Cameras

Samyang Unveils the 14mm f/2.8 EF, Its First Autofocus Canon Lens

Samyang Unveils the 14mm f/2.8 EF, Its First Autofocus Canon Lens

The Korean camera equipment manufacturer Samyang has announced its new Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 EF lens. It’s the company’s first-ever autofocus lens for Canon EF-mount cameras. The lens, which follows in the footsteps of the new Chinese Yongnuo 14mm f/2.8 autofocus lens, features a lightweight (17oz/485g) build, an ultra-wide angle-of-view of 116.6°, and an autofocus […]

Zapping Film with Electricity: How to Make Spark Patterns in Photos

Zapping Film with Electricity: How to Make Spark Patterns in Photos

There are still a few very unique and interesting things that can be done with film but not with a digital camera. One of these experiments is the recording of sparks on film. Sparks are created when an electrical discharge moves either through or across the surface of the film. I first got interested in […]

New55 is Dead Along With Its Dreams of Reviving 4×5 Peel-Apart Film

New55 is Dead Along With Its Dreams of Reviving 4×5 Peel-Apart Film

New55 has announced that it has shut down operations, putting an end to its dreams of helping to bring peel-apart 4×5 instant film back from the grave. “New55 FILM ended operations on December 31, 2017,” reads the startup’s website in a message titled “New55 Ends Operations.” “We would like to thank all supporters and all […]

GoPro Laying Off Up to 300 Workers as Karma Drone Flounders: Report

GoPro Laying Off Up to 300 Workers as Karma Drone Flounders: Report

GoPro is reportedly laying off roughly 200 to 300 employees, mostly from the aerial division that works on the company’s struggling Karma drone. TechCrunch first reported the layoffs after hearing the news from sources close to the company. GoPro wrote in a letter to laid-off employees that this decision was made “to better align our […]

Revolutionary ‘Metalens’ Can Focus All Visible Light on One Point

Revolutionary ‘Metalens’ Can Focus All Visible Light on One Point

Researchers have created the first “metalens” that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light onto a single point in high resolution. The breakthrough brings metalenses one step closer towards replacing bulky camera lenses with much smaller chips. We first reported on the metalens research by Harvard scientists back in mid-2016, when they announced that […]

UFC Bans Photographer Over Instagram Comments

UFC Bans Photographer Over Instagram Comments

A photographer has been banned by the UFC over offensive comments he made in an Instagram post against a female mixed martial arts fighter. Mark Aragon, staff photographer for Jackson-Winkeljohn, covered the Women’s Featherweight title fight on December 30, 2017, between Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm (a Jackson-Winkeljohn fighter). After Holm’s loss to Cyborg, Aragon […]

DJI Drone Collided with US Army Black Hawk Chopper and Dented Its Rotor

DJI Drone Collided with US Army Black Hawk Chopper and Dented Its Rotor

On September 21st, 2017, a DJI Phantom 4 camera drone flying recreationally near Brooklyn, New York, collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. The chopper received a 1.5-inch dent on one of its main rotor blades, but it was able to land safely. The NTSB has published a new report into the incident after […]

This Guy Made an 8×10 Large Format Video Camera

This Guy Made an 8×10 Large Format Video Camera

Photographer Zev Hoover has created a rather unusual camera: it’s one of the world’s first 8×10 large format video cameras. Hoover believes his creation is the first of its kind ever made. The company LargeSense showed off a 4K sample video shot with a large format digital camera back in 2015, but that involved an […]

The 10 Most Popular PetaPixel Posts of 2017

The 10 Most Popular PetaPixel Posts of 2017

2017 is coming to a close. As we close out the year, here’s a look back at the top 10 posts that received the most attention on PetaPixel. #10. TSA Requires a Separate Screening of Cameras in Airports Now The TSA announced that under its new guidelines, cameras and all other electronics larger than a […]

Microsoft Paid ‘Bliss’ Photog $100K+ and ‘Autumn’ Photog $45

Microsoft Paid ‘Bliss’ Photog $100K+ and ‘Autumn’ Photog $45

The iconic default Microsoft XP wallpaper “Bliss” is considered to be the most-viewed photo of all time. While Microsoft paid the photographer behind that photo over $100,000 for the usage, a different photographer who shot the well-known “Autumn” wallpaper earned just $45. Charles O’Rear is the American photographer who’s best known for shooting “Bliss” while […]