What a week! - Newsletter week of 9/8

Phones, cameras, and an assassination. I'll keep this to tech, but god damn, what a week.

First, the iPhones:

• A new $999 iPhone Air model

• "ProMotion" 120Hz adaptive refresh rate across the lineup

• A wider 18MP front-facing camera with Center Stage across the lineup

• Brighter and more durable Ceramic Shield 2 display across the lineup

• All Pro models have 48MP sensors across the three rear lenses, meaning that the telephoto lens is capable of 8x optical zoom

• All Pro models have a new unibody aluminum design with vapor chamber cooling

• The new A19 chip powers the entire lineup

• A very fun idea

Now the newly announced cameras:

• Nikon ZR ($2,200) - Nikon and RED's first camera featuring a 24MP, full-frame sensor capable of 12-bit RAW 6k/60fps video, 32-bit float audio recording, and a massive 4" monitor. Check out my hands-on video about it here.

• Canon C50 ($3,900) - The smallest and lightest EOS Cinema camera to date, featuring a 32MP, full-frame sensor capable of 12-bit RAW 7k/60fps video, open gate recording, and 32MP photos at up to 40 frames per second.

• Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 ($16,500) - A cinema camera featuring a massive 102MP medium-format sensor, capable of 8k/30fps or open-gate 4k/48fps recording.

• Kodak Charmera ($30) - A tiny digital camera that intentionally produces low-resolution, grainy, and noisy photos. It has a 1.6MP sensor that captures stills at 1440x1080 resolution and video at 30fps.

Phew! Did I miss anything?? Let me know!

As always, the Apple event featured some truly wild marketing.

Here is everything else I was consuming this week:

📖 Things I Read:

What 4 top creators taught me about YouTube this week
A nice round-up of Colin and Samir's creator summit that was held last week. I particularly liked Casey Neistat's advice on staying true to yourself and your motives. "Be honest with yourself about why you’re doing it.”

23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby
Great article about how terrible tariffs are, but even better article about cool hobbies.

Stephen Shore’s Precocious Adolescent Eye
an origin story

📺 Things I watched:

Disappearing Man - Robert Janz
"A film portrait of TriBeCa artist Robert Janz - whose ephemeral, streetscape water paintings reflect on the impermanence of the artist’s own life."

Mike Horn’s Impossible Journey Around the Equator
Around the world in 17 months by foot, boat, and bike 🤯

How an Artist Converted a 13,000 Sq Ft NYC Warehouse into his Home
A great mixture of photography and more typical documentary footage.

Inside Van Neistat's New Handmade LA Studio

👀Thing I stared at:

Pope Francis’ Leica M-A
wowza

🎶 Things I listened to:

AJR - The Big Goodbye (Official Video)
AJR still exists?! great beat, great vocals, great video

Sierra Ferrell - Years

Stromae - Alors on danse

Alright, bud, I hope you get some time to touch some grass this weekend. I have a firetower hike and some editing waiting for me. My next video is all about my first year as an independent creator. Spoiler - it's been wildly hard and 100% worth it.
Appreciate ya!
-Becca