PetaPixel https://petapixel.com/ Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191656271 How to Capture Great Aerial Landscape Photos on Your Next Flight https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/how-to-capture-great-aerial-landscape-photos-on-your-next-flight/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:30:06 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731963 Graham Washatka aerial landscape photographs

Everyone fortunate enough to have a window seat during a flight knows first-hand how beautiful the world can look from the skies. However, photographers also know how hard it is to actually get good photos from a plane, especially a commercial flight, even if the views are spectacular.

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Panasonic’s Organic Sensor May Be Complete, But Likely Won’t Be Used https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/panasonics-organic-sensor-may-be-complete-but-likely-wont-be-used/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:44:35 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731900 Panasonic sensor

The future of Panasonic's organic sensor, a global shutter technology it has been developing with Fujifilm since 2013, doesn't look promising.

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Celebrity Photographer Arrested and Police Are Looking for More Victims https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/celebrity-photographer-arrested-and-police-are-looking-for-more-victims/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:21:32 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731931 LAPD

Celebrity photographer and acting coach Kenneth Howard Dolin was arrested last Monday on suspicion of sexual assault. Now, authorities believe there may be even more victims from his past.

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Someone is Selling an X100VI Limited Edition Camera on eBay for $18,000 https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/someone-is-selling-an-x100vi-limited-edition-camera-on-ebay-for-18000/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:08:21 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731890 Close-up view of the Fujifilm X100VI Limited Edition camera

It's evident that the Fujifilm X100VI is a popular camera and will be challenging to find in-stock for a while. However, the limited-edition version, restricted to just 1,934 units worldwide to mark Fujifilm's founding 90 years ago in 1934, takes that exclusivity up a notch and one person is listing a confirmed order for the special camera on eBay for a shocking $18,000.

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Has Kate Middleton Just Ended All Remaining Trust in Photographs? https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/has-kate-middleton-just-ended-all-remaining-trust-in-photographs/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:57:09 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731838

Today my mother-in-law texted me to say, "Can't trust any photo." Why? Kate Middleton.

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Scientists Photograph Never-Before-Seen ‘Living Magic Carpet’ Worm in Ocean https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/scientists-photograph-never-before-seen-living-magic-carpet-worm-in-ocean/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:38:55 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731808 The first photography of a live male specimen of the new species of deep-sea worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti.

Scientists have photographed a never-before-seen deep-sea worm species that moves just like a "living magic carpet."

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The Calibrite Display 123 is a Super-Simple Monitor Calibrator for Anyone https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/the-calibrite-display-123-is-a-super-simple-monitor-calibrator-for-anyone/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:21:49 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731874 Calibrite Display 123

The average photographer, and certainly the average consumer, likely believes two things about monitor calibration: it's confusing and difficult. Even if neither are necessarily true, it's a hurdle that Calibrite hopes it has finally jumped.

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Airbnb Hosts Will No Longer Be Allowed to Install Indoor Cameras https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/airbnb-hosts-will-no-longer-be-allowed-to-install-indoor-cameras/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:56:44 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731830 Airbnb sign

Airbnb has said that indoor security cameras will be prohibited from all of its listings around the world.

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How Photographers Can Protect Their Photos (and Democracy) from Generative AI https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/how-photographers-can-protect-their-photos-and-democracy-from-generative-ai/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:50:47 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731836

Sight was the first of our senses to be technologically shared in a world we did not witness with our own eyes. Photography—writing with light—has historically meant a one-to-one relationship between what was before a camera (defined as a lens focussing light on a recording media) and what came out the other end, created by a human.

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Canon Wants to Achieve ‘Overwhelming Number One Share’ of Mirrorless Market by 2026 https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/canon-wants-to-achieve-overwhelming-number-one-share-of-mirrorless-market-by-2026/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:42:36 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731829

According to Canon's 2024 corporate strategy, the Japanese camera behemoth has several goals for the next two years, not the least of which is to "achieve overwhelming number one share in mirrorless camera market."

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Underwater Drones Are Revolutionizing Visual Storytelling https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/underwater-drones-are-revolutionizing-visual-storytelling/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:40:16 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731850 Boxfish Luna underwater drone -- video screenshot -- drone underwater, walrus.

Aerial drones have revolutionized the way visual artists can tell stories, and the burgeoning field of underwater drones has begun to achieve the same transformative power for aquatic photo and video.

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Two Photographers Create Magnificent Gigapixel Image of Annular Solar Eclipse https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/two-photographers-create-magnificent-gigapixel-image-of-annular-solar-eclipse/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:43:18 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731796

With less than a month to go before the 2024 total solar eclipse, astrophotographers Andrew McCarthy and Dan Stein have released a gigapixel image of last year's annular solar eclipse.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Cinematographer Urges Filmmakers to Shoot on Analog in Oscars Speech https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/oppenheimer-cinematographer-urges-filmmakers-to-shoot-on-analog-in-oscars-speech/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:35:04 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731792 Oppenheimer cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema urged aspiring filmmakers to shoot with old school film formats in his Oscars acceptance speech.

Oppenheimer cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema urged aspiring filmmakers to shoot with old-school film formats in his Oscars acceptance speech.

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Kate Middleton Apologizes After Admitting Editing Photo That Was Pulled by Major News Agencies https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/kate-middleton-photo-pulled-by-major-news-agencies-after-claims-it-is-doctored/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:43:26 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731781 Kate Middleton Photo

The Princess of Wales Kate Middleton has apologized after admitting to editing a family portrait that has been pulled by major news agencies.

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A Seismic Shift: The Ramifications of Nikon’s RED Acquisition https://petapixel.com/2024/03/10/a-seismic-shift-the-ramifications-of-nikons-red-acquisition/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:30:56 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731746 Nikon acquires RED

Nikon's surprise acquisition of RED Digital Cinema this week represents a seismic shift in the cinema camera space. It also has far-reaching consequences not only for Nikon and RED but also for the rest of the digital camera industry, including Nikon's biggest competitors.

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Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8 L Review: Expensive, Exclusive, Exceptional https://petapixel.com/2024/03/09/canon-rf-100-300mm-f-2-8-l-review-expensive-exclusive-exceptional/ Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:01:26 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731464 Canon rf100-300mm f/2.8 review

For decades, professional photographers have been using the pairing of a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a 300mm f/2.8 to achieve their telephoto goals. Canon introduced the RF 100-300mm f/2.8 L IS USM recently and it just about covers the range of both those lenses. But is it as good?

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Lensrentals Acquisition to End the BorrowLenses Brand, Close CA Location https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/lensrentals-acquisition-to-end-the-borrowlenses-brand-close-ca-location/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:29:45 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731739 BorrowLenses

Yesterday, Lensrentals announced that it had acquired "select assets" of BorrowLenses from Shutterfly, including the branding and assets. The company confirmed to PetaPixel today that it doesn't include employees or the physical San Carlos, California location.

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Panasonic Says the G9 II is Physically Large to Balance Better for Wildlife Photography https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/panasonic-says-the-g9-ii-is-physically-large-to-balance-better-for-wildlife-photography/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:24:03 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731711 G9 II

One of the main advantages of Micro Four Thirds is that the cameras and lenses can be much smaller because the sensor is more compact. It is seen by some as odd, then, that the G9 Mark II is so physically large; or at least as large as Panasonic's full-frame S5II.

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The Shattered Remains of Outdoor Photographer, Imaging Resource Returned to Prior Owner https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/the-shattered-remains-of-outdoor-photographer-imaging-resource-returned-to-prior-owner/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:21:13 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731380 Outdoor Photographer Magazine

The Madavor and BeBop saga has seemingly ended, thanks to a new settlement between Madavor's prior owner, Zilpin Group LLC, and the BeBop Channel Corporation. The settlement returns all BeBop-owned properties to Zilpin Group, LLC and cancels outstanding liabilities.

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Midjourney Blocks All Stability AI Employees After Alleged Data Theft Attempt https://petapixel.com/2024/03/08/midjourney-blocks-all-stability-ai-employees-after-alleged-data-theft-attempt/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:39:15 +0000 https://petapixel.com/?p=731710 Midjourney logo and Stability AI logo

Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage.

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