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Award-winning German photo lab WhiteWall announced two new solutions to help customers achieve sharper, better prints. WhiteWall SuperResolution promises improved image quality when printing smartphone photos, while the existing UltraHD sharpening is available for more products. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Midjourney released its latest V7 model last week and already users have been inputting creative prompts that include a filename from a camera system to achieve photorealistic AI images. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Peek-A-Photo LLC, founded by San Diego mom and entrepreneur Maribel Angulo Bender, announced innovative photography storybooks for children. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A study has shown that whether a person smiles or not in their profile picture matters to other people and can even affect how much money they earn. [Read More] petapixel.com »
New research has revealed why AI-generated food images can make people uneasy -- raising questions about the potential of the technology to replace traditional food photography in ads. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Tamron has been making lenses since 1950 and experienced many significant shifts in the photography landscape. While the move from film to digital was perhaps the greatest transition of all, the adoption of mirrorless camera technology has also impacted Tamron's business. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Photographers have repeatedly asked camera manufacturers to lean into their heritage and produce modern cameras with vintage design and charm. While some companies, like OM System and Nikon, have done so, both Canon and Ricoh Pentax don't seem interested in following suit if design is the only reason. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Canon's EOS R1 is a very specialized camera designed for sports, wildlife, and photojournalism. But because its form factor is so appealing, many professional photographers have expressed interest in seeing a high-resolution version of the R1 released. petapixel.com »
As you can see from the screengrab above used Sony A1II cameras are currently being sold for nearly $10,000 on Amazon (Click here). No US or European store has any A1II in Stock right now: BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Clifton, CameraPro. sonyalpharumors.com »
Last week, Panasonic announced the Lumix S1R II, a hybrid camera that packs the company's typical emphasis on great video performance with something it hasn't had in a long time: great photo capability. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A judge's smiling photo was "digitally altered" for a television attack ad to make her look like she was frowning.
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Last week, Sigma's CEO Kazuto Yamaki sat down with PetaPixel to talk about its new lenses and BF camera. As part of that discussion, Yamaki revealed that he doesn't always want to make unusual cameras but also desires to create a "serious" camera worthy of the new 300-600mm f/4. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Just before Mobile World Congress 2025 opens up in Barcelona, Xiaomi presented a concept it’s calling the “Modular Optical System”, which is basically an external lens that can attach to one of its phones. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Sigma BF is milled from a single block of aluminum on state-of-the-art five axis CNC machine, which is a process that takes seven hours to complete. It should be no surprise, then, that the production capacity is extremely low: just nine per day. [Read More] petapixel.com »
U. S. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that he intends to expand the scope of tariffs to include automobiles, pharmaceutical products, and semiconductors. petapixel.com »
2025 has so far proved to be the year of comebacks. Point-and-shoot compacts are flying off shelves faster than camera stores can restock them. But there could be another resurgence set to occur, and this one has flown well under the radar: camcorders. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An elderly camera store owner in Florida fought back against two robbers who made off with over $6,000 worth of camera gear. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Adobe announced a new set of enterprise-focused Firefly AI tools headlined by Bulk Create which is capable of automating "tedious tasks" at scale like resizing, recoloring, or changing the background of thousands of images at once. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A U.S. Air Force employee was arrested for secretly taking photos of children in order to create AI child abuse images.
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Anamorphic lenses open a new world of creative possibilities for filmmakers like me, but they can also transform still photography. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Power solutions must be directly relevant to cameras and photography or just downright cool to be covered on PetaPixel. Genki's new Moonbase power strip falls clearly into the latter category, sporting an "out of this world" style and a lot of versatility for tech-savvy users. [Read More] petapixel.com »
After announcing its new text-to-video AI generator, Sora, back in February, OpenAI has finally released it to the world.
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A study found that photo filters can make women appear less intelligent to males, while making men seem smarter to women
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Instagram will soon roll out a new feature globally that will allow everyone on Instagram to perform a "Recommendations reset," which makes the algorithm forget everything it thinks it knows about you and start from scratch. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Wotancraft's new Armor Module series makes it easier for users to customize the company's Pilot Series carrying solutions to fit their specific needs. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Music and commercial photographer Ed Rode spent decades making pictures of Tennessee’s most iconic brands: country music talent and Jack Daniels Whiskey. The key to making a good photo, he says, is having a healthy respect for the subject, whether it’s a living, breathing being or an object waiting for its moment to shine. petapixel.com »
Researchers have developed a smartphone app that captures full-body motion without the need for special cameras or expensive equipment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Whether or not a wedding day goes smoothly can come down to a lot of different factors. Is it raining, is everyone stressed, or did someone drop the cake? The key is to control the controllable by setting expectations with your couples so that the wedding photography goes as smoothly as possible. [Read More] petapixel.com »
California passed a new law that makes it illegal to create deepfakes related to the 2024 election -- the toughest law on political AI-generated content in the U.S. yet. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Scientists at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center in Menlo Park, California, have found a surprising way to improve lithium-ion battery lifespan by 50%. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The excitement to see an upcoming lens or gear is often high, with many rumors swirling around prior to its imminent release. And why should they not? After all, new equipment might just be what a photographer is waiting to complete their arsenal. thephoblographer.com »
Some YouTube personalities aren't satisfied with Apple's imaging products and have reiterated their desire to see the company make a standalone camera with interchangeable -- or even fixed -- lenses. petapixel.com »
The race for AI video is really beginning to heat up with a slew of models suddenly being released and Runway, which has been releasing models longer than most, has just dropped its latest model Gen-3 Alpha. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An outdoor boudoir photographer has been praised online for dressing in lingerie to make her clients feel more comfortable on shoots. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Artificial intelligence-based photo culling and editing app Aftershoot gives photographers a major upgrade with the release of Aftershoot Edits 2.0. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Canon teased an impending announcement on June 5 for a Cinema EOS product and while it didn't disclose exactly what it might be, it did include the partial photo of a camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »
"Multimodal AI" is suddenly everywhere, with companies like Meta, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft all using the term to sell people on new AI models and services in just the past few weeks. petapixel.com »
When I was a photojournalist, turning up for jobs and getting my camera out meant I then had to download the images to a computer, edit, send, et cetera. But what if there was a way to skip the camera part and take an image with my mind instead? [Read More] petapixel.com »
CENTER, a non-profit photography organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has received a $60,000 grant that it will use to make nearly 20,000 images and related text available as an accessible online resource. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Hipstamatic, the digital app that leans into analog vibes, announced what it calls a "new homage" to classic image making that uses Apple's Live Photos feature to generate lenticular images, similar to what the retro sequential multi-lens cameras of the 1990s made. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Due to a significant surge in tourism, Japanese authorities will build a large barrier to block views of Mount Fuji within Fujikawaguchiko, a town of about 25,000 residents located in the foothills around Mt. Fuji. [Read More] petapixel.com »
After years of the RF mount remaining "closed," Sigma and Tamron have both finally broken through and will each release lenses for Canon's mirrorless mount. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Microsoft unveiled a new lip-syncing AI tool that transforms a still image of a person's face into an animated clip of them talking or singing. [Read More] petapixel.com »
iPhone cameras have come a long way, but a more hands-on app like Pearla can help mobile photographers more reliably incredible photos. And now with a new update, Pearla gives users even more tools to get the perfect shot. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Google plans to make many of its enhanced editing tools -- tools powered by AI -- free to all Google Photos users next month. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Artificial intelligence has amazed and terrified in equal measure but there's one seemingly simple task that it can't do: make a white background. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Sometimes, artificial intelligence feels so smart it's scary. But when it misses details that should feel obvious, AI feels like it still has a ways to go. Apple's researchers may have found a way to jump over one more hurdle. [Read More] petapixel.com »
In a stunning move, Nikon will acquire RED and make it a subsidiary of Nikon Inc. This is definitely one way to leapfrog Nikon into the cinema space in both products and technology. It's going to be very interesting to see how RED technology makes it way into Nikon cameras. canonrumors.com »
Sigma's CEO Kazuto Yamaki says that he is "very much personally interested in supporting medium format," and now that the company has filled out its support of full-frame mirrorless, perhaps the time to expand to larger sensors is nigh. [Read More] petapixel.com »
