Man’s iPhone Camera Left Destroyed by Party Lasers
The camera on a man's iPhone 14 Pro was left totally destroyed after attending a DJ party where lasers were being used.
The camera on a man's iPhone 14 Pro was left totally destroyed after attending a DJ party where lasers were being used.
A concert-goer had their smartphone camera broken by a laser beam that fired directly into the lens.
After emerging from a courtroom where he was found guilty of assault, United Kingdom rapper Dizzee Rascal was captured on video knocking a photographer's camera out of their hands, picking it up, and hurling it across the street.
Sony has published an official warning on its website that states that it is aware that lasers can cause damage to its cameras' image sensors. While this information is probably not news to most, Sony notably has finally publicly acknowledged the danger.
A storage facility belonging to the Cinemateca Brasileira has been engulfed by flames and while there were no injuries, the facility is home to priceless archives of 35mm and 16mm film and other museological objects.
A photographer is questioning Peak Design's messaging and recommendations for servicing its products thanks to an experience he had with the Peak Design Travel Tripod. After dropping it, he took issue with Peak's customer service. They told him he needed to replace it, but he shows it was repairable.
Earlier this month, an Austrian tourist learned a tough (if obvious) lesson at the Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno, Italy: don't sit on the sculptures. While posing for a photo with a 200-year-old plaster cast of a famous statue, the tourist leaned on and broke off several of the sculpture's toes.
Earlier today, Viltrox released an official statement that "reminds" users of the Fuji X-Pro3 that three of Viltrox' X-Mount lenses can actually cause damage to your camera body, and should be avoided.
One of the biggest and hard-fought debates I regularly see online is about UV filters. Many photographers swear by these relatively expensive pieces of glass, and they predominantly use them to protect their lenses.
A few years ago, I saw an article on water-damaged film that claimed the damage was due to bacteria and fungus eating the film. Having a bit of experience with fungus and bacteria from various scientific projects over the years, I thought I would explore this topic. Could I speed up the process? I also wanted to know which film aged the fastest, and was bacteria or fungus really responsible for the damage?
Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli is taking some heat from the sports photography community today, after the footballer destroyed a photographer's camera by kicking it against the advertising boards in a fit of anger over being substituted during Brescia's game versus Genoa this past weekend.
Careless selfies have claimed more casualties. A pair of artworks by renowned painters Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya were damaged over in Russia after a group of girls posing for selfies accidentally knocked over the structure on which they were being displayed.
Photography is an ever-evolving, ever-changing hobby, career and art-form. Over the years the cameras have evolved from primitive wooden boxes powered by chemicals, into technologically-advanced power-packed gizmos that enable pretty much anyone to take a good photograph in pretty much any environment.
After Hurricane Harvey slammed Texas, there was a group of high school students who partnered with volunteer organizations to help rescure family photos damaged in the disaster. Here's a 4-minute film by Adobe Students about the project.
While shooting for two weeks in Hawaii last month, Israeli photographer Erez Marom's drone had an Icarus experience. Marom flew his $1,500 DJI Phantom 4 camera drone too close to lava flows and accidentally melted part of the camera. He was able to capture some gorgeous photos of lava up-close, though.
On September 20th, the Category 4 storm Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, making it the most powerful hurricane to hit the island in almost 90 years. With catastrophic winds of 155 mph, Maria devastated the Island causing severe damages to homes, buildings, agriculture, and infrastructure.
Before the Great American Solar Eclipse happened, we shared a warning about how attempting a photo without the right solar equipment can melt your camera's guts. Unfortunately, quite a few photographers ended up learning this lesson the hard way at the expense of the cameras they used.
Sony only recently got its sensor business back on its feet after its main factory was heavily damaged by the the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan. If you've been curious as to just how badly the Kumamoto plant was hit, check out the 8-minute video above showing the first public footage of the moments of destruction.
Back in May, four filmmakers were caught on camera walking all over the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, sparking widespread outrage. This week, we found out that three of the men could potentially spend time in prison for their crime.
If you're getting into drone photography and you don't want to end up paying for someone's roof or head injury in case of an accident, you might want to look into Verifly. A drone insurance company, they offer $1,000,000 in coverage that you can buy by the hour so you're only insured when you fly.
Imagine getting off a flight, walking over to get your (unwillingly) gate-checked case full of $20K of camera gear, and seeing a baggage handler walking up holding a few lenses and yelling "whose are these?" That's exactly what happened to photographer Yosef Shidler of CJ Studios.
It's not just the big guys you have to be worried about when setting up a camera trap in the jungle. As naturalist Phil Torres explains in this Jungle Diaries video, you should probably look out for ants too.
One week ago today, on June 3rd, a massive storm rolled through Nebraska where storm chasing photographer Mike Hollingshead -- whose work we've feature before on PetaPixel -- was prepared to chase down some likely tornadoes.
He didn't end up finding or chasing any tornadoes, but a storm he chose to leave behind earlier in the day in order to pursue his main target ended up turning into an incredibly powerful hail and wind storm, and doing some hard-to-believe damage to Hollingshead's own home town. He, of course, documented it all with his camera the next day.
Many of us know that feeling. That gut punch of shock and denial as we watch our camera fall from our grip or swing to the earth from an unsecured tripod. We've watched as it impacted with the ground with a hard thud or bounced amongst the rocks collecting more damage with every tumble as it travels farther away from the safety of your hands.
Back in the mid 2000s, when Tiger Woods was the number two player in the world (and about to embark on a 281-week number one run such as has never been seen again), he was part of a Nike commercial shot by director Frank Todaro. In a fit of inspiration, Todaro asked Woods to "go ahead and aim for the camera" -- and much to the camera's disappointment, Woods did.
One of the questions that comes back most often when people learn what I do for a living is: how do you manage not to drop your camera? Up until Saturday, I could (somewhat smugly) answer that I am being very careful and have been lucky so far.
Japanese camera site digicame-info is reporting that an upcoming announcement of …
Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding it has seen in more than 50 …
Here’s yet another painful-to-watch example of what the powerful lasers used at concerts can do to your …
Kodak uploaded a video to YouTube recently thats been causing quite a bit of controversy. It’s a talk by …
The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan today was located just east of the city of Sendai, which subsequently suffered major damage due to the resulting tsunami. What you might not know is that the city is home to Nikon's flagship manufacturing facility -- the plant that produces Nikon's professional DSLRs (e.g. D3s, D3x and D700). Fortunately, Nikon reports that there have been no reports of injuries among its employees in that city, and the plant seems to have escaped serious damage as well.