The Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z is a new telephoto zoom lens designed for professional photographers and videographers. The lens will look immediately familiar to hybrid Canon shooters, as it shares the same chassis as the excellent RF 24-105mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z lens released earlier this year.
When Canon unveiled the RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM lens in June, the company referred to its fast new prime lens as the first in a series of new hybrid primes. That series has grown by two today with the launch of the RF 24mm f/1.4 L VCM and RF 50mm f/1.4 L VCM.
Apple previewed a new Canon RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM Dual lens at its WWDC presentation in June, and the lens, designed for social media content creators and enthusiast videographers, is finally here. The new lens is compatible with the Canon EOS R7 APS-C camera and is built to create content for virtual reality (VR) and 3D applications.
Wondershare's award-winning Filmora 14 video editing software promises groundbreaking new features, including new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that ensures video editors and creators can spend more time doing what they love, creating fantastic content, and less time on their computer, all without sacrificing the quality of their work.
Profoto's new D30 Studio Flash is a mains-powered monolight with bi-color LEDs. The light is built to cater to a diverse range of professional photography needs.
A photographer says that the Queer Running Club in London dropped him from an arranged gig after he refused to say that he is pro-Palestine.
Photographer and YouTube content creator Hugh Brownstone and architect and photo enthusiast Ed Palisoc teamed up earlier this year to create the Helium Design Lab He3 Handgrip for the Leica Q3, which quickly proved to be a smashing success.
The cinematographer behind Dune: Part Two has revealed how he modeled the film's sandworm ride scene on surf and avalanche videos.
Two influencers drowned after reportedly refusing to wear life jackets on a boat -- fearing it would ruin their selfies.
A years-long investigation has uncovered the identity of a photographer who risked his life taking hundreds of pictures of Nazi Occupied France -- and paid the price for it.
Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick are arguably the two greatest photographers to ever go to space and the pair were interviewed together while onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Peak Design and Carryology collaborated on a new product collection aimed squarely at passionate photographers.
Apple's compact Mac mini desktop series has a new M4 processor and a brand-new design. Compared to its predecessor, which skipped Apple's M3 series altogether, the M4 Mac mini promises to be more powerful, smaller, and ready for Apple Intelligence.
H&Y announced its next-generation, dual-function RevoRing Mark II, which uses the same adapting filter thread that the original RevoRing debuted and combines it with a dual rotating circular polarizer and variable neutral density filter.
The shortlist for Close-Up Photographer of the Year has been revealed. The judges whittled down 11,681 photographs to a select few.
The new Tribex hydraulic, carbon fiber video tripod from SmallRig and Potato Jet is finally available for purchase and early adopters will get a special bonus edition.
Aether Apparell, a Los Angeles-based clothing brand, collaborated with Leica to produce a limited-edition, small run of photographers' jackets. Called the Aether x Leica Reporter Jacket, only 125 will be produced and they will retail for $795.
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Supermodel Gigi Hadid was ordered to pay $3,000 in damages after she failed to respond to a photographer's copyright lawsuit.
Like its predecessor, Topaz Labs' new Gigapixel 8 application uses artificial intelligence (AI) to intelligently upscale photos. Version 8.0 takes it up a notch by using AI to sharpen images further.
A photographer has died after she backed up into an airplane propeller while taking pictures.
Apple's diverse family of products is now smarter and more capable, thanks to the highly anticipated launch of Apple Intelligence. Available across compatible iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, Apple Intelligence features an improved Siri, writing tools, and Clean Up. This AI-powered image editing tool removes distractions while preserving realism.
A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
A tribute to Walter Iooss Jr. played before the 49ers and Cowboys game last night (Sunday) paying homage to the photographer's iconic image The Catch.
Every photographer has experienced the frustration of taking the perfect shot and then having it buried in a sea of digital files. Sound familiar? Well, photographs are meant to be seen and felt, and canvas prints do exactly that. You can showcase your pictures in a manner that others can touch and admire them up close.
Apple's refreshed iMac lineup features the new M4 Apple Silicon, supercharging the popular all-in-one desktop computer series.
Instagram lowers the video quality on less popular posts that aren't amassing as many views.
Earlier this month, the star of the new Wicked movie Cynthia Erivo shared that she was livid with a fan-edited film poster that more closely resembled the poster for the popular Broadway musical show of the same name.
A photographer, who had been missing for over a week, has been found alive after suffering a snake bite in an Australian national park where she went to document the wild horses living there.
There’s something happening with foldable phones that isn’t as apparent in North America, and devices like the Honor Magic V3 make that clear. Thinner, lighter, yet also packing a bigger battery and large screen, Honor puts together a compelling combination further enhanced by the camera array.
The winners of the 2024 Dog Photography Awards have been announced -- a competition that celebrates canine-kind.
Canon is launching a new, free CPS membership tier for photography and filmmaking students.
This week, Canon showcased a 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS image sensor that is housed in a box-like body and available in both RGB and monochrome configurations. It perhaps serves as a good example of Canon's sensor technology but don't expect to find it deployed into a consumer camera.
In September, Tamron announced the 90mm f/2.8 Macro lens, a move that looked like a return to the production of fast primes for the company that has lived exclusively in the world of zooms for the past several years. Unfortunately, its launch looks more like the exception, not the rule.
Sirui announced the Aurora 85mm f/1.4, a full-frame, autofocus prime lens for Sony E-mount, Nikon Z-Mount, and Fujifilm X-mount.
Safari is becoming more spatial on Vision Pro. Starting later this year, web developers will be able to easily add spatial photos and videos to their websites.
A few weeks ago, I tried on a Vision Pro for the first time. The one aspect of the technology that really caught my breath in my throat wasn't the immersive movie Submerged, it wasn't browsing the internet, nor was it trying out the digital workspaces. No, it was looking at my spatial photos.
An artificial intelligence researcher who worked at OpenAI as recently as August says the company violates copyright law.
Scientists captured footage of a Burmese python swallowing a full-grown deer in Florida -- proving these invasive predators can consume larger prey than previously thought.
The advancement of AI technology has raised a question that once had an easy answer: What is a photograph?
XP-Pen announced its flagship-level Artist Pro 24 (Gen 2) pen tablet designed for professional artists and retouchers. The refreshed tablet boasts two different versions: one offers an industry-first fast refresh rate of 165Hz while the other is a Calman verified 4K resolution version.
The trailer for I am Martin Parr has been released giving fans a first look at the documentary about the celebrated photographer.
A videographer was robbed at gunpoint of $30,000 worth of camera and lighting gear during a shoot in a park.
Korin Design's new InstaPack is advertised as a versatile and "anti-theft" backpack for the traveling photographer. That second part relies on the fact it has an integrated TSA lock, which -- given the ease of finding a TSA key -- is putting a lot of stock in a known quantity.
Leica is celebrating 70 years of the Leica M with the release of a limited edition film camera -- the Leica M Edition 70.
Starting next week, Google Photos will show when a photo has been edited with Google AI in the app, a step in the right direction after the Pixel 9 series launched with powerful AI editing tools that seriously lacked transparency.
Stability AI has clapped back at its critics by announcing its latest AI image model Stable Diffusion 3.5 with a picture of a woman lying on grass.
Man v. Food star Adam Richman says he and his crew had their van full of filming equipment "completely cleaned out" at a gas station in London.
Zoo experts have been left baffled by images of a mysterious "winged and horned" creature caught on its night vision camera.
The AI video platform Runway has unveiled a remarkable new tool that transforms a person into a computer-generated character.
