Tamron has built a reputation for creating some unique focal ranges. Take, for example, the 35-150mm that recently hit the market and really impressed. What might seem at first to be an odd range can end up being very useful. So the same could be expected of the 17-50mm f/4 Di II VXD, right?
After lengthy negotiations, European Union officials have reached an agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive regulations surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) that could provide a blueprint for other nations and regions aiming to limit the dangers of AI.
Photographers who use any of Sony's most recent cameras are no doubt familiar with CFexpress Type A cards. As Sony is the only manufacturer to use the format, the cards are usually expensive. There are some cheap options out there, but unfortunately, they still come with a cost.
Earlier this week, PetaPixel reported on a remarkable story that scientists AI-generated images from peoples’ brains with “75 percent accuracy.”
Cara, a new social media and portfolio platform for artists working in the entertainment industry, has launched a collaboration with Glaze to protect artists from style mimicry in generative AI models.
Chinese company TTArtisan announced a couple of new APS-C prime lenses in China, including an AF 56mm f/1.8 lens for E, X, and Z mount cameras and a limited-edition yellow AF 27mm f/2.8 lens for Fujifilm X Series cameras.
Qysea, one of the only robotics companies pushing the envelope for underwater drones, has a new modular, AI-equipped, underwater robot that gets almost everything right. The camera, though, leaves something to be desired.
The image is iconic. A mother, surrounded by her children brings a hand to her face. A look of worry clouds her visage. This transcendent image, along with other works by its photographer, Dorothea Lange, are on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
A striking new Hubble image shows NGC 2210, a marvelous globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The ancient cluster is 11.6 billion years old and a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that NGC 2210 is gravitationally bound to Earth's galactic home.
The "Earth's newest island" can be seen growing from space in newly-released satellite photos.
Artificial intelligence (AI) apps that generate nudes of women from images of them fully clothed are on the rise, according to an alarming report.
A group of tourists capsized a gondola in Venice after they refused to listen to their gondolier's requests to sit down and stop taking selfies.
Tiger populations have successfully rebounded across India and Nepal in recent years. Thousands of them now live outside of wildlife preserves, increasingly closer to villages and potentially bringing them into contact with humans.
Instax already constitutes a majority of Fujifilm's imaging business revenue but the company plans to push emphasis on its instant film it even more. It wants to see sales increase to $1.04 billion, or 15% year-over-year growth, by fiscal year's end.
An astronaut captured a stunning photograph of an extremely rare lightning phenomenon known as a "red sprite" -- which is rarely visible from Earth.
What is believed to be the final ever photo taken of Florence Nightingale has sold for over $30,000 (£25,590) at auction.
Artistic cinematographers will soon have another tool for creative shots in their toolkits, thanks to a new series of Tokina cinema lenses.
An investigation conducted by the Reuters news agency into the killing of one of its visual journalists in southern Lebanon has concluded that an Israeli tank crew is responsible.
Ricoh published firmware version 2.40 for the Pentax K-1 II that brings the Astrotracer Type 2 and Type 3 modes to the full-frame DSLR. These features originally launched on the K-3 III last year.
LEGO has announced what could have been the perfect stocking-stuffer, a new Retro Camera Creator Set that will cost only $20. Unfortunately, it will arrive in stores just after Christmas.
The winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition has been announced with a hidden microscopic world on an autumnal leaf taking home the top prize.
The upcoming Sony a9 III brings with it many incredible new features, including a novel global shutter system that will enable the camera to shoot at up to 120 frames per second, use shutter speeds as fast as 1/80,000s, and, perhaps most impressively, sync with a flash at any shutter speed.
A photographer and dancer collaborated on a brilliant "Cosmic Coincidence" diptych that embraces the sunset and moonset in two harmonious images.
An 18-year-old Pakistani woman was killed after a Photoshopped photo of her sitting with a boyfriend went viral on social media.
Other World Computing (OWC) announced the Express 1M2, its first USB4 drive and what it says is the fastest single-blade NVMe drive to date with real-world speeds up to 3,151 MB/s.
Meta has launched a standalone AI image generator to compete with the likes of DALL-E and Midjourney.
Amazon's recently announced Titan generative AI isn't quite the same as consumer-facing image generators like Dall-E and Midjourney, but the Titan Image Generator may hold implications for professional photographers working with corporate clients.
Panasonic Japan announced a minor hardware upgrade to the Lumix G100 Micro Four Thirds vlogging camera, adding a USB Type-C port and changing the camera's electronic viewfinder.
A new artificial intelligence (AI) powered "Time Travel" filter -- that lets people see how their faces will age in real time -- has gone viral on TikTok.
Space travel requires instruments made on Earth to be specially adapted to the harsh extra-terrestrial world -- and that includes tweaking a camera's software.
We are proud to announce the results of the third-annual PetaPixel Awards where we give honors to a small list of the best new photography products released in the last year as voted by the PetaPixel staff.
Photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have revealed the inspiration behind Taylor Swift's TIME Person of the Year Cover Image.
Gemini is what Google is calling its "most capable" artificial intelligence model and was trained to recognize, understand, and combine different types of information including text, images, audio, video, and code.
A YouTuber has been sent to prison for six months after he purposefully crashed his airplane and then hid the wreckage.
This is the incredible moment a mountain lion soared through the air and pounced right on a trail camera.
British photographer Stephen Pemberton, who goes by NorthernPixl, has demonstrated how determination, preparation, and good luck can result in beautiful night sky photographs. When photographing auroras in early November, the photographer was treated to a rare night sky phenomenon called STEVE.
German photographer Sandra Bartocha has been making fantastic and ethereal nature photography for many years and is among the most creative landscape photographers working today. PetaPixel chatted with Bartocha about her interesting techniques, artistic vision, and the importance of authenticity in photography.
Capture the Atlas revealed the winners of its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year competition, showcasing the year's best aurora borealis or australis photos.
The UK's Office of Communications -- otherwise known as Ofcom -- has published a draft of age-restriction guidelines for websites and online services that offer sexually explicit content. If implemented, it would require such sites to introduce "age assurance" methods, which could involve photo ID matching, facial age estimation, and credit card checks.
The Australia-based Rode acquired U.S.-based Mackie, a high-end professional audio brand most widely known for its audio mixers that primarily serve musicians and recording studios.
A new satellite image released by NASA reveals a psychedelic look at a hidden lagoon in a massive Alaskan glacier. However, the incredible photo also paints a worrying picture.
Nearly half of the people who have bought the Panasonic Lumix S5 II and S5 IIX are in their 20s and 30s, much younger than Panasonic expected ahead of the cameras launching early this year.
Google's Pixel 8 smartphone series already features some of the best smartphone cameras available. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro offers lots of light-gathering abilities, and on the Pro version, a slew of special camera tools provide users with even more control over their phone images. A new software update makes the camera even more versatile with an updated night timelapse feature.
Fashion brand Bottega Veneta licensed paparazzi photos of A$AP Rocky for a new ad campaign -- including an image of a viral moment in which the rapper made a TMZ photographer jog with him to get the shot.
Uber Eats is apparently AI-generating images of food from restaurants that don't have pictures on its app -- and getting them wrong.
Not long after announcing its first foldable smartphone, the OnePlus Open, the company has celebrated its 10th anniversary in style, launching the OnePlus 12 in China.
The co-founder of the iPhone photography app Halide says that it will "never" support video. However, the company is working on a separate video capture app.
Looking Glass is attempting to make holograms smaller, more accessible, and smarter with the launch of the Go, a pocket-sized display that is filled with 3D possibilities.
The viral "one in a million" photo of a bride standing in front of two mirrors with different reflections has been apparently solved by an iPhone expert.
Director Ridley Scott has revealed that he always uses at least four cameras while making movies and says his technique paid off for his latest historical epic, Napoleon.
