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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool. However, not every country has welcomed Google's iconic Street View cars to their streets. One of these longtime holdouts, Germany, has only recently begun to change its tune after more than a decade of resistance. But why?
Guyana-born and England-raised photographer Ingrid Pollard is this year's Hasselblad Award Recipient. Pollard, an internationally acclaimed photographer, receives a Hasselblad flagship camera and lenses, a unique gold medal, and SEK 2,000,000 -- over $196,000.
Leica has named the four recipients of its fifth annual Leica Women Foto Project Award, celebrating photographers whose work embodies reclamation, resilience, and rebirth.
The J. Paul Getty Museum added around 88,000 images of artworks from its collection to its Open Content database.
Adobe released a beta version of its new Express mobile app for Android and iOS devices which also introduces the company's Firefly generative AI technology into mobile content creation and editing workflows.
Polaroid has teamed with the estate of famed American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and global licensing agency Artestar for a new Polaroid x Basquiat collaboration. Citing a "shared creative spirit," Polaroid has unveiled Basquiat-themed gear, including a camera, film, and strap.
American company Turing has announced the world's first digiscoping iPhone adapter with MagSafe, enabling users to line up their iPhone camera, including the main or telephoto cameras, with a telescope or spotting scope. It's an accessible and affordable way to experience astrophotography at home.
Chinese lens manufacturer Vazen has shut down less than five years after optical engineer Weizhen Liu founded it.
The late American fashion photographer David Seidner (1957-1999) was influential in his life, but his work has, sadly, gone underappreciated in the decades since his passing. The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City aims to change that through an ongoing exhibition of Seidner's work called "Fragments."
Jess Hess of Wurmwood Photography in Dayton, Ohio experienced a photographer's worst nightmare: someone broke into her studio (and home) -- dubbed Castle Morningstar -- and destroyed everything she owned, including her photography equipment. Scarier still, the culprit initially showed up at Hess' home/studio in the early morning hours of February 29 in the hopes of killing her.
Japanese photography store Champ Camera has rustled up quite a social media following because of the shop's remarkable collection of rare and unusual films.
The biggest movie of 2024, Dune: Part Two, was shot using the latest and greatest cameras and lenses -- plus some vintage Soviet-era lenses.
Despite a combined valuation of its 32 teams nearing $150 billion, the National Football League (NFL) has long relied on a literal chain -- carried by a "chain gang" -- to measure first downs. This archaic measurement tool may finally be on its long-overdue way out, possibly replaced by camera technology.
Famous actor and avid photographer Jason Lee, best known for his eponymous role in NBC's hit sitcom My Name Is Earl, recently opened a photography shop and camera store in Los Angeles with fellow photographer Raymond Molinar.
Apple announced refreshed MacBook Air laptops this morning, introducing the company's latest M3 series processors to Apple's most popular laptop series. The move to M3 brings increased power, faster Wi-Fi, and long-awaited support for two external displays.
DJI, the world's leading drone manufacturer and majority stakeholder in the famous Swedish photography brand Hasselblad, has unveiled its first concept retail store in North America. The store, located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, is built as a welcoming space for visual creators and storytellers.
The Associated Press (AP), winner of 58 Pulitzer Prizes and one of the world's most essential and significant news agencies, has named veteran photojournalist Lucy Nicholson its next Director of Photography. Nicholson is the first woman ever to assume the role.
Venus Optics, maker of Laowa photo and cinema lenses, has announced two new anamorphic zoom lenses, the Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X Anamorphic 28-55mm T2.9 and 50-100mm T2.9.
Chinese multinational Alibaba, best known for its e-commerce operations, also heavily invests in technological development projects. Researchers in the company's Institute for Intelligent Computing showed off their new AI video generator, EMO.
For nearly as long as there have been cameras, there have been photos of pets, some of which date back to the early 1800s.
Researchers have developed a new method of storing data on an optical disk. It is capable of holding 24 times the data of the most advanced hard disk drives: the equivalent of 20 million digital photos.
Nikon Inc. and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to support NASA's Artemis mission program through the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) development. The star of the HULC's show is the Nikon Z9, the company's flagship professional mirrorless camera.
The second race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season was an absolute thrill, with a trio of cars crossing the finish line side-by-side, creating a "photo finish" and one of the most incredible endings to a race ever. Photographer Alex Slitz was at the finish line next to the NASCAR official waving the checkered flag, capturing one of the best photos ever of a photo finish.
Spanish photographer Jose Pedrero captured a brilliant night sky image last August that demonstrates the magic that can happen when experience, preparation, and serendipity combine in the field.
Two pieces of interesting artificial intelligence (AI) news came out of Apple's annual shareholder meeting today, and both tip Apple's hand a bit regarding generative AI technology.
Sheriff's deputies in Florida used thermal imaging cameras on a police helicopter to locate and rescue a missing five-year-old autistic child in the swamplands of Tampa.
A child's online privacy has long been a concern for parents and guardians, and even law enforcement. It is a topic mired in debate, and it's also an ever-changing technological landscape thanks to new AI tools. Wading into the complicated situation is freelance writer Hannah Nwoko in a new piece for The Guardian.
A previously unknown prototype of the compact Leica CL 35mm rangefinder camera has surprisingly appeared at an Austrian vintage camera store, Photo Arsenal Worldwide, and is available for purchase.
Although Yelp is perhaps best known for its crowd-sourced reviews of restaurants, the website also allows its users to review a wide range of businesses -- including professional photographers.
Adobe Research revealed a new generative AI music and audio prototype, Project Music GenAI Control, that promises to give anyone the power to create music, no matter their experience or skill.
As cameras get faster and storage gets cheaper, it is all too easy for photographers to shoot everything, delete nothing, and find themselves struggling in an endless sea of photos. That's where Peakto's new centralized deletion feature comes in.
Building upon its original CreateMate Memory Card Case, which combines memory card protection, organization, and file transferring, Pgytech has released a new version that supports CFexpress memory cards.
Chinese smartphone company Vivo released the V30 smartphone earlier this month, promising better portraits thanks to a smarter flash. The company is back with another V30-series smartphone, the powerful V30 Pro.
AI-powered photo editor Photoroom has received a significant injection of new funding to the tune of $43 million.