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DRONES MORE LOUD AND ANNOYING
THAN CARS, SAYS NASA
IF YOU ever get annoyed when drones are flying overhead, now
there’s research to back you up.
According to a recent study conducted by NASA, drone noise
is more annoying than the sound omitted from any ground vehi-
cle. The findings are part of a broader look into managing low-al-
John G. Morris titude drones, and suggest there’s still plenty more work to be done
was considered before these robotic vehicles can regularly fly over busy areas.
a titan of The psychoacoustic research pitted 38 human subjects in a 3D
photojournalism, sound environment. Assaulted with a variety of noises, the sub-
heading the photo jects and their data suggest that on a similar audible level drones
departments
of many iconic were more annoying than any other, especially when taking off.
publications. It’s worth noting that subjects were not able to identify just what
that irritating whine was, which might suggest that the more fa-
LEGENDARY PHOTO EDITOR miliar with the sound, the less irritated a person will get with it.
JOHN G. MORRIS DIES It’s likely that because drones fly slowly, their noise is more annoy-
ing than say a car, which typically drives past at speed.
LEGENDARY photo editor John G. Morris has died. He was And although we love drones here at AP, hearing (see what
100. Morris served as photo editor for LIFE, The New York we did there) that drones are proven to be annoying might not
Times, National Geographic, and Magnum. come across as too much of a surprise to some who are sick of
Born in Maple Shade, New Jersey, on December 7, 1916, Morris the increasing presence of drones overhead.
was the London Picture Editor of Life magazine during World War You can see the research at nasa.gov.
II, and was responsible for editing Robert Capa’s iconic photos of
the D-Day invasion. In 2014 he said that of the four rolls Capa sent
to Morris from the front lines, three and a half were melted due to
the film dryer being set to high. Only 11 of the 106 frames survived.
“Though a lifelong Quaker and pacifist — he made an excep-
tion for World War II, calling it just,” writes The New York Times.
“Mr. Morris was closely associated with images of war, which he
was instrumental in placing before the eyes of the world.”
After leaving Life, he held posts including Picture Editor of
Ladies’ Home Journal, Executive Editor of Magnum Photos,
Assistant Managing Editor at the The Washington Post, Pic-
ture Editor of The New York Times, and European correspon-
dent of National Geographic.

LOMOGRAPHY UNVEILS CHROME-
PLATED DAGUERREOTYPE
ACHROMAT 2.9/64 ART LENS
EARLY last year, Lomography launched its then-new Daguerre-
otype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens on Kickstarter (you may re-
member us writing about it in the June 2016 issue). The fund-
ing campaign was successful, and Lomography has decided
to release a new version of the lens to celebrate: the Chrome
Plated Edition. According to Lomography, the chrome plating
lends the Art Lens a ‘classic, timeless look’ that is ‘stunning on
Lomography’s both analogue and digital cameras.’
new chrome
plated The Daguerreotype Achromat Art Lens offers an F2.9 to
Daguerrotype F16 aperture range on a 64mm focal length, and features a
lens is about minimum 0.5m focusing distance. Construction is made of
as retro as it 2 elements in 1 group. The lens gets its name from the Da-
comes for keen guerreotype camera of 1839; it includes a Waterhouse Ap-
photographers.
The design dates erture Plate and can be used for effects ranging from ‘silky
back to 1839. soft focus’ to ‘crisp sharp shots.’ ❂

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