Panasonic is updating four of its mirrorless cameras, including the full-frame Lumix S5II and S5IIX and the Micro Four Thirds GH7 and G9II. The new firmware promises to improve functionality and overall user experience. In many cases, the firmware updates add features that were introduced in the Lumix S9.
Canon isn't the only camera company hitting the links. Nikon announced a pair of new laser rangefinders for golfers, the Coolshot Pro III Stabilized and the Coolshot 50i GII.
Leica is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its groundbreaking Leica I, the first mass-produced 35mm camera ever, with some surprising new products, including teddy bears, writing utensils, cuff links, wooden puzzles, pins, bags, key rings, and more.
Samsung announced a trio of new Galaxy S25 series smartphones, including the base Galaxy S25, the large S25+, and the flagship S25 Ultra.
A photographer has been sued for $2 million for throwing a bucket of urine at a TikTok-famous vintage photo booth that was set up next door to her home.
Canon Inc. developed a groundbreaking 410-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, setting a new record for the most pixels achieved on a 35mm image sensor.
Dramatic before and after photos taken from a fixed-wing aircraft show the terrible damage wrought by the LA wildfires.
Chinese lens maker Funleader has collaborated with Artizlab to create the Artizlab Classic 35mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M mount. The lens takes heavy inspiration from Leica's legendary 35mm f/1.4 V2 lens, which fetches thousands of dollars on the second-hand market.
With the famous Sundance Film Festival kicking off this week in Park City, Utah, Adobe thought it a good time to discuss what's next for Adobe Premiere Pro, a popular video editing platform for amateur and professional filmmakers alike.
"When I saw Blue Velvet for the first time, it changed my life," wrote photographer Gregory Crewdson last week as he reacted to the news that famed director David Lynch had died at age 78.
A court ruled that a television station had the right to fire a cameraman who refused Covid-19 vaccinations.
Panasonic remains committed to camcorders despite the popularity of its interchangeable lens hybrid cameras. After updating two consumer camcorders for the first time in six years last Halloween, Panasonic unveiled four new 4K professional cameras.
The World Photography Organisation shared the shortlisted young photographers who are in the running to win the Student and Youth competitions in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards.
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.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is a prolific photographer, arguably the best to ever go to space. In a fun new video from aboard the International Space Station, Pettit shows how to change camera lenses in space, and photographers on Earth will surely be envious of Pettit's zero-gravity conditions.
ProGrade Digital announced a new, larger-capacity version of its CFexpress Type A Gold-class card. The ProGrade CFexpress 2.0 Type A Gold card now comes in a beefy 960GB capacity, joining existing 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities.
A rare shrew that has never been photographed before has finally been caught on camera thanks to the efforts of three young researchers.
Pelican, known for its rugged hard cases for photo and video gear, announced various new carrying solutions, including some "soft cases," like backpacks, duffels, slings, suitcases, and more.
A photographer, who told border agents that she was shooting nature pictures near the U.S.-Mexico border, has been arrested for smuggling migrants.
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.
The Brutalist is coming under criticism for employing artificial intelligence to fill in language gaps and generate a series of architectural blueprints.
On his first day back in the White House, President Trump revoked nearly 80 of President Biden's executive orders, including the one Biden signed in October 2023 to establish federal regulations concerning artificial intelligence (AI).
Following its firmware update for the 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 in November, Tamron had improved the performance of another of its popular E-mount telephoto zoom lenses, the 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD.
Instagram is rolling out "Edits," a new video editing app that closely resembles the Chinese-owned platform CapCut, which went offline along with TikTok.
The official portraits of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have been released and photographers have been reacting to Daniel Torok's work.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to delay TikTok's ban for 75 days, giving the Chinese-owned video app more time to find a U.S. buyer.
Fujifilm announced the Instax Wide Evo Hybrid Instant Camera which combines the company's Instax line of instant cameras with its smartphone printers in one package.
Canon Inc. announced Live Switcher Mobile, a new iOS and iPadOS application that delivers multi-device integration and switching for live streamers, including content creators and gamers.
TikTok, which is currently offline in the United States following a ban, says it will return online thanks to President Trump, who initiated the years-in-the-making ban in the first place via executive order in August 2020, years before he used the platform as part of his bid to return to the White House.
American social media users woke up this morning to find that they no longer had access to TikTok after the much-anticipated ban was implemented.
Inspiring British photographer and teacher John Blakemore died this week at 88.
The winners of the 13th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest have been unveiled, with Eduardo Labat earning "Best in Show" with a jaw-dropping photo of white-tip reef sharks circling off the coast of Mexico. Labat also earned top honors in the black and white category.
The Pentax K-3 Mark III DSLR has been officially discontinued in Japan but Ricoh Imaging tells PetaPixel that the camera remains available in the United States and is part of the company's 2025 product lineup.
Backers of ShiftCam's SnapSeries Indiegogo campaign claim they were being sidelined so that ShiftCam could double-dip by taking money raised in the campaign and spend it on delivering orders to both retailers and consumers.
The Supreme Court has upheld the divest-or-ban law meaning TikTok could go dark for millions of Americans on Sunday.
A photographer is continuing to push the limits of how deep photo shoots can take place underwater after he set a new Guinness World Record by shooting portraits of a model at a staggering depth of 163.38 feet (49.80 meters).
Adobe's celebrated Creative Residency program seeks to provide up-and-coming artists new opportunities to develop their work and gain stronger footholds in the broader art world. To that end, the program places artists at some of the world's most famous art institutions and gives them a chance to showcase their work.
It's easy to look at Fujifilm and only see cameras and lenses but the company has its hands in other pots, too. For example, it has a series of binoculars that start as low as $230 and get as high as more than $1,000. Its new TS-L2040 is at the top of that range thanks to its powerful magnification and built-in electronic stabilization.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have completed the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy and created a 417-megapixel panorama. It took over a decade to make and includes more than 600 photos.
A new photo sharing app called Flashes is about to be rolled out and it is closely linked with the Twitter alternative Bluesky.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a photo of two stars actively producing carbon-rich dust, which may one day fuel the formation of new stars and planets.
The Leica Store Lisse in The Netherlands often gets its hands on rare and special cameras and lenses. This time it is offering a one-of-a-kind rarity: a Nikon 14.3mm f/4 fisheye lens that was originally developed for Disney. The price matches the rarity: $249,999.
Amid the devastation of the L.A. wildfires, heartbreaking individual stories are emerging such as a 91-year-old photographer in Altadena who estimates he has lost over 80,000 photos stored on hard drives.
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.
According to a report from NBC News, the Biden administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States even after it is scheduled to be banned on Sunday.
Tokina Cinema announced the Vista-P series of cinema prime lenses in late 2023, debuting five T1.5 primes. The series has expanded since, with Tokina debuting two new ones this week, the Vista-P 21mm T1.5 and Vista-P 29mm T1.5.
In a pre-emptive strike against an upcoming documentary that casts aspersions on Nick Ut's credit on the famous Napalm Girl photograph taken during the Vietnam War, the Associated Press has released a lengthy report re-asserting that Ut was indeed the photographer.
Leica announced the SL3-S, a hybrid photo and video camera that features a 24-megapixel backside illuminated and phase detection-equipped sensor capable of 48 and 96-megapixel multi-shot, 30 frames per second bursts, 6K 3:2 open gate recording, and C2PA built-in, all secured in an IP54-rated all-metal body.
Quickly following up the Flow Pro's release from last July, Insta360 is back with the Flow 2 Pro that makes notable changes to the design of the pocket-sized gimbal and also significantly improves it tracking capability when paired with an iPhone.
The Honor Magic 7 Pro smartphone arrives today in Europe, sporting Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset and a novel 200-megapixel 3x periscopic telephoto camera.