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Canon Japan has just issued a statement that many of us probably saw coming: pre-orders for the new Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6—as well as some accessories—have “exceeded expectations,” and prospective owners should expect delays in shipping. The statement/apology was originally published just one day after the cameras were announced, and can be seen

[embedded content] In the Indian city of Belgaum, there’s a man who loves cameras so much that he built a 3-story camera-shaped house. Not only that, but he also named his three sons Canon, Nikon, and Epson. 49-year-old professional photographer Ravi Hongal spent over $94,000 building his unusual dwelling, which features a lens, flash, film

[embedded content] San Francisco-based inventor Lucas Rizzotto spent all of 2019 wearing cameras on his face. He then built a virtual reality time machine that lets him relive any memory from the year by simply punching in a date and time. Rizzotto shows how the project was done in the 28-minute video above, which exaggerates

GoPro has just released a new MacOS app (Windows coming soon) that makes it much easier to use the Hero 8 Black action camera as a webcam without plugging in any sort of additional hardware. All you need is your GoPro, the free ‘GoPro Webcam’ software, and a USB cable. The beta software is already

Following in Canon’s footsteps, Fujifilm has just released a Mac version of its Fujifilm X Webcam software. The original version of the software—which allows you to use various X-Series and GFX cameras as webcams for streaming and video conferencing over USB, without the need for a capture card—was only available for Windows 10. This is

Last week, Canon confirmed that they had stopped using the contentious terms ‘master’ and ‘slave’ in their flashes and triggers three years ago, but it looks like Nikon beat them to the bunch… by a lot. In a new statement, Nikon claims they stopped using the term “slave” in the early 2000s because of “the

Fraunhofer HHI, the company behind the H.264 and H.265 video codecs, has just unveiled its latest creation: the aptly-named H.266. Just as the world has finally gotten around to adopting HEVC/H.265, we get a newer version that will offer the same quality at about half the file size. H.266 video encoding—also called Versatile Video Coding

Last week, Yellowstone National Park released a statement explaining that a 72-year-old woman from California had been gored by a wild bison after she approached it multiple times to take its picture. Now, footage of the lead-up to the attack, captured by fellow campers, has made its way online. The update came from local Minneapolis

[embedded content] With a supply crunch in medical-grade facemasks, the general public has been turning to homemade masks in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Now researchers are using lasers to reveal how effective different kinds of DIY masks are at blocking tiny droplets from coughs and sneezes. The 4-minute video above shows findings

Here’s a handy pro tip for life: don’t get close to dangerous wild animals to pose for photos with them. A woman recently got a scare when the bear she was trying to get a picture with decided to opt-out of the photo op. TikTok user Alessandro Băcăoanu shared a short clip in which she

In the interest of creating a more diverse and inclusive brand, Fujifilm has announced some changes to its “X-Photographer” ambassador program. These include the creation of a new “Creator Website,” plans to add 10 diverse new photographers to the roster, and the creation of a transparent process by which photographers can “get on the path”

Getty Images has announced an… interesting partnership with the creators of the video game Grand Turismo. In light of the pandemic and the rise of eSports, the photo agency will begin using “world-class motorsports photographers” to capture “stunning in-game photography” from the FIA’s Grand Turismo Championships. In other words: Getty is now licensing video game

The folks at filter manufacturer H&Y have just unveiled a variable step-up ring for your camera lens filters called the REVORING. The idea is simple, brilliant, and apparently extremely popular: the REVORING Kickstarter campaign was fully funded in just 90 minutes, and has already raised almost $170,000. H&Y calls the REVORING the “most unique and

Leaps in storage capacity are pretty common these days. However, the biggest jump in archival media storage won’t come from spinning disks or solid state drives—Fujifilm is currently working on cramming an incredible 400TB worth of of capacity onto a single magnetic tape drive. Tape storage might seem antiquated, but it’s still the preferred media

If you ever receive a direct message on Instagram informing you that copyright infringement has been detected in your photos, beware: it may actually be a cleverly-disguised phishing scam. This particular scam was first reported by Fstoppers writer Andy Day, who received a copyright infringement message that was purportedly from The North Face Chile (@thenorthfacechile).

This month photography, like everything else, has been dominated by the novel coronavirus and protests. Here are some of the stories and photos that did not make it into our regular coverage. Addressing Racism and Issues of Representation Through Photography –BJPCarrie Mae Weems, Dana Scruggs, Lola Flash, and Mark Sealy invite us to look and

When the Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house in Barcelona reopened on June 22nd after the months of coronavirus lockdowns, its first concert was rather unusual. Instead of humans filling the seats, the live performance was attended by 2,292 plants. The unique concert was put together by conceptual artist Eugenio Ampudia and the Max Estrella

The folks over at Sandmarc—a company that specializes in accessories for iPhones, drones, and action cams—have just released two new LED panels called the Prolight Collection. And based on specs alone, both lights seem to be versatile, small, and surprisingly affordable for what you get. Don’t get us wrong, the Prolight Collection—made up of the

Sigma has released a major firmware update for the tiny Sigma fp full-frame mirrorless camera, adding a bunch of high-end video features like external ProRes RAW recording, Blackmagic RAW recording, Dual ISO support, cinemagraph capture, and lots more. Big firmware updates seem to be the way of things these days. From Nikon, to Leica, and

Panasonic has announced the LUMIX G100, a new compact mirrorless camera that’s designed for vlogging and creative video content. “Intuitive controls, visually engaging images and excellent sound quality are hallmarks of the new LUMIX G100, raising the bar for content production and user experience in the vlog camera category,” Panasonic says. “Usability is further enhanced

The New York City-based camera and electronics superstore Adorama has launched its new Edge Credit Card. The card provides customers with 5% off every day or special financing on purchases. Adorama Edge Credit Card holders will be able to choose between 5% off every day benefit or special financing when checking out on the Adorama

Leica has released Firmware Update 2.0 for the full-frame mirrorless Leica SL2, and it delivers on a major feature Leica promised at launch. As of today, you can now shoot 187MP photos using the new ‘Multishot’ mode that this update has added to the Drive Mode menu. When the Leica SL2 was unveiled in November,

Snapchat has apologized after releasing and then pulling a Juneteenth camera filter that prompted users to “smile” to break the chains of slavery. The new filter was launched Friday morning to celebrate the emancipation of slaves in the United States, and it had “Smile” displayed across a user’s live selfie view. When a smile was

Face Depixelizer is an amazing new AI-powered app that can take an ultra-low-res pixelated photo of a face and turn it into a realistic portrait photo. Created by Russian developer Denis Malimonov, the app utilizes the power of StyleGAN, which famously can generate realistic portraits of people who don’t exist. After taking in a pixel

A patent recently that was recently unearthed purports to show a high-end drone camera that Olympus has been working on. PetaPixel has obtained the full patent application, which describes a camera system that would feature a high-end zoom lens and high-performance sensor. The patent has been making the rounds ever since it was published by

ShiftCam has unveiled the ProGrip, a new ergonomic battery grip that’s designed to take your smartphone photography to a new level. “[ShiftCam] designers recognized that one of the major differences experienced when it comes to shooting on their phones is that it just doesn’t provide the security and balance of a traditional DSLR camera, especially

Want to own a piece of music photography history? A rare opportunity has popped up. Photographer Greg Watermann is currently selling the entire photo shoot he did with Nirvana for their first major magazine cover, and the auction includes copyright and all. “I photographed Nirvana for their first major magazine cover — SPIN January 1992,”

Last month, while covering protests in Minneapolis sparked by the killing of George Floyd, photojournalist Linda Tirado was blinded by a foam bullet fired by police. Now, she’s suing the city and its police department, and using her last photo as proof that she was targeted despite being clearly identified as press. The incident, which

Fox News is being slammed for breaching journalism ethics after it published Photoshopped news photos of protests in Seattle. The outlet has pulled the misleading photos and apologized. The Seattle Times first reported on the digitally altered and misleading photos published in Fox News‘ coverage of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), where occupation protesters

[embedded content] PBS NewsHour aired this 7-minute Race Matters segment on the camera’s role over the past decades in not only documenting social movements but also shaping and shifting public perception. (Warning: This video contains violent and disturbing images.) “I see the camera as a visual diary,” NYU photography historian and curator Deborah Willis tells