For 70 years, Photokina was the international photography exhibition on the planet. When it shuttered in 2020 due to what was blamed as a massive decline in markets for imaging products, it left a gaping hole in the industry -- and CP+ in Japan has firmly replaced it.
Viltrox is steadily expanding its line of lenses and Ive committed to making 2025 the year that I review more of them. Viltrox lenses have earned a glowing reputation and I very much enjoyed the 135mm f/1.8. But the latest 25mm f/1.7 comes in at an incredibly low price of $179. Can a lens this affordable make a favorable impression or is it too good to be true... more
Xiaomi has announced its 15 Series smartphones, promising exceptional image-making abilities thanks to a partnership with Leica, and the Ultra's inclusion of a Type 1 (13.1 x 9.8mm) sensor. The two companies originally... more
Australian video equipment company Atomos announced the Shinobi Go Monitor, a compact, slim, and affordable HDR monitor for hybrid photographers and content creators.
Photographer Christopher Paetkau has won the second annual The Nature Photography Contest for his impactful top-down photo of a polar bear resting in a field of vibrant fireweed flowers.
A group of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students have painstakingly preserved a photographer's archive by digitizing it and making it available online to anyone.
Do you remember when Boris Eldagsen won a Sony World Photography Award with an AI image? And do you remember when photographer Miles Astray won an AI image award with a real photo? Well now the two of them have teamed up for an exhibition pitting photography against AI.
Atomos, maker of on-camera monitors and recorders, has announced a new entry in its lineup: the Shinobi Go. The Go is a 5-inch display that can show video previews at 1500nits and supports exposure aids like false color, waveform displays, and vector scopes.
The monitor can be powered using a Sony NP-F battery... more
