Blackmagic Design Launches $175 UltraStudio Express 3G Capture and Playback Devices

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Blackmagic Design has announced the UltraStudio Express 3G family, a pair of compact USB4 capture and playback devices designed for portable broadcast, streaming, and post-production workflows on Mac, Windows, and Linux computers.

The lineup includes the UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G for HDMI and 3G-SDI capture and the UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G for HDMI and 3G-SDI playback. Both devices are powered directly over USB, eliminating the need for an external power supply and making them easy to use with laptops in

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6 Best Image Upscalers Tested: Photo Upscaling Without the Plastic Look

A fox sits in tall grass. Inset shows a low-res crop of the fox, while a zoomed-in circle highlights an enlarged, upscaled, and sharper section of the fox’s fur. Wildflowers and grasses surround the animal.

Over the last few years, image upscalers powered by AI have become remarkably good at making photos larger. The challenge is no longer whether an image can be enlarged to 4K or even 8K, it’s whether the result still looks like the original photograph.

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Many tools can generate impressive-looking details, but not all of those details are lifelike. In my testing, the biggest difference between today’s image upscaling software isn’t resolution. It

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IMAX Reveals New Large-Format Film Camera That Filmed ‘The Odyssey’ and Boasts LCD Screen

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The IMAX Keighley during filming of The Odyssey.

Much has been written about The Odyssey ; the first film in history to be shot entirely on the ultra-large-format IMAX system. However, it was only possible after IMAX released a new generation of cameras.

Director Christopher Nolan used the latest IMAX Keighley to shoot the historical epic, which can shoot 15-perf 70mm film far more quietly and efficiently than before. However, a new clip looking at the camera released by IMAX gives further fascinating insight

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CEO Imagines a Future Without Camera Operators and Capture One Supports Hasselblad | The PetaPixel Podcast

This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, Hasselblad and Capture One finally resolve their differences (but Phocus isn’t going anywhere), DJI’s LOFIC sensor has really impressive dynamic range, and Insta360’s CEO describes a future where there are no camera operators. Plus, wildlife photographer Kristi Odom stops by to explain how photographers can learn so much just by watching animals.

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Google Photos Adds Video Remix That AI-Generates ‘Shareable Clips’

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For the past year, Google has been adding new AI-powered features into Google Photos, continuing a trend of cramming generative AI into as many aspects of its hardware and software businesses as possible. That continues today with the addition of Video Remix.

Video Remix applies a range of AI-generated looks and edits to video clips, which is powered by the company’s Gemini Omni model . Google says the goal here is to make it easier for the average user to create something worth sharing without having any video editing


Meta’s New AI Image Generator Can Make Pictures From Anyone’s Public Instagram Page

A woman in a colorful geometric suit stands by abstract shapes. Beside her, a vintage photo shows two people with a motorcycle on a scenic coastal road labeled “Big Sur – Aug ‘83.”.
Some of the AI-generated examples from Meta’s Muse Image model, including a Big Sur road trip from 1983 that never happened.

Meta’s Superintelligence Labs division has launched its first image model, which is rolling out across Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Meta AI app.

Called Muse Image, it allows users to not only create pictures from a text prompt, but it can also use photos from the user’s profile or anyone else’s profile — so long as it’s

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Beni Is a Cute Autonomous Camera Robot On Wheels

A small, white, robot with two wheels and two red antennae stands on a clay tennis court near a white line, illuminated by sunlight.

Mondo Robotics has unveiled Beni, which it describes as the world’s first portable camera robot designed for “every consumer and terrain.”

What may seem a bit like science fiction is, in fact, a real robotic camera that Mondo Robotics is launching on Kickstarter today. Ahead of today’s full reveal, Mondo Robotics had been teasing Beni and showing off different tests users had performed with the personality-filled jumping camera bot.

Beni is an all-terrain, portable, and autonomous robot that follows users around

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The 110 Film Market Just Doubled in Size Thanks to Two New Stocks From Reflx Labs

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If film photography is a niche, then 110 film is a niche within a niche. The cartridge-based film format has been exclusively available from Lomography for the last 15 years, but Reflx Lab has just doubled the number of companies photographers can buy 110 from.

China-based Reflx Lab has announced two 110 films: Fortuna C200 color and 100R Color Reversal film. The C200 is respooled from Lucky C200 while the 1

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Meike Is Making an AF 85mm f/1.2 Portrait Prime for Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras

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Illustrative example. Not the actual silhouette of Meike’s upcoming 85mm f/1.2 lens.

Not all that long after Meike released a new 85mm f/1.8 SE II prime lens for E, L, and Z-mount mirrorless cameras, the company is teasing yet another 85mm prime, this time an ultra-fast f/1.2 one.

As spotted by L-Rumors , Meike announced the development of the lens on Chinese social media. While this

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If Users Conceal the Recording Light on Smart Glasses, Meta Says It Will Disable the Camera

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Meta is listening to the criticism of its smart glasses and says it will disable the camera if the user attempts to conceal the blinking LED light that indicates the device is recording.

While the smart glasses have been a rare win for Meta’s maligned Reality Labs division, the wearable technology has come under fire for being used by so-called “glassholes” who surreptitiously record people on the street, often men recording women.

In a Meta article published yesterday, the company addressed the issue head-on, promising that