The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris earlier this week, with the official opening commencing today, July 26. The "Games of the XXXIII Olympiad," as the event is officially known, puts athletes through grueling competition, but the photographers on hand to photograph everything don't have it much easier. It is a sports photography gauntlet.
The 2024 World Sports Photography Awards winners were recently announced, and the winner of the football (soccer) category, Brazilian-born and Portugal-based photographer Marcelo Guelber Góes, spoke with PetaPixel about his very impressive victory and career as a sports photographer.
Nikon has done a great job providing a robust full-frame lens lineup for the Z-mount. There are so many choices that we thought it necessary to help narrow the field for you to this list of our favorite options across different focal lengths.
Shortly after announcing the overall winners, the World Sports Photography Awards have unveiled the 24 category winners, showcasing the best in sports images worldwide.
The World Sports Photography Awards has unveiled the overall winner of its 2024 photo contest, along with the runner-up and third-place recipients.
The Kansas City Chiefs have released a Super 8 video documenting the NFL team's championship-winning season recorded on the classic home movie film format which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
A skating cameraman in camouflage went out onto the ice to film two hockey players fighting during a Memorial Cup game in Canada.
There's a new Canon PowerShot product, and it is undoubtedly not what photographers would expect. Canon has announced the PowerShot Golf Digital Laser Rangefinder.
Adorama seems to know more about the EOS R1 than Canon revealed last night as it has published more detailed specifications on the upcoming flagship including sensor resolution, continuous shooting capability, AI exposure enhancement, and more.
Canon published an official development announcement for the EOS R1 and while not a lot has been revealed, it is the company's first public acknowledgment of what will be its top-end camera.
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.
The Premier League, the world's most-watched sports league, will make history today, May 6, as referee Jarred Gillett will don the soccer league's first "RefCam" during the match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United in London.
Nikon described itself as "passionate" about providing firmware updates to its users, and the company demonstrated this commitment yet again with Nikon Z9 firmware version 5.00, the fourth major update since the flagship mirrorless camera launched in October 2021.
Despite a combined valuation of its 32 teams nearing $150 billion, the National Football League (NFL) has long relied on a literal chain -- carried by a "chain gang" -- to measure first downs. This archaic measurement tool may finally be on its long-overdue way out, possibly replaced by camera technology.
The second race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season was an absolute thrill, with a trio of cars crossing the finish line side-by-side, creating a "photo finish" and one of the most incredible endings to a race ever. Photographer Alex Slitz was at the finish line next to the NASCAR official waving the checkered flag, capturing one of the best photos ever of a photo finish.
Sony was a major player in the massive record-setting broadcast production of Super Bowl LVIII but its support of image capture at the event didn't end there. More than 50 a9 III cameras and 145 lenses were available for photographers and Sony Pro Support was on hand, too.
Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, PetaPixel chatted with Mike Francis, CBS Sports' Vice President of Engineering and Technology, about the camera technology that underpins not just the broadcast on CBS and Paramount+, but the cameras that help the refs make the correct calls.
The FBI has charged a 44-year-old Pennsylvania man with two felonies after the man allegedly flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, during the AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on January 28.
No camera is as exciting or interesting as the Sony a9 III. Since Sony announced it in early November, the a9 III has occupied considerable space in my mind. Many questions have swirled since, and the answers to each have proved mercurial.
Although action camera mounts are simple pieces of equipment, they can completely change the type of footage possible. That's especially true with 360-degree cameras. Insta360 aims to offer more creative and easier filming solutions with its new Ski Pole Mount.
After I posted photos from Saturday’s Chiefs vs. Dolphins sub-zero NFL playoff game, I received a lot of messages. Some were from people asking how I was able to stay warm, and the rest were from photographers who all asked the same question: “How did you keep your hands warm?” Short answer? I wasn’t able to keep my fingers warm, but I was able to maintain feeling in them.
Tamron Americas revealed that John Calvin and Chandler Weber won the lensmaker's Tamron User Photo/Video Contest 2023.
A woman won the grand prize for the first time in the 17-year history of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest contest, the world's largest action sports photo competition. Australian photographer Krystle Wright wowed the more than 50 contest judges with an incredible photo of climber Angela VanWiemeersch scaling a cliff in Long Canyon, Utah.
Formula One has been the pinnacle of motorsport since its inaugural season in 1950 and has has been at the forefront of imaging technology throughout its history.
The world of mirrorless camera lenses is strangely devoid of professional 300mm lenses. That is, until now. Sony has released a brand new full-frame 300mm f/2.8 G Master lens and I had a chance to test it out.
Canon has announced three new RF-mount lenses, including the RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM super-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame Canon EOS R-series mirrorless cameras.
Baseballs won't be the only thing flying through the air in Texas tonight as Fox Sports has integrated drones into its World Series coverage for the first time.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill celebrated his touchdown by grabbing a phone and recording a selfie of himself doing a backflip.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has introduced legislation to ban recruiting photo shoots during unofficial visits.
Thanks to significantly better camera technology, sports broadcasts have radically transformed in the past decade. However, even as the cameras improve, they remain primarily in the same locations. That is about to change.