Godox’s New LEDs Are Colorful, Powerful, and Weather Resistant
Godox has expanded its professional Knowled lighting lineup with the introduction of the P600R Hard P4 and P1200R Hard P8 full-color LED panel lights. Designed for film, broadcast, and large-scale production environments, the new fixtures combine high-output RGB performance, pixel-level control, and weather-resistant construction aimed at demanding studio and on-location workflows.
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Lomography Completes Petzval Art Series With 27mm and 135mm Primes
Last July, Lomography unveiled a series of new Petzval lenses. At the time, the company launched 35mm f/2, 55mm f/1.7, and 80.5mm f/1.9 Art primes, promising to bring 27mm f/1.7 and 135mm f/2.5 lenses into the fold later. Later is now, and the five-lens series is complete.
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Photography’s Truth Is Under Attack and Giving Up Is Not an Option
As generative AI technology proliferates, making it easier for people to manipulate real photos or create convincing fake ones from scratch, photography's ability to depict reality has come under increasing attack. A recent Washington Post opinion is among the most notable assaults on the institution of photography yet, garnering strong rebuttals from veteran photographers.
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Fujifilm Says Superia Premium Is Still in Production Despite Its Unavailability
Fujifilm Superia Premium is so difficult to find that many have, for some time, believed it to be discontinued. Evidence of that stacked up this year when Yodobashi Camera, Bic Camera, and other Japanese camera stores listed it as discontinued, but Fujifilm says that label is inaccurate.
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VSCO Users Can Now Make Edits Via an AI Prompt
VSCO has added a new prompt-based image editing tool to its app, allowing photographers to simply describe the edits they want to see in natural language.
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Photographer’s 12-Year-Long Fight Over ‘Blackbeard’s Law’ Might Be Over
After more than a decade in court, an underwater photographer’s legal battle over images of Blackbeard’s shipwreck -- and whether states can be held liable for copyright infringement -- may finally be over.
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Wedding Photographer Falls Backwards into Pool Mid-Shoot but Keeps Taking Pictures
A wedding videographer has drawn widespread praise after falling backwards into a swimming pool during a ceremony, continuing to record the couple without interrupting the moment.
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Laowa’s 90mm f/2.8 Ultra Macro Brings 4x Magnification to Micro Four Thirds
Laowa has brought its popular and powerful 90mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens to Micro Four Thirds, giving OM System and Panasonic camera owners a compelling new choice to get up close and personal with their photographic subjects.
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Smart Glasses Are the Future Now, Despite the Creeps
After a $77 billion disaster in his adventures creating the metaverse, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his new vision for the future: everyone wears AI smart glasses.
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Leica 35mm Noctilux-M f/1.2 ASPH Review: A Long Time Coming
Ultra-fast 35mm lenses are not a new thing. Leica users have had access to the excellent Voigtlander 35mm f/1.2 Nokton across multiple versions for many years. The Noctilux title isn't new either. Leica has multiple insanely fast 50mm lenses, going down to as bright as f/0.95, on the market.
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