Great leaps forward: a big year for camera news

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From breakthroughs in mirrorless camera technology to the unstoppable spread of AI, 2023 will be seen as a pivotal one in the history of photography. Deputy Editor Geoff Harris looks back on the key trends and highlights

2023: the year AI hits home

The hot topic among the photographic community this year has been AI. While AI innovations in software are hardly new – Skylum, for example, has been using it to simplify image-editing tasks for some time – the pace of change seemed to accelerate this May when Adobe, the elephant in any room, added ‘Generative Fill ‘ to

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Wyze camera breach may have let 13,000 customers peek into others’ homes

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Thousands of Wyze camera customers recently had images of their homes, and, in some cases video, made visible to strangers, due to “a security event,” involving third-party caching and crossed wires, the company said Tuesday on its user forum.

Wyze Labs, maker of smart home cameras, informed customers who experienced a service outage Friday that 13,000 camera users received video thumbnails of other people’s homes, according to an update posted by co-founder Dave Crosby.

“We can now confirm that as cameras were coming back online, about 13,000 Wyze users received thumbnails from cameras that were not their own and 1,504

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Nikon buys RED Digital Camera, pushing into the digital cinema camera market |

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Nikon has announced the acquisition of RED Digital Cinema, a US-based company known for its high-end digital cinema cameras. The deal, which will see RED become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon, marks a significant shift in the professional digital cinema camera market.
Founded by Jim Jannard in 2005, RED has made a name for itself with its cutting-edge cameras, including the RED One 4K and V-Raptor X, and its proprietary RAW compression technology.
The company’s cameras have been the choice of numerous Hollywood productions, earning it an Academy Award.
RED cameras have been used in numerous high-profile productions, including Marvel
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‘Flexible Burglar’ Seen on Camera Doing Yoga Before Allegedly Robbing Bakery

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Phillippa’s Bakery in Richmond, Australia, revealed that a ‘flexible burglar’ did some exercise before breaking into their shop

A woman was captured on a surveillance video doing yoga before allegedly robbing a bakery in Australia.

In a video shared on their Facebook and Instagram pages, Phillippa’s Bakery in Richmond, Australia, revealed that a “flexible burglar” did some exercise before allegedly breaking into their shop.

Played alongside the Mission Impossible theme song, the lady falls to the ground before stretching out her legs and doing a hip bridge.

She then stretched her upper body by reaching forward, as well as her

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