Scientists fret about the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth with catastrophic consequences, just ask the dinosaurs.

A photographer from Wales has been fined $2,000 (£1,600) after he was found guilty of disturbing one of the U.K.'s rarest birds.

According to a new report, Apple is considering putting infrared cameras into future models of its popular AirPods wireless earbuds.

Canadian photographer Chris Whitty captured a rare white loon after spending years searching for it.

According to patent documents filed in Japan, Tamron is working on a fast lens with a huge zoom range. The proposed 50-200mm f/2.8 would be the first of its kind, offering a massive range with no cost to light gathering capability pro-level 70-200mm lenses provide.

Even though we're only halfway through 2024, it has felt like a very busy year for the camera industry. This week, the PetaPixel Podcast team is joined by Camera Labs' Gordon Laing to give a midterm grade to every camera maker.

French camera startup Pixii today announced the Pixii Max, a new 24.5-megapixel full-frame digital rangefinder camera that promises to be a "seamless upgrade" for current Pixii owners.

When I first reported on Alexandra Conder, AKA the sepia tone bride, the situation was largely contained to a discussion on TikTok and Threads. Since then, however, The New York Times and a host of other publications have taken up the story.

Panasonic is holding a Japanese photo competition over the next few months with a very specific set of rules: images must be captured only with the Lumix S9 and the 26mm f/8 lens and images have to be shot in JPEG in-camera; no RAW processing is allowed.

For photographers who were around during the emergence of the DSLR, few cameras are as influential or recognizable as early Canon EOS Digital Rebel models. Gordon Laing of Cameralabs has turned back the clock to look at the very first Rebel DSLR in his latest Retro Review.

Keen observers and students of leeches will no doubt have heard about the "great debate": Can leeches jump?

The National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution, has purchased a daguerreotype of Dolley Madison for $456,000 -- the early known photograph of a First Lady.

While Meta deals with artificial intelligence in the form of its constantly-changing content tagging system, the company's research wing is hard at work on novel generative AI technology, including a new Meta 3D Gen platform that delivers text-to-3D asset generation with high-quality geometry and texture.

Scientists from the University of Maryland have developed a new camera system that replicates the minuscule movements of the human eye.

The latest CIPA results show that May was an excellent and interesting month for the photography industry. For the January through May period, camera sales hit their highest levels in the past three years.

Panasonic made a surprise announcement overnight, unveiling an updated Lumix FZ80D superzoom camera.

OM System quietly launched the E-M1 Mark III Astro in Japan this week, a camera that is nearly the same as the base E-M1 Mark III save for the infrared (IR) cut filter that allows 100% transmittance of Hα Radiation, allowing for the capture of vivid red celestial images.

The premium compact camera market is slightly more crowded today, as Leica's newly announced D-Lux 8 has officially launched.

Popular AI image generator Midjourney is returning pictures of Donald Trump when asked to make an image of the president of the United States, according to Engadget.

Last month, YouTube quietly updated its privacy policy to allow people to request the removal of AI-generated deepfake versions of themselves.

The CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman has shown an alarming ignorance of copyright law after he claimed that all content on the open web is fair use.

Just last month, Xencelabs announced a new "industry first" $1,249 4K OLED Pen Display targeted at professional digital creatives requiring quality and portability. The tablet has compelling features and big ambitions. Can it live up to these lofty goals?

After it was on the receiving end of immense online blowback in response to its use of stock photos as "samples" for its S9 camera, Panasonic launched an internal inquiry to find and remove any other such cases from its Japanese website.

Technology increasingly complicates the photography space and a robot photographer called Eva is yet another variable for human photographers to deal with.

Yes!Star, which was recently tapped by Fujifilm to produce more film in China, announced a new point-and-shoot 35mm film camera.

In 2016, photographer and filmmaker Josh Gladstone designed a way to use Fujifilm Instax film in vintage Kodak cameras. It was very hands-on and had some limitations. Eight years later, Gladstone is back with a much more elegant 3D-printed solution.

A heartwarming video of actor Jeff Bridges telling the story about how he came into possession of a photo of the moment he met his wife Susan has recently resurfaced online.

This past week, a drama over a bride's wedding photos blew up across the internet after the newly-wed took to TikTok to complain about the editing work done to them.

A would-be photographer who climbed the roof of a soccer stadium in Germany prompted special forces and a helicopter to be deployed.

Built in collaboration with 500px, Pulsepx is a new contest platform that promises to usher in a new era of competition for photographers.

While Adobe has emphatically responded to the backlash surrounding its terms of use, and done so in a reasonably effective way, that hasn't stopped some other companies from taking swings at Adobe.

These fascinating historical photos reveal the relatively unknown history of the migrant worker or "hobos" in early twentieth-century America.

Every photographer encounters image quality issues at some point. Blurry or out-of-focus photos from shaky hands, grainy or noisy images caused by high ISO settings, too dark pictures due to low-light conditions, or low-quality or pixelated lacking details when zooming in – these are all common frustrations.

A survey of photojournalists found an overwhelming majority of them believe that freelancing is unsustainable.

This past week, a behind-the-scenes video showing Keanu Reeves as John Wick filming an intense motorbike fight scene has gone viral on X (formerly Twitter).

A survey conducted by YouTube has found that the majority of Gen Z -- those aged 14 to 25 -- view themselves as content creators.

NASA's 23-year-old Odyssey Mars orbiter is days away from celebrating an incredible milestone: 100,000 trips around Mars. To mark the record-setting occasion, NASA has released a new image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system.