Insta360 officially opened its first flagship retail store outside Asia today, September 19, 2026, and PetaPixel was on the ground in New York City's famed Times Square for the grand opening.
These fascinating satellite photos show enormous data centers being built over the last couple of years.
The Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have arrived, and their familiar outward appearance belies a major change to the main camera. For the first time, an iPhone features a variable aperture, and PetaPixel spoke with Apple to learn firsthand why it was created, how it works, and what it means for how people capture photos and videos on Apple's latest flagship phone.
Lens makers these days rely heavily on computers, advanced digital simulations, and extremely sophisticated glass-making and molding techniques. The resulting lenses are impeccably sharp and consistent. But old lenses were great, too, and a classic Nikon manufacturing video from 1966 takes viewers back to a much simpler and very different era of lens manufacturing.
Much has been made of Fujifilm cracking the top three digital camera makers in terms of overall shipments, even if the situation is a bit more complicated. What's definitely true is that Fujifilm is selling more digital cameras now than in years past, and Nikkei thinks women are a big reason for Fujifilm's success.
A photographer’s fascinating images of crowds in the 1980s and 1990s offer a vivid look at a society in transition -- revealing the relationships, tensions, and shared experiences unfolding within them.
