The biggest video-centric exhibition took place last week and brought with it a ton of news, including a new dual-lens camera from Insta360 called the X4 8K. There are a lot of conflicting re...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/is-the-insta360-x4-8k-actually-any-good-the-petapixel-podcast/
Last November, Sony announced plans to bring custom gridlines to select Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras for a $150 fee. At the time, the company said the feature would arrive in March. While it...
Several major players in the artificial intelligence field pledged to protect children online, marking another chapter in the progression of AI safety. ]
Zoner Photo Studio X's spring update promises to bring "the world's best HDR photo editing" to the Windows-based photography app, alongside other new features and improvements. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/zoner-photo-studio-spring-update-adds-true-hdr-image-editing/
Maxima, the Italy-based lighting manufacturer that last year announced the insanely bright 6 GaN LED, today announced the Furiosa, what it is calling the the most portable, high-power, bi-col...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/the-maxima-furiosa-is-a-super-powerful-bi-color-portable-led/
Last month, Sony announced significant firmware updates for four of its Alpha cameras, the a7S III, a7 IV, a1, and newest flagship, the a9 III. The latter two camera updates, due to an unexpe...
A photographer's new project reinvents 1940s and 1950s New York City via a series of fantastical AI-generated images that depict an alternative history. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/ai-photos-reimagine-1940s-new-york-city/
Wednesday morning, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill forcing TikTok to divest from its parent company or face a ban. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/president-biden-signs-bill-forcing-tiktok-to-sell-or-face-ban/
A photographer has become an online hit for her striking, fun, and quirky portraits of dogs. ]
A photographer has sued Megan Thee Stallion for harassment and a hostile work environment -- claiming that he was forced to watch the rapper have sex with another woman right next to him in a...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/photographer-sues-megan-thee-stallion-for-harassment-sex-car-woman/
Lighting on cinematic photo or video production sets can sometimes be an overwhelming experience. While lighting companies continue to improve both the ease of use and quality of the light li...
Apple Vision Pro, remember that? Apple is reportedly struggling to sell its existing stock of the headset and is cutting production because of low demand. ]
A tourist was mauled by a brown bear after lowering her car window to take a selfie with the animal. ]
A police tech company that makes body cams and tasers has released a new futuristic product that has some people unnerved: an AI camera that generates police reports from audio. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/24/cops-are-using-ai-cameras-to-generate-police-reports/
The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is the clearest indicator yet that Xiaomi wants to be the best in mobile photography, even if some parts of the world don't know it. Anecdotal as it may be, people react w...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/xiaomi-14-ultra-review-serious-photographers-should-take-notice/
Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of it...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/what-civil-war-gets-right-and-wrong-about-photojournalism/
Cinema company Freefly Systems, best known for its Movi camera stabilization system and high-speed cameras, announced a new Ember S2.5K high-speed camera at NAB 2024. However, something somew...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/freeflys-s2-5k-high-speed-camera-ditches-e-mount-at-sonys-request/
Pergear has announced a new 25mm f/1.7 manual focus lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. Better still, the lens is only $75 ($69 until May 17), making it one of the most a...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/pergears-new-25mm-f-1-7-aps-c-lens-costs-is-available-now-for-69/
Film studio A24 has been criticized for releasing a series of AI-Generated poster ads for its critically acclaimed movie Civil War. ]
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/a24-criticized-for-using-ai-generated-movie-posters-for-civil-war/
Relatively unknown general electronics manufacturer Airusan has launched the world's cheapest VPG400 CFexpress Type A memory card. If that sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. Th...
https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/beware-the-new-cheapest-vpg400-cfexpress-type-a-card-is-a-fraud/