Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are all around us. I firmly believe the future of photography is computational, and we currently have a whole range of companies fighting to make the best progress in AI. Here at DIYPhotography, we’re putting various elements of AI head-to-head to determine the best software on the market. We recently covered AI Noise Reduction, and today we move on to Sharpening. The contenders for today’s fight are Adobe Photoshop, Topaz Photo AI, ON1 Photo Raw 2023, and Skylum Luminar Neo....

If you’ve been shooting 4K video with your Sony A7III and thought things looked a little off, you might just be right. While shooting some footage for a video, Caleb Pike over at DSLR Video Shooter noticed that footage shot at different resolutions on the A7III wasn’t quite lining up. It seems that 4K 24fps full frame video was actually being stretched vertically. You can see in the above shots of full frame vs super 35 crop mode, that horizontally the images line up all the way....

It’s a pretty bold claim to say you’re the world’s something-est anything. But that’s what William Optics are doing with their new Redcat 250mm f/4.9 lens, hailing it as the “World’s Sharpest” 250mm lens ever made for full frame cameras. Which, to be fair, is possibly true, as very few 250mm lenses have ever been made for full frame cameras. Interestingly, though, it’s based on a Petzval design, which is typically more associated with “swirly bokeh” than sharpness....

Thanks to NASA’s Mars rovers, we’re learning more about the Red Planet. But they allow us to enjoy some remarkable photos, too. Recently, the Curiosity rover captured a rare sight on Mars: clouds. Even though this landscape photo looks like it was taken on Earth, it’s actually a rarely seen cloudy day on our neighboring planet. Due to the thin and dry atmosphere of Mars, it’s not very common to see the clouds there....

We’ve seen all kinds of weird methods for taking down drones. But if you’ve been wondering what the most dangerous one may be – I think I’ve just found it. Russian defense manufacturer JSC Almaz Antey has created a monster: a drone that flies around and literally shoots at other drones with a shotgun. JSC Almaz Antey has filed a patent for the scary shotgun-wielding drone, according to Russian defense blog Dambiev....