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DJI Mavic Mini drone in flight against a clear blue sky

DJI Drone Prices Are About to Rise as New US Tariffs Take Effect

September 9, 2026

New US tariffs are hitting imported drones this week, up to 100 percent on certain models and 25 percent on many smaller consumer units, and DJI’s entire US lineup, from…

A current GoPro Hero action camera mounted on a tripod outdoors

GoPro Sells 90% of Itself to Starman Optical, Bets Its Future on Defense and AI

September 9, 2026

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GoPro is merging with Starman Optical in a deal that hands roughly 90 percent of the company to a private optical-photonics manufacturer, and the camera brand that basically invented the…

A camera fully disassembled into its individual components on a white surface

The CHC5 Is a Camera Built to Be Taken Apart

September 8, 2026

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The CHC5 doesn’t ship as a finished camera, it ships as a kit of parts. German electronics company CircuitValley just put the open-source, modular camera system up on Kickstarter, and…

The Caira AI camera system: a smartphone attached to its Micro Four Thirds lens module. Photo: Camera Intelligence, via PetaPixel

Caira Just Added Generative AI Video Editing, and the Limits Are the Real Story

September 8, 2026

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Caira, the AI Micro Four Thirds camera that clips onto an iPhone, now edits its own footage with generative AI. What the beta does and doesn’t do.

DJI Mavic 2 drone hovering, front view showing its Hasselblad camera and folded arms

The FCC’s Proposed DJI Drone Ban Just Cleared Its Comment Window

September 7, 2026

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The FCC’s proposal to retroactively ban DJI drones already approved and sold in the United States has cleared its public comment window, and the outcome now sits with an agency…

Rocket launch shot on the DJI Osmo 360 II

DJI Osmo 360 II: The Camera That Debuted on a Rocket, Not a Store Shelf

September 1, 2026

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DJI’s newest camera, the Osmo 360 II, hadn’t even reached most store shelves when it ended up filming a rocket landing. Riding along on the same launch: twelve of DJI’s…

Side by Side documentary poster with Keanu Reeves: can film survive our digital future

Side by Side Digital vs Film

June 17, 2014

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Articles, Filmmaking, Films, Gear

Documentary Side by Side looks at the history of film-making and whether the advent of digital technology spells the end of celluloid. “The documentary for me started with the…

Gear

DJI Drone Prices Are About to Rise as New US Tariffs Take Effect

GoPro Sells 90% of Itself to Starman Optical, Bets Its Future on Defense and AI

The CHC5 Is a Camera Built to Be Taken Apart

Caira Just Added Generative AI Video Editing, and the Limits Are the Real Story

The FCC’s Proposed DJI Drone Ban Just Cleared Its Comment Window

DJI Osmo 360 II: The Camera That Debuted on a Rocket, Not a Store Shelf

Side by Side Digital vs Film

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