Things move quickly in the tech industry, but the speed with which the photography world has developed over the last 18 months or so has shocked and delighted even the most experienced journalists and observers. From the Global Shutter of the Sony A9 III, to the long-awaited launch of the flagship Canon EOS R1, to the unexpected announcement that Affinity Photo will now be completely free of charge, a lot has happened in a short space of time.
Then, of course, there’s the stratospheric rise of AI and the polarizing views of how this is going to shape the future of virtually every corner of the creative sphere. If I could sum up this topic in as few words as possible, I’d just use the now ubiquitous “well, that escalated quickly” meme of Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy.
