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Issue No. 2 · April 15, 2026

We Were Hospitalized.
We Are Back. NASA Has Questions.

We launched two weeks ago and were immediately admitted for surgery. While we were out, NASA launched a moon mission, a jar of Nutella went viral, and the Sony community lost its mind. We covered all of it. You are welcome. That is our format. We are not changing it.

■ Breaking Community Report · Artemis II

Reddit Claims NASA's Viral "Nutella Jar" Was a Sony A1 II — Digitally Relabeled To Protect Nikon Contract

User u/SonyShooter_Meridian has been frame-advancing through the NASA livestream for three days. "Nobody is asking the real question," he wrote. "Why does a jar of hazelnut spread have a hot shoe?" Sony Alpha Rumors has since cited three sources. NASA has not confirmed the object was food. Ferrero has not confirmed it was theirs.

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Gear Desk

Apple Declares the Professional Photographer "Obsolete" (With Just 80 Hours of Training and a Lighting Crew)

The iPhone 2P puts professional-grade results in everyone's hands. Apple demonstrated this with non-photographers, 80 hours of training, 60 years of collective coaching, and a dedicated professional lighting crew stationed at each subject's home. The supplemental class is $1,300.

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From The Net

King Charles Declines Easter Address, Announces He Shoots Sony Instead

The King did not issue a Holy Week greeting this year. He announced instead that he has taken up photography and that he shoots Sony. The response from the Sony community has been described by observers as historically unprecedented.

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Photo Business

Photographer Found Unconscious Beneath 28,978 Memory Cards He Refused to Reformat

Gerald Finch, 43, of Cleveland, OH was discovered by his wife the night before a wedding shoot. He had been looking for one card he could reformat. He had been looking for some time. The shelving had other plans.

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From The Net

Wedding Photographer Escapes Police Custody Through Rear Window, Cites Scheduling Conflict

Ashley, 23, exited the rear window of a Muskegon Heights Police Department SUV and departed on foot. She had an engagement session in an hour. She could not disappoint her clients. She did not.

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From The Net · Long Read

Man Proposes to Girlfriend Using Friend as Photographer; Community Rebukes Him, Cites Exhibit A

The resulting image has since become the most cited argument for hiring a professional photographer in the continental United States. The community did not let it go. It has not let it go. It will not let it go.

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The Tog Times Index

% of photographers who believe the "Nutella jar" was a Sony A1 II: 38
% of those who have enhanced the NASA livestream frame themselves: 38
% who believe they could have shot the moon better than the Artemis II crew: 71
% of those who shoot Nikon: 71
Nikon bodies purchased by photographers during the 10-day lunar mission: 4,100
% of buyers who cited "the Artemis II coverage" as motivation: 12
% who were already planning to buy one: 12

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That is Issue No. 2. Issue No. 3 arrives May 1st. Forward this to a photographer who needs it — which is all of them.

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