Insta360 has been having a tough go of it lately on the public relations front. While the company undoubtedly hoped it would be basking in the afterglow of a successful X4 release, it has ins...
Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, autochromes were the very first form of color photography until it was comprehensively replaced by film in the mid-1900s. In 2024, just one ma...
The HIPA's thirteenth season ratchets its prize pool up to an eye-watering $1 million. ]
The United States government has opened an investigation into whether Arashi Vision Inc, the parent company of Insta360, violated several of GoPro's patents. ]
Camera traps are instrumental for wildlife biologists and conservationists to monitor the health of animal populations. In some cases, camera traps even spot species that are seldom seen by p...
A storm chaser has captured what he calls the "most insane tornado video ever captured in Westmoreland, Kansas." ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/06/storm-chaser-captures-most-insane-tornado-video/
As many of us, including myself, prepare to travel this summer, we -- as photographers -- tend to carry a lot of lithium batteries for our photography gear. After all, we aren’t going to ch...
https://petapixel.com/flying-with-lithium-batteries-what-you-need-to-know/
There have been murmurs of an "EOS R1" camera for more than three years now -- since before Canon announced the EOS R3. The camera has been in development for at least five years and a lot ha...
The Premier League, the world's most-watched sports league, will make history today, May 6, as referee Jarred Gillett will don the soccer league's first "RefCam" during the match between Crys...
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/06/premier-league-refcam-to-reveal-the-challenge-of-reffing-soccer/
Memorable photographs make time pass more slowly, that's according to a research paper that examined people's temporal fluctuations as they looked at different images. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/06/time-slows-down-when-you-look-at-a-great-photo-study-finds/
The 44th Leitz Photographica Auction is scheduled to take place on June 8 and brings with it some exceptionally rare cameras, including a Leitz Rifle Camera valued at $280,000 -- and that's n...
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/06/super-rare-leica-rifle-camera-expected-to-sell-for-280000/
DxO has announced the latest edition of its photo editing suite, Nik Collection 7. The update introduces a significant set of advancements for Nik Color Efex, better U Point local adjustment ...
I've always been fascinated by the latest and greatest technology, and that obsession has carried over to photography ever since I picked up my first camera. However, as cameras have improved...
I love short telephoto lenses because of how versatile they can be for anything from portraits to landscapes. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/05/hasselblad-xcd-90mm-f-2-5-v-review-lighter-brighter-better/
Many conspiracy theories retain a foothold along the edges of society. Some of them are relatively innocent; others are downright dangerous. But few persist and propagate as effectively as co...
Artificial intelligence is used for a lot more generating fake images, scientists also use it to locate patterns in data that would otherwise have been impossible to see. Astronomers also use...
There has been a decades-long relationship between photographers and Adobe. However, the company's recent public discourse and marketing have made some photographers feel uneasy and, in some ...
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/03/adobe-throws-photographers-under-the-bus-again-skip-the-photoshoot/
Leica is no stranger to expensive cameras and lenses. For example, last October, a Leica 0-series camera from 1923 sold at auction for about $3.7 million. However, not all Leica equipment wor...
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/03/see-portraits-shot-with-leicas-2-million-1600mm-f-5-6-lens/
A year ago, PetaPixel brought long-time camera experts Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake on to lead a new YouTube initiative. Looking back, it's the best decision we've ever made. ]
A tripod head is one of the most important pieces of equipment a photographer can own. Most photographers start with cheap, shoddily built tripods with integrated heads, sometimes bought as p...