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Ricoh GR Series Hits 30-Year Milestone With “Forever a Snapshooter” Campaign

Apr 27, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Ricoh celebrates 30 years of the GR series, from the 1996 GR1 to modern digital models, with global events and commemorative plans in 2026.

NASA Captures the Disintegration of Comet MAPS Near the Sun

Apr 26, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

In April 2026, a small sungrazing comet offered astronomers a rare and well-documented case of how fragile bodies behave near the Sun. The object, C/2026…

Dark Energy Camera Unveils Sombrero Galaxy in New Depth

Apr 25, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

The Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) remains one of the most structurally distinctive galaxies in the nearby universe. Its nearly edge-on orientation provides a clear view…

Hubble Celebrates 36th Birthday: 36 Breathtaking Images of Space

Apr 24, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

For over three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been humanity’s window to the universe‘s wonders, capturing images that have reshaped our understanding of space…

PSA: Fujifilm’s Popular Compact Camera will Be Available Soon–Very Soon!

Apr 24, 2026 David Prochnow

Quickly and quietly emerging from the perpetually backordered stock list, DIYP has learned that the Fujifilm X100VI “should be” available for purchase on 29 or…

A New Down Under Film Company with a Very Curious Name and Brand

Apr 24, 2026 David Prochnow

What sounds like a worker at a conspiracy theory Web site is, in reality, the name of an Australian-based film company. Known as Mr. Negative,…

These Drone Images Capture World’s Largest Optical Telescope

Apr 23, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Observational astronomy is entering a phase where progress depends on collecting area and angular resolution. Many of the key problems today, detecting Earth-like exoplanets, measuring…