3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera is Almost Complete
Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are nearly done with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world's largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.
Jaron Schneider is an award-winning commercial filmmaker, an internationally published consumer technology journalist, and long-time digital imaging expert across the fields of both video production and traditional photography. He is also the host of the PetaPixel Podcast.
The former A/V Editor of Digital Trends, Features Editor of Imaging Resource, and Editor in Chief of Resource Magazine, Schneider's production work – which includes clients such as Verizon, Redwood Credit Union, Grammy-Award-winning band Train, Food Network's Guy Fieri, UC San Diego Scripps Institute, the San Francisco WETA ferry system, and luxury Swiss watchmakers Cartier and Maurice Lacroix – has been featured across multiple networks, including CNN, ABC Network News, Gizmodo, Huffington Post, Business Insider, The Daily Mail, Telegraph UK, and Jalopnik.
Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are nearly done with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world's largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.
On behalf of President Joe Biden, the White House has released five principles that it believes should guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems to protect the American public in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
Zenfolio has announced what it calls Smart Pricing, an "advanced data-driven technology" that uses pooled historical transactions to help photographers competitively price their prints and photo products.
Xiaomi has announced the 12T series of smartphones and the flagship 12T Pro is equipped with a 200-megapixel sensor to create massive photos and 8K videos.
Landscape photographer Christian Möhrle recently spent a week in the northern reaches of Italy to create a gorgeous timelapse film of the Dolomites that showcases its varied landscape and stunning beauty.
Other World Computing (OWC) has announced Copy That for Mac, what it describes as an intuitive, easy to use backup tool for content creators to speed up their camera, memory card, and storage device offloads to multiple destinations with 100% exact matching data verification.
WaterField Designs, a San Francisco-based bag company, is typically known for designing business bags and tech pouches but has recently expanded into camera support with the new Cargo Camera Bag.
The Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) have announced the winners of its 2022 competition that features a mix of some newcomers as well as some of the most iconic photos taken in the last year.
It doesn't look good for Meta as the company is trading at its lowest stock value since 2019, advertisers are dropping spending, and users are leaving its platforms.
DJI has opened its striking new Shenzhen, China headquarters which it describes as a creative "community in the sky."
NFTs have been in steady decline for months, and new data shows just how bad it has gotten: digital collectibles have basically lost all of their luster and trading volume has collapsed by 97% since the beginning of 2022.
Kioxia says that it has "working prototypes" of a two-terabyte microSD card, the highest possible capacity for the format as outlined by the SD Association.
NASA and SpaceX have agreed to investigate if it would be possible to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher, more stable orbit with a Dragon spacecraft in order to extend its lifespan.
Twitter is expanding video support on its platform including a new "immersive" media viewer that looks a lot like Instagram Reels, which of course is just a copy of TikTok.
ACDSee's Photo Studio Ultimate 2023 update is focused on artificial intelligence (AI) features, like a new Face Edit and subject removal, which brings it more in line with competitor products from Adobe and Skylum.
Lost in the shuffle of yesterday's FX30 camera announcement was the coming availability of a 640GB capacity CFexpress Type A card, the largest capacity from any manufacturer yet.
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope both managed to capture detailed images of the impact of the planetary defense Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). It is the first time that Webb and Hubble have simultaneously observed the same celestial target.
Tamron has announced the 20-40mm f/2.8 Di III VXD (Model A062) for full-frame Sony E-Mount. The company says that it was created in "aggressive pursuit" of portability, and is the smallest and lightest lens in its class.
Adobe has announced the 2023 updates to both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements with a focus on making the apps -- which have historically been designed to be dead simple -- even faster to use and easier to understand.
Skylum is going mobile with the launch of imgmi, an artificial intelligence-powered mobile editing app that is designed to make it easier to publish better-looking photos on social media.
NASA's planetary defense Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) concluded earlier this week and the first photos taken by a small “mini photographer” spacecraft called the LICIACube have been published.
Photographer Brennan Gilmore took advantage of Jupiter's closest position to Earth in the last 59 years and captured a photo of the gas giant along with its four Galilean moons over the roof of a barn.
In just the last week, I’ve seen multiple instances of camera technology that truly boggle my mind. At the same time, I know how easy it is to just scroll past them.
Sony has announced the FX30, a compact cinema camera that shares the same body design as the FX3 but switches from full-frame to a brand-new 26-megapixel APS-C backside illuminated sensor that shoots Super35 4K video.
Wacom has announced the Cintiq Pro 27, a new pen display that features an updated thin-bezel design around a true 10-bit 4K reference monitor-quality display, a customizable pen, and a more compact overall footprint than its previous models.
NiSi has announced its second-ever lens, a 9mm f/2.8 for multiple APS-C camera mounts. The company positions the lens as ideal for architecture and astrophotography thanks to its wide angle and the promise of low distortion and consistent sharpness.
Thanks to new legislation, the San Francisco Police Department can now, without a warrant, gain access to live video feeds from privately owned security cameras in the city under certain circumstances.
A new artificial intelligence-powered web-based tool called Palette is able to take any black and white photo and colorize it. The creator is so confident in the results that he is billing it "the DALL-E of color."
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a mid-infrared image of the spiral galaxy IC 5332, which shows an entirely different view compared to what Hubble is able to see of the same region.
It appears that Sigma has discontinued 18 of its older DSLR lenses, joining Tamron, Nikon, and Canon in shifting focus to mirrorless cameras.
Skylum has announced that the next paid Extension for Luminar Neo is called Focus Stacking, a tool for combining photos taken at different focal lengths.
Fujifilm has announced that it is updating its pricing for consumable photographic products, namely some of its Crystal Archive color paper, photo chemicals, and more.
The reFocus Awards has announced the winners of its One Shot Photo Awards, the first competition from this newly-formed organization.
This past May, Nathan Paulin set a world record for the longest highline: a 2,200 meter long (nearly 1.4 miles) walk over 100 meters (about 328 feet) in the air at Mont-Saint Michel, a UNESCO world heritage site in France.
A 1957 Leica MP black paint edition, the same year and model as the one that sold for $1.34 million about a year ago, is coming to auction next month.
Funko will launch a Polaroid-themed Pop! figurine at this year's New York Comic Con, which takes place in October. The collectible figure will feature a design based on the Polaroid Land Camera 1000 from the 1970s.
Meike has announced a new Canon EF to Nikon Z autofocus mount adapter. The adapter promises full electronic control of Canon's DSLR lenses through a range of Nikon mirrorless cameras.
Capture One has added the ability to tether to a camera to its iPad app, bringing one of the most requested features to the mobile platform.
Venus Optics has announced the new Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO, a lens designed specifically for mirrorless full-frame cameras and available for Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, and Leica L mounts.
DJI has announced the sixth iteration of its smartphone gimbal series, the Osmo Mobile 6. The company tries to make it stand out from a crowded market by promising an enhanced experience through a combination of hardware, software, and editing features.
The Comedy Pet Photo Awards has announced the winners of the 2022 competition with top honors going to Kenichi Morinaga with his photo of two cats sitting on a fence that makes them appear as if they are headlessly conjoined.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a photo of Neptune that displays the clearest view of the planet's rings in more than 30 years.
Last spring, Ricoh launched a crowdfunding campaign in Japan for a Jet Black special edition K-3 Mark III. While originally only available in Japan, "limited quantities" of the camera can now be purchased in the United States.
Photography competitions garner hundreds of thousands of entries per year and give away about as much money to a small subset of winners. But when those competitions are judged by well-known photographers —which is expected of any prestigious competition — this industry is small enough that it is mathematically impossible to avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest arising.
NASA has paused the use of one of the modes on the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) due to what it describes as "increased friction" that occurs during its setup phase ahead of new observations.
Tamron has announced that it is bringing the 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD to Fujifilm X-mount. The lens was originally made for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras in April of 2021.
Leica has announced a new camera collaboration with Grammy Award-winning British singer-songwriter Seal. Called the Q2 "Dawn" edition, it is covered in what the company describes as "exquisite Japanese-woven fabric."
Panasonic is set to release a firmware update for the GH6 camera that will allow it to directly record and play back photos and videos using an external SSD connected via USB.
Nikon's most recent lens roadmap reveals it is working on a new power zoom optic as well as hints at a budget "holy trinity" f/2.8 zoom series.
Halide has announced an update to its app that adds support for 48-megapixel ProRAW and HEIC capture on the iPhone 14 Pro, iOS16 lock screen widgets, and the ability to manually focus Depth Capture photos.