NewsPhotography

The 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s Most Commended Photos

Treefrog pool party by Brandon Güell, Costa Rica/USA | Highly commended, Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles The Natural History Museum has shared an early look at the top photos from its 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition through a set of its “most commended” entries. The Museum is set to unveil a new and redesigned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition that…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Late photographer Charles Gatewood's Leica M2 camera is up for sale for $16K

Artist David Glenn Rinehart met the late photographer Charles Gatewood in the late 80s when Gatewood moved to San Francisco. Based on Gatewood’s body of work, which comprises a diverse range of subjects, including social protest, alternative culture, celebrity portraits, rock and roll, body modification and much more, Rinehart expected Gatewood to be intimidating or ‘maybe even a…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Tamron is Developing a 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 for Nikon Z Mount

Tamron has announced that it is developing its first Z-mount system lens in the 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD, which it bills as the smallest and lightest telephoto zoom for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens appears identical to the 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD that was made for Sony E-mount cameras in 2020, and shares many if not all the design decisions found in that lens…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Revisiting the D1, Nikon’s First DSLR, 23 Years Later

Photographer Gordon Laing is back with a new edition of Dino Bytes, the series where he revisits classic cameras from decades past. This time he’s dusting off the 23-year-old Nikon D1, the company’s first DSLR. The Nikon D1 was first introduced in 1999 and…
NewsPhotography

French Officials Use Satellite Photos and AI to Spot Unregistered Pools

France is estimated to have about 3.2 million private swimming pools, but many of them are unregistered. Authorities are using satellite photos and AI to find them to recover about €10 million in unpaid taxes. The system has been developed by Google and French IT company Capgemini and was deployed by the French tax office to spot private residential swimming pools that were…
Read more