Truly the mark of a free and independent press.

They're not seeing any of this. The oligarchs already won. They've turned classical media into their echo chamber now. And none of this penetrates much if at all. The oligarchs are just in a looting frenzy ATM before the collapse. And these rubes won't be informed of any of this till long after the oligarchs have made their escape.

You guys should get working on the fall part, seems to mainly be rise right now

You can do some stuff like that, but camera firmware is pretty far behind the curve in terms of features. Add to that the fact that camera batteries die pretty quickly during use, and most people keep the wireless features turned off to conserve battery. Especially in a situation like this where stopping to charge/swap batteries leaves you vulnerable (if you even get a good chance), it's unlikely that anyone makes that trade.

Because you don't usually have a stable internet connection in the middle of a protest? And because that's not a very useful way to accomplish what you're trying to do

The cool thing about the press is that somehow people will still report what you are doing, so they just managed to get a really powerful pic out of it.

We live in Temu Iran

Leica’s have been used to take some iconic photos by conflict photojournalists since at least WW2. Absolutely crazy that the camera didn’t get damaged, but Leica’s have definitely see some abuse over the years.

https://gmpphoto.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-story-of-sean-flynns-leica-m2.html?m=1

Also, while you or I might see that and wince because of the potential damage to an expensive piece of kit, to him it’s just a tool that allows him to do his work of photographing, and preventing ICE from deleting those photographs that serve as a record of what’s happening in Minneapolis right now would probably worth any amount of cameras to any of the photojournalists there right now.

This is seriously a stunning photograph.