Shane Jones, a Microsoft Engineer who worked for the company for six years, has written a letter to the FTC to warn that the CoPilot AI ignores copyrights and is capable of creating violent, sexual images that "sickened" him.
One of the single most worthwhile investments you can make as a photographer is paying for a bespoke website. Whether you’re a commercial assignment photographer looking to showcase your best work, a batch shooter wanting to create a home for your purchase galleries, or anything in between, an online presence outside of social media is a crucial component of any creative’s toolkit.
The internet is getting excited for the GlamBOT camera at the 96th Academy Awards this weekend -- with the photographer behind the slow-motion videos becoming a star in his own right.
A woman fell to her death off a waterfall as she tried to retrieve her camera tripod after it dropped over a ledge.
The weapons handler who loaded Alec Baldwin's gun on the set of Rust before it fired and killed a cinematographer, has been found guilty for her death.
The Leica SL3 is the latest entry in the high-megapixel camera arena and the first for L-mount in some time. I was excited to get it in my hands, even if it was still in the pre-production phase.
Leica announced the SL3 full-frame mirrorless camera which puts the focus on image quality, durability, and versatility, centered on a sensor that now sports a 60 megapixel resolution and phase detection autofocus.
Polaroid has teamed with the estate of famed American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and global licensing agency Artestar for a new Polaroid x Basquiat collaboration. Citing a "shared creative spirit," Polaroid has unveiled Basquiat-themed gear, including a camera, film, and strap.
PNY unveiled the RP60, a portable SSD designed with the needs of traveling professionals in mind. Its rugged format and USB Type-C connection make it a convenient storage option for photographers and videographers on the move.
In a surprise announcement, Nikon has acquired U.S.-based cinema camera company RED which will become of a subsidiary of the Japanese photography giant.
The new X100VI has far exceeded Fujifilm's predictions, and it expects backorders to persist for at least a "few months" as the company has confirmed its production capacity is capped at 15,000 units per month.
American company Turing has announced the world's first digiscoping iPhone adapter with MagSafe, enabling users to line up their iPhone camera, including the main or telephoto cameras, with a telescope or spotting scope. It's an accessible and affordable way to experience astrophotography at home.
Chinese lens manufacturer Vazen has shut down less than five years after optical engineer Weizhen Liu founded it.
Osamu Tezuka's classic manga Midnight -- which ran for a short period between 1986 and 1987 -- has been adapted into live-action. Directed by Takashi Miike, the whole film was shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
The late American fashion photographer David Seidner (1957-1999) was influential in his life, but his work has, sadly, gone underappreciated in the decades since his passing. The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City aims to change that through an ongoing exhibition of Seidner's work called "Fragments."
BenQ's new PD3225U "design monitor" features Thunderbolt 3, 98% coverage of the P3 color space, and Pantone validation through LG's IPS Black panel technology.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris and Jordan share their favorite movies from the last year that they think will have a positive impact on your photography and filmmaking.
Canon is well aware of the requests to see third-party lenses that are equipped with autofocus, like those made by Sigma or Tamron, on its mirrorless RF mount, and while nothing is set in stone yet, the company is in active discussions to make it a reality.
Brava Fabrics collaborated with Kodak to bring a line of analog and retro-inspired clothes that range from socks and hats to t-shirts, sweaters, and button ups.
Lomography announced a new pocketable analog camera that takes 110 film called the Lomomatic 110.
Jess Hess of Wurmwood Photography in Dayton, Ohio experienced a photographer's worst nightmare: someone broke into her studio (and home) -- dubbed Castle Morningstar -- and destroyed everything she owned, including her photography equipment. Scarier still, the culprit initially showed up at Hess' home/studio in the early morning hours of February 29 in the hopes of killing her.
Japanese photography store Champ Camera has rustled up quite a social media following because of the shop's remarkable collection of rare and unusual films.
A film fan has warned people that surveillance cameras in movie theaters are watching them in their seat.
It's getting harder and harder to distinguish between an AI image and a genuine photo. But there are still giveaways and one of them is that AI image generators struggle to produce coherent text.
A man in Austin, Texas bought a bureau only to discover a set of historic World War One photos hidden in it taken 5,000 miles away in the United Kingdom.
Facebook and Instagram ran ads that featured a blurred deepfake nude image of an underage Jenna Ortega to promote an AI app.
A Florida sheriff issued an apology after a photograph of a dead body was posted to his Instagram account.
Denis McDonough, the U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary, has overruled supposed plans to ban Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photo V-J Day in Times Square from all department health care facilities.
NYA-EVO's latest gives adventure photographers a new backpack option that combines function and flexibility while maintaining the weather resistance that the brand has become known for.
This article will review two prototype lenses from Light Lens Lab: the “1966” 50mm f/1.2 lens and the SPII 50mm f/2 multi-coated rigid design lens. Light Lens Lab based in China has an interesting business model. Instead of designing new highly corrected camera lenses, they re-create special lenses from past decades.
Footage has surfaced of an angry priest yelling at a wedding photographer -- as a petition, calling on clergymen to stop their "rude" and "aggressive" behavior toward snappers, was signed more than 900 times in the U.K.
DxO has announced the 4.0 Update to PureRAW which adds a new and improved generation of its Denoising AI, improved workflows, and sets a new industry standard for RAW image quality enhancements.
Photographers may want to prepare for California's superbloom season -- as it is expected to be “impressive” for a second year in a row.
The BBC has embraced the Content Credentials system and will begin slapping X's Community Notes-style explainers beneath imagery to show their authenticity.
It's a shame the Vivo X100 Pro won't find itself in the hands of many mobile photographers in North America because it raises eyebrows for all the right reasons.
Long before film rolls and megapixels, photographs were made using metal plates covered in photosensitive chemicals. One of the most iconic and influential of these early photo technologies are tintypes.
Skylum is bringing Luminar to the Apple iPad through its first official app that also works in Vision Pro.
Meta properties, which includes Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, all experienced a widespread outage this morning.
The biggest movie of 2024, Dune: Part Two, was shot using the latest and greatest cameras and lenses -- plus some vintage Soviet-era lenses.
A photographer went viral after she posted two pictures of the Nashville skyline taken nine years apart -- highlighting Music City's rapid growth.