Nikon’s Hybrid Sensor Patent Describes a Selective Global Shutter

Nikon applied for a revised patent in Japan for a hybrid image sensor design the company has worked on since at least 2016.

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If You Care About Photography, Apple’s Approach Should Have You Cheering

At PetaPixel, we've been covering generative AI advancements pretty heavily over the last two years for two major reasons. One, the technology is becoming inextricably linked to the software we use to edit photos, and two, it simultaneously represents an existential threat to the art of photography. [Read More]

Is the Samyang Remaster Slim Really Worth it?

Not the first brand you think of when it comes to innovation in photography, Samyang has recently announced the first-ever optical exchange autofocus lens. The Remaster Slim lens they've launched is unique in the way it's designed, and it allows you to swap out the central optical elements as desired.

What Happened to the $100 Million Dream to Send Sub-Gram-Sized Cameras to Alpha Centauri

Scientific and technological ideas can sound outlandish until they suddenly aren't. Many things people take for granted today were once considered impossible. However, nearly a decade after being revealed, the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot interstellar space project still seems more like a pipe dream than anything else. [Read More]

What is GaN Charging, Anyway? From Tech Breakthrough to Tabletop

About a week ago, I caved in and decided to spring for one of those huge, high-power USB-C power delivery hubs that have sprung up in the past couple of years. [Read More]

Shutterstock Made $104 Million Licensing Assets to AI Devs Last Year

Stock photo and video agency Shutterstock has announced a new multi-year partnership with Reka, an AI company. Like its relationships with Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and OpenAI, Shutterstock is licensing its data for Reka to train AI models. [Read More]