Biden Signs Law Making it Easier to Photograph and Film in National Parks
Days before Christmas, the United States Senate passed a wide-ranging bill, the EXPLORE Act, which included provisions to reform how filming permits work within National Parks. President Biden signed the approved bill into law over the weekend, just a couple of weeks before the end of his term.
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The Espresso Displays 15 Pro Portable Monitor is Brighter and Lighter
Espresso Displays announced a new portable monitor called the 15 Pro that promises all of the benefits the 17 Pro brought last year but in a smaller form factor.
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Yashica Capitalizes on Compact Camera Craze With New ‘City’ Series Point-and-Shoots
Compact cameras are all the rage. While companies like Panasonic are trying to capitalize by making minor tweaks to relatively pricey older cameras with models like the ZS99, others opt for a "make it as cheap as possible" approach. Yashica falls into the latter category with its latest compact cameras, the City 100 and City 200.
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OM System CEO Says a New Camera and Multiple Lenses Arriving ‘Shortly’
While 2024 was not the prolific or productive year OM System needed, 2025 could be. OM Digital Solutions' director and CEO, Shigemi Sugimoto, has taken to the company's website to share new information about its ambitions and plans for 2025.
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OpenAI Fails to Deliver Opt-Out System for Photographers
OpenAI has missed its own 2025 deadline on a tool it said would allow photographers to exclude their work from the company's training data.
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Belkin’s Stage PowerGrip Is an iPhone Camera Grip With a Big Battery
Belkin kicked CES 2025 off with a bang, unveiling the Stage PowerGrip. This new MagSafe-equipped battery back charges the connected iPhone while providing a camera-style grip, which is ideal for mobile photography.
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Meta Purges AI-Generated Facebook and Instagram Accounts Amid Backlash
Meta has deleted some of the AI-generated users created for Facebook and Instagram after a severe backlash over the existence of the accounts.
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Photographer Documents Overlooked Communities in America’s Heartland
A documentary photographer spent three years traveling the spine of America to explore division in the U.S. by spending time with people he says have been ignored politically, socially, and culturally for decades.
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Rarely-Seen Fisher Spotted on Trail Camera Again
A trail camera filmed images of the same elusive "fisher" in Pennsylvania -- months after the first sighting of the animal that was believed to be extinct in the state.
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Viltrox LAB 135mm f/1.8 Review: This Portrait Lens is a Heavy Hitter
Viltrox has been making waves in the lens space for a while now, but its LAB series, a new push into professional-grade optics, takes the company's ambitions up a notch (or two). The Viltrox LAB 135mm f/1.8 aims to deliver professional performance at a much lower price. Does it deliver the goods?
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