He is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) in the soccer world and now Lionel Messi will have a camera trained on him for an entire game, delivering a unique, player-first viewing experience that brings fans closer to every moment of Messi magic.
Wildlife filmmaking pioneer John Downer built a swimming robotic spy camera that closely resembles a cuttlefish, one of nature's best camouflagers, enabling the capture of incredible close-up underwater footage of a wild seal attack.
Smartphones have affected many aspects of life, both good and bad. A particularly beneficial aspect of the surge of mobile photography has been people capturing the world in new ways, especially when it comes to scientific study.
Elgato launched Facecam 4K, a new $199 4K webcam that accepts screw-in lens filters. It is the first webcam to natively accept threaded lens filters, allowing content creators and streamers to introduce creative effects at the hardware level.
Canon recently released its second quarter and first half financial results for the fiscal year 2025, and the news is mostly good in Canon's imaging segment. However, Canon faces significant challenges concerning U.S. tariff policy.
Adobe announced a series of Photoshop updates today, including a new AI-powered feature called Generative Upscale. The new tool, powered by Adobe’s Firefly generative AI, allows photographers to upscale images with improved sharpness, clarity, and resolution.
NASA just released a jaw-dropping collection of nine new images captured by its flagship X-ray telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Universe looks wild in X-ray light, and scientists can study many fascinating cosmic phenomena in X-rays that are impossible to see across other wavelengths, including visible and ultraviolet light.
LeBron James is reportedly unhappy with bizarre AI videos showing him as if he were pregnant and has called in lawyers. This is one of the first times a celebrity has threatened legal action against an AI company.
Eizo has long been celebrated for its professional-grade, color-accurate monitors. Its displays are among the best options in the industry for professional photographers and videographers. The company's latest flagship DCI 4K display, the 30.5-inch ColorEdge CG3100X, promises to fit into a professional HDR workflow.
Runway has launched a new AI video model that can manipulate existing footage with text prompts -- rather than generative synthetic videos from nothing.
This selfie was taken by a police officer days before he died. The photo would become key evidence in proving his death occurred in the line of duty.
A photographer looking to upgrade her camera setup shelled out almost $2,000 for a new lens, but was horrified when she opened the box and found Bostitch staples inside instead.
Ulanzi continues to innovate with its new JJ05 and JJ06 GlideGo Tripods. Designed to meet the diverse needs of content creators, these tripods combine portability, durability, and professional-grade features to cater to both photographers and videographers. We went hands-on with the new Ulanzi JJ06 tripod to see how it fares.
It is the dystopian nightmare many photographers feared: AI-generated images of models are appearing in the pages of illustrious magazines like Vogue.
Flickr has made some rather dramatic changes to the photo-sharing site in response to new safety standards put in place by the United Kingdom. While some of the new rules only affect citizens of the UK, the website is now acting like an adult website: in order to create an account, new users must be 18 years of age or older.
Photographer Tools Co. is a new store and line of products designed to solve common, yet often unaddressed, problems encountered by photographers. Described as “developed by a commercial photographer with over 15 years of professional experience,” this small store offers a few products that might be beneficial to working photographers casually running into everyday problems in the studio.
Science and music YouTube creator Benn Jordan did something that sounds impossible: he saved a PNG image to a bird.
Despite no official ban on the company, DJI is having a difficult time selling drones in the United States. That is to say, it's having a hard time selling them under the DJI brand.
Speaking to PetaPixel at CineGear Expo in Los Angeles, Canon executives expressed their belief that the company remains an industry leader despite increased competition, especially when it comes to autofocus technology.
Since the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 launched in October 2023, it has been selling like gangbusters. Arguably, no single camera model has been anywhere near as successful as the Osmo Pocket 3.
Thanks to a new "massive" deal, camera companies will be subject to a new higher tariff starting on August 1. And because tariffs are import taxes, those prices will largely fall on the consumer if a company can't absord additional cost. Fujifilm appears to be the first of the camera manufacturers to inform dealers and retailers of a price increase.
Tea -- a viral app that allows women to post anonymous reviews about men they've dated -- has had 72,000 images, including women’s selfies and photo IDs, leaked online by hackers.
Yvan Bédard has been photographing the same elm tree for over 10 years, capturing it through the wind, the rain, the morning fog, and the fall; beneath the northern lights and under a solar eclipse.
A photography intern and the journalist he was shadowing were arrested while covering a pro-immigration protest in Cincinnati and reportedly “just doing their jobs.”
A museum director has been charged over a poster featuring a composite photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler merged into one face.
The UK recently introduced the Online Safety Act, which contains new requirements for social media platforms to protect users, particularly minors, from illegal or harmful content. As part of the regulation, users must now verify their age to access platforms that may contain adult content, including services like Discord and Reddit.
Sirui, makers of excellent photographic lenses, unveiled the IronStar series of anamorphic cinema lenses for full-frame cameras. The trio of lenses all feature fast T1.9 apertures and 1.5x squeeze ratios, enabling the capture of CinemaScope-style widescreen ratios (2.39:1 and 2.65:1).
The Sony RX1R II was such a unique product for its time, offering high resolution mated to a stunning Zeiss lens, all in a compact size. However, it was always a premium product that demanded an exorbitant price. The RX1R II debuted at around $3,300, and let’s keep in mind that was nine years ago.
Antigravity is the name of a new drone company. Launched out of "incubation" inside of Insta360, the company says its goal is to "redefine aerial exploration and storytelling" and will do so when it launches a sub-249g form factor, 360-degree drone with 8K resolution later this year.
A 17-year-old boy from Spain is being investigated by police on suspicion of using AI to create fake nude videos of his female schoolmates that he intended to sell online.
