The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, captured its first images last week using its new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument. The groundbreaking photo shows a cluster of sunspots, each roughly the same size or larger than the contiguous United States. [Read More]
Sony May Spin-Off Its Image Sensor Business as a Separate Company
Sony is reportedly investigating whether it should spin-off its semiconductor business, which would make Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) an independent business entity. [Read More]
Canon’s ‘New’ RF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 Looks Like a Remount of a Lens from 1999
Canon today announced the lightweight and affordable RF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 telephoto lens. Aimed at entry-level users, the new RF zoom lens shares much in common, including its optical design, with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lens released way back in April 1999. [Read More]
The DJI Phantom is Dead
The DJI Phantom will soon live up to its name and become a ghost. DJI announced it will end support for the Phantom 4 Pro and Phantom 4 Advanced models on June 1, 2025. [Read More]
Mars Satellite Captures Curiosity Rover Driving Across the Red Planet
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured a unique image of the Curiosity rover mid-drive across the surface of Mars — the first-ever time a satellite has captured the car-sized vehicle’s movement. [Read More]
Yashica City 100 Review: Camera or Scamera?
Compact point-and-shoot cameras are more popular than ever. I thought they would be gone forever, replaced and surpassed by the modern smartphone but boy, was I wrong. The compact digital camera is experiencing a renaissance and Yashica has jumped into the fray with its City series of cameras to capitalize on the hype. [Read More]
House Overwhelmingly Passes ‘Take It Down’ Act Aimed at AI Deepfakes
Last June, Congress introduced the Take It Down Act, a bill aimed at holding social media and apps accountable for AI-generated deepfake porn images on their platforms. The House overwhelmingly passed the Take It Down Act last night, April 28, sending it next to President Trump’s desk, who is expected to sign the bill into […]
OK Go Release One Take Music Video Featuring 29 Robots and 60 Mirrors
OK Go — the band famous for making viral music videos — has released yet another mind-bending short film that makes incredible use of robotic arms and mirrors. [Read More]
Photographer Has Camera Bag With $10K of Gear Stolen Overnight
A wedding and graduation photographer woke up to discover that his camera bag, which contained more than $10,000 worth of gear and thousands of images, had been stolen. [Read More]
Researchers Capture First-Ever Live Footage of a Painted Swellshark
Scientists used baited cameras to record the first-ever live footage of a painted swellshark, one of the rarest deep-sea animals in the world. [Read More]