Japanese Press Photographer in Trouble for Making Partisan Remarks Caught on Hot Mic
A Japanese press photographer has found himself in hot water after a live stream captured him making inappropriate remarks about Sanae Takaichi, who looks set to become the country's first female prime minister.
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Xtra’s Cameras Look an Awful Lot Like DJI’s but Without the Tariffs
Some popular DJI cameras, including the extremely popular Osmo Pocket 3, are being sold in the United States at a pre-tariff price by a relatively unknown startup, and it's bizarre.
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Cinematographer Gives an 8mm Camcorder From the 1950s a New Digital Life
Filmmaker and cinematographer Tom Kucy, who runs the YouTube channel Manual Not Found, took apart a classic 1950s era Sankyo 8-R film camera and gave it a new, surreal digital life.
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The 2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winners Capture the Complexity of the Human Experience
The winners of the 45th edition of the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award are photographers Alejandro Cegarra and Serghei Duve. The two photographers prevailed over more than 300 others nominated by around 120 experts in nearly 50 countries.
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Motion Picture Association Says OpenAI Must Prevent Copyright Infringment on Sora 2
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has called on OpenAI to address what it describes as widespread copyright infringement stemming from the company’s new video generation model, Sora 2.
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I Shot the Eerie Photo That Appears on Patricia Cornwell’s Latest Novel
Author Patricia Cornwell has this week released her latest forensic crime thriller Sharp Force. Another nail-biting installment of the adventures of Dr. Kay Scarpetta. But the story of how I captured the photo on the front cover is just as tense.
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The Father of MMA Captured in Wet Plate Collodion Photography
Most mixed martial arts (MMA) fans can recall the first event, held on November 12, 1993, at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. It was the dawn of a new era in combat sports. Born from Vale-Tudo (“Anything Goes” in English), UFC 1 was an event that would change the world forever. What was at stake was the determination of which martial art discipline would be most effective if they all came together to fight.
Anker Paid Eufy Camera Users $2 Per Video to Train AI
Anker -- the Chinese company that produces Eufy security cameras -- offered users money in exchange for their videos of package and car thefts, whether real or staged, to train its AI systems.
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Nikon Has Received More ZR Preorders Than Expected; for Good Reason
The Nikon ZR looks poised to be quite the hit with customers. Scheduled to begin shipping in the next couple of weeks, Nikon Japan has already warned customers that it has received so many orders that it may be unable to fulfill them all at launch.
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Christian Photographer Wins Lawsuit Over Right to Refuse Same-Sex Weddings
A federal court has ruled that the city government of Louisville, Kentucky, violated a wedding photographer’s rights by trying to make her provide services for same-sex weddings.
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