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A wildlife photographer has been arrested in a Tasmanian forest for protesting the logging of trees where he has taken photos of the critically endangered swift parrot.

Sony announced the ZV-E1 camera in late March, delivering an excellent option for video content creators. At launch, the camera delivered full width 4K 60p recording, but Sony has now elevated the ZV-E1 with a free upgrade to record 4K 120p footage.

American video game publisher Annapurna Interactive has announced Lushfoil Photography Sim, a new landscape photography video game that will take players around the world to capture beautiful images captured by a realistic, fully-featured in-game camera.

Meta is letting people peek behind the curtain and learn how the company uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine what people see when using Meta's apps, including Facebook and Instagram.

An artist who created AI images of politicians cheating on their spouses did so to warn of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) -- but he was banned from Midjourney for it.

A research team from the University of Maryland has developed an artificial intelligence-powered (AI) method to reconstruct complex scenes and objects in 3D using only the reflections in a person's eye.

National Geographic, a magazine renowned for its photojournalism and wildlife photography, has laid off the last of its remaining staff writers and a number of other employees, according to multiple departing staff writers. The move signals a possible decline for the publication.

Kim Kardashian brought her own lighting and glam team for the "most important photo" of her life -- her driver's license photo.

Moment has launched a series of bags that "carry everything, go anywhere, and come in every size." Aptly named The Everything Bags, Moment believes its new bags will replace all a person's other bags.

A sports photographer whose $12,000 camera lens was shattered by a 104 MPH baseball will have his gear restored after an outpouring of support by the public and an act of generosity by Sony.

A photographer who paid $50,000 to an agency that promised to drastically grow her business by among other things, providing 100,000 Instagram followers, has sued after allegedly seeing no uptick in business.

TikTok has admitted to quietly bankrolling a high-profile lawsuit brought by its users against Montana's state-wide ban on the video-sharing app -- a detail that the company failed to mention previously.

Pergear has announced a trio of new CFexpress Type A cards that promise high-speed performance for an affordable price.

The Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur Draft is just around the corner, running from July 9-11. As teams prepare to pick players, hoping to find future superstars, scouting is critical. Scouts use many tools to evaluate players, including sophisticated technology.

A new app claims it can calculate the calories in any meal from a single photo taken with a smartphone.

The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has doubled down on its stance regarding artificial intelligence (AI), stating unequivocally that it will not register works generated entirely by AI.

An international team of scientists has used the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible imaging instruments to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. The compound, known as methyl cation (CH3+), is a vital molecule for more complex carbon-based molecules.

Hot on the heels of Insta360 announcing the Go 3, a compact and enjoyable action camera, Insta360 has highlighted the work of Karman Space Program (KSP), a student-led team aiming to reach space using a reusable rocket. During the team's work, it has been using Insta360 cameras to capture incredible and unique perspectives of Earth, including during a recent high-altitude balloon test, Project Eclipse.
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A group of photographers shooting photos in Alaska bravely stood their ground as they were charged by a brown bear.

TikTok is discontinuing its BeReal clone TikTok Now after less than a year.

Alongside the new Canon EOS R100 mirrorless camera, Canon also announced a new pancake-style prime lens for RF-mount, the RF 28mm f/2.8 STM. While announced simultaneously with the APS-C R100 camera, the RF 28mm is a full-frame lens.

Metalenz, a maker of flat "meta-optic" lenses for 3D imaging, has launched its metasurface optics technology on the open market in partnership with semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC).

Fresh off its Generative Fill Tool that created plenty of buzz, Adobe has previewed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

A former Google CEO says the 2024 U.S. presidential elections will be a "mess" because of images generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Marco Purich, known as sirrandalot on YouTube, created a realistic virtual camera inside Blender using the software's "Cycles" path tracing.

Twenty years after Beyoncé's iconic Dangerously in Love album, the photographer who shot the cover has revealed that the songstress is actually wearing his jeans in the iconic cover photo.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has unveiled the shortlisted photos for its 15th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. The beautiful images celebrate the night sky and have been captured by photographers across the globe.

The Nanoleaf 4D camera system -- which can match Nanoleaf lights to the content on a television -- was announced earlier this year, but today it finally has a price.

Tether Tools has announced the latest version of its customizable and powerful tethered capture software, Smart Shooter 5. The major new release supports Fujifilm cameras, adds multi-camera tethering for up to 10 cameras, and integrates bulk QR/barcodes into professional workflows.

3Pod has unveiled the Everest Series, a new line of carbon fiber tripods and accessories designed for photographers and videographers. The Everest Series comprises two four-section compact carbon fiber tripods and a pair of accompanying Arca-Type ball heads.

A trail camera captured intense footage of a grizzly bear ferociously chasing down a band of wild horses.

Insta360's new Go 3 action camera is probably the company's most versatile yet, as it mixes a tiny thumb-sized main camera unit with a GoPro-like pod base that features 170 minutes of battery life and a flip-up selfie screen.

A team of scientists has developed a new super-sensitive camera that uses a novel imaging technology and is poised to allow art conservationists to work with significantly more accuracy than before.

TTArtisan has announced the Light Meter II, a second-generation attempt at its shoe-mount meter that improves on the original that was released in 2021.

Over the weekend, Major League Baseball (MLB) tried out a new camera angle that caught the imagination of many viewers who compared it to a video game.

The Nikon Z8 has proven very popular with photographers since its release last month, helping Nikon make a commercial impact that has thus far evaded the iconic camera company in its mirrorless era. However, some unlucky early adopters have experienced an issue preventing them from mounting a lens to the full-frame camera.

Irix has announced a new series of black mist filters that it says will lower the contrast and overall highlight intensity while also reducing the visibility of "skin defects" in portraits.

Photographers and creators have raised concerns over Adobe's Firefly accusing the software giant of setting up competition against them without being paid for it.

Camp Snap is a new screen-free digital camera designed to help children "live in the moment" while still creating digital memories.

COOPH, maker of photography-oriented merchandise, accessories, and the COOPH Magazine, has launched a new backpack on Kickstarter.

Researchers from the Université de Genève (UNIGE) in Switzerland have developed a novel method for testing Euler's and Einstein's famous theories for the accelerating expansion of the universe and the nature of dark matter.

A photographer at a baseball game had his Sony 400mm f/2.8 lens valued at $12,000 destroyed after a foul ball smashed into the glass.

Seismique is a technology-focused art museum in Houston, Texas and is a trendy spot for local photographers to visit and take pictures, including as the backdrop for portraits. HoustonPhotowalks visited Seismique and found itself on the wrong end of a sales tax mix-up.

The total solar eclipse that will shroud areas from Texas to Maine in darkness next April will be the last time to catch such an event in the contiguous U.S. until 2044. NASA wants to ensure that researchers are prepared to perform experiments during the event, and has announced funding for five interdisciplinary science experiments.

The Ondu Eikan is a large format camera system designed to "grow" with photographers thanks to its modular design.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has been working for a decade to develop what it describes as next generation LiDAR tech that it plans to use to create extremely detailed maps of the sea floor.

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter has captured some incredible ultraviolet images of the Red Planet taken at two different points along its orbit around the Sun.