Space Perspective, the company that wants to allow photo tourism high into Earth’s stratosphere via a giant balloon, has revealed the design behind the capsule that contains its luxury lounge. [Read More]
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Horseshoe crabs are ancient invertebrates that have existed along the ocean floor unchanged for some 450 million years. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, but surviving humans is proving more challenging. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-15 20:29
A big ball of light hovers above our heads everyday. It is always there and most people take very little time to notice it. While we are not suggesting that you spend time staring at it and going blind in the process, science has allowed us the ability to look directly at the sun in […] petapixel.com »
2021-09-15 20:49
The Mars Perseverance Rover, which already has sent back some incredible images from the Red Planet, is equipped with 23 cameras designed for a host of tasks. Its main camera array is particularly impressive, able to see details as small as a tip of a pencil close by, and the size of an almond from […] petapixel.com »
2021-03-02 02:15
It's going to be basically a 71mm f1.1 lens for Medium Format!!! thephoblographer.com »
2020-02-02 14:00
A closer look at Fujifilm's medium format GFX concepts At Dubai's recent Gulf Photo Plus event, Fujifilm gave us a good look at a couple of its forthcoming products, and also allowed us a peek back in time, into the design of existing GFX cameras. dpreview.com »
2019-02-18 17:00
A closer look at Nikon's new Z 6 and roadmap 'S' lenses The higher resolution Z 7 might be getting most of the attention, but Nikon's new Z 6 also has a lot going for it. We're at the launch of the Z system in Tokyo, where we took a closer look at the Z 6 and three forthcoming 'S-line' lenses. dpreview.com »
2018-08-23 20:45
A closer look at Nikon's new Z6 and roadmap 'S' lenses The higher resolution Z7 might be getting most of the attention, but Nikon's new Z6 also has a lot going for it. We're at the launch of the Z system in Tokyo, where we took a closer look at the Z6 and three forthcoming 'S-line' lenses. dpreview.com »
2018-08-23 20:45
In the face of breaking news, smartphones have made everyone a frontline reporter, and social media has allowed users to become self-publishers. However, with rare exceptions, most news content still relies on traditional media for mass distribution. petapixel.com »
2018-05-31 23:29
While combing through our thousands of images from Sony's a9 launch event last week, we've taken a critical look at the camera's revamped JPEG engine and the effectiveness of its 653-point autofocus system. Read more dpreview.com »
2017-04-27 18:00
Canon has made a 19-megapixel full-frame global shutter CMOS image sensor, and it's available now.
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In 1998, San Francisco installed the latest cutting-edge technology to run the train network: floppy disks. A quarter of a century later and the city's transportation agency is still using the same system. [Read More]
Mark Weir, Senior Manager of Electronics at Sony, retired this week after working for the company since 1986. He is, without a doubt, one of the smartest and friendliest people the digital camera industry has ever known and while we are so happy he finally is taking time for himself, we're still a bit sad to see him go. [Read More]
Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage. [Read More]
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.
A new advanced neuromorphic system designed to eliminate blurring in smartphone photos is now ready for production, using a mix of AI and existing processing power to freeze action in ways not seen on current smartphones. [Read More]
Researchers have developed a new method of storing data on an optical disk. It is capable of holding 24 times the data of the most advanced hard disk drives: the equivalent of 20 million digital photos. [Read More]