Ep. 99: Nikon Takes a Little and Gives a Little with the D3400...Very Little - and more
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Sharky James
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Here's episode 99 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!
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In This Episode
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Sony Artisan of Imagery Patrick Murphy-Racey opens the show. Thanks Patrick!
Nikon severely underwhelms with the D3400 which is basically a slightly upgraded D3000 with some features taken away. (#)
Friend of the show (and fellow listener) Doug Kaye from TWiP Network's "All About the Gear" has a $100 off deal for his Cuba workshops in honor of our 100th episode! Use discount code "SHARKY". Check out his Cuba pics and more.
Canon patents a variant of a crazy superzoom that may or may not materialize...but why? (#)
Leave your camera bag unattended in a big city and the bomb squad may just blow it up! (#)
A photojournalist's gear gets splattered by pink fire retardant dropped from a firefighting plane above his home. (#)
Parks Canada bans the use of devices to locate collared animals as "wildlife photographers" ruin things for everyone else. (#)
Datacolor puts together an incredible bundle for those who want an end-to-end focus and color management system. (#)
We're one episode away from our milestone 100th episode!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an |
| 0:02.0 | Patrick Murphy Racy and you're listening to the Petapixil |
| 0:04.0 | photography podcast with Sharkey James. |
| 0:06.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:07.6 | Welcome to the Petapixil Photography podcast, episode 99. |
| 0:12.2 | Nikon takes a little and gives a little with the D3400. Very |
| 0:16.8 | little. In this episode Nikon loses its mind again, Canon files a slightly different patent. |
| 0:28.0 | Certain photographers in Canada are cheating. |
| 0:31.0 | A photographer's gear gets blown up. Another is gets |
| 0:34.5 | splattered. Data color has a great bundle and our friend Doug Kay has a deal for |
| 0:39.6 | our audience. All that and more in episode 99 of the Petapixil Photography Podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | Thank you so much Patrick for opening the show. I greatly appreciate it, brother. |
| 0:53.9 | Tennessee-based Patrick Murphy-Racy |
| 0:55.9 | is a Sony artisan of imagery, |
| 0:57.8 | has photographed many notable people, |
| 1:00.2 | has had the cover of Sports Illustrated, |
| 1:02.3 | he's a lighting expert, and a great guy. |
| 1:05.0 | I first met PMR, as many of us call him, well over 20 years ago. |
| 1:09.0 | A mutual friend of ours told me about a service that he had called Photo Facts, a service that many |
| 1:14.6 | pros back then in the pre-internet days used to sell their gear. |
| 1:19.0 | Rather than listing your high-end gear in a local newspaper where most people are probably like what's that? |
| 1:24.0 | He was the middle man between you and others. |
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