Ah, that new iPhone smell is in the air, which means two things. Autumn, probably the best season for photography, is just around the corner. And two, Apple has stoked its hype train's engine and sent it roaring down the tracks, spewing buzzwords and fancy graphics at everyone it passes.
This week, Adobe announced the public release of Adobe Firefly, the company's generative artificial intelligence platform, and updates to Premiere Pro. Adobe has also announced a price hike for Creative Cloud subscription plans and record revenue for its third fiscal quarter this year.
At the CP+2023 Camera & Photo Imaging Show in Japan earlier this year, I had a conversation with Keiji Oishi, Manager in the UX Planning Department of Nikon’s Imaging Business Unit.
Today, most of the consumer-grade camera landscape is dominated by less than half a dozen brands. Canon, Sony, and Nikon take the lion’s share in terms of sales and public recognition, while almost all the gaps are filled by smaller companies like Fujifilm and Pentax.
A new creator's guild that aims to represent a spectrum of content makers, including photographers, has been launched.
Shipments for digital cameras are at their highest point since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and that boom is being largely driven by China, Sony and Nikon say.
Tamron has announced that its President and CEO, Shiro Ajisaka, has resigned. Mr. Ajisaka is currently under investigation for allegedly using company funds for personal gain.
Ricoh chose not to exhibit at CP+ earlier this year, so I took advantage of my extended stay in Japan to visit their corporate headquarters in Ota-ku, Tokyo. (Ota is southwest of central Tokyo, about a 50-minute train ride from where I was staying in Asakusa, on the northeast side of the city.)
Canon executives have definitively stated that the company has no intention of releasing lens roadmaps, stating that it instead prefers to surprise customers.
Canon executives in China were asked by local journalists when the company might consider opening the RF lens mount to third-party optics, and the company confirmed that it is currently evaluating options -- just on a case-by-case basis.
XP-Pen has announced the second-generation, $599 Artist Pro 16 display tablet for artists and retouchers. The updated tablet boasts a 2.5K resolution with a stylus that leverages an X3 Pro Smart Chip with a "world-first" 16K pen pressure technology.
Intel is walking away from its plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor, a chip and CMOS sensor manufacturer that Panasonic once owned a major stake in.
While attending the CP+ 2023 show in Yokohama earlier this year, I visited with Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma Corporation, and one of the most savvy executives in the entire photo industry.
Eastman Kodak will continue to manufacture film as long as there is demand for it, the company's executive chairman said on a conference call to shareholders this week.
California-based drone maker Skydio has announced that it will "sunset" its consumer drone offerings.
The world's leading photo agencies and photographer associations have co-signed an open letter calling for legal protections against artificial intelligence (AI).
It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional photographer. There are untold hours of toil to perfect the craft and lots of money spent to reach a pro level. So when you get there, how much should you be paid for a day's work?
While attending the CP+ 2023 show in Yokohama earlier this year, I met with representatives of Fujifilm and had a chance to ask them about the reasons behind some camera features, the details of a recent firmware update, specifics about some of their future plans, and some more philosophical questions about 8K video and whether there’s still a place for “entry-level” models in the industry these days.
A photographer has shone a light on the "underwhelming" pay sometimes offered by huge fashion magazines after revealing she was paid $300 by Vogue for a full day's shoot and edit.
The Eastman Kodak Company has signed a perpetual licensing agreement with EssilorLuxottica that grants the massive eyewear company exclusive rights to use Kodak's brand for any products or services in connection with its business.
Couples increasingly want instant images from their wedding photographer so they can update their social media pages immediately after the ceremony.
Incredibly popular wedding site The Knot has been accused of cheating advertisers and creating a hostile workplace for its employees.
Shutterstock's Contributor Fund aims to give back to photographers and artists whose work has been used to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools -- such as the AI image generator the company is currently promoting.
Researchers at the streaming powerhouse Netflix have discovered an innovative way to quickly, easily, and potentially more accurately remove green screens from a scene by turning their actors a bright magenta using red and blue foreground lights.
A commercial photographer has taken to YouTube to debunk some of the myths that exist around high-end food and drink photography -- perpetuated by a TikTok account.
Instax is no doubt a popular product line for Fujifilm, but the company has recently revealed that it is even more valuable than some might realize: it is one of the most important for its entire imaging division and accounts for a majority of sales.
National Geographic, a magazine renowned for its photojournalism and wildlife photography, has laid off the last of its remaining staff writers and a number of other employees, according to multiple departing staff writers. The move signals a possible decline for the publication.
While attending the CP+ 2023 show in Yokohama, Japan, back in February, I had the opportunity to meet with independent lens manufacturer Tamron. It had been a very long time since my last official contact with them, and a lot has changed over the intervening years. (The last time I attended a formal Tamron event was all the way back in 2015, when they introduced their excellent f/1.8 wide-angle primes.)
Photographers and creators have raised concerns over Adobe's Firefly accusing the software giant of setting up competition against them without being paid for it.
Nearly three months after DPReview announced its imminent shutdown, and more than two months after DPReview was initially slated to shut down and go offline, the beloved publication has found a new lease on life.
