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"The Fall of Icarus" Andrew McCarthy, Cosmic Background

The Fall of Icarus

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured this stunning photo of skydiver Gabriel Brown’s dark silhouette against the Sun’s fiery chromosphere. The photo was shot through a telescope equipped with a special...

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The Story Behind The First Digital Camera

“I’ll just make one [a camera] with no moving parts, and that’ll annoy the hell out of them [mechanical engineers].” The story of how the first digital camera was conceived at Eastman Kodak by a...

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Duck Caught Speeding on Traffic Camera

Local Swiss police in the town of Koeniz found that one of their traffic cameras had caught a duck flying past at 52 km/h in a 30 km/h zone — a clear violation of the traffic speed limit. The picture they...

Panasonic Announces LUMIX S1II and S1IIE

PRESS RELEASE Panasonic Announces Two New Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras – LUMIX S1II and LUMIX S1IIE – and New LUMIX S 24-60mm F2.8 Lens Newark, N.J. (May 13, 2025) – Panasonic is pleased to announce the expansion of...

Fujifilm Teases the X-Half Diptych Camera

When photographers shot with 35mm film, they would get 24 frames or 36 frames, depending on the number of frames you purchased in a film canister. Someone (Olympus) popularized the half-frame concept in their film PEN...

Sony Announces 16mm F1.8 G Prime Lens

Sony Electronics Launches the Ultra-Wide 16mm F1.8 G Full-Frame Prime Lens Compact and Lightweight Design Meets Exceptional Optical Performance SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Electronics introduces...