Skylum, best known for its AI-powered photo editing software Luminar, is grappling with today's increasingly negative attitude toward artificial intelligence by changing its messaging to double-down on human creativity.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris and Jordan phone in from the beach to talk about the ramifications of Nikon's loss to Viltrox in Chinese court as well as Sony's bid to buy Tamron. Plus, the two name what they think are every camera brand's greatest accomplishment... and their deepest shame!
Canon is working on a fluorine-free optical coating that offers the same water-repelling qualities and durability of fluorine, but without the PFAS problems.
In March, the Einstein Probe, a satellite made by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in partnership with the European Space Agency, detected a very brief flash of "soft X-rays" emitted by a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. Within an hour, ground-based telescopes, including several at National Science Foundation (NSF) NOIRLab facilities, began investigating the region, getting a front-row seat to bombastic and very special star death.
It looks like an image taken on the semi-arid landscape of southern California, but this remarkable news photo, showing scorched grass, was actually taken in London.
A concert videographer says his professional camera gear was damaged after a Dancehall musician dragged him onstage in a widely publicized incident.
7Artisans is bringing the compact AF 40mm f/2.5 full-frame prime lens it announced in February to L-Mount and Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras.
Bruce Gilden is known for his confrontational street photography, using a close-up flash technique to capture striking portraits of people many would simply walk past. He's proven to be controversial, but Gilden says he had a deep empathy for his subjects.
A drone photographer has captured what is believed to be the first-known aerial footage of a humpback whale giving birth in the ocean.
A car photography company has sued AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of copying tens of thousands of its copyrighted vehicle photos without permission.
Astronaut Anil Menon has only been in space for less than one month, but he has already captured a mind-boggling photo showing a super typhoon brooding above the Pacific Ocean.
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, has entered the smart glasses industry with a pair of sunglasses that are not smart at all.
