Germany Officially Recognizes Film Photography as a Cultural Heritage
The German Photo Council has successfully campaigned to have analog considered to be part of UNESCO's cultural heritage program.
Jeremy Gray is an award-winning landscape and nature photographer. Over the last decade, he has written extensively for many of the leading online publications in the photography industry. He has a passion for writing in-depth camera and lens reviews, educational content, and discussing the latest news from the photography world.
The German Photo Council has successfully campaigned to have analog considered to be part of UNESCO's cultural heritage program.
The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles and the surrounding areas earlier this year destroyed many lives and caused upwards of $164 billion in property damage. Artist Jordan Mitchell suffered a horrible loss when the Eaton fires destroyed his family's home, killing his father and brother in the process.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured images of auroral activity on Neptune for the first time.
The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is 2024's top underwater camera for underwater photography. It represents a significant upgrade over the original Canon EOS R5 which has reigned as the world's most popular underwater camera for the last four years.
The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) Flaco escaped from his longtime enclosure in New York City's Central Park Zoo in February 2023, attracting many admirers and enchanting millions. While his life was ultimately cut short a year after his escape, Flaco left a lasting impact on many, including enthusiastic birders and photographers Jacqueline Emery and David Lei, who celebrate Flaco's journey in the form of their book, Finding Flaco: Our Year With New York City's Beloved Owl.
SkyPixel, the world's largest aerial photography and video community, announced the fantastic winners of its 10th annual Photo and Video Contest. Held in partnership with global drone leader DJI, the competition's winners showcase the best in aerial visual storytelling.
A photographer who lost all their Lightroom presets following a catalog corruption built a super helpful tool to recover their precious editing presets, which were built over a decade-plus of careful photo editing.
Award-winning astrophotographer Mihail Minkov recently returned home to Bulgaria following an incredible 20-day journey across South America, where Minkov visited some of the world's most spectacular locations with the darkest skies.
Apple is on a marketing blitz for its hit Apple TV+ show, Severance, which aired its highly …
Last week, Sony teased a new full-frame E-mount cinema camera that promised to "Go small, shoot big." That product has been fully unveiled, and it is extremely niche: the $25,000 Sony Venice 2 Extension System Mini that requires an even more expensive Sony Venice 2 8K or 6K camera.
The Canon PowerShot V1 unveiled at CP+ last month has been fully announced for Canon's global audience, including creators in the United States. While there are no new features or specs to discuss, customers now know when they can get their hands on the PowerShot V1 and for how much.
The new Canon RF 20mm f/1.4 L VCM is Canon's first-ever 20mm f/1.4 prime lens and only the second 20mm f/1.4 lens available for full-frame mirrorless cameras, joining the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG DN Art lens. The new RF 20mm f/1.4 L VCM joins Canon's three other VCM lenses, each designed with hybrid creators in mind.
Alongside the Canon EOS R50 V camera designed primarily for video applications, Canon debuted a new wide-angle power zoom lens that promises to pair well with the newest EOS R body. The Canon RF-S 14-30mm f/4-6.3 IS STM PZ lens delivers a 22-48mm equivalent focal length range, which Canon says is ideal for cinematic video, live streaming, and vlogging.
The Canon EOS R50 V is designed from the ground up to deliver a very lightweight version of the Canon EOS Cinema experience to an entry-level video audience.
Scientists used precisely controlled soundwaves to suspend insect specimens, capturing detailed photographs from multiple angles without damaging the specimens.
Video Assist is an iPad app that turns Apple's popular tablet into a professional-oriented HDMI and SDI video monitor. Version 2.0 of Video Assist is now available, adding many significant features to the app.
Not long after announcing it would continue its imaging partnership with Leica, Insta360 debuted a new bundle for the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 action camera that features Leica technology. The Insta360 Ace Pro 2 Xplorer Bundle aims to "transform the 8K AI-powered action camera into the ultimate tool for street photography and urban travel."
Photographer Hugh Brownstone and his design partner and friend Ed Palisoc are back with another carefully designed camera grip. This time, the design duo is looking at Sigma's latest creation, the "beautifully foolish" Sigma BF.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's latest image combines the work of two different instruments that captured photos of a sparkling spiral galaxy and a prominent star more than 20 years apart.
NYU Langone's ambitious plans to build a $3 billion state-of-the-art medical center on Long Island have pivoted. The university is reportedly considering purchasing Canon's Melville, New York headquarters instead.
Apple is reportedly considering adding cameras and associated Visual Intelligence features to upcoming Apple Watch models.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an ever-increased role in television and movie streaming. Thanks to AMC and AI company Flawless, AI is coming to theaters, too. Swedish science fiction movie Watch the Skies arrives in American theaters in May, with AI-powered editing that promises to match the actors’ mouths with the English dub.
GoPro’s new Anamorphic Lens Mod for its Hero13 Black action camera is now shipping. The Anamorphic Lens Mod promises better performance for creators looking to give their footage a more cinematic look and feel.
Since Sony launched its first full-frame Alpha mirrorless cameras, the original Sony a7 and a7R, in 2013, the mirrorless camera space has changed dramatically. Competition has increased from none to a lot, with Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and others entering the fray in 2018 and 2019. While Sony enjoyed the benefits of being the first across the line, it says it is now embracing today's competitive landscape.
Tamron has been making lenses since 1950 and experienced many significant shifts in the photography landscape. While the move from film to digital was perhaps the greatest transition of all, the adoption of mirrorless camera technology has also impacted Tamron's business.
Photographer Reuben Wu created a new project, Thin Places, using the brand-new Fujifilm GFX100RF. With the new 102-megapixel fixed-lens medium-format camera, Wu captured breathtaking, ethereal photos of landscapes at night, precisely lit by drone-mounted lights and lasers.
Photojournalist Carlos Gonzalez covered the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training in Florida with two vastly different camera setups. One, his traditional professional photo gear, and the other, his daughter's Fujifilm Instax SQ6.
B&H reportedly purchased Brookfield's 10-story 333 West 34th Street building for $150 million. The 287,000-square-foot property is just around the corner from the photo retailer's iconic retail store at 420 Ninth Avenue.
Canon is developing 3D photo technology that combines Canon's Dual Pixel CMOS image sensors with bespoke software to make 3D data creation more accessible and much more straightforward.
Sirui is the ninth company to join the L-Mount Alliance and will release a wide range of photo and video-oriented lenses for L-Mount cameras.
It's turning out to be a surprisingly busy March for new camera announcements. In addition to Sony teasing a new full-frame cinema camera and Fujifilm debuting the GFX100RF, Canon is teasing a pair of new cameras, too.
French photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern's latest video discusses the wonderful world of close-up lens filters. Unlike some of Stern's stranger topics, like working with the world's blackest material and capturing travel photos with an infrared digital camera, close-up filters are something nearly every photographer might want to add to their kit.
A unanimous federal appeals court ruled that pictures generated solely by machines do not qualify for copyright protection.
The first survey data from the 600-megapixel Euclid space telescope is available now. The European Space Agency (ESA)'s data release features classified, detailed images of 380,000 galaxies and provide a look at the large-scale organization of the Universe's cosmic web. Euclid observed 26 million galaxies in total in just one week.
Sony released a short and mysterious new video on its YouTube channel today, teasing the unveiling of a new camera on March 26 at 10 AM EDT (7 AM PDT).
Fujifilm North America partnered with clinical psychologist Dr. Lauren Cook on Frame of Mind, a new survey investigating the positive impact photography can have on mental health and emotional well-being.
Google announced its latest affordable A-series smartphone, the Google Pixel 9a. The new phone promises many of the same features as Google's standard 9-series smartphones and an upgraded main camera.
Viltrox's excellent LAB 135mm f/1.8 portrait prime lens for full-frame Sony mirrorless cameras is coming to Nikon Z mount.
The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025 are here, showcasing the best in British wildlife, nature, and landscape photography of the past year.
Nvidia announced a new series of professional-grade GPUs and AI-powered tools for PCs and workstations. The RTX Pro Blackwell series GPUs are designed for demanding professional designers, creatives, and developers.
Think Tank's new Walker Pro backpack series is designed to enable photographers to easily and comfortably carry a lot of camera equipment. The Walker Pro backpacks feature a newly designed harness that Think Tank says will fit most body types.
Kolari Vision, best known for its infrared and ultraviolet camera conversions and filters, announced that its popular magnetic clip-in filters are now available for Blackmagic's full-frame cinema cameras, including the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K and Blackmagic Pyxis 6K.
Venus Optics announced four new wide-angle Laowa cinema lenses designed for VistaVision cameras.
Cyme released Peakto 2.3 today, adding significant new features to its AI-powered photo and video management platform. With Peakto 2.3, photographers can access all their media from anywhere, even when those files are stored locally on a computer hard drive.
Professional landscape and travel photographer Dan Zafra, known for his website Capture the Atlas, traveled from his home in Nevada to the wilds of Alaska last week to capture the total lunar eclipse against a beautiful backdrop of the Northern lights.
SmallRig released a new cooling fan for Canon EOS R5-series mirrorless cameras. The $60 cooling fan snaps onto the back of the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R5 II, delivering cool air to the back of the camera to improve video recording duration.
Magnum Photos is working closely with Fujifilm and MPP (Heritage and Photography Library of Paris / Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie) to digitize Magnum's massive color library archive in Paris. The collection contains approximately 650,000 color slides that have remained mostly untouched and unseen for over 20 years.
Famous YouTube creator and former NASA engineer Mark Rober, who provides his 65 million subscribers with scientific entertainment videos, put Tesla's vision-based safety features up against a LiDAR system, and the results, although arguably flawed, highlight the limitations of vision-based autonomous vehicle systems.
Last November, Austrian auction house OstLicht held the historic first camera auction in China. The auction appeared to be a smashing success, with the headline item, a one-of-a-kind Leica IIIg built for the German Army, selling for nearly $4 million.
Hungarian photographer Benedek Lampert is well known for his fantastic images that bring Lego to life. Lampert's latest project brings the high-octane world of Formula 1 to life using Lego's new F1 sets, brilliant backdrops, practical effects, and, of course, incredible photo skills.