There has been a lot of talk about AI generated images and visual art. One of the projects that I found most impressive was DALL-E 2. This is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language. [Read More]
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Light Lens Lab (LLL) has released a re-creation of Leica’s first generation 28mm f2. 8 Elmarit lens introduced in 1965. The Leica lens has become a collector's item known as the 28mm 9 Element.
Small drones aren’t a new concept, but when they’re dependable in creating content, they change perceptions, which describes the DJI Neo in a nutshell. As much as DJI has captured so much of the consumer drone market, the Neo also feels like a response to what others have done. [Read More]
The latest-generation Mac mini sports a fresh and improved design and Apple's newest M4-series processors. The facelift and performance bump close the gap between the Mac mini and Apple's fantastic Mac Studio desktop in multiple ways, making the new Mac mini an extremely compelling choice for photographers and video editors alike. [Read More]
Apple has steadily been improving the performance of its M-series chip generation over generation and if you're just comparing results versus the previous iteration, "steadily" would be the key word.
Dpreview has completed its review of the Canon EOS R5 Mark II and gave it a glowing review. Just in case you were hibernating, here's the rough key features of the R5 Mark II; I found this sentence from the review to be excellent, and wrapping up in one sentence on just how good the [...] Source
The Razer Blade 16 is a big laptop in size and capability, though it also comes with some compromises. However, Razer frames its Blade laptops, and they cater to gamers first, a subset of consumers notoriously fickle about performance.
As with any laptop review at PetaPixel, we run through various benchmarks to gauge overall performance. The Razer Blade 16 (2024) and Lightroom Classic proved to be something of a mystery in the process, yielding unsatisfactory results that required further investigation. [Read More]