Godox Made a WEIRD Camera and Adobe Buys Topaz

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• 00:00 - Intro w/ Matt Growcoot• 12:19 - Adobe has acquired Topaz Labs (petapixel.com/2026/06/25/adobe-acquires-ai-ups…)• 17:29 - The Schneider-Samyang trinity of lenses is complete (petapixel.com/2026/06/25/samyang-and-schneider…)• 21:52 - Leica's New 50mm f/1.4 looks really impressive (petapixel.com/2026/06/25/the-leica-50mm-f-1-4-…)• 26:17 - It may soon be very difficult to photograph the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur (petapixel.com/2026/06/26/plans-to-stop-people-…)• 31:41 - Nikon is making a wireless-free camera more widely available for the first time (petapixel.com/2026/06/24/a-special-wireless-fr…)• 36:26 - Godox's first camera has no screen (petapixel.com/2026/06/29/the-godox-c100-is-a-s…)• 42:36 - The legacy survey of space and time has begun (petapixel.com/2026/06/30/the-worlds-largest-di…)• 46:12 - What press trips are REALLY like (from Matt's first time experiencing one)• 1:09:02 - What have you been up to?• 1:15:58 - Never read the comments• 1:23:27 - Tech Support• 1:38:38 - Feel Good Story of the Week (petapixel.com/2026/06/26/artist-attaches-game-…)