Last month, when Canon announced the EOS R50, the world (including us here at DIYP) thought this was the final nail in the coffin for Canon’s EOS M APS-C mirrorless camera system. It’s been dying for a few years, with little-to-no updates and not really any word from Canon about what was happening with it. […]
Irix has today announced the addition of Fuji X mount to the list of mounts in which their lenses are available. This adds to the growing number of mounts, including Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon Z, PL Mount, Micro Four Thirds and Sony E. The Irix lens lineup is still fairly small, covering only seven […]
Some bands are better than others, and some are so bad I’d quite happily remove them. Of course, I’m talking about banding in your concert images, not the actual bands themselves on stage, although…nope, scratch that thought! I’m strictly talking about photography here, not musical taste. So what causes this undesirable effect, and if you […]
If you’re a fan of retro-looking modern tech, this one will be right up your alley. It’s a new brand, Hobolite, producing lights with a very old-school Hollywood vibe. The initial range is built around three different models. There’s the Mini, Avant and Pro, each with different power outputs and capabilities. However, one thing they […]
A Reddit user recently exposed Samsung for creating “fake moon photos” using AI instead of actual photography. It caused a lot of stir among netizens, and Samsung has decided to respond to the accusations. Well, sort of. The company published a blog post that pretty much says the same as the one published last year […]
The invention of photography in 1839 challenged the very idea of art, leaving some painters feeling threatened by a new technology that could capture a portrait instantly. Yet photography also created opportunities for those same artists to express themselves outside the boundaries of reality, and they began to experiment with surreal and abstract styles that […]
Midjourney is releasing its 5th update very soon. The newest version of the popular AI image generator will see a range of new features. Not least of these, more accurate renditions of hands. Previous versions have been renowned for adding extra fingers to images of people. The fifth version promises to be even better than […]
Facial recognition website PimEyes recently got under fire for scraping photos of dead people for their facial data. The website reportedly took photos from Ancestry, which is not allowed to begin with. But what makes this case extra disturbing is that they used photos of people who can’t give their consent. [Related reading: Are your […]
New video footage of the massive A81 iceberg that broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January has been released. While before and after satellite images were released of the iceberg when it broke away, the new footage shows the massive scale of the iceberg for the first time. Recorded by a […]
