Sony has confirmed that the successor to the Sony a7S II -- presumably named the a7S III -- will be arriving "later this summer" with a complete revamp of the whole line, including the sensor. Now a new report says the camera will boast the world's best electronic viewfinder (EVF) and a new cooling system.
With a supply crunch in medical-grade facemasks, the general public has been turning to homemade masks in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Now researchers are using lasers to reveal how effective different kinds of DIY masks are at blocking tiny droplets from coughs and sneezes.
Photographer Drew Gardner has been recreating portraits of some of history's most famous figures by finding and photographing their direct descendants. One of his latest recreations features Thomas Jefferson's sixth great-grandson.
On Saturday, a gunman fired at anti-police brutality protesters in Louisville's Jefferson Square Park, killing one person. That individual has now been identified as Tyler Gerth, a 27-year-old photographer who had been working to document the movement.
If you're a Photoshop user who's considering switching to the free and open-source image-editing program GIMP, PhotoGIMP is a patch designed to smooth out the transition for you.
It's no secret that Reddit makes huge amounts of ad revenue off content that's often posted without the copyright owners' permission. But did you know the company is also asking photographers to use their photos for commercial purposes without any payment... or even credit?
Fujifilm has unveiled the new FUJINON GF 30mm f/3.5 R WR, a lightweight, high-resolution, wide-angle lens for GFX medium-format cameras with a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 24mm.
Venus Optics has unveiled the new Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL, the world's widest rectilinear (i.e. straight features in the scene have straight lines instead of curved) lens for full-frame cameras.
If you ever receive a direct message on Instagram informing you that copyright infringement has been detected in your photos, beware: it may actually be a cleverly-disguised phishing scam.
Did you know that your body is bioluminescent? That's right -- the human body actually emits visible light and can be photographed by an ultra-sensitive camera in complete darkness.
Canon has announced that it has created the world's first single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) image sensor that's capable of capturing 1-megapixel photos.
If you shoot a lot of photos on an iPhone, you may be happy to know that captions are finally coming to your phone in iOS 14.
When the Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house in Barcelona reopened on June 22nd after the months of coronavirus lockdowns, its first concert was rather unusual. Instead of humans filling the seats, the live performance was attended by 2,292 plants.
Well-known French astrophotographer and amateur astronomer Thierry Legault released this 50-second video showing an ISS solar transit he just captured. It's notable for being the first time the ISS's Canadarm2 robotic arm has been photographed during a transit.
HOYA has announced a new pair of filters called PROND GRAD. The PROND16 GRAD and PROND32 GRAD are circular graduated ND filters designed to help landscape photographers balance the luminosity of bright and dark areas.
Reuben Pillay is a drone enthusiast living on Mauritius, the island nation 1,200 miles southeast off the African continent. He has spent over a year and a half working single-handedly on a project called ReubsVision -- it's essentially like an aerial Google Street View of the island's entire coastline (and more).
Panasonic has announced the LUMIX G100, a new compact mirrorless camera that's designed for vlogging and creative video content.
After a year of rumors, denials, and backtracking, it's finally official: Olympus is exiting the camera business after an 84-year run as one of the world's most recognizable brands in the industry.
This is a solargraph captured from Antarctica. The lines you see show the paths the Sun took across the sky during the six months this photo was being exposed.
If you're planning to travel to a country where you don't speak the language, there's a line of clothing that's designed to make your trip easier. It features a grid of icons that you can point to when asking locals for help.
Photographer and YouTuber Arthur R recently received several comments from viewers about how he didn't use a body cap to protect his camera sensor from dust. In response, he decided to do some tests to find out how durable and scratch-proof sensors actually are.
Face Depixelizer is an amazing new AI-powered app that can take an ultra-low-res pixelated photo of a face and turn it into a realistic portrait photo.
Snapchat has apologized after releasing and then pulling a Juneteenth camera filter that prompted users to "smile" to break the chains of slavery.
ShiftCam has unveiled the ProGrip, a new ergonomic battery grip that's designed to take your smartphone photography to a new level.
If you enjoyed photographing Pokémon years ago in the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, here's some news you may love: a new Pokémon Snap is coming to the Nintendo Switch.
Want to own a piece of music photography history? A rare opportunity has popped up. Photographer Greg Watermann is currently selling the entire photo shoot he did with Nirvana for their first major magazine cover, and the auction includes copyright and all.
If you enjoy novel ways of browsing through huge collections of photos, check out Kiano. It's a new app for Mac and iOS that lets you visually navigate through all the photos in your photos library.
The photo-centric social media app Instagram looks set to overtake Twitter as a news source, according to a new report on digital news.
The new Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 II manual focus lens was launched today after months of delays, officially bringing the storied Meyer Optik Görlitz brand back from the grave after being acquired from its bankrupt former owner (net SE) by the German company OPC Optics.
What if the gangsters in crime movies battled it out with cameras instead of guns? That's the premise of this new 5.5-minute parody short film titled "Camera Wars."
Fox News is being slammed for breaching journalism ethics after it published Photoshopped news photos of protests in Seattle. The outlet has pulled the misleading photos and apologized.
PBS NewsHour aired this 7-minute Race Matters segment on the camera's role over the past decades in not only documenting social movements but also shaping and shifting public perception. (Warning: This video contains violent and disturbing images.)
While digital photography and post-processing have done away with the need for certain types of lens filters, there are still a number of filters that can't be replaced by Photoshop. Here's a 8.5-minute video by DPReview on which filters you should still consider keeping in your camera bag.
Back in 2015, a stealthy startup company called Light made a splash in the photo industry by announcing a point-and-shoot camera called the L16 that featured a whopping 16 separate cameras across its face. Fast forward half a decade, and now Light is no longer working to revolutionize photography at all.
Erin Sullivan is a travel photographer who spends much of her time shooting in the great outdoors. But when COVID-19 quarantines forced her to stay at home, Sullivan decided to flex her creative muscles with a new project titled Our Great Indoors.
Scottish photographer Alan McFadyen recently spent a great deal of effort digging a pool in a forest. He then used the water's surface to capture perfectly symmetrical reflection photos of wildlife.
PimEyes is a Polish search engine that's raising some eyebrows over its privacy implications. Powered by facial recognition technology, the service takes any portrait of a person and finds other photos of that person on the Web.
Leica has announced the new Ettas shoulder bag, designed for deep-pocketed photographers who want to carry a minimal one-camera kit when out and about.
Tamron has announced the new Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD lens, the world's first all-in-one zoom lens that offers f/2.8 at the wide end.
HIPA has announced this year's winners of its prestigious international photography contest. This year's theme was "Water," and Australian photographer Jasmine Carey won the $120,000 grand prize with an ethereal photo of a mother humpback whale sleeping next to her two-week-old baby.
Symptom is a collection of photos by Argentinian photographer Magali Agnello that inadvertently chronicled her experience and feelings with bipolar disorder.
Artist Adam Hillman describes himself as an "Object Arranger." He shoots photos of objects carefully arranged into creative displays of shapes and colors, and one of his recurring subjects is food.
Umurangi Generation is a newly released computer game that bills itself as "a first-person photography game in the sh**ty future." If you enjoy photography and grew up enjoying Pokémon Snap, then this game is right up your alley.
Cubes is a new photo series by Hamburg, Germany-based photographer Seb Agnew that consists of 9 conceptual portraits. Here's the twist, though: all of the locations seen in the photos are actually miniature sets.
PhotoStatistica is a new Mac app that examines EXIF data from large sets of photos and turns it into interesting statistics and visualizations that reveal how you go about shooting photos.
As coronavirus lockdowns around the world ground economies to a halt, food banks in various countries have seen a huge surge in demand. UK-based photographer Charlie Clift started volunteering at his local food bank and then decided to document the situation with his camera.
When you think online photography education, underwater photography probably isn't the first niche that pops into your mind. But that's what the newly launched Bluewater University is focused on -- it offers live virtual instruction for all things underwater.
Portrait photos from over a century ago rarely show subjects smiling, but this 19th century photo is an exception, and it's been going viral online for that reason.
Elsa Dorfman, the portrait photographer best known for using one of the few giant Polaroid 20×24-inch cameras in existence, has died. She was 83.
Just starting out with doing photography with a DSLR (or mirrorless) camera? Here's a free PDF you can download that will take you through some of the basics of understanding and using the camera so you can hit the ground running.