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Qualcomm has announced the details of its next-generation mobile chipset, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 . In addition to a new naming scheme, the new mobile platform brings a number of firsts and improves upon its already-capable Snapdragon 888+ predecessor. Starting first with the photo-centric improvements, Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor features Snapdragon Sight Technology—the name given to the 18-bit image signal processor (ISP) onboard the chipset. This marks the first time an 18-bit ISP has been developed for mobile devices and there are three of them onboard the new mobile platform. In total, the ISP can process up to 3.2 gigapixels per second, four times more data than its predecessor. That kind of bandwidth means you can up to 200MP photos from a single camera module or up to 36MP photographs from three camera modules at once. It also means 8K HDR and HDR10+ video will be possible. Qualcomm says the new triple-ISP array can support up to 30 frames per second

Winners of the Hasselblad Masters 2021 competition Today, winners of the 2021 Hasselblad Masters competition were announced. Photographers from all over the globe submitted a set of 3 images, for a total of 63,000, to 12 categories including Aerial, Architecture, Portrait, Product, and Heritage – a newly added category to commemorate the camera maker's 80th anniversary. A panel of judges, including Isabella Tabachi, Tyler Shields, and our own Damien Demolder are part of the Grand Jury. Aerial winner Florian Ledoux had this to say to DPReview : 'As a photographer using Hasselblad cameras through drone technology to capture the Art of Nature, it is one of the greatest honors to win the Hasselblad Master title. I believe this will lead to great mutual projects and collaboration with Hasselblad that I love for their quality and knowledge on the equipment we need to capture the Art that surround us. These images winning the Hasselblad Aerial Master are the result of ten y

Shizuko Ina (middle) was recently identified by the Library of Congress in this image from 1942. Ina was imprisoned in the United States from 1942-1946. World War II was a horrific experience for many people around the world. On American soil, Pearl Harbor was far from the only tragedy. Following the Japanese attack on Hawaii, over a hundred thousand Americans of Japanese ancestry became the victims of national security fears. President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans in established restricted zones and internment camps from 1942 to 1946. A total of 10 camps imprisoned an estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans, approximately two-thirds of whom were American citizens, for the duration of the war. Many prisoners remain unidentified, and the Library of Congress wants the public's help to learn more about the people who fell victim to rampant fear-mongering in the 1940s. Flickr is also joining the mission , asking pe

After spending nearly 200 days in space during his second mission to the International Space Station (ISS), French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has returned to Earth after having captured nearly a quarter of million photos. As we've seen, Pesquet has been very busy in space. He's photographed a rare blue ' transient luminous event ,' he's shot 360-degree video tours of the Space Station, and he's photographed a blue auroral display . Pesquet has been sharing many photos on Twitter , including photos of airports (Pesquet has a background as a commercial pilot), rivers in Africa, stunning mountain ranges in Peru, and much more. Thomas Pesquet captured a lot more photos during his second stint in space than during his first trip in 2017. In an interview, seen below, Pesquet discusses the importance of sharing photos from space. He also talks about the resonsibiilty he feels to show how Earth appears from above. 'I think there is a responsibility to share

Zhong Yi Optics has announced the release of its new Mitakon Speedmaster 90mm F1.5 lens , a fast, manual prime designed to be a more budget-friendly alternative to Leica’s Summilux M. The lens, which will be available for Canon RF, Leica M, Nikon Z and Sony E mount, is constructed of nine elements in six groups, including two extra-low dispersion elements and two high-refractive elements. It also has a nine-blade aperture diaphragm, a 110cm minimum focusing distance of 110cm (3ft8in), a 67mm front filter thread and an F1.5 through F16 aperture range. The lens is fully manual, but Zhong Yi notes it’s tested the M mount version adapted to Nikon and Sony cameras using autofocus adapters (such as thoe Techart TZM-01/LM-EA7 and Megadap MTZ11) and it works in nearly all AF modes, including with Face- and Eye-detection AF modes. The lens measures 74mm in diameter (3in), 102mm (3.5in) long and weighs 770g (1.5lbs). Below is a sample gallery of images, provided by Zhong Yi:

All product photography by DL Cade. By just about every metric you can come up with, Apple's transition to Apple Silicon on the Mac has been a success. The M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro put up performance and efficiency numbers that were hard to believe, at a price point that instantly placed Apple at the top of every "best entry-level creator laptop" list on the Internet. But for many of the professional creatives in the audience – people whose livelihood depends on the performance and reliability of their computer – the M1 was just a taste. With the release of the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros and the M1 Pro and M1 Max SOCs at their core, Apple has finally addressed our audience's needs by moving in two directions simultaneously: the company has undone the unpopular design decision that have plagued the MacBook Pro since 2016, while sending performance-per-watt into the stratosphere. We've been testing and benchmarking the M1 Max MacBook Pro for over