Last November, Austrian auction house OstLicht held the historic first camera auction in China. The auction appeared to be a smashing success, with the headline item, a one-of-a-kind Leica IIIg built for the German Army, selling for nearly $4 million.

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In April of 2023, my family and I sold nearly everything, left Los Angeles, and moved to the southwest of France.

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Image sensor research and development is notoriously costly, which is why so many manufacturers have opted to work with an existing sensor fabrication company, like Sony Semiconductor, rather than develop their own in-house. Canon has been one of the few exceptions and, according to its executives, that will remain the case.

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Hungarian photographer Benedek Lampert is well known for his fantastic images that bring Lego to life. Lampert's latest project brings the high-octane world of Formula 1 to life using Lego's new F1 sets, brilliant backdrops, practical effects, and, of course, incredible photo skills.

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OM System isn't willing to sacrifice the performance of its computational photography features in order to increase the resolution of its sensors. That strategy leverages one of the company's competitive advantages, but it also very well makes it difficult for its cameras to appeal to any photographer.

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Expanding on our efforts we started last year, we're again taking a look at the best smartphones for photography available in 2025. We have four phones to look at this time: the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, Google Pixel 9 Pro, Samsung S25 Ultra, and a newcomer in the OnePlus 13. I intend to provide some education on what situations some of these phones might excel in versus the other so you can select which is best suited for you.

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South Korean memory company Novachips announced new CFexpress 4.0 memory cards that promise to be as affordable as SD cards. Novachips' new CFexpress Type A and Type B memory cards come in sizes ranging from 330GB to a whopping 3.2 TB, with prices starting at $199.

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The Motion Picture Production Code, more commonly referred to as the Hays Code, was one of the most influential forces shaping Hollywood’s Golden Age. Created to uphold moral standards in cinema, the Code governed what could and could not be shown on screen for over three decades. Yet, as restrictive as it was, resistance to its rules surfaced even from within the industry itself.

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These historic photos show the nostalgic cats' meat men traders that were once a common sight across Victorian London.

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A new film, television, and gaming studio is aiming to produce more than 30 projects in the next three to four years with tiny budgets, for Hollywood at least.

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