The world’s first Hasselblad-branded photography store will be opening in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 30th, 2017. The new retail location is being launched in partnership with Fotografiska.
Hasselblad first started in 1941, and ever since its cameras have gone on to capture some of the most iconic images that exist today. That includes the first landing on […]. petapixel.com
The world's first AI beauty pageant has been announced where AI-generated women can compete to be crowned the digital equivalent of Miss World -- with a $5,000 cash top prize. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-15 15:52
Multimedia artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong is back with another incredible project to confront an environmental disaster. Earlier this year, Von Wong artfully exposed bitcoin's negative impact on climate change, and now the artist is turning his creative energy toward electronic waste. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-21 00:20
A photography teacher has created the world's first camera obscura that people can take selfies with by using their smartphone. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-15 17:19
An artificial intelligence (AI) photo company promises to "cut out the need for expensive photographers" by providing a cost-effective way to generate all manner of images for the user. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-06-13 20:52
Comica announced the new VM30 (Click here to get it on Amazon US&EU). It’s the world’s first wireless shotgun mic. Full specs can be seen at Comica’s website. sonyalpharumors.com »
2023-06-13 09:22
here is the first review of the most compact 900mm lens on this planet: sonyalpharumors.com »
2023-05-28 15:32
The 2022 Titanic Expedition has succeeded in capturing the first and only 8K footage of the wreckage which shows the most detail that has ever been captured of the sunken ship. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-01 19:23
Leveraging a new type of hydraulic pump, Flowcopter claims that it has created a large drone that is significantly lighter, more robust, lower in cost, and capable of greater range than any other in its segment on the market. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-03-01 19:45
YouTuber, actor, and content creator Josh Yeo created a device that he says is the world’s first ceiling-mounted, motion-controlled camera dolly that allows him to create incredible motion timelapses and cinematic video shots in a way that dramatically elevates the quality of his work. petapixel.com »
2021-03-18 00:18
In August of 2017, the team at Sent Into Space travelled to Fort Laramie, Wyoming to capture something incredible for the BBC. Using a high-altitude weather balloon and a 360° camera array, they captured what they claim is “the world’s first hyperlapse of an eclipse from the edge of space.” The resulting footage was only […] petapixel.com »
2019-11-01 21:38
Researchers at the ZSL London Zoo have created the world’s first plant-powered camera, a breakthrough that promises to revolutionize field conservation. But just as importantly, a fern named Pete has used the camera to take the “world’s first plant-powered selfie. petapixel.com »
2019-10-21 19:12
Solargraphy is a technique for photographing the sun’s path through the sky by using a pinhole camera to expose photographic paper for anywhere from a few hours to over a year. Photographer Sam Cornwell has created what he believes is the world’s first solargraphy timelapse. petapixel.com »
2019-07-17 18:27
This is the first photo ever captured of a black hole. It was revealed today after years of international collaboration between over 200 international astronomers. At a coordinated press conference across the globe, researchers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) announced that their efforts in using a planet-scale array of eight ground-based telescopes succeeded in […] petapixel.com »
2019-04-10 16:33
Want to use your Canon EF-mount lenses on a Nikon camera… with autofocus? That will soon be possible. KIPON has announced the world’s first “CANIKON” lens adapter. While Canon-to-Nikon and Nikon-to-Canon lens adapters already exist, none of them allow you to use autofocus — in other words, any adapted lens is turned into a manual-focus-only […] petapixel.com »
2019-02-22 21:46
Say hello to the world’s first terapixel macro photo. The photo is of a food mosaic, and it was made by stitching together 629,370 separate photos. The final image has dimensions of 6,571,152×160,256 pixels, weighing in at a staggering 1053. petapixel.com »
2018-05-09 21:24
The UK contact lens retailer Lenstore has released the world’s first gigapixel timelapse. Titled 24 Hour London, the images show a view of England’s capital city over a period of 24 hours in February 2018. petapixel.com »
2018-05-01 19:50
This is the story behind the world’s first wide-angle, head-on photographs of a fighter jet. In the video above, photographer Richard Cooke explains how he captured this incredible photograph remotely, on film, essentially shooting blind, back in 1977. petapixel.com »
2017-03-15 19:00
In the Robot Skies, a “drone love story” that takes place in the midst of a drone-policed London dystopia, has a very appropriate claim to fame. The narrative fiction film is the world’s first to be captured entirely by autonomous, pre-programmed drones. petapixel.com »
2016-09-28 21:46
Need a little bit of gear lust in your life this Friday? We’ve got you covered. The video above by Pro Centre camera store in London claims to be the “world’s first” unboxing of the Hasselblad X1D mirrorless medium format camera. petapixel.com »
2016-09-23 20:19
It has finally happened: an SD card has now broken the 1 terabyte threshold. SanDisk and its parent company Western Digital today unveiled a new 1 terabyte SDXC card, ushering in a new era of tiny memory cards with massive storage capacities. petapixel.com »
2016-09-20 17:28
PHOTOKINA, COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sept. 20, 2016 – Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a global storage technology and solutions leader, today unveiled its SanDisk® 1TB terabyte (TB) SDXC™ card prototype at the world’s leading trade fair for photo and video professionals. canonrumors.com »
2016-09-20 16:18
My name is Mattias Johansson and I live in Sweden, in one of the parts that is described as a problem area. Even though there are some problems in my neighborhood, I have chosen to look at it through another perspective.
Huskvarna, formerly known as Husqvarna, is a city in Sweden that lent its name to the well-established line of equipment, with the iconic orange chainsaws in the front line. While the garden tools made the name famous, the city has much more to offer.
Huskvarna, formerly known as Husqvarna, is a city in Sweden that lent its name to the well-established line of equipment, with the iconic orange chainsaws in the front line. While the garden tools made the name famous, the city has much more to offer.
In a huge blow to the aerial photography and camera drone industry in Sweden, the country’s highest court has ruled that it is illegal to fly camera drones in public places because they qualify as surveillance cameras.