Venus Optics has announced the 12-24mm f/5.6 compact zoom lens for full-frame cameras. The $650 fixed-aperture, manual focus lens is available for Canon RF, Sony E, Nikon Z, and Leica M mounts.
NASA has released a new image that was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS), the tool the observatory finds and locks onto targets, which provides a glimpse of the telescope's incredible imaging prowess.
Ricoh has announced that the limited edition GR IIIx Urban Edition, which was initially only available as part of a kit, is being made available on its own.
A former class of school students was told by a federal judge they can pursue a lawsuit against PeopleConnect after their yearbook photos were published without their permission on the company's social networking site Classmates.com.
Unistellar, the company behind a series of consumer-focused telescope cameras, has updated its Nocturne iPhone app to allow it to identify constellations, galaxies, nebulae, and planets.
Meta has announced that it has filed separate legal actions in federal court against a company and an individual who scraped data from Facebook and Instagram.
Not just any camera can be used to capture content that is designed to be streamed on Netflix, and many do not have a firm grasp of why these particular cameras were selected. Netflix is finally shedding a bit of light on what makes a camera "approved."
A new Apple patent could mean that photographers are able to shoot pictures on their iPhones in the rain and even underwater.
Deepfakes are a problem, and we need to talk about the rising issue of fake content on the internet and how some companies are shifting to put some of the blame for what they created on our shoulders. For more, read this week's Clipped Highlights!
Shashank Khanna won the grand prize in Outdoor Photographer's Great Outdoors 2021 photo competition, only to realize his composite image broke competition rules.
Nikon has announced a small firmware update 2.10 for the Z9 flagship camera which adds a high-frequency flicker reduction feature as well as further improves autofocus performance.
Los Angeles Lakers player Kendrick Nunn has been sued for copyright infringement by the same photographer who recently settled a copyright infringement legal battle with Nunn's superstar teammate, LeBron James.
Meta Three is a new 360-degree camera that produces remarkable 12.5K resolution videos using four vertically oriented 6K sensors.
The FBI issued a warning that a rising number of scammers are using deepfake technology to impersonate job candidates during interviews for remote positions.
Darktable, an open-source answer to Adobe Lightroom, has announced a major update to version 4.0 which adds a massive list of changes, new features, and bug fixes including new color science tools and a totally new user interface.
Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell says that UFOS are real and have capabilities beyond anything the world has seen, including what appears to be the ability to vanish into the water.
Godox has announced the Lux Junior on-camera flash, a $69 retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, OM-Digital (Olympus), and Sony cameras.
An international research team has observed signs of rotation in a galaxy that existed only 500 million years after the Big Bang, easily the earliest galaxy ever observed that shows a signature of rotation.
A longstanding dispute over the custody of photos of Prince made it to a federal appeals court last month after the late artist's personal photographer claimed his images were illegally used and stolen by his collaborators.
Retouch4me has announced the first neural network-trained plugin for DaVinci Resolve that automatically retouches skin imperfections extremely quickly and entirely on its own.
Xiaomi has announced its 12S Series which includes the Ultra that was co-engineered with Leica. That flagship features the world's largest smartphone sensor: a 50-megapixel 1-inch sensor behind a 23mm f/1.9 Leica lens.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition has revealed this year's shortlisted photos from all over the globe.
NanoAvionics sent a satellite into space with a selfie stick attached to a GoPro, which then transmitted back the world's first spacecraft selfie in 4K.
A photographer has sued Google for copyright infringement alleging that YouTube failed to remove his unauthorized images from the website.
Instagram is testing a change that turns all video posts uploaded to the platform into Reels in what is likely a move to increase engagement with its top-performing offering.
A photographer has created portraits of people who do not exist but were instead made with the artificial intelligence (AI) program DALL-E 2.
The Epos 300 is the first LED lighting product from Kelvin, a new brand that has been created by LED research company Rift Labs. It promises full RGB, best-in-class LUX output per watt, and seamless and intuitive control.
Following massive losses in its Reality Labs division, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly told employees that the company is experiencing "one of the worst downturns [it has seen] in recent history."
NASA has announced that the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, the second of the James Webb Space Telescope's four primary scientific instruments, has concluded its preparations and is ready to start capturing the universe.
Engineers at Penn State University have created a chip that can process and classify nearly two billion images per second.
Computer scientists at the University of Groningen have created a system to analyze the noise produced by individual cameras to help law enforcement fight child exploitation.
The Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) took advantage of its unique vantage spot in space to capture stunning images of a partial solar eclipse.
Polaroid and The Impossible Project have announced a new Duochrome Green limited edition instant film in direct response to the ever-growing popularity of the Duochrome film family.
DZOFilm has announced the Marlin 1.6x Expander that adapts Super35 lenses to larger sensors. It promises to not only extend the effective focal length of those lenses but also the image circle itself.
The images released from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12 will be the deepest view of the universe ever taken, and some scientists say they've been brought to tears by the photographs.
NASA's lunar reconnaissance orbiter has photographed the site of a rocket impact that occurred last March. Not only has it created a strange double crater, it is also not clear where the rocket even came from.
Synology has announced a new five-bay network-attached storage (NAS) array called the DS1522+. It has a relatively small footprint, can be expanded to up to 15 drives, and supports NVMe SSD caching and 10GbE networking.
Meike is making a name for itself as the king of low-cost lenses. Its new 50mm f/0.95 lens is fast, comes in five camera mount options, and costs only $250.
Hilton has launched the Waitographer, a novel solution to when a party of diners wants their picture taken.
Xiaomi has announced that it's upcoming 12S Ultra will use the full size of Sony's IMX989 1-inch sensor. The phone, which is also co-developed with Leica, will be announced on July 4.
In May, Shutterstock acquired the world's largest video-centric stock agency Pond5 for $210 million. While greatly bolstering its own library, the acquisition also gave it the benefit of taking that footage away from rival Adobe Stock.
China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has published a series of detailed images taken by its Tianwen-1 Mars probe that cover the entire surface of Mars.
DIY-er Sean Billups has transformed his old Google Pixel 3A into a multispectral camera that can view in Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) wavelengths that are not normally visible to the human eye.
Profoto has announced the A2 monolight off-camera flash that is about the size of a 12-ounce can of soda. The small and portable strobe is billed as ideal for supporting location shoots like weddings, awards ceremonies, or other events.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has urged Google and Apple to ban TikTok from app stores for “its pattern of surreptitious data practices."
In what can only be described as a miraculous feat of marketing, the Nothing Phone has secured more than 175,000 pre-orders (and climbing) despite the company releasing next to no hardware details nor even showing the front of the smartphone.
Two photographers will seek to revive a class-action lawsuit against Instagram that claims it contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images.
As part of the celebration of its 75th anniversary this year, Magnum Photos is launching its first collection of NFTs. The agency will start with three selections and will slowly release the full 75 image lot through the year.
Camero-Tech, a military technology manufacturer, has announced its latest artificial intelligence-powered (AI) powered detection system that allows soldiers to see through walls before attacking.
Pentax, which is no stranger to unusual strategies when it comes to cameras, announced that it was releasing season-themed photo profiles for a set of its DSLRs that would be locked behind specific lenses. Gotta catch 'em all, I guess? For more, read this week's Clipped Highlights!