As smartphones have made photography more accessible than ever, a small Japanese company is taking a radically different approach to capturing memories. The Kyu camera, launched in Japan in late 2024 and now available for pre-order in the U.S., wants to challenge our relationship with digital memories through an intriguingly restrictive design philosophy.
Visitors soar through the air on a ride at the Washington State Fair. I captured this photo while shooting a sample gallery for the Ricoh GR IIIx, which unsurprisingly proved to be an excellent camera for candid photography. To me, this photo embodies both the essence of summer and the magic of a cherished American summer... more
Winners of the Photo Competition for United Nations World Oceans Day
June 8th is United Nations World Oceans Day, and to celebrate, the winners of the 12th annual photo competition associated with the day were announced. This year's theme for UN World Oceans Day was "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us," which also served as a newly added category for the... more
Krazy Ken of the excellent technology YouTube channel Computer Clan is back with another camera-centric episode, this time looking at Apple's foray into making digital cameras in the 1990s, 1994's Apple QuickTake 100, 100 Plus, 150, and its final model, 1996's QuickTake 200.
Diagram showing the structure of Eyeo's color-splitting waveguide technology. The image is focused at the front of the structure, with the waveguides channeling the light down to a conventional CMOS sensor underneath. The geometry and position of the upper, tapered waveguides defines the wavelength at which light is split into parallel beams in the... more
As immersive video content becomes a prominent way to tell visual stories, talented visual artists like Elad Offer not only face greater challenges, but they have fresh new possibilities to deliver something the world has never seen before. One such example is Bono: Stories of Surrender, a new film available in both 2D... more
Today, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that pertain to drone use in the United States. One is meant to address the possibility of drone threats while the other is meant to "accelerate the safe commercialization of drone technologies and fully integrate UAS into the National Airspace System."
Laowa is well known for its unique lenses, offering photographers tools that allow them to stretch their creativity. Now, the company has added another lens to its lineup, announcing the 8-15mm F2.8 full-frame fisheye zoom lens. The lens is manual focus only, but it offers a fast and constant F2.8... more
Venus Optics announced the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens, a one-of-a-kind lens that delivers a circular fisheye at 8mm and a rectangular fisheye effect at 15mm. There is also a video-oriented version, the Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine.
Omnar Lenses has announced the Omnar Bertele 5cm f/2 MC FLB. The 50mm f/2 prime lens is a modern recreation of the classic 5cm f/2 Jena lens created in 1934 by Dr. Ludwig Bertele. Omnar has spent the last five years researching, developing, designing, and engineering its latest lens.
