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Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn
Episode 207: Monochrome Sensors, DNG, and Apple 50th
31 minutes Posted Apr 12, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Intro
GR IV Monochrome Is Expensive Because the Sensor Is Hard to Source
Every Camera Brand Agrees: Generative AI Doesn’t Belong in Photography
After Over 20 Years of Efforts, DNG Is Now the Official RAW Image Standard
Nvidia CEO's Defense Of DLSS 5 Gets Contradicted By One Of His Employees
'Restoring' Old Photos With AI Is a Fundamentally Broken Concept
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We remain fascinated by monochrome cameras, and this week we discovered just how tough it is to source the sensors used by the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. We also talk about DNG, Adobe’s universal raw format, becoming an official image standard (and why the big camera companies probably won’t adopt it). And if you hadn’t heard, Apple turned 50!

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