A wedding photographer who spent $250 on Kodak Portra film was visibly shocked when she arrived at a venue only to find the film cartridges were filled with rocks.

Sony has announced the FE 400mm f/4.5 G Master OSS and FE 600mm f/6.3 GM OSS telephoto prime lenses. These lightweight lenses are nearly identical in design, features, and even size. However, the new 400mm f/4.5 GM is especially portable and offers photographers an affordable, accessible entry point into G Master telephoto photography.

Alongside the new FE 400mm f/4.5 GM OSS, Sony has also unveiled its first compact professional super-telephoto lens, the FE 600mm f/6.3 GM OSS. The two lenses are nearly identical but make different promises to photographers.

A photographer in Texas says she is no longer sharing identifiable photos of children on social media or on her website after a federal judge ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to possess AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A trail camera has captured a tiny wallaby known as as "Narbalek" in a remote part of Western Australia where the species had not been detected for more than 50 years.

Apple and Google will be legally required to block explicit and nude photos on children’s smartphones in the U.K. under what is believed to be the world’s first legislation of its kind.

One of the largest drone light show operators in the U.S. says the FCC's proposed retroactive ban on some foreign-made drones could effectively kill its business and others like it.

Way back in 2021, Fujifilm unveiled the Instax Link Wide portable smartphone photo printer, enabling photographers to print their photos on Instax Wide instant film, no matter which digital camera they used to capture the shot. Now the Instax Link Wide 2 has arrived, bringing a new set of interactive features.

Fujifilm has announced the Instax Pal 2, a tiny digital camera that has an all-new, analog-inspired look and a lot of changes.

A photographer has been wandering the streets with a new Dyson CameraJet toothbrush, attempting to take pictures with it.

Zack Snyder's long-awaited passion project has premiered, and critics are sharply divided.

In March 2025, Escura made headlines for its $50 InstantSnap toy camera shaped like an instant photo print. Since then, Godox came out with a similar camera, the C100, that PetaPixel's Chris Niccolls really hated. Now, Escura is back with a new InstantSnap, the InstantSnap.novo.

August sales charts from Japan have arrived, telling a very similar story as nearly all of the other months this year: the Sony a7 V is selling extremely well.

A journalist's camera was stolen from under his feet at a pub in central London, but the police made a huge blunder that cost him his chance to find it.

For most people, fall foliage has only arrived in localized bursts of colors. As I look out my window in Maine, I see slight glimpses of red and orange on just a handful of trees. But as a new NASA satellite photo of Nunavut in the far northern reaches of Canada shows, autumn color has arrived in full force in some places already.

A federal class-action lawsuit has been launched accusing Meta of harvesting millions of photographs from Facebook and Instagram to build "Name Tag", an unreleased facial recognition system for its smart glasses.

A former inmate has filed a lawsuit accusing correctional officers of digitally altering his prison photograph to make him appear wearing a stereotypical Native American headdress and clothing.

EarthCam, a global webcam company that provides high-resolution live-stream feeds, has published a 25-year timelapse showing the World Trade Center in New York being rebuilt after the 9/11 attacks.

A 70-year-old hiker who had been missing for a week on a remote Michigan island after being spotted on a trail camera.

A Formula One photographer was put into a choke hold by a police officer at the Spanish Grand Prix.

A new fluorescence microscopy technique promises to create super-resolution images from a single exposure and give scientists a remarkable look inside cells.

Huginn is a new iPhone and iPad app that can wirelessly send custom film recipes directly to a Fujifilm camera, making it a distinct offering in an increasingly crowded app landscape. Per its developer, the Forge, Huginn is the first app to send recipes wirelessly to Fujifilm cameras.

A new book explores the images groundbreaking fashion photographer Frank Horvat took in India and Pakistan early in his career, and how the experience shaped his work.

At IBC 2026 today in Amsterdam, Atomos announced the Shinobi 7 II, its brightest Shinobi monitor yet.

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team discusses OM System's new PEN camera and then transitions to Apple Park where they are joined by Jason Vong and The Verge's Allison Johnson to talk Pros and Duo.

Portraiture is an extremely popular genre of photography, and like wildlife and sports photography, it comes with relatively stringent gear demands. You typically need a standard or telephoto lens with a fast aperture, like a 50mm f/1.4 or 85mm f/1.8 lens. But fast glass doesn't have to break the bank thanks to these great deals.

Adobe has had a busy start to the month. Last week, its Board of Directors selected Adobe's next President and CEO, and this week, the company posted record-setting Q3 financial results.

Desview has unveiled three new professional field monitors. The OL14 Pro, OL16 Max, and OL16 Ultra 12G are all built for professional video workflows and promise the features and performance that pros require.

A photographer took thousands of incredible images of pivotal moments in postwar Europe and mid-century America with a Leica camera taken from a captured German soldier -- which were only discovered by his family after his death.

Wise isn't the only memory card company to show off a new product at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam. Long-time memory maker Angelbird is getting in on the fun, too, with a new generation of CFexpress 4.0 Type A cards.

Shooting a viral image is a surefire sign that you're doing something right, right? Yet most photographers who shoot something trendworthy quickly lose control of their original work.

Wise Advanced, more commonly known as just Wise, has announced new CFexpress 4.0 Type B memory cards. The new MK-IV series cards introduce dual VPG certification, preparing Wise's memory cards for the next generation of cinema cameras.

ON1 has unveiled Photo RAW 2027, the latest version of its all-in-one, nondestructive RAW photo editor and management software.

BenQ has announced the Creative Pro PV3250U and PV2750U monitors. They are BenQ's first professional monitors designed specifically for video color grading that include 3D LUT hardware calibration and dedicated content tools.

Insta360 has announced the Luna Pro, the newest camera in its Luna Series of gimbal cameras co-engineered with Leica.

Amid the shuffle and chaos of Apple's annual iPhone event, yesterday also marked Sigma's 65th anniversary, and the company celebrated in very Sigma fashion with a sincere letter to the world and a beautifully animated video featuring technicolor camera and lens parts.

The director Danny Boyle has taken the unusual step of admitting that he used generative AI on his latest movie, Ink.