Chinese lens maker Funleader has collaborated with Artizlab to create the Artizlab Classic 35mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M mount. The lens takes heavy inspiration from Leica’s legendary 35mm f/1.4 V2 lens, which fetches thousands of dollars on the second-hand market. [Read More]
Dramatic before and after photos taken from a fixed-wing aircraft show the terrible damage wrought by the LA wildfires. [Read More]
Canon Inc. developed a groundbreaking 410-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, setting a new record for the most pixels achieved on a 35mm image sensor. [Read More]
A photographer has been sued for $2 million for throwing a bucket of urine at a TikTok-famous vintage photo booth that was set up next door to her home. [Read More]
You could be forgiven for looking at Samsung’s latest crop of flagship devices in the S25 series and wonder what the silver lining is. It’s all about AI — Galaxy AI, that is — and in doubling down on these features, the company is betting that it has a leg up on what could be…
Samsung announced a trio of new Galaxy S25 series smartphones, including the base Galaxy S25, the large S25+, and the flagship S25 Ultra. [Read More]
The PetaPixel team is in San Jose, California for the Samsung Unpacked event and is working hard on our review of the latest Galaxy S25 Ultra for photographers. However, we did get an early briefing and first look at the latest high-end phone from Samsung and we have some thoughts about the most exciting features….
Data enrichment provider Clay raised $40 million in a Series B expansion Wednesday, which gives the company a valuation of $1.25 billion. If data truly in the new oil, Clay is beginning to look like its John D. Rockefeller. Clay has a couple of proffers that it hopes will excite users. First, like a number…
Change is the only thing you can rely on in digital marketing. Banner ads and social media campaigns + shifting consumer behavior and privacy regulations = something new. Retail media networks (RMNs) are a big part of that something. RMNs let brands reach consumers with laser-like precision when they are ready to buy. At The…
Meta properties saw 15% ad spend growth in Q4 2024, while TikTok, facing an unknown future in the U.S., dropped 51 percentage points from Q4 2023 to 13%, according to digital advertising company Tinuiti. These latest figures show the momentum that social media and commerce carry into 2024, although digital advertising overall expects a slowdown…
