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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 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.

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.

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.

Photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have revealed the inspiration behind Taylor Swift's TIME Person of the Year Cover Image.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Panasonic will release a firmware update for the Lumix G9 II that will allow the camera to send Blackmagic RAW and ProRes RAW over HDMI to a compatible recorder.

NASA has shared its monthly update for what skygazers should look for in the night sky in December.

While cameras have gotten more complex over the years, there is something to be said for getting back to basics. To that end, the MVC, or Minimum Viable Camera, takes photography down to the studs in this pocket-sized 35mm pinhole affair.

A timelapse photographer has documented a pine cone growing into a pine tree over the course of 300 days.

Charles Schulz famously debuted the "Peanuts" comic in 1950 but in 1974, he introduced readers to the Beagle Scouts. Now, 50 years later, Snoopy's group of outdoor adventurers has found its way onto a Polaroid camera.

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Runway has partnered with stock agency Getty Images to launch a new generative video model for enterprise customers.

Despite what seems like weekly advancements in the artificial intelligence field, some are still keeping their expectations measured. Yann LeCun, Meta's VP and chief AI scientist, for example, said at a recent event that he doesn't think AI "super intelligence" is coming anytime soon.

Instagram revealed the top trends that Generation Z users will be driving on the photo app in 2024.

A Japanese camera store has updated its sales floor and strategy in response to not only greatly growing demand but also consumer buying trends. It has also noted that what buyers want is becoming increasingly polarized.

While many creatives fret about artificial intelligence replacing them, the band KISS has decided they are retiring and will send out digital avatars onto the stage from now on.

Scientists were reportedly able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct images solely from people's brain activity with over 75% accuracy for the first time ever.

A new attraction in New York City is giving visitors the opportunity to recreate the famous photo of construction workers sitting on a steel beam high above the city: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill promised to pay the lost wages of the photographer who was suspended by the NFL for filming his backflip selfie celebration video.