Aputure has announced an updated $219 Light Dome III and $129 Light Dome Mini III quick deploy softboxes that include what the company calls much improved locking mechanisms compared to their predecessors.
Incredibly popular wedding site The Knot has been accused of cheating advertisers and creating a hostile workplace for its employees.
The popular iPhone camera app Halide has announced that its artificial intelligence-powered Long Exposure Camera App Spectre will now be free to all users in version 1.5, but it also adds a Pro version for a one-time purchase of $4.99.
Portrait Displays has announced a new partnership with SmallHD to introduce the first-ever Calman-Ready reference monitor.
Skylum has announced its latest extension for the Luminar Neo app called Panorama Stitching, a tool that allows photographers to create wide sweeping panoramic images by merging multiple single frames together.
Researchers at the streaming powerhouse Netflix have discovered an innovative way to quickly, easily, and potentially more accurately remove green screens from a scene by turning their actors a bright magenta using red and blue foreground lights.
So you’ve found your perfect spot to capture the night sky. The weather is perfect and you’ve been tracking the stars and planets for weeks to capture this moment. But, when that perfect moment comes, the pictures you’ve captured end up hazy and soft. Why? Likely due to excessive light pollution from the surrounding area, especially if you’re nearby a larger city.
Pen display tablets have been getting better and more affordable, so it makes sense that all-in-one devices like the Huion Kamvas Studio 16 would follow the same path. But what makes this device a little different is it's a pro pen tablet made for designers, illustrators, and photographers to help them get their art created quickly and easily while also being a fully functional Windows PC.
Lume Cube has been producing some interesting and creative lighting solutions for both photographers and videographers over the last few years that add an impressive amount of versatility to their users toolkits including the Tube Light Mini. That being said, the question remains that given the number of competing RGB lights on the market, are they good enough, and are they worth it?
Product photography is often considered one of the most complicated and challenging genres. Besides having the right lenses and props to decorate the shot, you'll need a variety of light shaping options to create the best looking photos. This is where the $399 Halumin H18 Soft Light brings something interesting to the table.
Sphere Studios has developed a brand new type of cinema camera called The Big Sky. It features a single 316-megapixel HDR image sensor that the company says is a 40x resolution increase over existing 4K cameras and PetaPixel was given an exclusive look at the incredible technology.
Eazeye is a naturally backlit computer monitor that doesn't use an artificial LED backlight like most traditional LCD displays, but instead is lit entirely by the ambient light from the environment it sits in.
Apple's reveal of iOS 17 during the WWDC 2023 keynote shows a clear focus on enhanced communication for iPhone users with several impressive new features for the Phone, FaceTime, and Messages apps, as well as several new quality of life updates. These include improved contact cards, live voicemails, stickers, better autocorrect and dictation, and even a nightstand mode.
Estonia based software company Retouch4Me has announced two new Adobe Photoshop tools designed to help save time by automating retouching tasks: the Frequency Separation and Mattifier Plugins.
As a creative, it is very likely that you have at least once, shot photographs the analog way and used a film camera of some kind. But how much do you know about how that film camera works, or better yet, how the film is made?
DxO has released version 6 of the Nik Collection photo editing suite of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic.
Capture One has announced the 16.2 "spring" update that adds new features and artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools designed to speed up users' workflows.
Datacolor has announced the Spyder X2 Elite and X2 Ultra, its next generation of color calibration tools for displays that delivers precision color calibration in less than two minutes.
Profoto has announced the Control Desktop App for macOS that gives Apple computers Bluetooth control of up to 100 Air 2 compatible light and trigger channels.
The Nikon Zfc is a crop sensor mirrorless digital camera designed to replicate the classic Nikon FM2 Film camera, often considered one of the best 35mm film cameras of all time. While the system looks amazing and definitely brings a huge hit of nostalgia, does it live up to that legacy?
Lume Cube has announced a pair of tube LEDs that are designed to be the ultimate lighting tools for content creators and videographers on the move: a 12-inch, $170 Tube Light Mini and 48-inch, $400 Tube Light XL.
When it comes to macro photography, having the right lens is critical for achieving the best possible images. As such, the updated $547 HD D FA Macro 100mm F/2.8 ED AW from Pentax brings a refreshed optical formula optimized to work better with larger megapixel DSLR's but, sadly, not much else.
Skylum has released update 1.9 update Luminar Neo that brings a heavily-requested Undo/Redo functionally to the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing application.
Just a few weeks ago, Westcott released an interesting new system of silicone gels meant to make the lives of photographers easier via a set of tear-resistant and heat-resistant gels that could be quickly changed out for other colors in a matter of seconds.
Super Res Zoom has been a part of the Google Pixel system since the launch of the Pixel 3, but with the Pixel 7 Pro, Google notes it took a big step forward and has explained how the feature works.
Atomos has made a set of announcements in advance of NAB 2023 that includes the addition of cloud-based editing in a browser from anywhere with Atomos Edit, support for Sony's Ci Media Cloud through Atomos Cloud Studio, and a real-time streaming Pilot Project with Streamonix.
OWC has announced its new Innergize software for memory cards, new memory card readers, and its new Jellyfish XT Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Solution.
Razer has launched the new $149 Stream Controller X, a new entry-level control deck that is designed to give streamers and content creators a single hub where they can access and control everything they need for their live streams and workflows.
The French photo software company DxO has released an update to its Optics Modules that it says will give photographers the best possible performance from their camera and lens combinations, correcting lens imperfections and softness with "unparalleled precision".
Sony has announced a "significant" new firmware update for the Cinema Line FX3 and FX30 camera systems that enables the cameras to shoot DCI 4K in true 24 fps and adds anamorphic lens de-squeeze and breathing compensation.
At this point in the "Tablet Debate", the argument about who makes the best tablets for photographers will shift back and forth between Xencelabs and Wacom depending on who you talk too and what deep-down preferences they have. While Wacom may have reigned supreme for a very long time, it's hard to deny that with the launch of the $1,899 Pen Display 24 Studio Series, Xencelabs has officially given Wacom a reason to worry.
Chinese lens manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon Creator 28mm f/5.6 lens, a $299 recreation of the Leica Summaron M 28mm f/5.6 which the company says has a "faithful adherence to the original lens characteristics while maintaining an affordable price for photographers".
Working photographers may seem like they lead an adventurous life, traveling, and capturing images of people and places worldwide. But the truth is, even with all the adventure, most photographers spend most of their time sitting at a desk.
Really Right Stuff is a company that is well-known for producing some of the highest-quality tripod and accessories for creatives, and the recently updated PG-02 MK II Pan-Tilt Tripod Head is no exception.
Just a few months after its initial launch SkinTone Product Suite, Pantone has expanded it with a new guide that includes added shades and compatibility across multiple platforms.
DxO's 3.0 update to PureRAW adds the company's latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology "DeepPRIME XD" which improves noise reduction, RAW enhancements, and gives better control over which corrections are applied through the DxO Optics Modules without reducing the "one-click" functionality.
The Sirui Dragon Series B25R bendable RGB LED light first announced a few months ago is now officially available to order. The $199 500 Lux LED light can be bent inwards or outwards to provide a wrap-around light, giving creatives the flexibility (pun intended) to properly and easily light their subjects in practically any space.
Skylum ClearCut Pro is a camera-to-cloud app that automatically removes backgrounds from photos between when they are captured and when they are delivered through the cloud to an editor through Frame.io.
The Z30 mirrorless camera is Nikon's third APS-C (DX) system that takes advantage of the Z-mount. While clearly marketed at content creators, vloggers, and social media influencers, the compact system has everything a solo-operating content creator needs to get up and running for video and photo.
Wacom's Cintiq Pro 27 might be expensive, but it is one of the most immersive, accurate, and stable display tablets ever.
Godox has announced the KNOWLED lineup of RGBWW Pixel Tube LED lights that will be available in three sizes.
Google is rolling out some of its more recent photo features to older Pixel phones and Google One members, starting with the Magic Eraser tool.
Belgium-based YouTuber and DIY enthusiast Handy Bear has created a simple organizing station that lets photographers easily manage charged and uncharged batteries.
Zhiyun's FiveRay F100 LED light sticks have a solid level of power, are easy to maneuver, are affordable, and can perform a wide variety of lighting tasks. They're great lights, marred mainly by frustrating controls.
DxO has announced an update to the PhotoLab software which brings much more powerful control over color, allowing users to simulate ink and paper combinations when soft proofing.
With the Super Bowl just days away, Google has shared the ad that will air during the big game early and it puts the Pixel 7's powerful photo editing features front and center.
Arrotrack Technology has announced a new fully customizable remote NAS cloud storage system called Storaxa.
There are now tons of pen tablet makers out there and the options have given new users far more power to choose from a wide variety of styles, features, and obviously prices. The new $40 Veikk Voila L gives beginners an impressively competent "bare-bones" pen tablet to learn on for scant little investment.
Excire Foto positions itself as able to help photographers tag, organize, and search their images quickly, including the capability to search through images to the level of discerning if subjects in them are smiling or not. It sounds powerful, but how helpful is it really?
While there are a multitude of lightweight portable strobes, few are powerful enough to compete with the sun or have enough juice to double as a studio strobe. Those are exactly the problems Elinchrom looked to address with its FIVE system.