Vimeo, Nikon, and RED Team Up to Offer Five $30,000 Short Film Grants
Vimeo, Nikon, and RED partnered with an inaugural short film grant, mentorship, and equipment program to support emerging filmmakers.
Vimeo, Nikon, and RED partnered with an inaugural short film grant, mentorship, and equipment program to support emerging filmmakers.
For 70 years, Photokina was the international photography exhibition on the planet. When it shuttered in 2020 due to what was blamed as a “massive decline in markets for imaging products,” it left a gaping hole in the industry -- and CP+ in Japan has firmly replaced it.
Shockingly, global VFX Giant Technicolor has abruptly shut down, with over 10,000 artists worldwide losing their jobs overnight.
Tamron Co., Ltd. announced it has begun manufacturing operations at its second factory in Vietnam, thereby strengthening its global "tripolar production system" approach and preparing for future business expansion.
White House officials "will determine" which news outlets will have regular close-up access to President Donald Trump, wresting control away from the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), which has determined the journalists who have access to the President and White House for over a century.
Alongside a pair of new lenses and the "radically simple" BF camera, the 63-year-old Sigma Corporation unveiled a new visual identity and art projects initiative.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that he intends to expand the scope of tariffs to include automobiles, pharmaceutical products, and semiconductors. While the first two categories don't directly impact photographers, the third would.
Following yesterday's breakdown of digital camera shipments from 2007 through 2024, it's time to look at CIPA's interchangeable lens data.
CIPA published its annual data for digital camera and interchangeable lens shipments this month, and for the first time since 2017, digital camera shipments increased annually year-over-year.
Western Digital (WD) and SanDisk are slated to separate into two independent companies shortly. The plan was announced as far back as 2023 but has been delayed, stretching out the process until 2025.
Digital camera sales reached a nadir a few years ago but recent trends have proven there's still life in the old dog yet.
Alongside releasing its financial results today, Canon also delivered a detailed presentation, where additional information was shared, including details about camera sales and market trends.
Canon Inc. released its financial results for the fiscal year 2024, showing a decrease in operating profit and net income year-over-year but strong performance in the imaging sector. Canon's 2024 performance also missed projections, although the company expects improvement in 2025.
A bride who attempted to shame two photographers for bad photos of her wedding received serious blowback from the internet after it was revealed she wasn't being totally honest.
It's no secret that Fujifilm's Instax business is huge, but the company recently said it expects it to get even better, anticipating that 2024 will be Instax's most lucrative year ever.
The annual BCN Awards have arrived, detailing the most popular cameras and lenses at Japanese retailers in 2024.
Photography enthusiasts have noticed in recent months that longtime website Imaging Resource was active again following its untimely demise in 2023. The nearly 30-year-old photography site's new editor-in-chief shared how the site rose from the dead and its plans for moving forward.
Chinese lens maker Viltrox is attempting to join the L-Mount Alliance, which would pave the way for the company's lenses to work on full-frame Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma cameras.
Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) company Botika secured $8 million in seed funding to help it further develop its generative AI technology that can turn a simple product shot of clothing into an entire fashion shoot, complete with AI-generated human models.
Japanese retail analyst BCN+R released a new report showing that consumer electronics, including cameras, experienced a huge boom during 2024, especially at the very end of the year.
Canon chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai says the company may reorganize its manufacturing efforts, potentially moving additional camera production outside Japan.
The two largest stock photo companies in the world, Getty Images and Shutterstock, have announced they are merging to create a company with an expected valuation of $3.7 billion.
Yesterday, PetaPixel looked at Map Camera's best-selling new and used cameras of 2024. Now it's time to look at a part of the kit that is just as important: lenses.
Map Camera, one of the largest photography retailers in Japan, published its annual breakdown of the 10 best-selling cameras of the year, including new and used models.
At the end of 2023 it was beginning to look like AI images -- a new and novel way of producing pictures -- were an existential threat to photography. By the end of 2024, that threat had been extinguished somewhat.
Despite posting record profits quarter after quarter, Adobe's stock fell hard last week as investors appeared uncertain that the company's AI strategy will result in future revenue.
A Shutterstock director has exclusively told PetaPixel that photographers have a "vital role" to play in the future of AI technology.
Earlier this year, Canon USA initiated a round of layoffs that affected multiple departments and included Rudy Winston, who had been the most prominent face of Canon’s US-based brand for many years. He is now back with the company on a consultation basis.
The Board of Directors of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) unanimously selected ASMP Chief Legal Officer Thomas Maddrey to serve as its new CEO, the organization announced today. He will assume the position on December 14.
Fujifilm, Nikon, and Sony all released second-quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, offering a look at the overall health of the imaging industry.