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petapixel 43h ago 20°

This Is the Greatest Film Camera Ever Made (And None Of You Agree)

The passage of time has not been kind to the Nikon F4. At the time of its release, it was a modern superstar, highly sought after, and bristling with modern advancements. It truly bridged the gap between classic manual-focus SLRs and modern autofocusing and advanced metering, flagship cameras.
petapixel 45h ago 16°

Winners of Pro Baseball Photo Competition Knock It Out of the Park

The Professional Baseball Photographers' Association (PBPA) has announced the winning images and photographers for its third annual contest celebrating the best baseball images captured in 2025.
petapixel 15h ago 16°

Save Up to $300 on Powerful MacBooks for Photo and Video Editing

Although Apple's newest M5-powered laptops are all the rage, including the outstanding M5 Max-powered MacBook Pro, slightly older machines remain very powerful for photographers and videographers. Better still, they are available for up to $300 off right now.
petapixel 41h ago 15°

Audio-Technica’s ATV Mics Are Its First Made for On-Camera in a Decade

Audio-Technica has announced the ATV-SG1 and ATV-SG1LE, two new on-camera microphones designed for professional videographers and content creators -- its first in this segment in a decade.
petapixel 42h ago 13°

You Can Now Train Adobe’s AI on Your Own Unique Photographic Style

Today, Adobe launched Firefly Custom Models into beta, allowing artists to generate image variations that "more consistently reflect" their own style, subject, or characters.
petapixel 43h ago 13°

The Alfie Boxx Develops its Photos Inside the Camera

Alfie Cameras is getting ready to launch a new analog camera designed to teach people the entire process of photography. From shooting to printing, the new Boxx camera does it all.
petapixel 23h ago 12°

Afroman Has Right to Use Security Footage of Police Raid After Trial

Afroman has won a legal victory after police officers sued him over his use of security footage in a series of comedic rap videos showing an Adams County Sheriff’s Office raid on his home.
petapixel 41h ago 12°

People Are Wearing Cameras While Cleaning to Teach AI

Hundreds of people in Los Angeles are wearing cameras at home to record daily tasks, generating data to help train AI systems.
petapixel 22h ago 12°

Tinder May Use AI to Scan Your Camera Roll

Tinder is testing a new feature that uses AI to scan users’ camera rolls, selecting photos and generating suggestions about their personality.
petapixel 14h ago 11°

TTArtisan Wants You to Pay $400 to Beta Test Its Folding Instant Camera

At CP+ 2025, TTArtisan, best known for its lenses, unveiled that it was developing its first-ever camera, a retro-inspired folding Instax instant camera. The TTArtisan 203T is finally nearing release, but TTArtisan's approach to the launch is strange.
petapixel 13h ago 10°

Testing the Very First Four Thirds DSLR 23 Years After it Launched

Nearly every photographer is familiar with Micro Four Thirds, but what about Four Thirds? Developed by Olympus and Eastman Kodak five years before Micro Four Thirds, this DSLR format was short-lived, supplanted by the mirrorless Micro Four Thirds cameras and lenses. Gordon Laing of Cameralabs has taken a look at a pioneering Four Thirds DSLR, the Olympus E-1, 23 years after its debut.
petapixel 40h ago

Val Kilmer Set to Finish His Movie Part via AI Technology

One year after his death, a digitally generated version of Val Kilmer is set to appear in an independent film titled As Deep as the Grave.
petapixel 18h ago

Photojournalist Sues FAA Over Drone Ban That’s ‘Impossible to Comply With’

A Minnesota photojournalist is challenging a nationwide temporary flight restriction banning drone flights within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security assets.
petapixel 47h ago

UK Creatives Score Victory Against AI Companies in Training Dispute

The U.K. government has stepped back from proposed copyright reforms that would have allowed AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission, marking a shift after strong opposition from the creative sector.
petapixel 38h ago

Despite the Compact Camera Boom, Canon is Approaching Reentry Cautiously

The compact camera market is white-hot right now. Compact camera sales more than doubled in Japan in 2025, and many of the best-selling cameras last year at Map Camera, a major Japanese photo retailer, were compact models. Canon is no stranger to compact camera success and is committed to giving people what they want.
petapixel 18h ago

Historic Photos Show Wild Pole Sitting Craze From the 1920s

Occasionally, inexplicable fads break out, such as planking in 2011. In the 1920s, it was pole sitting -- a test of endurance that saw people sitting on top of flag poles for extended periods.
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