This Sorcerer’s Mirror Selfie Was Taken 178 Years Ago
A photographer's daguerreotype that was taken using a "sorcerer's mirror" in 1845 may be the oldest surviving mirror selfie. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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A photographer's daguerreotype that was taken using a "sorcerer's mirror" in 1845 may be the oldest surviving mirror selfie. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Canon has launched some truly exceptional lenses over the years. From tilt-shift technology to primes to zooms, Canon has excelled at creating optics that stand the test of time. The image quality is sharp and pleasing, while the colors are rich and inviting. thephoblographer.com »
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's latest image combines the work of two different instruments that captured photos of a sparkling spiral galaxy and a prominent star more than 20 years apart. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A new film, television, and gaming studio is aiming to produce more than 30 projects in the next three to four years with tiny budgets, for Hollywood at least. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Leica I was unveiled 100 years ago today, on March 1, 1925. The Leica I, the first mass-produced 35mm Leica camera, is widely celebrated for its influence on photography. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Manfrotto announced five new tripod kits to celebrate 50 years as one of the world's leading manufacturers of photography and video equipment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Though it doesn't seem possible, Photoshop is turning 35 today. Naturally, the powerful photo editing platform has undergone much growth and change since its launch in 1990. To celebrate the milestone and the inspiring stories of those who use Photoshop, Adobe has announced a new content series on YouTube with Adobe's Russel Preston Brown, Sr. dpreview.com »
Nearly 10 years ago, in October 2015, Sony unveiled the Sony RX1R II. One key point to consider is that this is the only Sony camera that has maintained its value without losing a single dollar over the past decade. sonyalpharumors.com »
The first Sony A7 camera was announced in October 2013. In 11 years, the body has grown in size and compared with the new Sony a1II it is now: 2,5mm taller 9,2mm wider 24,7mm thicker (mainly due the larger grip) The A7 weight was 474g while the Sony a1II weight is now 658g Image courtesy:… The post This is how much the Sony E-mount camera design changed in 11 years first appeared on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
The Old City of Jerusalem is a place quite unlike anywhere else on Earth. A focal point for all three Abrahamic religions, the narrow streets made out of stone bustle with Christians, Muslims, and Jews. [Read More] petapixel.com »
As noticed by DClife Sony shares hit highest price since listing in 25 years: Sony Group’s stock price closed at 3,362 yen today, but rose to 3,398 yen at one point, reaching a new record high since listing for the first time in about 25 years, and has become a hot topic. sonyalpharumors.com »
If you're reading this, I'm writing it in October 2024; and I'm probably at the eye doctor right now getting fitted for contact lenses that will let me see 20/20 for the first time in 14 years. For just a moment, I want you to get out of your head and understand that what I'm writing is coming from a place of love for our industry. thephoblographer.com »
Friend of PetaPixel and Cameralabs founder Gordon Laing is back with another entry in his excellent Retro Review series. Laing's latest target is Nikon's 2005 APS-C camera, the Nikon D200. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The future of Norwegian camera chain Foto.no is looking far from clear after reports the company is bankrupt with considerable debts and stores closed with the shutters down. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A U.S. YouTuber is reportedly facing jail time for creating a deepfake video that showed him kissing a South Korean influencer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by retired Sony Imaging executive Mark Weir who reflects on the evolution of cameras over the last two decades and, perhaps more importantly, how photographers have changed in that time, too. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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petapixel.com »A photographer recreated his parents' honeymoon pictures from 30 years earlier by traveling to New York with them and going to the spots they visited in 1994. [Read More] petapixel.com »
In another blow to the ever-depleting market, UK-based photography magazine N-Photo has published its final issue after 168 editions. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope have created and published a massive infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy containing more than 1. petapixel.com »
Award-winning British filmmaker Danny Boyle is making headlines for filming his upcoming zombie movie, 28 Years Later, using an iPhone 15. This is not the first time Boyle has eschewed traditional filmmaking equipment in favor of conforming to a narrative. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Image: Apple 28 Years Later, a sequel to the 2002 zombie movie 28 Days Later, was reportedly shot using an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Wired did some investigating after seeing an on-set image shot by a paparazzo, and says that "the use of Apple smartphones as the principal camera system on 28 Years Later was subsequently confirmed to Wired by several people connected with the movie. dpreview.com »
A gallery owner was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding clients out of $1.6 million worth of fine art photographs, including prints by famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams. [Read More] petapixel.com »
With 20 years in the photo industry and 15 years running the Phoblographer, I can say with authenticity a few very valid statements about Nikon. Like a silver or bronze medalist that everyone forgets about, they've always believed that they should wear gold. thephoblographer.com »
With the Paris Olympics done and dusted, the next Summer Games will be held in Los Angeles in 2028. This gave one filmmaker pause for thought: What would an L.A. Olympics look like 1,000 years in the future? [Read More] petapixel.com »
Canadian photographer Chris Whitty captured a rare white loon after spending years searching for it.
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petapixel.com »Photogram's Alice Camera has been a long time coming. Unveiled in early 2021 as an AI-assisted Micro Four Thirds camera, the camera was supposed to finally release in October 2022. petapixel.com »
A decade's worth of Peak Design's client data (about half a million records) leaked publicly because due to a data migration, the information was temporarily not password protected. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A U.S. man has been charged by the FBI for allegedly producing 13,000 sexually explicit and abusive AI images of children on the popular Stable Diffusion model. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An article in Nikkei points out that the Japanese domestic market has grown for the first time in 13 years. Which kind of shows just how bad it's gotten for the japanese marketplace. The Japanese market has gone from its peak of over 10 million units down in 2010 and has basically been in a [. canonrumors.com »
A photographer, who innocently shot an image of O.J. Simpson in gloves after a football match, later found himself embroiled at the center of the infamous murder trial that riveted the world years later. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A photographer has documented the sport of Muay Thai for 10 years, traveling to the sport's home in Thailand to capture impoverished youngsters quite literally fighting for a better life. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The 10-year anniversary of Ellen DeGeneres' internet-breaking Oscars selfie reveals just how much photo culture has changed. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Sigma's long-awaited full-frame Foveon sensor, the heart of a new camera that began development in 2016, is still at least a few years away, and the company's CEO adds that its arrival is not guaranteed, PetaPixel has learned. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The man who fatally shot photographer Tyler Gerth during a protest following the death of Breonna Taylor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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 »
I've changed how I've edited images many times over the years. Lots of photographers these days lay into the clarity slider like cultists making an offering for their salvation. As a result, they then ignore the sharpening tool. thephoblographer.com »
Samsung has experienced some steep declines in profit over the last couple of years and in its recent earnings report, the company has failed to turn that around. [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 »
A bride was reunited with her wedding photos that had been lost for more than three decades -- after another woman spotted them at an auction. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Five years ago, the first thing manufacturers talked about when launching a new camera was the sensor. Megapixels made headlines along with backlit designs and sensor stacking. But, has all that changed? Looking at technical tests and rankings like those from DxO Mark, half of all the top ten full frame cameras are more than three years old. thephoblographer.com »
A photographer captured an epic shot of a B-2 stealth bomber flying over a college football game which he says is the most special shot of his career so far. [Read More] petapixel.com »
This past summer, I hit the hot streets of Marrakech, Morocco with Lomography's new LomoChrome '92 film in a Canon AE-1 SLR camera with a 50mm lens. [Read More] petapixel.com »
My first digital ILC (interchangeable lens camera) was the Nikon D40, which I purchased during my senior year of high school in late 2007. That camera was followed by the Canon T2i (550D), which I bought in 2010, primarily because of Canon’s significantly more advanced video features; I have always been an active filmmaker as well as a photographer. petapixel.com »
A photographer's beautiful timelapse showing the onset of winter took him five years to shoot.
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petapixel.com »NASA has created an incredible timelapse movie that condenses 14 years of data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope into six minutes of colorful cosmic rays. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A photographer was made to wait for four years to capture a perfect sunburst shot of an iconic landmark.
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petapixel.com »Charles Schulz famously debuted the "Peanuts" comic in 1950 but in 1974, he introduced readers to the Beagle Scouts. Now, 50 years later, Snoopy's group of outdoor adventurers has found its way onto a Polaroid camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Being announced today is the brand new HARMAN Phoenix film emulsion -- the first color film from the same company as Ilford in many years. But this is something incredibly special: it's also the first color film emulsion made completely from scratch that we've heard of in years, according to sources we spoke to before the film's announcement. thephoblographer.com »
Part of me was thinking to myself that Canon's lens releases have been very sluggish, or at least they just “felt” that way. So I decided to take a look at just how Canon did in their history from the EF mount onwards. canonrumors.com »