CIPA published its annual data for digital camera and interchangeable lens shipments this month, and for the first time since 2017, digital camera shipments increased annually year-over-year.
A photographer was removed from a courtroom and had his camera confiscated for allegedly broadcasting the jury on a live feed during the highly-publicized trial for Megan Boswell.
DJI announced the Osmo Mobile 7 and Osmo Mobile 7P, a phone gimbal with the company's seventh-generation three-axis stabilization system as well as intelligent tracking via ActiveTrack 7.0.
A 71-year-old Canadian tourist is facing several charges after allegedly using a drone to photograph classified U.S. defense installations.
Annie Leibovitz has shot the promotional images for Season 5 of The Chosen -- a free TV show depicting the life of Jesus.
Donald Trump is the only president in the history of the United States to have a mug shot taken and he has proudly hung it on a wall next to the Oval Office.
San Francisco's medical examiner has ruled that OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji died by suicide, amid speculation fueled by his own family that he was murdered. An autopsy report has backed up initial police findings which found "no evidence of foul play" while revealing several other disturbing details.
Insta360's Flow 2 Pro, announced in January, enables the best tracking with an iPhone gimbal that PetaPixel has tested, but it was limited to iPhones only. That changes today with the optional AI Tracker add-on.
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) issued a statement condemning the White House for the indefinite ban it issued to Associated Press (AP) journalists last week.
In today’s world of photography, camera models come at us thick and fast. Some brands seem to update cameras yearly; for others, it’s two or three years between new models. However, there are always the odd ones out, and this is definitely the category in which Ricoh and its formidable GR III series fall. Despite being a runaway success for the brand, even the most loyal users now wonder when a successor will appear.
PetaPixel's Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake aren't the norm: one of them presents while the other one operates the camera. Modern content creators typically work alone, and that includes me. That means the same number of tasks that are enough of a burden for two full-time jobs is somehow supposed to be crammed into one person.
The Associated Press (AP), one of the most trusted organizations for written and photo journalism, has been indefinitely banned from the White House and Air Force One because it hasn't changed its stylebook entry for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Camera traps set up in China to help monitor and protect Siberian tigers, an endangered species, captured a startling discovery: Siberian tigers hunting and eating bears.
NASA hosted its first-ever Twitch livestream from the International Space Station (ISS) this week. Astronaut Don Pettit, who is on the ISS now, chatted with fellow astronaut Matthew Dominick, who returned to Earth last October.
Cosina announced the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical lens for VM mount, a new lightweight and compact prime lens designed for Leica M mount-equipped rangefinder cameras.
Western Digital (WD) and SanDisk are slated to separate into two independent companies shortly. The plan was announced as far back as 2023 but has been delayed, stretching out the process until 2025.
Hollyland unveiled its latest solution for multi-camera broadcasting and EFP, the Cosmo C2.
When it comes to autonomous, compact drones, ZeroZero Robotics’ HoverAir X1 ProMax is a clear winner over the DJI Neo. We can pour over all the specs, put each drone’s real-world performance head-to-head, and dissect the footage frame-by-frame. The X1 ProMax will win every single time.
A viral video shows a father-son excursion gone wrong as a humpback whale briefly swallowed the son while kayaking off the coast of Chile.
Helium Design Lab is back with another camera handgrip, this time for the Leica M11. It looks every bit as good as the He3 for Leica Q3, the best camera grip PetaPixel has seen.
35 years ago, the historic NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft captured a Valentine's Day photo, "Pale Blue Dot," that continues to amaze and enchant viewers decades later.
Fujifilm announced a "worldwide collaboration" of its Instax series of instant cameras and smartphone printers and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV Online, which adds an Instax camera emote into the game.
Sony published its third-quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2024, showing overall growth in sales, revenue, and profit compared to the same period in 2023. However, operating income dropped in Sony's Entertainment, Technology and Services (ET&S) and Imaging and Sensing Solutions (I&SS) segments, both of which concern the company's photographic endeavors.
Harman announced Red 125, a new professionally finished redscale 35mm film that follows the company's long-term "color journey" it started when it launched Phoenix 200 in late 2023.
Kenko Tokina announced that it is bringing its atx-m 11-18mm f/2.8 lens to Fujifilm X-mount APS-C cameras. It remains the first "super-wide-angle zoom" in the company's line designed exclusively for mirrorless cameras.
Photographer James Warner recently created a clever $10 do-it-yourself waist-level viewfinder that works with any camera. Now the builder, who goes by Snappiness on YouTube, is back with another fantastic project, this time turning a digital camera made for kids into a twin-lens reflex-style creation.
Queer Costa Rican photographer MatÃas Sauter Morera breaks through barriers as the first artist to sell an AI-generated photograph to the Getty Museum.
When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX last weekend, the majority of credentials photographers used Canon equipment, according to the camera maker.
Photographer James Roh prefers to get as close as possible to his subjects. But when The Washington Post assigned Roh to photograph Utah’s vast public lands, he needed plenty of distance, relying on a drone and a small plane to capture broad landscapes.
Nick Ut, the subject of a new documentary that claims he didn't take the iconic "Napalm Girl" photo which is arguably the most famous image of the Vietnam war and for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, has broken his silence on the controversy.
Director of Photography Ed Andrews has carefully developed an impressive set of overlay flare effects that capture the trademark charm of vintage Olympus Zuiko lenses.
Lately, Wacom has focused primarily on pen display tablets, like last year's Movink 13. The company's bread-and-butter Intuos series has languished, but no longer. Wacom announced the brand new Intuos Pro series, promising the company's most accurate pen performance to date.
Last month, Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 series of devices. During the keynote presentation in San Jose, it revealed that it was bolstering its AI disclosure over the S24 series by integrating C2PA content authenticity. It did, but only on AI images and that feels incomplete and backward.
Zeiss' dedicated photography Instagram account, @zeisscameralenses, published an exciting new teaser, suggesting the company is getting back into dedicated camera lenses after a lengthy hiatus.
To celebrate its 70th birthday, Vienna Airport in Austria invited eight photographers to capture its comings and goings starting at 3 A.M. running through until the early hours of the following day.
If you had told me only a few years ago that Nikon would release a video-focused power zoom lens, I’d have called you all kinds of names. But since the release of the Z9, it has become abundantly clear that Nikon intends to capture the hearts of videographers and cinematographers, a strategy which has become even more clear since it acquired RED about a year ago. Now we have the first Z-Mount video-first product from Nikon, the Nikkor Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ.
Nikon announced full details including pricing and availability for the Nikkor Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ it announced last October. It will be arriving in April (just in time for the NAB show in Las Vegas) and will retail for $2,599.95.
RED announced that both its V-Raptor [X] and Komodo-X cameras will now be available with Nikon's Z-mount, granting filmmakers access to Nikon's library of lenses and unlocking new camera features that aren't available on other mount options.
Today at Adobe MAX Japan, the software giant announced updates to Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, bringing new features and improvements across the entire Lightroom ecosystem, from desktop to mobile.
The Planck SSD is the world's smallest SSD with a smartphone-first design. First previewed at CES in January, the Planck SSD is now on Kickstarter. It offers up to 2TB in capacity, speeds up to 10Gbps, and promises uninterrupted Apple ProRes 4K recording at up to 120p frame rates on the latest iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max.
Seagate's new Ultra Compact SSD is a USB-C thumb drive designed to handle large files on the go. For photographers and videographers, it may provide a convenient backup option or even a means of delivering files to remote clients.
Scarlett Johansson has urged the U.S. government to pass a law limiting the use of AI after a video featuring her deepfake went viral.
While Adobe's Firefly text-to-video generator leaves a lot to be desired, a secondary application of the technology is currently in the beta version of Premiere Pro. Called Generative Extend, it allows video editors to extend a clip by up to two seconds and does a surprisingly good job at it.
Adobe today launched its competitor to OpenAI's Sora, a text-to-video AI generator that Adobe is positioning as a possible alternative to licensing stock footage. It costs at least $10 per month with the "best value" option at $30 per month, but it's nowhere near good enough to warrant either price.
When the International Camera and Photo Imaging Show (CP+) kicks off in Yokohama at the end of February, Tamron will throw down the gauntlet for the most engaging booth design. Tamron announced a team-up with Godzilla, the famous Japanese monster, for its CP+ booth design.
A fashion ad has been banned because the camera angle and the model's pose in the photo made her look too thin.
A company has secured the first-ever copyright protection for an artwork entirely generated by AI from the U.S. Copyright Office.
Ozzy Osbourne is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit after the rock star posted multiple images of himself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission.
The Adobe Firefly Video Model is now available in public beta. Firefly is the only IP-friendly and commercially safe generative AI model available right now.
A photography team has put together a mesmerizing flow motion timelapse of London, deploying novel techniques to tell the story of the U.K. capital.