Photography News

There’s a new camera drone floating around on the International Space Station, and it’s adorable. Called the Int-Ball, the drone shoots photos of the crew and their activities, freeing up the astronauts to do other work.

Int-Ball was delivered to the ISS by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and a reusable Dragon cargo capsule back on June 4th, 2017, and Int-Ball currently spends its time inside the Japanese “Kibo” science experiment module.

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Google is in possession of vast amounts of Earth imagery via its Street View product, and now it is testing machine learning as a way to harvest 'professional-level photographs' from that imagery. As detailed in a newly-published study, Google researchers created an experimental deep-learning system that trawls... more

Smartphone lens company Olloclip and case maker Incase have teamed up and announced the "Filmer's Kit" for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which includes a selection of Olloclip smartphone camera accessories neatly packaged up in a customized Incase case.

The Filmer's Kit includes an Olloclip Core Lens Set with fisheye, super-wide-angle and 15x macro lens, and an Olloclip Active... more

It looks like image stabilization is coming to the world of Canon’s 85mm lenses for the first time. Canon will reportedly be announcing a new 85mm f/1.4L IS lens and three other lenses in late August 2017.

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Dear photography workshop and conference organizers, we need to have a chat. There is a lot of nonsense going on in the workshop world, and it needs to stop. Taking someones money and promising that you can help their business is no joke, and it needs to be taken seriously!

Every week we hear a story of yet another workshop filled with damaging business advice, dishonest marketing, or physical safety issues, and with each new story we hear, we start to feel a personal... more

Lighting giant Bowens, a company with 94 years of history and millions of customers under its belt, has entered liquidation. The news has not been officially confirmed by Bowens or Aurelius, the investment firm that acquired the company one year ago, but several independent sources have corroborated the story.

Initial reports of Bowens' downfall appeared... more

Check out this Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera kit. At first glance it may look like it’s ready to be used for a photo shoot, but every single item you see in the set was actually crafted entirely out of paper.

The work was created by Japanese paper artist... more

British tripod manufacturer 3 Legged Thing has created a new universal L-plate that is both affordable and intuitive.

The new Universal L-bracket clips onto a tripod ball head, but gives you flexibility of... more

BlackRapid, the company behind the ConnectR and FastenR system, has launched its new WandeR Bundle: a smartphone safety tether system that works with "almost all phone and case combinations." The system is comprised of a TPU-coated nylon tether tab, which lies flat inside of a phone's case between the inside of the case and the rear of the smartphone.

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What you need to know about the Leica TL2

The TL2 is the third camera in Leica's APS-C 'T' lineup, and while externally very similar, it introduces some significant refinements compared to its predecessors. We've been using a pre-production sample for a little while, and in this article I'll be boiling down what you need to know about Leica's newest, shiniest, most chamfered camera.

Fewer rough edges

Quite literally, in fact. Or perhaps we should say fewer sharp edges.... more

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