Museum Acquires Rare Original Ambrotype Photo of Abraham Lincoln
A rare original ambrotype photograph of Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the museum in the city where the image was taken in 1858.
A rare original ambrotype photograph of Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the museum in the city where the image was taken in 1858.
GoPro has announced a new set of close-up filters for the Mission 1 Pro and Mission 1 cameras made in tandem with PolarPro. With these new filters, which come in three strengths, the camera can overcome one of its biggest complaints: poor focus distance.
Cooke Optics, a legendary name in cinema lenses, has announced the S4 FF/i series of cinema primes. These are "invigorated" new full-frame versions of Cooke's iconic S4/i S35 lenses, and all six of them feature fast T2.0 apertures.
A suspect has been arrested three years after a well-known local photographer was killed after leaving his photo studio in Atlanta.
Oppo has unveiled the Find X10 series, headlined by the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max. Both phones feature Hasselblad imaging technology, but only the Find X10 Pro Max is the world's first smartphone to include a triple 200-megapixel rear camera system.
Insta360 has announced the Mic, which is only very slightly different from the Mic Pro it announced earlier this year. Instead of an onboard SSD, the new Mic retains internal recording via removable microSD, which lets the company drop the price by $80.
Getty Images has launched a solicitation process to advance its bankruptcy proceedings in the United States so that the stock photo agency can restructure.
Police in Israel have arrested 10 people over the brutal assault of Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, the Associated Press reports.
Levine, an American photographer based in Jerusalem, suffered multiple lacerations, a broken rib, broken vertebrae, and a badly broken finger while covering the Olive Harvest in the West Bank last week.
The arrests follow international condemnation over the incident. Masked settlers in the West Bank were responsible for the attack on Levine and other incidents.
The Apple iPhone Duo reviews embargo lifted this morning and the consensus is in: while it's got first-generation product quirks, it provides an overall positive experience.
Those who are more mixed on it lean into issues with compatibility.
"It’s incomplete as a product, but complete enough as an idea that you can see where things are going," The Verge writes. "After 20 years of iPhones that look mostly the same, it's exciting to see Apple chart a new course. But the Duo is still one of the most early adopter Apple products I've tested in a long time," Joanna Stern adds.
But those who like it, really seem to like it.
"The iPhone Duo is the best designed foldable phone I’ve ever tested, Mark Spoonauer writes on Tom's Guide. "The Apple iPhone Duo arrives as a fully realized folding smartphone from a company that, perhaps smartly, sat back and watched a category stumble, grow, develop, and solidify into a desirable form factor," TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff gushes.
Check out my review of the Duo here and see how all reviewers landed on PixelMeter.
Antigravity, which makes the unique and very good A1 drone, has announced a new Follow Me Bundle. It pairs the A1 drone with new accessories to convert the drone into a full, 8K-capable 360° "follow-me drone." Antigravity notes that unlike traditional follow-me drones, which capture just one perspective at a time, the A1 captures the entire scene. The A1 is controlled via portable Watch and Ring Remotes, enabling hands-free shooting and follow-me activation.
"This new bundle makes Antigravity A1 the best 360 follow-me drone for family outings and sporting activities, giving people an easy way to capture memories while staying in the moment," says Michael Shabun, CEO of Antigravity. "As the Antigravity ecosystem grows, we’ll continue expanding what’s possible with A1 and unlocking new possibilities in aerial creativity."
The Antigravity Follow Me Bundle is available now, starting at $799.
Although Apple itself isn't offering leather cases for its new premium foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, third parties are stepping up to the plate to fill the void, including Sandmarc. The company has unveiled its new full-grain leather iPhone Duo cases, available in black and brown leather. The thin, lightweight cases are fully compatible with Sandmarc's iPhone lens and filter ecosystem, too. The new cases are available to preorder now with delivery starting in November for $89.99.
As spotted by Asobinet, Viltrox has a fresh teaser in China for a new f/1.4 lens. It sure looks like Viltrox is going to announce a new f/1.4 Pro series lens between 50mm and 85mm, leaving a 65mm, 70mm, or 75mm lens as distinct possibilities. Viltrox has an AF 75mm f/1.2 Pro lens already, although it's for APS-C cameras. A 70mm-ish lens slotting between its full-frame 50mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4 Pro lenses would be a welcome addition to the family. Only time will tell. Viltrox's teaser just said "coming soon."
The annual photography competition organized by the London Camera Exchange is now open to submissions.
There's a £10,000 ($13,300) prize fund up for grabs. Entries close at midnight on January 20, 2027.
Photographers can submit a maximum of one image per category, with 14 categories offering opportunities to depict everything from dramatic action and landscapes to wildlife, portraits, creative scenes, and everyday events.
Participants can submit their images in-store at any of LCE’s 26 retail shops around the UK, or online here. Check out last year's winners here.
Apple has announced an event for October 28 with the tagline "Pro and Tell." It's an interesting title, leading us to believe it might be computer related (MacBook Pro) rather than mobile, where we haven't seen the standard iPhone 18 models announced.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the social media platform is still working out what to do with AI content. Mosseri claims it's not practical to ban fake AI images from the app and that it's "not all bad content." The Instagram CEO's comments come after The Odyssey actress Mia Goth slammed the platform for letting an AI-image of her go viral.
Don Pettit, the best photographer to ever go to space, has shared this spectacular photo of a Dragon 1 spacecraft floating above Earth he took from the International Space Station (ISS).
Pettit explains that Dragon is a SpaceX cargo vehicle that he captured as it approached the ISS just as it was orbiting a giant thunderstorm.
"This spacecraft required manual berthing with the robotic arm as it could not autonomously dock!" Pettit says. "The design has come a long way in 14 years!"
Researchers have pinpointed the exact location of Louis Daguerre's 1838 View of the Boulevard du Temple -- the first photograph to capture human beings.
More than half a century after they were captured on the streets of Toronto, photographer Brian Condron’s remarkable black-and-white photographs, most of them previously unpublished, are collected in a new book, Toronto in the Seventies: Photographs by Brian Condron.
A footprint belonging to a 20-foot-long carnivorous theropod dinosaur that walked around on its hind legs has been discovered in Thailand.
Mexico-based documentary photographer Dennis Berti developed WorthWait, a new mobile camera app that replicates the disposable-camera experience.
KEH's Overstock Sale is back, giving photographers a chance to save even more on pre-owned cameras, lenses, and accessories.
PetaPixel has announced PixelMeter, the camera industry's first review aggregator platform. PixelMeter collects reviews from across the landscape and condenses the opinions into a single, standardized score so photographers can see the best gear at a glance.
Alongside the winners of the 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition, Nikon Japan also announced the winners of its 74th annual Nikkor Photo Contest.
Just last week, OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) warned photographers in Japan that their preordered OM System PEN cameras and kits might not arrive until next spring. The bad news keeps coming, as OM System has now outright delayed the PEN's launch in Japan.
Researchers have developed AI tools that use photographs of a person’s face to estimate biological age and predict survival outcomes among patients with cancer.
Nikon has announced the winners of its 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year's winning photos celebrate the world's best and most captivating images captured through a microscope, showing the world in an up-close and unique way.
Australia is set to sue all major social media companies, accusing them of failing to enforce a national ban on users under 16 and allowing children to remain on their platforms.
Food delivery app Just Eat has apologized over several inaccurate AI-generated photos on menus, including a nauseating picture of bacon and eggs floating in a soda.
Birmingham City Council in the U.K. got its own city mixed up last night after sharing a photo of Birmingham in Alabama.
The iPhone Duo pulls me in two directions. On the one hand, it's a brilliantly designed phone that feels premium and invites you in like no other Apple handheld has before. On the other, it surfaces issues I've never had with an iPhone before.
A man has won his lawsuit against Google Earth for publishing aerial photos of his home, with a German court ruling that the tech giant has no right to share such images without his consent.
Consumer drones and cameras have revolutionized and democratized wildlife photography. Once the preserve of an elite band of photographers, the humble fisherman is now capable of recording something extraordinary.
Leica and Formula 1 have teamed up for a limited-edition version of the Leica Q3 43.
Vivo has announced the V80, a new mid-range smartphone with a camera system co-engineered by Zeiss.
Swiss developer Pearla Mostra, formerly known as House of Mars, has launched Pearla Revela, its new post-production workspace designed for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The RAW processor includes cataloging, non-destructive node-graph editing, search tools, compositing, export tools, and more.
DxO has announced ViewPoint 6, the latest version of its perspective correction software. The French software company calls ViewPoint 6 its "most precise version yet," thanks to new AI masking technology.
This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by PetaPixel's Tech Editor Jeremy Gray to build their own parts bin Frankencameras. They have to build a complete camera from a limited selection of parts, showcasing what the most important features of a camera are to each of them.
Exterior, interiors, facades, and friezes are all on display after the Architecture Photography MasterPrize (APMP) revealed its 2026 winners.
Fujifilm has announced a 3 billion yen investment in its Instax production facilities, equivalent to nearly $19 million at current exchange rates. It follows an even greater Instax investment the company announced nearly a year ago.
Flashback has announced the One75, a new reusable digital camera that promises to bring the spirit and vibes of a classic half-frame film camera.
French camera maker Pixii has reportedly entered judicial liquidation, France's formal insolvency procedure.
Sirui has announced the BH-60, an integrated Ball and Fluid Head designed for photographers, content creators, and hybrid users. It promises to combine a ball head's photography-friendly versatility with a fluid head's smooth, video-friendly control in a single system.
The 17th Epson International Pano Awards have announced its 2026 winners, with Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia named Open Photographer of the Year.
World Press Photo has added three awards to its 2027 contest that will recognize nature and sports photography from around the world.
While Cleveland and Ohio were having their moment in the baseball playoffs, a documentary began circulating about hometown photographer Herb Ascherman, whose voluminous archive includes images of nighttime fireworks after a Guardians’ victory.
Elgato, a big name in content creation and streaming, has announced the Wave Go, which it describes as a "convertible wireless mic."
While Kenko Tokina continues work on a lens "like no other," the company's first new lens in years, it also continues churning out compact cameras in Japan, like the adorable new $38 Pieni III.
Pictures can be deceiving. A group of researchers discovered this firsthand after making a long journey to a remote Pacific island in search of Amelia Earhart’s lost airplane.
This is not a drill. The Sony FX5 really is coming this time. Adorama says the highly anticipated cinema camera is truly launching in November.
On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson and Robert "Bob" Gimlin captured just under a minute of shaky, grainy 16mm film footage of Bigfoot. Allegedly. Nearly 60 years later, the new documentary Capturing Bigfoot finally puts the issue to rest: it was a hoax.
Ever since capturing my solar eclipse timelapse, I’ve wanted to explore and refine the technique. There were quite a few takeaways from that previous project in terms of settings and best practices, so I’m carrying those lessons into this next one.
Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki chatted with Lensvid at IBC 2026, discussing Sigma's rapidly expanding lens lineup, its latest innovations, and, most interestingly, how Sigma feels about the future of optical design.
AI-edited photographs and videos create false memories in people's brains and make them even more confident about the wrong version of the event.
A driver traveling through Yellowstone National Park in the dead of night had a close encounter with a bison when the animal charged his pickup truck and struck it.
A school photographer had their camera bag stolen, along with memory cards that may contain images of the children -- raising concerns about a possible data breach.
Katie Zacharia did not last long as the White House press secretary, just five days -- a record-short time. And it appears she may have even flunked her exit by posting a photo containing sensitive information.
An American Washington Post photographer was severely beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Friday.
It’s been a big week for execution: in Tennessee, they botched one. In Texas, they’re making plans to televise another.
Remembering Giraffes is the latest book in the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series. It features images donated by world-leading wildlife photographers, such as Jonathan & Angela Scott, Marsel van Oosten, Frans Lanting, and Greg du Toit, in a stunning collection showcasing the world’s tallest mammal.
