Explora’s Best Premium Bridge Camera of the year is still the “old” Sony Cyber-shot RX10 IV

Explora listed the best bridge cameras you can get and according to them the best premium camera is still the over 7 years old Sony Cyber-shot RX10 IV: The Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV by Sony is considered by many to be the holy grail of bridge cameras due to its high-performance features, as well as its… The post Explora’s Best Premium Bridge Camera of the year is still the “old” Sony Cyber-shot RX10 IV first appeared on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »

2025-1-14 14:57

Incredible ‘Lost’ Photos Recovered From a 90-Year Old Film Roll

Austrian photographer Markus Hofstaetter developed photos from a 90-year-old roll of film with fascinating results.

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2024-12-17 23:07

AI Tool Takes Old Photos and Breathes Life Into Them

A new AI tool will bring old family photos to life by animating the people in them. Allowing users to "relive your favorite memories by turning any photo into a short video clip." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-26 20:05

Bringing a Forgotten Zoo Back to Life by Colorizing Old Photos

A photo restorer breathed fresh life into a forgotten zoo by colorizing a set of black-and-white photos from the 1940s.

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2024-11-24 23:00

A New Light Meter for the Old Leica M6

The Leica M6 is one of the company's most popular cameras. Built from 1984 to 1998, it proved to be so desirable that two years ago, Leica reintroduced a modestly revised version at a time that no other marque is building new, professional 35mm film cameras. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-20 22:00

Man Develops Film Inside Old Camera and Discovers Trove of Family Christmas Photos

A man who purchased a $5 film camera from a bargain bin and developed the ancient film inside is now trying to find the people on the roll. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-15 14:32

Curiosity: Review of the 21 year old Sony DSC-V1

There is currently a curious hype involving compact digital cameras from over 20 years ago. TikTokkers and Instagrammers like to buy them because they are cheap, curious to use, and they give a kind of cinematic look because of the low-resolution images. sonyalpharumors.com »

2024-8-11 15:38

Scientists Develop Technique For Recovering Old Daguerreotype Photos

Researchers have developed a new technique for salvaging tarnished 19th-century daguerreotype photographs and revealing images that otherwise "seemed lost forever." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-4-26 19:01

Old Movies Are Being Enhanced With AI Tools and Not Everyone is Happy

The 1994 James Cameron film True Lies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently re-released in Ultra HD 4K disc format giving viewers the opportunity to watch these classic films in unprecedented detail. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-4-17 20:35

Film Photographer Recreates 100 Year Old Soccer Team Photo on Antique Camera

Miles Myerscough-Harris of Expired Film Club was recently invited to recreate a 100-year-old soccer team photo. His camera of choice? An 1897 No. 4 Cartridge Kodak. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-15 20:30

Fujifilm Launches New Service in Canada to Digitize Old Media

Fujifilm has launched a service through its Printlife branding called Capture Canada, which offers consumers there the opportunity to digitize prints, film, slides, and videotapes by mailing them in. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-24 01:28

Leonardo AI Adds Image Upscaler That Can ‘Revive Old Photos’

Leonardo AI is a generative artificial intelligence platform and it has just released an image upscaler for "reviving old photos or enhancing digital art." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-14 19:34

Flickr Turns 20 Years Old Today

Flickr is celebrating its 20th anniversary. From the early days of the internet through to today, the photo-sharing site that is now home to everyone from amateur photographers through NASA has certainly come a long way. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-11 17:30

This AI Tool Will Estimate When an Old Photo Was Taken

When looking at an old, undated photo it can be difficult to guess when it was taken, but now an artificial intelligence (AI) tool claims to offer a helping hand. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-17 17:03

NFL Running Back Giovani Bernard Returns to his Old Team For Photo Duties

Former Cincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard has returned to the Paycor Stadium but in a very different role -- as a photographer. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-9 19:07

Sony Will Finally Bring New Features to Old Cameras via Firmware Updates

At the tail end of its presentation for the new global-shutter-equipped a9 III full-frame camera, Sony announced that it would finally be bringing some of its new software features to select older cameras via firmware updates. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-7 18:21

Old Photographs Brought to Life With the Latest Colorization Techniques

Photographs taken over 100 years ago can appear like a foreign country, but the people in those photos did not experience the world in black and white. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-6 17:15

F1 Posts Old Footage of Camera Flying off Car and Destroying the Car Behind

Formula 1 has shared an old video showing the astonishing moment a camera attached to the rear wing of a Ferrari came loose and struck the other Ferrari following behind. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-12 15:51

Reimagine App Upscales, Colors, and Animates Your Old Family Photos

The Reimagine app from MyHeritage combines multiple artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into a single service that can scan, enhance, colorize, and animate family photos to "bring them to life." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-31 22:57

‘The Salvage Mission’ Photo Series Gives Old Cars New Life

Photographer Patty Maher's new award-winning photo series, "The Salvage Mission," focuses on a car graveyard near Maher's home. She was instantly enchanted by the rusty old vehicles, the stories the cars might tell if only they could speak, and how best to visually represent them before they fully decayed and became lost to time. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-9 22:06

Photographer Recreates His Dad’s Old Modeling Pictures

A photographer has recreated his Dad's old modeling pictures from the 1980s when he was a high-profile fashion model.

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2023-3-23 20:42

Why Old Film Photos Look So Much Better Than Modern Ones

One of the reasons why the modern film photography trend started has to do with nostalgia. It really hit hard in the late 2000's when my generation was only just starting to graduate college. We'd look at old film photos of our families and through slides we found at thrift shops. thephoblographer.com »

2023-3-11 02:00

Why Are So Many Gen Z-ers Drawn to Old Digital Cameras?

The latest digital cameras boast ever-higher resolutions, better performance in low light, smart focusing and shake reduction – and they’re built right into your smartphone. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-5 18:00

Biopic of Magnum Photographer to be Shot on his Old Lenses

A biopic of Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Guler has been announced with his old lenses being repurposed so they can be used to film the movie on. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-2-21 16:53

Filmmakers Build Ultra-Fast f/0.3 29mm from Old Leica Projector Lens

A team of photographers built a super fast f/0.3 29mm lens from a Leitz projector lens to shoot a beautiful short film with. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-12-29 23:08

How a New Lens Can Breathe Life Into an Old Camera

Lots of us don't necessarily want to or need to upgrade our cameras every few years. But instead, new lenses that are affordable yet fantastic give our cameras new life. When I personally purchased the Tamron 17-28mm f2. thephoblographer.com »

2022-9-16 01:00

Centuries Old Photographs Show Our Immortal Love of Dogs

A fascinating collection of antique daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and carte de visites has been put together showing dogs and their owners from the 19th and 20th centuries. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-2 19:17

Secrets of Old Photos Revealed Using AI Colorization and Reverse Search

Image search technology is evolving to a point where researchers can gather information on old photos that was previously impossible to attain. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-12 19:17

How a Flash Fixes Your Old Camera’s Bad Performance

When this was typed into our site's search engine, I immediately got excited. Yes, a flash can fix almost any sort of bad performance with a camera. Lots of new photographers are very afraid of flash so they only use constant light and neons. thephoblographer.com »

2022-8-8 13:00

Bill Hao Is Confident We Can Love Old School Photography Techniques

"I am lucky; my wife supports me," quips Bill Hao when queried about what his friends and family think about his massive wet plate camera obsession. He spent close to a year crafting the camera and its portable setup (if you can call it portable), and he loves touring his country and taking landscape photos. thephoblographer.com »

2022-4-19 07:00

I Take Photos Of Winnipeg, Capturing Old With The New

Winnipeg has a mindset of holding onto the past as long as possible, but some things have to go. This photo collection is a few years old, before the pandemic. Since then, the whole province has gone through economic shifts from politics, overspending to drastic underspending, and everything else Canada and the world have been going through. boredpanda.com »

2022-2-15 11:26

Photographer Turns Old Ghostbusters Toy Into a Working Camera Lens

Instead of using a filter or editing technique to achieve a lo-fi look, Sean from Fotodiox went a different route and converted a 1984 Ghostbusters toy and adapted it to a mirrorless camera to create an unusual yet authentic vintage look. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-1-26 21:33

Why is Modern Polaroid Film Nowhere as Good as the Old Stuff?

This blog post is inspired by a thread that happened on Reddit. I personally responded to it as I'm a Mod for R/Polaroid. But I realize that there is a ton of misinformation and folks who don't know what's going on. thephoblographer.com »

2022-1-24 08:00

Cambie Hall: 23 Creepy Pictures I Took At This Old Place

Located in a small town called Sicamous in British Columbia, Canada is an old building known as Cambie Hall. The post Cambie Hall: 23 Creepy Pictures I Took At This Old Place first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-11-3 03:54

I Explored An Old Abandoned House, And It Was Left Relatively Untouched (9 Pics)

According to the stories of fellow villagers, a kind old farmer who once lived in this house shared his best grain seeds with all the peasants in the neighborhood. The post I Explored An Old Abandoned House, And It Was Left Relatively Untouched (9 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-9-30 00:09

45 Beautiful Pictures Of Old Summer Homes Captured By Photographer Fyodor Savintsev

Photographer Fyodor Savintsev captures the beauty of old Russian dachas and shares it on Instagram. In this list you will find well preserved dachas which can be up to a 100 years old. The post 45 Beautiful Pictures Of Old Summer Homes Captured By Photographer Fyodor Savintsev first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-9-25 17:02

30 Old Dachas That Look Like Pictures From A Fairytale Captured By This Russian Photographer

Photographer Fyodor Savintsev captures the beauty of old Russian dachas and shares it on Instagram. In this list you will find well preserved dachas which can be up to a 100 years old. The post 30 Old Dachas That Look Like Pictures From A Fairytale Captured By This Russian Photographer first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-9-28 17:02

45 Old Dachas That Look Like Pictures From A Fairytale Captured By This Russian Photographer

Photographer Fyodor Savintsev captures the beauty of old Russian dachas and shares it on Instagram. In this list you will find well preserved dachas which can be up to a 100 years old. The post 45 Old Dachas That Look Like Pictures From A Fairytale Captured By This Russian Photographer first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-9-27 17:02

Are Old DSLR Lenses Still Worth Your Money in 2021?

Old DSLR lenses can be enjoyable to use. They've got imperfections that you don't see in most modern lenses. Plus, they really make you work for the shot. In a world where photography is so simple, they're refreshing. thephoblographer.com »

2021-9-20 13:00

50 Funny And Spot-On Recreations Of Old Photos, As Shared In This Group

You can't bring back the past. But you can recreate it.

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2021-8-13 09:30

91 Old Photo Recreations That Were So Good, People Shared Them On This Online Group

You can't bring back the past. But you can recreate it.

The post 91 Old Photo Recreations That Were So Good, People Shared Them On This Online Group first appeared on Bored Panda.

2021-8-12 09:30

We Decided To Sell Everything We Own, Convert An Old Truck, And Travel The World Together (New Pics)

The third year, and the third part, of our overlanding journey from Austria to Australia. The post We Decided To Sell Everything We Own, Convert An Old Truck, And Travel The World Together (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda. boredpanda.com »

2021-7-17 21:10

59 Awesome DIYs From Old Or Broken Things

Not every useless old thing needs to end its span of life in a trash bin.

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2021-7-5 09:55

DxO PureRaw Review: Bring Old, Noisy Photos Back to Life

Today, DxO launched PureRaw, an application that uses “exclusive technology” to enhance and improve RAW images by removing digital noise and lens flaws, leaving you with a cleaner and more accurate image. petapixel.com »

2021-4-14 16:00

I Found An Old Warehouse In Cincinnati To Create Steampunk Pics (19 Pics)

I am always on the hunt for interesting locations to carry out themed shoots. I wanted an old 'abandoned' building that was also legal to shoot in. After scouring Cincinnati, I found an old building on the old brewery trail that rented spaces and locations for artists. boredpanda.com »

2021-3-23 20:10

I Found An Old Abandoned Train

On August 2020, we met at Butlershaven for a session on Art Therapy. It was done after the lockdown level was lowered and we were allowed to attend small gatherings. It was the first time in months that we were able to go out of the house in months. boredpanda.com »

2021-3-28 09:50

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Brings People in Old Photos Back to Life

Deep Nostalgia is a new AI that can breathe new life into historical photos by animating people who have long passed. The results are both creepy and fascinating at the same time. The AI was just launched by the online genealogy platform MyHeritage, which you’ll need to sign up for if you’d like to use […] petapixel.com »

2021-3-2 20:11

Photographer Robert Claus Is Inspired by Old Paintings

My name is Robert Claus. As a kid, I wanted to be an artist—a painter or composer, or preferably both. Life has a funny way of redirecting and planing down these creative (and potentially very expensive) impulses, so that when I returned to photography as an adult, it was the perfect means of self-expression for me, as I could bring my other passions to bear, from lighting a still life like a 17th century painting, to thinking about sequencing images in a portfolio or collection like a piece of music. thephoblographer.com »

2021-2-11 08:00

Photographer Creates New Memories With Her Father’s Old Slides In This Nostalgic Series (31 Pics)

Catherine Panebianco is an artist whose work longs for a sense of place, catches hold of memories, and chases the spirits of those we currently love, and those that continue to surround us from our past. boredpanda.com »

2021-1-26 11:47

Photographer Uses Her Dad’s Old Slides To Create A Nostalgic Photo Series (31 Pics)

Catherine Panebianco is an artist whose work longs for a sense of place, catches hold of memories, and chases the spirits of those we currently love, and those that continue to surround us from our past. boredpanda.com »

2021-1-27 11:47