmware 5.0 for the Nikon
z9 now usually when a firmware goes up a
whole number like four to five it means
something big has happened so instead of
me telling you if something big has
happened here let me tell you what Nikon
added and you let me know down below
what you think was it big or not now the
biggest update in 5.0 was made to autoc
capture for those that don't know what
autoc capture is it's an amazing feature
that allows you to set the Nikon z9 to
automatically capture images when
certain conditions are met now for
example you're trying to capture a bear
in the woods so you set up a
camera near where you think a bear is
going to in the woods and if a bear
decides to in the woods and walks
in front of your Nikon z9 then bam it
takes a photo now that was new in 4.0
and 5.0 improves on auto capture by
allowing you to specify a time and date
to start or stop shooting this way if
you know that a bear only goes to the
bathroom around 11:23 a.m. then you can
set the camera to 11 a.m. to start
shooting and not waste all of the
battery or unwanted shots on something
else walking across your screen 5.0 also
adds frequency presets for typical LED
lighting and sign boards to the high
frequency flicker reduction mode now
this is a nice mode to have because I
don't think there's other cameras that
have presets for specific flickering
boards and according to my buddy Greg it
works really well and he's been testing
it out at basketball games there's also
other minor updates including portrait
picture controls you can change the
width of the focus Point border as if a
thicker border will somehow help you
with your focus ooh oh he said it and
they also added a feature called Focus
Point face priority which is meant to
automatically zoom in on the face during
playback for you to check your focus
that's funny because I always have my
camera set to zoom in on where my focus
point was which 99% of the time it
should be on the face or the eyes unless
you're using an icon yeah so I'm not
sure how much of a benefit it is to find
the face if the face isn't the thing
that is in Focus now I know a bunch of
people are going to get upset that I'm
saying this shouldn't have been a 5.0
firmware should have been something like
4.2 or honestly firmware 3.6 sick but at
the end of the day fresh updates are
always welcomed over no updates and
there you have it Jared poen fronos
photo.com see you