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Askar SQA70 Pro Launched: Gets Six-Element Optics and a Faster Design
A 70mm telescope with a short focal length can cover a surprisingly large section of the night sky. This makes it useful for photographing extended…
Leica Marks 60 Years of Noctilux Lenses With a New Book
Leica’s Noctilux lens family turns 60 in 2026. A new 240-page book traces its history from the original 50mm f/1.2 to the latest 35mm f/1.2, with archival photographs, technical insights, and work by six international photographers.
7 Bad Habits That Could Destroy Your Camera Gear in the Field
Beautiful light can make photographers forget basic precautions. Michael Scott highlights seven everyday mistakes that put cameras, lenses, and tripods at risk during outdoor shoots.
VSCO Promises Your Photos Won’t Be Used to Train AI Models
VSCO has updated its Creator Content Standards to explicitly state that it will not use members’ public or private photographs to train generative AI models. The promise covers free and paid accounts, as well as content submitted to external AI providers.
Photographer Captures Four “Artificial Stars” in the Night Sky
Four yellow streaks appear above the horizon in a photograph taken at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile. They look like powerful…
ESA’s New Weather Satellite Photographs Earth Every 2.5 Minutes
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the first images from its Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2 (MTG-I2) satellite. An animation combines 45 hours of observations,…
Adobe MAX 2026 Sneaks Shows Ten Futuristic Tools: You Can Try Two Yourself
This year’s Adobe Max conference is in full swing and with it the company has laid out its future: and like much of the software we all use, AI is a big part of Creative Cloud’s future. For their part, Adobe is acutely aware of the increased attention and interest in Agentic AI and this latest Sneaks preview feels like a direct response to that. But will Agentic AI in Adobe’s Creative Cloud really transform your experience with the suite of creative applications?
ArtizLab’s $399 Vintage-Style Lens Fixes One of Leica’s Biggest Focusing Limitations
ArtizLab’s Classic-M 50mm f/1.4 takes inspiration from the 1961 Leica E43 Summilux, retaining its vintage styling and optical layout while offering a much closer 0.45-meter minimum focusing distance.
Hera Spacecraft Captures Its First Close-Up of Didymos Asteroid
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. The collision changed the orbit of Dimorphos, a small body circling the larger asteroid…
Chandra Spots a Hidden Black Hole Behind a Star’s Mysterious Eruptions
Astronomers have spent 15 years watching a massive star brighten and fade repeatedly. Its unusual behavior has made AT 2016blu a long-term target. NASA‘s Chandra…






































