The Sony FX5 has been unveiled, ushering in a new era for Sony's FX Series cinema cameras and, in many ways, answering the increasingly noisy critics who have been reasonably demanding more meaningful improvements from Sony.
With how expensive memory cards are these days, it makes sense that photographers and videographers want to rely on as few of them as possible without sacrificing data security or performance. A new app, Stow, aims to help creators know when their cards are properly backed up and safe to wipe, getting them ready for the next job.
Megadap has announced the M2RF, the world's first adapter that turns Leica M-Mount lenses into autofocus primes on Canon EOS R Series mirrorless bodies, APS-C and full-frame alike.
Other World Computing's (OWC) Express 4M2 Ultra is a compact Thunderbolt 5 NVMe RAID solution, promising ultra-fast speeds thanks to its all-NVMe flash storage, and it's available now pre-loaded with 4, 16, 8, and 32TB capacities.
There is increasing backlash against smart glasses. Some owners even say they're scared to wear them now. As part of a growing anti-smart glasses sentiment, or at least concern about how people may use smart glasses, there's a new iPhone app designed to alert users when smart glasses may be nearby.
Premium photo lab and printer WhiteWall has a new CEO, Petra Felgen. PetaPixel spoke to Felgen to learn more about her vision for WhiteWall and how the company will continue to provide high-quality services for photographers and other artists.
Falcam has announced the new TagBatt series, a line of rechargeable camera batteries that combines built-in USB-C charging with Apple's Find My tracking technology. Available in both Sony NP-FZ100 and Canon LP-E6 versions with Canon and Fujifilm versions in the works, the batteries are designed to help photographers keep track of one of the easiest accessories to misplace while offering a convenient charging solution.
Shoten Kobo Co., Ltd. announced a very fast, extremely limited new lens based on a classic and very rare pre-war vintage cinema lens, the Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 5cm f/1.5.
Elon Musk says that Grok Imagine, an AI image and video generator, will make a version of The Odyssey before the year is out.
A growing number of eyewear brands are developing glasses designed to interfere with facial recognition systems and surveillance cameras.
Scientists have filmed the Arctic bobtail squid in its natural subzero habitat for the first time, including the rare discovery of a mature female tending to its eggs.
An activist group has created a spoof billboard ad on a London bus stop, taking aim at Meta's AI smart glasses.
A tourist was filmed taking selfies dangerously close to a huge wild bison in a national park -- just weeks after a photographer captured a man being hurled eight feet into the air by one.
A photographer has been arrested for allegedly using exotic animals, including a lemur and a spider monkey, in unlicensed photoshoots.
A marine biologist filmed an orca slamming into the side of a sunfish -- causing it to explode into literal pieces.
