This Photographer Made a 80mm f/0.5 Lens for His Sony Camera
An Italian photographer frustrated with low-light image quality took matters into his own hands by building an 80mm f/0.5 lens for his Sony mirrorless camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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An Italian photographer frustrated with low-light image quality took matters into his own hands by building an 80mm f/0.5 lens for his Sony mirrorless camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Everything about the Fujifilm GFX100RF has been designed in service of the overarching goal of making it as small and lightweight as possible. That doesn't mean Fujifilm didn't try adding a faster lens and in-body image stabilization to early designs, however. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Cameras aren't made in America anymore -- and they haven't been so in many years. But there's a lot of other gear that's made in America and that photographers tend to use often. Over the years, the Phoblographer has tested camera and photo gear from all around the world. thephoblographer.com »
The Phoblographer is partnering up with Wonderful Machine, a company designed to help photographers with their marketing. And over time, the company has done incredible work to help photographers get more business and learn from one another in different ways. thephoblographer.com »
Chinese scientists have built a surveillance camera with unprecedented resolving capabilities. The powerful laser-based delivered millimeter-level resolution from 100 kilometers (62 miles) away, an achievement previously thought impossible. [Read More] petapixel.com »
When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX last weekend, the majority of credentials photographers used Canon equipment, according to the camera maker. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A fashion ad has been banned because the camera angle and the model's pose in the photo made her look too thin.
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petapixel.com »When Canon ventured into the mirrorless market several years ago, its launches were not up to the standard set by Sony. After all, this would be the case since Sony had far more experience in the domain than Canon. thephoblographer.com »
Canon unveiled two new 13-inch wireless inkjet photo printers ideal for photographers who want to print their favorite photos at home. The Pixma Pro-200S and imagePrograf Pro-310 share quite a few features with each other and look similar, differing primarily in terms of their ink and promised print quality. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Instagram alternative Pixelfed launched a mobile app last week on Android and landed on iOS today. The decentralized, ad-free, and open-source platform, which aims to offer "a fresh take on photo sharing," has surged in popularity and even run afoul of Meta moderation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Amazon has rolled out a new family of "understanding" AI multimodal models that can generate text, image, and video from varying inputs. [Read More] petapixel.com »
My first experience with the Canon EOS R1 was in the sweltering heat of Phoenix, Arizona with a pre-production unit. There is of course, only so much that you can test with a pre-production unit under predefined conditions. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Researchers have made an AI bot capable of beating image-based CAPTCHAs 100 percent of the time, according to a new scientific paper. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Sony Electronics developed a custom camera especially for the filming of the upcoming F1 movie which effectively untethers the body of the camera from the sensor. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Camera companies are notoriously secretive. While companies share revenue and profit info and are happy to claim the number one spot in specific categories, they don't say how many actual cameras they sell. petapixel.com »
Shure announced the MV6 USB-C desktop microphone and while it is positioning it as a "gaming" and streaming device, the low price, plug-and-play ease of use, and feature-rich design very likely make it a very good choice for most people who need a good quality microphone at their desk. [Read More] petapixel.com »
3 Legged Thing's new Camera Desk Mount System allows content creators to rig up their desks with camera and accessory mounts, eliminating the need for tripods for at-home shoots. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Lexar announced the E6P Portable SSD on its YouTube channel, and it is ultra-slim, rugged, and appealing for creators on the go. However, it probably won't be available for most PetaPixel readers, which is a shame. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Well-known storage company Lexar has launched the Professional Go Portable SSD with Hub on Kickstarter. It is a compact storage system designed for mobile filmmakers using the Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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radojuva.com »After saying it was evaluating adjusting its policy last week, Meta today announced that it is making changes to how it handles what it calls "manipulated media" going forward, adjusting the "Made with AI" label that appears on Instagram to "AI Info" instead. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Just last month, Xencelabs announced a new "industry first" $1,249 4K OLED Pen Display targeted at professional digital creatives requiring quality and portability. petapixel.com »
With growing fury against its hamfisted approach to labeling photos as "Made with AI", Meta says it is "evaluating" its approach. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Recently, Instagram has been rolling out its "Made with AI" tag which ostensibly flags AI-generated images on the platform but it has been enraging photographers after flagging photos that are not AI-generated. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Another week, another public relations nightmare for Adobe. While not every controversy is Adobe's fault, each is understandable in the larger context: Adobe lost people's trust a while ago, and everything it does is under a microscope. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Adobe recently made a major change in their Terms of Use that amide it clear they had access to your photos. many did complain about that change and Adobe now did post an update to clarify why they made this change: — We recently made an update to our Terms of Use with the goal… sonyalpharumors.com »
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] petapixel.com »
As a huge nerd for the history of photography, I've spent a lot of time reading about and studying products of the past. And there have been a lot, to say the least. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Scientists have created the thinnest optical lens ever made for camera systems. At just three atoms thick, the researchers believe it will be especially useful for future wearables like the now defunct Google Glass or Meta's RayBan smart glasses. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The cinematographer behind Netflix's Baby Reindeer has revealed how he made the hit TV show feel so intense and unsettling. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Photographers uploading their work to Instagram are finding "Made With AI" tags attached to images that were not computer-generated. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Instagram's newly-launched "Made with AI" labels are creating confusion as photographers and content creators are finding their posts slapped with the tags despite using minimal editing or apparently not using AI at all. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Skylum has announced Project "Barcelona," a new desktop application designed specifically for professional portrait retouching built in collaboration with portrait photographer Julia Trotti. [Read More] petapixel.com »
For 30 years, a secret nuclear bunker designed to house all 535 members of Congress in the event of nuclear war lay hidden beneath the luxurious Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. petapixel.com »
41-year-old musician and school band director Michael Sanchez bought his first camera just a month ago. Last week, while trying to get nice sunrise landscape shots at Hug Point along the Oregon coast, Sanchez took photos of a small, dark-looking bird in the dim dawn light. petapixel.com »
An upcoming Vivian Maier auction will offer up a rarity for the late photographer: images printed over her lifetime.
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petapixel.com »Photographs are made by cameras. But what if an image can be made from the memory of a human being? A research and design studio is using AI to do just that. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A wedding photographer specially created this "super contrast" image so that a blind groom could see pictures of his big day. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Meta will add a "Made with AI” label to images and videos detected to be AI-generated across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads starting next month. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Not many brands make a 25mm lens. But Zeiss has made several of them. We're talking about full-frame 25mm lenses -- not those for Micro Four Thirds or APS-C lenses. In fact, Zeiss made several. In our 14 years of reviewing lenses, we've tested their 25mm f2 Batis, 25mm f2. thephoblographer.com »
Sigma's new 15mm f/1. 4 DG DN Art diagonal fisheye lens is unique, a little bit weird, and definitely niche. The company knows it won't be a big seller, but that's not why it decided to make it. petapixel.com »
Preorders are now open at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FotoErhardt. Calumet. WexUk. . Press text at Explora. There is an interesting story that might tell us a lot about the future of the camera market. sonyalpharumors.com »
Since OpenAI announced Sora last week, its upcoming AI video generator, there has been plenty of buzz as the world reacts to the novel technology. [Read More] petapixel.com »
All of the photographs on this website weren't made by people. They weren't made by an AI image generator, either. Instead, they were all made by cameras. Sure, people had to push the buttons. But the cameras did everything around the color because it was set to auto white balance. thephoblographer.com »
Hal Buell, who led The Associated Press’ (AP) photo operations and made the pivotal decision to run Nick Ut's Napalm Girl, has died. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The cinematographer behind the Oscar-nominated film The Holdovers has revealed how he made the movie look, feel, and sound like it was actually made during the decade it is set in: the 1970s. [Read More] petapixel.com »
After greatly exceeding expectations and making dozens more trips into the Martian sky than planned, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter drone has made its final flight. Rest now, king. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Backyard astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has released his highest-ever resolution image of the Sun -- a 400-megapixel image made up of over 100,000 photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
I’m not just a camera history nerd, I’m also a huge fan of weird things in general. Weird and unique technology is especially fascinating, and I’m sure many readers here share the same sentiment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The fine folks at PeriscopeFilm have gotten their hands on an old educational film created by Eastman Kodak in the 1950s. While the copy of the vintage movie is incomplete, it shows part of a documentary about how the company makes film for cameras. [Read More] petapixel.com »