Yesterday, PetaPixel broke the news that Nikon paid what appears to be a pittance for RED Cinema: just $85 million. Looking at the industry's past acquisitions, we can better contextualize this number.
It is well known that bias is an issue with AI image generators. One way or another, AI seems incapable of striking the right balance. There are many reasons for this issue, most of which relate to how AI is trained. Absolut -- yes, the vodka brand -- wants to fix this problem, and its ideas for how are bizarre.
In a shocking dashcam video, footage shows a tornado's path of destruction.
Tilta recently launched the Khronos Ecosystem of accessories that are designed to make shooting with the iPhone a better experience. If a filmmaker wants to take ProRes capture on iPhone seriously, Tilta says Khronos is there to help.
Although there is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to dazzling aurora displays, tonight offers photographers a great chance to see the northern lights.
Since OpenAI, the artificial intelligence technology company behind the DALL-E and ChatGPT, unveiled its new AI video generator, Sora, there has been controversy and questions surrounding how the Microsoft-backed company trained its new video model.
When it launched the S24, Samsung said it was planning on bringing its AI-powered features to previous releases. It already did so for the S23 family and today it went even further, as all of the Galaxy AI features are available to Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Flip4, and Galaxy Z Fold4 as well as the Tab S8 series users in the U.S.
Earlier this year, Nikon revealed the bombshell that it had acquired US-based cinema company RED Cinema, thrusting itself into the video space that it had for so long been on the outside of, looking in. Now, based on its 2023-2024 financials, it has revealed just how much that cost: 13.167 billion yen, or $85 million.
The 2024 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The Associated Press' photography staff won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography, while Reuters' photo staff took the prize for Breaking News Photography.
Dehancer is known for its plugins for photo and video editing software, but the web browser-based Dehancer Online lets users go plugin-free -- no app downloads required.
Fujifilm GFX owners can easily mount their medium-format mirrorless camera to any large-format 4x5 view camera with a Graflok back using Fotodiox's new 4x5 GFX Stretch Stitch Adapter.
For ten harrowing minutes, I lost everything in Italy. My beloved backpack of gear was gone.
TikTok claims it is the first social media platform to support the Content Credentials provenance system by automatically adding AI-generated labels to content it detects as synthetic.
We switched to shooting mirrorless as wedding photographers as soon as we were able to accomplish everything we wanted to accomplish without compromising our photos. For us, this meant waiting until we had a lighting set-up that worked for us, and as soon as we solved that we pulled the trigger. Now, having shot mirrorless for a handful of wedding seasons I can’t imagine going back.
Exascend's new Essential Pro series of CFexpress Type A memory cards -- a format that, at the time of publication, only Sony uses -- use the new 4.0 standard, meaning they can promise some ridiculous speeds to support high resolution and high framerate shooting.
After a New York City Department of Corrections employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation when the bodycam she was wearing suddenly caught fire, bodycams for all staff have been temporarily suspended.
Fujifilm, continuing its torrid pace of new product announcements, appears poised to announce new cameras and lenses next week in Sydney, Australia.
Fujifilm published its financial report from April 2023 to March 2024 and its professional imaging division saw a huge leap in revenue: it earned 172.1 billion yen (about $1.1 billion), which is up 20% year over year, thanks in no small part to the X100 series and the continued growth of Instax.
Photographer Jingna Zhang has launched a lawsuit against Google along with three other artists who accuse the search giant of using their copyrighted work in the training of its AI image generator model Imagen.
A professional photographer has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a client during a boudoir photo shoot that he was hired for.
A photographer was filmed bursting into tears of joy after learning that his lost camera bag, with over $21,850 worth of gear and memory cards full of images, had been found.
A photographer and content creator has set the world record for the fastest drone flight after his custom-made aircraft achieved a staggering 298.47 miles per hour (480.2 kilometers per hour).
For me, the most enjoyable part of wildlife photography is not the photos themselves; it's being in nature. However, it is essential to do so safely, especially regarding the safety of wildlife.
VSCO, known for its mobile photography and camera apps for iOS and Android devices, wants to help connect its users and brands, becoming a sort of LinkedIn for photographers.
A new Kickstarter hopes to fund a photography quiz card game that will test players' knowledge.
CENTER, a non-profit photography organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has received a $60,000 grant that it will use to make nearly 20,000 images and related text available as an accessible online resource.
Stereo images have been part of photography since its invention in the first half of the 19th century. Cameras enabled artists to produce two identical images from very slightly different perspectives -- all that is needed to create convincing "three-dimensional" images. While technically possible with paintings and drawings, cameras made stereograms significantly easier.
So far, this NASCAR season has been one of slim margins and photo finishes. PetaPixel chatted with photographer Alex Slitz about his image of a three-way photo finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in February, but last week's race at Kansas Speedway was somehow even closer -- with Kyle Larson winning by 0.001 second.
30 years ago, Apple launched the QuickTake 100 that was, until yesterday, its last "real" camera. But with the announcement of the Final Cut Camera app yesterday, Apple is once again a full-fledged camera company.
There was so much news unveiled at NAB 2024 last month that a few things slipped through the cracks, including Venus Optics' new Laowa Ranger S35 cinema zoom lenses. After being teased in Las Vegas, the compact cine lenses have officially launched.
I use my iPad Pro every day. I have used it every day since I picked up the first generation of the device years ago. There is certainly value in the iPad, but now you can now easily spend more on one than a full-fledged MacBook Pro.
The truth, as they say, is out there. And one app is hellbent on getting to the bottom of UFOs by allowing users to upload their photos of unexplained aircraft.
Xencelabs announced the new Pen Display 16. Available on its own for $999 or as part of a bundle for $1,249, the new ultra-slim and lightweight 4K OLED pen display promises to provide vibrant color, precise pen performance, and exceptional portability.
A SpaceX vehicle captured a gorgeous orbital sunrise as it deployed Starlink satellites into the Earth's pull.
Paparazzi photographers camped out on the red carpet of the Met Gala have been slammed for their treatment of K-pop boy band Stray Kids.
OpenAI has launched a deepfake detector which it says can identify AI images from its DALL-E model 98.8 percent of the time but only flags five to 10 percent of AI images from DALL-E competitors, for now.
Polaroid has announced a significant upgrade to its iconic B&W 600 film for vintage and vintage-inspired instant cameras.
Western Digital (WD) has expanded its SanDisk product portfolio with a new 8TB SSD designed for desktop use. The SanDisk Desk Drive, the highest-capacity external desktop SSD to date, promises speed, reliability, and plenty of storage for content creators.
TikTok officially sued the United States government on Tuesday in an effort to block a new law that requires the app to be sold or face a ban in the country.
Profoto has announced the Pro-D3 monolight, a professional-grade light designed to be durable and performant enough for even the most demanding, high-volume photographers.
After shooting the recent total eclipse on 35mm film, analog photographer Sven White decided that instead of just developing them and having photos that look "like all the others" he would double expose the film instead.
I'm Karlis, a professional photographer with 13 years of experience and a focus on weddings. I've been using AI image editing for over two years, during which I've tested various tools and now work with the German provider, Neurapix.
India's Election Commission has urged all political parties to avoid using AI-generated deepfakes in the 2024 election.
While today's Apple event centered on the iPad lineup and redesigned iPad Pro, the tech company also offered some extra surprises, one being the announcement of an update for Final Cut Pro on Mac, an upgraded Final Cut Pro for iPad app, and a new Final Cut Camera app for iPhone and iPad devices.
The new Google Pixel 8a has been announced and it has some serious upgrades, bringing it close to the flagship Pixel 8 devices at a notable discount.
Car insurers in the United Kingdom are reporting an increase in the number of cases where photos are being manipulated by fraudsters.
Social media users fell for AI-generated photos that appeared to show celebrities attending the Met Gala 2024.
A major indie artist has addressed the "intense debate" surrounding his latest music video which was entirely generated by OpenAI's video generator Sora.
Apple skipped M3 on the new iPad Pro and went straight to M4, debuting an M-series chip on a tablet for the first time and giving it a significant spec bump.
After much anticipation and rumors, Apple has finally unveiled its redesigned iPad Pro tablets. These tablets feature the largest OLED display Apple has ever used, the company's newest silicon chips, and a sleek new form factor. There's a lot to like here for photographers and videographers on the go.