While NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover routinely finds interesting-looking rocks, including ones that looked like dragon scales just a few months ago, its latest discovery in “Valle Grande” shows honeycomb-like rocks at a never-before-seen scale.
Curiosity captured a 360-degree panorama on June 19 and 20, the 4,930th and 4,931st days of its mission on Mars, showing polygonal fractures across the Red Planet’s surface “ as far
HoverAir, best known for its self-flying drones that follow users around and more recently, its waterborne flying camera , has announced Versa . It is a new pocket camera that quickly transforms into an aerial camera.
In its default, handheld configuration, the Versa looks a lot like competing content creator-friendly cameras on the market, like an Osmo Pocket or Insta360 Luna. It has a stabilized three-axis gimbal camera, a little built-in screen, and some controls.
However, unlike a
Cooke Optics is bringing its AP3 and SP3 series cinema prime lenses to Nikon Z-mount cameras, joining existing mount options for Sony E, L-Mount, Canon RF, and Leica M.
Cooke announced the SP3 range of cinema prime lenses in September 2023, a five-lens series, each equipped with a T2.4 aperture. The SP3 range then comprised 25mm, 32mm, 50mm, 75mm, and 100mm
In January, Nikon filed a lawsuit in China against lens manufacturer Viltrox, alleging intellectual property infringement related to Nikon’s Z-mount technology. Nikon has reportedly lost that lawsuit.
As Nikon Rumors reports , a 25-page court ruling released by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) outlines that a decision was actually made a couple of weeks ago, with the court ruling that Nikon’s related patents are invalid.
Nikon attempted to argue that its Z-mount bayonet design and electronic terminal structure were
Viltrox has announced the DC-T1, a compact 5-inch external monitor designed to give smartphone creators a larger, real-time view when using their phone’s rear cameras. The lightweight monitor connects through USB-C and provides touchscreen camera controls, making it easier to frame selfies, vlogs, livestreams, and solo productions while taking advantage of higher-quality rear-facing smartphone cameras.
Weighing approximately four ounces (112 grams), the Viltrox DC-T1 features a 5-inch
Sony has officially made an acquisition offer to Tamron, the lens maker confirmed today.
Tamron says that Sony’s proposal outlines a series of transactions that will result in Sony owning all shares of Tamron, establishing it as a wholly owned subsidiary company. As expected, Tamron did not share the financial details of Sony’s acquisition proposal.
Somewhat surprisingly, though, Tamron’s statement makes it sound like the only reason it is saying anything at all is because of yesterday’s reports, which PetaPixel analyzed .
Starting from the early 1900s, a new exhibition documents the rapid expansion of urban life in the United States through the eyes of the most important photographers from the 20th century.
Dulwich Picture Gallery in London is hosting only its second-ever photography exhibition, and this one charts American cities as they shifted through decades of profound social, cultural, and economic change
Few cameras have had the impact of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, an incredibly popular handheld gimbal camera that was beloved by travelers, creators, and adventurers alike. The Pocket 4 was a pretty standard update, which is quite capable but didn’t set the world on fire like the Pocket 3. It seems DJI was holding back with the Pocket 4, because only a few months later and after one of the weirdest, most prolonged rollouts in camera history, we have the Pocket 4P.
This new “Pro
The DJI Pocket 4P has finally been made available in all markets (except the USA, where all DJI products remained banned) after a long, drawn-out, and confusing release schedule. But the wait may have been worth it, as the Pocket 4P stands to be DJI’s most impressive compact camera ever.
The Osmo Pocket 4P is DJI’s first dual-lens camera system that elevates performance over the previously announced Osmo Pocket 4 through the integration of
During a Q2 earnings call this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Instagram has improved its algorithm by scanning every public post and using that information to provide better recommended content.
Zuckerberg says that the LLM AI model that scans public Reels and posts allows Meta to better analyze them for topics and tone, which he says is “a key building block toward greater personalization.”
The company is rolling out the process to Facebook as well. Zuckerberg lauded the AI technology that he says has contributed to users spending more time