Following the initial product release launched last March, Aputure has announced the refresh of the Infinibar product family with the addition of new four-light kits and accessories adding even more functionality to the lineup.
Photogram's Alice Camera has been a long time coming. Unveiled in early 2021 as an AI-assisted Micro Four Thirds camera, the camera was supposed to finally release in October 2022. That target came and went, but Alice isn't dead -- it is arriving to initial pre-order customers next month.
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called on Congress to implement warning labels on social media in a guest op-ed in The New York Times Monday.
ON1 Photo RAW 2024 launched last November, quickly followed by version 2024.1 in December and 2024.3 a couple of months ago. In typical fashion, ON1 has released a significant overhaul about half a year later, bringing version 2024.5 to photographers later this month.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Adobe in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that the software company obscures fees and makes it illegally tricky for users to cancel software subscriptions.
The race for AI video is really beginning to heat up with a slew of models suddenly being released and Runway, which has been releasing models longer than most, has just dropped its latest model Gen-3 Alpha.
100 photographers have donated prints for a limited-time sale to raise money for ocean conservation groups.
Sirui has announced the expansion of two new autofocus lenses for its budget-friendly f/1.2 Sniper series. The addition of the $399 16mm wide-angle and 75mm telephoto lenses for the APS-C system complements existing 23mm, 33mm, and 56mm lenses, offering creatives a much more comprehensive set of tools to capture whatever life throws at them.
During Monday's Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Adobe and TikTok announced a new collaboration that would integrate the social media app's commercial music library into Adobe Express.
Arguably, the Sony a7 IV has been the top dog in the mid-range camera space since it released in late 2021. And it's an excellent camera, as is 2023's Canon EOS R6 II. However, the Nikon Z6 III does something those cameras haven't: be more than a compromise.
The mother who took the photo behind the "Success Kid" internet meme has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against former U.S. congressman Steve King who claimed that he made "fair use" of the image in campaign ads.
Nikon's Z6 III brings a lot of technologies to the table and packages them into a camera that seems purpose-built to win the $2,500, mid-range, full-frame camera fight. It may be priced to compete with the middle of the camera pack, but it's swinging punches like a flagship.
After much anticipation and rumors, the long-awaited Nikon Z6 III has finally arrived. Based on its features and performance, it appears that people's patience has been rewarded in a big way.
A photographer is suing Netflix for allegedly using his images and videos of fish farms in the documentary series You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.
As the technology world waits with bated breath for AI videos to proliferate and begin to undermine everything we see online, a free AI video generator has just dropped.
Apple's iOS 18 will allow users to launch a third-party camera app directly from the lock screen.
Last week, Canon clarified that while the aperture control rings on its 24-105mm f/2.8L Z and 35mm f/1.4L VCM don't work in photo mode with its existing cameras, that will change with any camera announced after June 2024. That's really weird.
Recently, I've pushed myself to look at third-party lens brands from China, which offer interesting character at a relatively low price. I wanted to try out the lenses that cost more money but might provide a more compelling user experience and the Voigtlander manual focus primes could be the answer.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based product design studio Retrospekt has partnered with Sanrio to release a limited-edition Hello Kitty Tomatoes-themed FC-11 35mm film camera.
Cosina has announced the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.2 lens for full-frame VM mount cameras.
Cosina announced that a new Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical -- of which versions are already available for Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Leica VM-mount -- will be released for Sony E-mount in July.
Although Milwaukee-based Retrospekt has branched beyond photography equipment, dipping its toes into vintage VHS tapes, gaming, watches, and even music, it is best known for its analog cameras and films, especially its Polaroid gear.
After breaking $5 billion in revenue in a single quarter for the first time last year, Adobe has followed up with two straight quarters of record revenue and achieved most recently $5.31 billion in Q2.
Clearview AI, a facial recognition start-up that scraped more than 30 billion photos from social media, can't afford to pay the settlement bill from its class-action lawsuit so is offering Americans a stake in its company instead.
An anonymous hacker has leaked thousands of photos showing what Iran was like under the Qajar dynasty in the 19th century.
Picsart and Getty Images have teamed up to make a new AI image generator for Picsart's paying subscribers to make "commercially safe" artificial intelligence images.
The Vivian Maier exhibition currently on at Fotografiska New York will be the museum's final show before it closes.
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa Argus T1 Cine Series, including what Venus Optics claims are the world's first ultra-fast T1 aperture 28mm and 35mm T1 lenses for full-frame cameras.
When Adobe launched its Firefly generative AI, it noted that using it would have limits determined by what it calls Generative Credits. Those limitations will soon include all Firefly-powered tools in Photoshop and Lightroom, too.
Humane's AI Pin didn't review well, but the company is still pushing forward. Today, it sent out an email with a link to a YouTube Short that glorifies the experience of letting life happen instead of actively trying to capture it on camera. It instead wants users to rely on the AI Pin and its lackluster hardware.
Adobe's employees are typically of the same opinion of the company as its users, having internally already expressed concern that AI could kill the jobs of their customers. That continued this week in internal discussions, where exasperated employees implored leadership to not let it be the "evil" company customers think it is.
Stability AI, a fading name in the increasingly crowded generative AI space, released Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (SD3M) this week, calling it "our most sophisticated image generation model to date." However, real-world users are finding more terror than sophistication, with the text-to-image model consistently producing Lovecraftian monsters.
Nikon now provides access to parts and instructions that allow photographers to make repairs to their own products at home instead of needing to rely on the company's official service departments.
Ulanzi, best known for its tripods and lights, has announced its debut lens for mirrorless cameras, the Ulanzi AF 27mm f/2.8 APS-C lens for Sony E-mount.
Scores of photographers have signed an open letter rallying against Meta's plan to use public photos on Instagram and Facebook to train its AI tools.
Photographer Sue Kwon has photographed some of the biggest names in hip-hop and was around when the nascent genre was beginning to mature into the juggernaut it is today.
Shutterstock has teamed up with Databricks to create a new generative AI model which it hopes will do for AI-generated images what Apple did for MP3s in the early 2000s.
Insta360 announced the Go 3S, which most notably adds 4K video capture along with a new Interval Video mode, compatibility with Apple Find My, and waterproofing down to 33 feet (10 meters).
eBay has introduced a new AI-powered background enhancement tool allowing sellers to "transform their product photos from everyday snapshots into professional grade imagery."
DZOFilm has announced Arles, a brand-new line of fast, high-quality cinema prime lenses for full-frame cameras.
It's clear the iPad has a bit of an identity crisis. Some users, especially some high-level creators, just don't get what it's for. But instead of lamenting how the iPad falls short of a traditional laptop, it's better to look at things another way.
Insta360 has unveiled Insta360 Connect, an AI-equipped dual-camera video bar built for professional video conferencing.
Canon is aware of the complaints about the RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM's dedicated iris ring not working for still photography, and a fix is on the way. Sort of.
Skylum has announced the release of its revamped and expanded Luminar for iPad (and now iPhone) with Luminar Mobile. As of today, the updated apps are available for the iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro devices.
A photographer has been disqualified from a picture competition after his real photograph won in the AI image category.
Adobe is having a hard time getting out of its own way. Last week, the company pushed an update to its terms of service that was widely viewed as an over-reach. The company plans to change them again, but is it too late? The PetaPixel Podcast team discusses.
Falcam announced the TreeRoot Quick Lock Travel Tripod that is clearly based on Peak Design's Travel Tripod but is far more than just a design ripoff. It uses twist locks, has an interchangeable center column, improves on the low-profile ball head, and can easily accept additional accessories.
AstrHori has released a redesigned 28mm f/13 2x Macro Probe Lens, promising full 360-degree rotation, ensuring photographers and videographers can get up close and personal with a diverse range of subjects.
Shure upgraded its classic WL series of professional lavalier condenser microphones -- the cardioid WL185m, supercardioid WL184m, and omnidirectional WL183m -- to not only improve the sound quality but also make them shorter, lighter, and lower-profile.
A forgotten set of aerial photos taken of East Antarctica has provided some rare good news about climate change showing that the glaciers there have stayed the same size and have even increased in some places.