Lead image: San Jose as captured by the Canon CE-SAT-1. Image courtesy of Canon. Click to enlarge.
Canon didn’t announce any new products at this year’s CES, but the company is leveraging an older product to give people the chance to capture simulated photos from distinct perspectives. The Canon CE-SAT-1 satellite was launched into orbit in 2017 and via a new interactive experience…
Fujifilm Has Discontinued its Pro 400H Color Negative Film
January 15, 2021
Fujifilm has discontinued the Pro 400H film in both 35mm and 120 formats, citing the challenges associated with producing this particularly unique film.
Announced on its website, the company cites the unusual fourth layer coating that makes the film challenging and…
Photographer Markus Hofstätter had been designing parts for his cameras and 3D printing them at home when the idea to try something new struck him: 3D printing photographs. After a lot of trial and error, he successfully found a way to translate wet plate photos into 3D…
Nikon Professional Services has added two paid tiers above the complimentary Pro plan that add significant additional benefits for working photographers. Both new tiers include equipment loans, repair discounts, and cleaning services.
Nikon’s basic, complimentary, Pro membership includes access to the NPS support hotline, a dedicated NPS representative, prioritization of repairs, no charge for…
Canon Exceeded Sales Projections For its 2020 Fiscal Year
January 15, 2021
The success of Canon’s R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras have exceeded the company’s expectations and it has revised its 2020 fiscal year earnings over initial projections. The company logged net income of more than a quarter of a billion dollars in excess of its original…
Last year Fufjilm announced a firmware update that would bring pixel-shift multi-shot to the GFX100, allowing it to jump from 100-megapixel photos to capturing whopping 400-megapixel photos. In this 12-minute video, ZY Productions shows exactly what that looks like.
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Statement Signed by 600+ Photography Professionals Demands Accountability from Magnum Photos
January 15, 2021
A group of 647 photography students and professionals have together signed a letter demanding Magnum Photos actively participate in addressing sexual harassment in the industry, namely with regards to accusations made against its photographer David Alan Harvey.
The letter, published on January 8 and available to read in full here, is signed by a large group of photographers, students, curators…
Six Incredible Photos of Galaxies Colliding
January 15, 2021
As part of its celebration of a new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published six different galaxy mergers. These rare astronomical phenomena were captured as part of a recent survey to investigate the rate of new star formations.
As part of the release…
Fujifilm has announced it is discontinuing production of its Pro 400H color negative film in both 35mm and 120 formats.
In a notice posted on the Pro 400H product page, Fujifilm says the ‘unique’ film is being discontinued due to issues with ‘procur[ing] the raw…
Samsung has announced its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and the Galaxy S21 Ultra. The S21 and S21 Plus are essentially identical phones, save for their screen size and other minor differences. The S21 Ultra is designed to be not only the best phone in Samsung’s diverse lineup of Android smartphones, but Samsung believes it’s the best phone…
