Sony's AI Debacle + Fujifilm's Yuji Igarashi on 'Focus on Glass' Results

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This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, the team is in-person at Fujifilm's Tokyo headquarters to chat with Yuji Igarashi about lenses, specifically how it feels the results of the Focus on Glass vote went. Plus, Sony gets thrashed for bad AI advice, Nikon is rumored to be selling to Essilor Luxxotica, TSMC wants to build a sensor fab in Japan, and Jordan Drake gives his thoughts on the Lumix L10. All that and more!

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In This Episode:

• 00:00 -Intro
• 08:16 - You can make this 3D printed digital rangefinder at home
• 11:04 - Nikon speculators believe it might sell to Essilor Luxotica
• 15:05 - Fujifilm 35mm f/1.4 is still super popular in Japan
• 25:16 - TSMC and Sony are teaming up on a Japan-based fab
• 28:32 - Let’s talk Lumix L10
• 43:39 - Chatting lenses with Fujifilm's Yuji Igarashi
• 1:10:09 - Feel Good Story of the Week