
U.S. Company to Provide Tactical 360° Cameras to Ukrainian Army
An American camera company will help the Ukraine Army fight the Russian invasion by sending 360-degree tactical cameras to the frontline.
An American camera company will help the Ukraine Army fight the Russian invasion by sending 360-degree tactical cameras to the frontline.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has released a video in which a Ukrainian soldier disassembles a Russian military surveillance drone. The teardown revealed a remarkably rudimentary design that features a low-end Canon DSLR camera at its core.
MediaMarkt, the largest electronics retailer in Germany, has removed drones made by DJI from its retail locations and its website amid allegations the Chinese company is leaking GPS data to the Russian military. DJI vehemently denies these reports.
The US Navy has shared photos and videos of a powerful new laser weapon system that it has been testing to take down both drones and small crafts.
Filmmaker Joel Honeywell has a fascination with rare and unusual lenses, and after seeing a one-of-a-kind 400mm f/2 Canon lens for sale on eBay, he realized he had to have it.
An artist has integrated facial motion capture in an online exhibition that explores the military industry's "disfigurement" of San Diego, California in an attempt to share a largely untold part of the region's history.
Fake, AI-generated satellite images can pose threat to nations and agencies worldwide, a team of researchers warns. These bogus images could be used to create hoaxes ranging from natural disasters to propping up other fake news, or even be used to mislead international governments into conflicts.
My name is Corban Lundborg, and I just completed a series of rare military survival courses at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, during February 2020. I was authorized to bring a film camera to the field portion of SERE (Survive, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) School. Equipped with a Holga 120N plastic camera, I was able to capture four rolls of Ilford HP5+ medium format film.
Scientists at the Fudan University and Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics in China have developed a 500MP cloud-connected 'super camera' that can reportedly pick out facial details of an individual person among thousands in a crowded stadium. The new tech is raising serious concerns about privacy and government monitoring.
Digital cameras can see in color in near darkness these days, but decades ago, there were very different solutions for capturing usable photos at night. One example is the photoflash bomb, a special type of bomb that was designed specifically to explode in midair and illuminate the world below for aerial photos.
The Military Visual Awards (MVA) has selected the winning photos its photo contest celebrating the best of worldwide military photography. Photographer of the Year was awarded to photographer Michel Sauret.
Here's a 1.5-minute video published by NATO about the role of US Army combat cameramen who document soldiers in peace and war, at rest and in combat.
Photographer Paul Grayson recently attended the bi-annual Eurosatory 2018 defense and security expo in Paris, France. While there, he caught a glimpse of stealthy French military photographers wearing ghillie suits and holding Nikon and Canon DSLRs.
Photographer and director Joey L has been using camera drones to capture aerial photos and videos in conflict zones. Here's a 21-minute talk he recently gave on his work at Hardwired NYC.
It's not just news photographers that are having their positions eliminated to cut costs: military photographers are apparently in the same boat. The US Navy will be eliminating its two Combat Camera (COMCAM) units this year in order to save money and resources.
Your camera drone can now be shot down with US government permission if you fly it over a military base. That's a new policy that was recently signed off on by the Pentagon.
It looks like the US Army is discontinuing the use of all DJI camera drones and products in its activities due to concerns about "cyber vulnerabilities." That's according to a memo obtained by sUAS News.
Have you ever wondered what World War II was like? Last month I got a little closer.
My name is Timothy Jones, and I'm a Bristol-based photographer currently serving as a British Army Photographer. I was also just awarded Photographer of the Year by the Army Photographic Competition 2016 for my photos showing military life over the past 12 months.
The UK's Ministry of Defense is being sued by eight soldiers who are suffering PTSD after a Royal Air Force pilot's Nikon DSLR caused a Voyager transport plane carrying 198 soldiers ti plummet towards the sea.