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petapixel 27h ago 15°

Midjourney, the AI Image Generator Company, is Making an MRI Scanner

Midjourney has been largely surpassed in the AI image world by tech behemoths Google and OpenAI. But today it’s made a surprise announcement: it’s getting into health.
petapixel 24h ago 13°

The DZOFilm Octopus II Makes it Easy to Use PL Lenses on Mirrorless Cameras

DZOFilm has announced the Octopus II, a new lightweight lens adapter that enables filmmakers to use Arri PL-mount lenses on Sony E-, Nikon Z-, Canon RF-, and L-Mount cameras.
petapixel 32h ago 12°

You Can Eat Your Popcorn From an IMAX Camera Bucket While Watching ‘The Odyssey’

Novelty popcorn buckets are typically characters from Hollywood blockbusters. For example, there was a Grogu bucket for the recent Star Wars movie.
petapixel 29h ago 12°

The FCC’s New Foreign-Made Toy Drone Exemption Is Comically Narrow

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) loosened restrictions on some Chinese-made drones this week, although only those that count as "toy drones" and only those that exist within a preposterously narrow definition of what counts as a "toy drone."
petapixel 31h ago 11°

Meta is Increasing the Snack Budget After Staff Morale Plummets

After axing thousands of jobs and monitoring employees as they train the AI that could ultimately replace them, it's perhaps unsurprising that morale at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is at a low ebb.
petapixel 8h ago 10°

Camera Traps Capture Wolves Hunting European Bison for the First Time

Camera traps have captured wolves hunting a herd of European bison in an ancient forest in Poland for the first time.
petapixel 3h ago 10°

Top Father’s Day Photography Deals on Cameras, Lenses, and Tripods

Looking for a Father's Day gift for the dad-slash-photographer in your life, or maybe that's you? This week's Father's Day deals include substantial savings on cameras, lenses, and tripods from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, OM System, Manfrotto, Gitzo, Falcam, Fotopro, and Zeiss, with discounts of hundreds to thousands of dollars on select items.
petapixel 28h ago

Wedding Photographer With Same Name as Killer from Netflix’s ‘Maternal Instinct’ is Being Harassed Online

A wedding photographer who has the same name as a heinous criminal and subject of the true crime Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct says that people are mistaking her for the murderer and leaving her one-star reviews on her business.
petapixel 28h ago

England Coach Begs FIFA to Move Photographers After They ‘Ruined’ His World Cup Debut

England national football team coach Thomas Tuchel is begging FIFA to move photographers during the 2026 World Cup after they blocked Tuchel's view of his team during England's anthem, "God Save the King."
petapixel 2h ago

Photographing a World Cup Match With My Phone Worked Surprisingly Well

The World Cup, probably the biggest and most captivating sporting event on Earth, is laden with photographers on the pitch but what about getting closer to the action as a fan? A smartphone with a teleconverter lens attached lands as a worthwhile alternative -- provided you have the right combination.
petapixel 6h ago

Excire Foto 2027 Promises a Feature-Rich and Powerful Photo Management Experience

Pattern Recognition Company (PRC) has announced that Excire Foto 2027 is now available, promising improved search, organization, and workflow tools for photographers.
petapixel 29h ago

Insta360 Luna Ultra Review: An Excellent Vlogging Camera with a Few Caveats

Few cameras can claim to have the impact of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, which delivered a compact, affordable gimbal camera that proved enormously popular. So popular, in fact, that DJI’s closest rival Insta360 has decided to get in on the compact gimbal cam action with the new Insta360 Luna Ultra.
petapixel 48h ago

Ultra-Rare Leica MP Black Paint Sells for Nearly $700,000

The 48th Leitz Photographica Auction concluded over the weekend, and collectors spent huge sums of money to get their hands on rare, classic cameras, lenses, and pieces of photographic culture and history.
petapixel 30h ago

Dual Lens Xtra Muse 2 Pro Undercuts Insta360 with Sub-$700 Price

Xtra has revealed a host of specifications and a pricing window for its impending Muse 2 Pro, a DJI Osmo Pocket 4P look-alike that will be the only challenger to Insta360's Luna Ultra in the United States.
petapixel 22h ago

7Artisans Launches Entry-Level Cine Lens Series Starting at Just $279

7Artisans has introduced its new Dream Cine Lens Series, a full-frame manual-focus lens lineup designed for creators stepping into filmmaking. Built around a unified cine workflow, the series aims to bring professional cinematic control into an accessible, lightweight system for independent filmmakers, content creators, and film students.
petapixel 27h ago

Are Counterfeit, Scam SD Memory Cards Really a Problem?

This week, Lee Morris at Fstoppers published a video titled "Your Memory Cards Are Probably Fake." In it, he asserts that scam companies are so prevalent and so good at faking their products that it's likely nearly every photographer is a victim.
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