More Than One in Five Walk Away From Their Camera in Public to Film Themselves
More than one in five people set their phone or camera down in a public place and step away to photograph or film themselves. That is the headline finding of new consumer research from a UK insurer, and it lands at a moment when street theft of devices is a serious problem.
Kodak Posts Its Fourth Straight Quarter of Growth, and Film Is Carrying the Load
Kodak returned to a profit in the second quarter of 2026, with revenue of $311 million and net income of $17 million, up from a $26 million loss a year earlier. The company's film and specialty-chemicals unit grew 40 percent, faster than any other part of the business.
The Ten Rarest Weather Phenomena Ever Photographed
On July 6, 1989, physicists at the University of Minnesota aimed a low-light video camera at a distant thunderstorm to test the equipment and accidentally caught the first image of what is now called a red sprite, a burst of lightning firing upward toward space. That first frame was black and white and only proved the flashes were real; their crimson color would not be captured on camera until the mid-1990s. For most of the previous century, pilots who reported those flashes were told they had imagined them.
How NASA Shot a Landscape on Mars: The Photography Behind Curiosity’s Miraflores Image
When Curiosity looked across Gale Crater and captured a portrait of "Miraflores," it wasn't simply documenting another rock on Mars. It was photographing a landscape shaped by erosion—a roughly 20-foot sand-capped butte that survived while the surrounding rock slowly disappeared.
Becoming the Gray Man: Using the Thypoch Eureka 28mm Lens
There's an advantage to a small camera that doesn't call attention to itself: you can become the gray man. Not invisible or undercover; not some photographic ninja.
BLUETTI Elite 300: A Power Station for Creators in the Great Outdoors
You've pitched camp at the perfect spot, gear unloaded, base set for the next few days. And now you're waiting — for the fog to lift, the light to change, or an elusive animal to step into frame. Modern adventures in the wild are no longer just about chasing beautiful locations; there's an expectation to stay connected, keep every battery topped up, edit on location, and bring a few home comforts with you for when the light isn't cooperating. And honestly, why shouldn't that include a hot meal and a movie on your laptop while you wait for the clouds to part?
What f/8 Really Costs You on a 400mm Wildlife Lens
The Sony 100-400mm f/5.6-f/8 costs $850, roughly a fifth of the price of the pricier 100-400mm f/4.5, and that number tells you almost everything about the tradeoffs waiting inside. Whether you shoot wildlife, travel light, or just want the long end covered without emptying your bank account, the question is what those savings actually cost you in the field.
Roku Now Has a 24/7 Channel That Streams Nothing but AI Slop
A new free channel on Roku plays AI-generated movies, shows, and shorts around the clock, with AI-generated ads slotted between them. It is called Fairground AI Creator TV, and it runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
A New Font Reads Normally to You but Feeds AI Scrapers Nonsense
A new open-source typeface called ShieldFont looks like ordinary text when you read it, but hands AI scrapers a corrupted version of the same page. It swaps out select words in a site's source code so bots collect subtly wrong sentences while you see the real thing.
A Flock Camera Flagged Her Car in a Homicide by Mistake. Police Pulled Her Over at Gunpoint Twice
A Wisconsin woman was stopped by police with guns drawn twice in one week after an automated license plate camera wrongly linked her car to a Milwaukee homicide. Milwaukee police say the alert should have been deleted days earlier, but a staffer never cleared it.
Why Cameras Still Cannot See What Your Eyes See
You stood at the canyon rim at sunset, took in the glowing sky and the shadowed rock below in a single glance, and pressed the shutter certain you had it. The file came back with a white sky or a black cliff, never both. Your eyes were not lying and your camera was not broken; the two simply do not measure light the same way, and the gap between them is large enough to explain almost every disappointing landscape you have ever shot.
Why One Raw File Can Contain Several Photographs
You press the shutter once. A raw file can contain more than one admissible photograph, and the camera shows you only the version it chose.
You shot the scene once, but the digital file came back with several photographs inside it. You have seen one: the JPEG preview the screen handed you when the button went down. The others are in the same file, equally valid, equally yours, and most photographers discard them without ever knowing they were there.
That is not a processing tip. It changes where your work actually happens.
Can a 20-Year-Old Canon Prime Still Beat Its RF Replacement?
Plenty of photographers hang on to Canon's old EF f/1.2 primes because they swear those lenses render people in a way modern glass can't touch. That belief gets tested directly on a portrait shoot, with EF classics adapted to a current RF body and shot side by side against their RF replacements.
The One Leica M That Drops the Rangefinder Entirely
The Leica M lineup split into two camps you can hold side by side, and one of them ditches the optical rangefinder that has defined the M for seventy years. The Leica M EV1 trades the mechanical viewfinder for a built-in EVF, and it now sits as the entry point into the M11 generation after Leica discontinued the standard M11.
Insta360's New X6 Packs 8K 360 Video, 1-Inch Equivalent Sensors, and On-Camera AI Editing
Insta360 has announced the X6, the newest flagship in its X series of 360 cameras. The camera goes on sale today, starting at $669.99 for the standard bundle. The company says the launch coincides with its tenth year making 360 cameras.
"X6 is the camera we always wanted to build. It captures everything around you, in any light, and hands you a finished edit before you even reach for your phone," said JK Liu, founder of Insta360.
Lightroom Classic 15.5 Finally Lets You Fix AI Masks After Creating Them
The masking upgrade in Lightroom Classic 15.5 lets you feather and reshape AI masks after you create them, which turns rough selections into precise, believable edits. That single change addresses one of the oldest complaints about automatic masks: they grab too much, too little, or leave a telltale glow around your subject.
Does Your Camera Actually Matter Anymore? One Studio Test Says No
Most photographers assume a flagship body is the price of entry for paid client work, but a full studio fashion shoot on mid-range Nikon gear tells a different story. The gap between "professional" and "affordable" has narrowed enough that your lighting and lens choices now carry the weight your camera body once did.
How to Balance Flash Against a Bright Sky Without Blowing It Out
Backlighting a subject at the beach solves a problem that trips up plenty of people shooting in bright sun: harsh shadows, squinting eyes, and a washed-out sky. Put the sun behind your subject, add your own light to the front, and the whole scene falls into place.
Shooting Anamorphic on The Nikon ZR With the Venus Optics Laowa Sunlight 2x Anamorphic Zoom
I’ve done separate review articles on both the Nikon ZR and the Laowa Sunlight 2x Full Frame Anamorphic Zooms in the past. Today, I thought it might be helpful to talk less specs and more process after using the combination on my latest film.
How the First Photo of a Black Hole Was Actually Made
The first picture of a black hole was not taken with a camera, and no single telescope ever saw it. It is a reconstruction, assembled from petabytes of radio data recorded at seven observatories scattered around the globe, then flown across the planet on hard drives. Even the famous orange glow is a decision: the color was assigned by scientists to show brightness, because the radiation itself is invisible to your eyes.