I have to admit that I don't have a ton of faith in Fujifilm when it comes to wildlife and sports photography. I don't feel like the autofocus performance of the cameras is quite up to par with the competition when it comes to more demanding situations. However, I do think that the glass lineup is excellent, and it just got even better.
Fujifilm has announced the Fujinon XF400mm f/4.5 R LM OIS WR, a new super-telephoto prime lens with an equivalent full-frame focal length of 609mm along with the promise of some of the highest optical performance in the entire XF lens line.
Google has announced that Gemini Spark now works with Google Photos, allowing Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers to manage, edit, and share photos through prompts.
Photographers often know how they want an image to look before they begin editing, but reaching that result can require both changes across the entire scene and adjustments limited to specific areas. Selecting one person in a group, isolating the midground without affecting the foreground or background, or removing dozens of dust spots can take longer than the exposure or color adjustment that follows. DxO PhotoLab 10 introduces new tools that make this process faster while giving photographers …
Ricoh Imaging's Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR, announced in 2018, has reportedly been discontinued across all major Japanese retailers, which means that there are now no Pentax DSLRs in active production in Japan.
Lexar's sub-brand, Pexar, first made its name in 2024 by making digital picture frames. While frames are still Pexar's primary product, the company is expanding into Thunderbolt 5 docks with the PexarBolt Ultra. While it may seem like a strange departure, a Thunderbolt 5 dock aligns with its parent company's product portfolio.
A massive classic camera fair is taking place this weekend in Ginza, Tokyo, that will feature a huge array of used cameras from across the film and digital eras. Called the 55th World Used Camera Fair, the event runs from September 4 through September 9 on the 8th floor of the Matsuya department store.
Per Pronews in Japan, NiSi is showing off upcoming lenses at the BIRTV exhibition in China, including a 26mm f/0.7 lens. Details are very scarce, but based on its focal length and aperture alone, it's unlike any other lens on the market. There's no word yet on when more information might be coming, but this is definitely a lens to keep an eye on. NiSi also showed off a 50mm T1 lens, which could also be a compelling option.
Earlier this year, Apple announced that it would be dropping the price of its famously expensive $19 polishing cloth to a still expensive, but far more reasonable $9. As it turns out, that wasn't a price cut so much as a product revamp.
Snazzy Labs' Quinn Nelson (who makes his own polishing cloth to compete with Apple's) decided to test the old one versus the new one and found that the new price-cut version is significantly different than the old one. Different, and maybe worse in some ways. It should still do a good job, but not quite as good of a job as Apple's original.
Held at Riga Passenger Port, the Fantadroms Riga International Kite Festival brought some of the world’s leading kite artists to the heart of the Latvian capital. Obviously a really neat opportunity for photos, this is a rare scene anywhere in Europe as the skies above the Daugava River were transformed into a temporary aerial art installation. This was the inaugural event and it took place on August 29. Photographers should keep an eye on this event next year, it looks like a gorgeous visual spectacle.
Photos courtesy of the International Kite Festival “Fantadroms”
Lomography has announced a new, very colorful version of its Fisheye No.2 35mm film camera. The Graffiti edition model is red, blue, and yellow, with graffiti styling all over its front. It is like the other Fisheye No.2 cameras, meaning it uses a 10mm fisheye lens with a 170° field of view to capture photos to 35mm film. It has a built-in flash, no tripod mount, and uses a single AA battery for power. The Lomo Fisheye No.2 Graffiti is $69 and available now.
Foldable smartphones have been a real mixed bag thus far, especially for photographers. While some of them have had great cameras, like 2023's OnePlus Open, many more have made unattractive camera compromises. Xiaomi is teasing its upcoming 18 Fold smartphone, slated for a full reveal on September 7, and it has a triple rear camera setup and a striking design. There's even a lengthy video on Weibo.
Hopefully the new Xiaomi 18 Fold will incorporate many of the camera features of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, a superb smartphone for photographers with excellent image quality.
A Ring doorbell camera has captured fascinating footage of a spider weaving its web. The camera belongs to someone called Emily and the spider is possibly called Charlotte.
You might know YKK for zippers, but the company is also responsible for a small quick-release mechanism for camera straps. Ulysses Photo, a leather works shop in Japan, has published a deep-dive into the company's anti-twist, quick-release connector that is used by a variety of brands including Wotancraft.
VSCO has pushed Studio Pro V1.2 which it says has improved speed, control, and overall flow. With this update (and the previous V1.1), photographers can now preview HSL adjustments instantly for a faster, smoother editing workflow, can swipe through presets directly while editing, and can perform single-image editing while editing a batch of images. The app also allows users to rename files and adjust quality or resolution before export, publish unlimited batches from Studio Pro to VSCO Galleries (and publish up to 10 images to VSCO at once), and cancel edits, exports, and uploads in progress. Nothing major, but nice quality of life updates nonetheless.
Also, VSCO Galleries now connects directly to VSCO Sites, so a photographer’s portfolio site can showcase full galleries. Clients now get to see a more complete story of a photographer’s work and range rather than just a few highlights.
NASA astrophysicist Julie McEnergy, Roman Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist, sat down with NASA's Sophia Roberts to discuss the staggering amount of detail that Roman will capture in its largest survey after it launches into space as early as this weekend. While it takes 36 4K TVs to show a single Roman image at its full 300-megapixel resolution, it would take over half a million 4K televisions to fully display Roman's largest planned survey. Those are some serious pixels!
True Lens Services (TLS) has rehoused vintage Nikon AI and AI-S lenses for modern filmmakers, delivering classic Nikon optical charm to today's productions.
The 2026 NFL season kickoff is just around the corner, with the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks gearing up for a Super Bowl rematch on Wednesday, September 9. Ahead of the new season, Sony is celebrating how its technology was used throughout the NFL last year and sharing new details about how it will expand this season.
Hohem has unveiled the Eyepic at IFA 2026, introducing what the company calls the "world's first 2-in-1 pocket gimbal camera." The device combines a detachable camera with three-axis stabilization, allowing it to function as a handheld gimbal camera or a wearable camera for hands-free recording.
Nvidia has agreed to acquire New York City-based AI company Hugging Face for a whopping $12,930,300,000.
The new Sony FX5 cinema camera is one of Sony's most exciting video products in years. It is also extremely well-designed, with one notable exception. PetaPixel hoped a third-party would step in and address the issue, and sure enough, it has happened.
There's a time and a place to conduct a photo shoot, and during a tennis match at the US Open ain't one of them.
A Major League Baseball (MLB) game between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels was delayed last night in Anaheim after a photographer was hit in the head by a hard foul ball line drive.
Leica has announced the Summicon-M 66mm f/2, which it calls a reinterpretation of the Elcan 66mm f/2 that was developed by Dr. Walter Mandler at Ernst Leitz Canada in the late 1960s.
A feature film about Gerda Taro, the first female photojournalist to be killed while covering war, was given its world premiere at Venice Film Festival this week.
DJI has announced a new flagship 360-degree camera, the 8K-capable Osmo 360 II.
Researchers have developed a $7 smartphone accessory that can detect hidden cameras within five seconds with 94% accuracy.
Norway says it is considering banning camera-equipped smart glasses that can record other people in public spaces without their knowledge.
German electronics company CircuitValley has launched the CHC5 on Kickstarter, which it describes as "the world's first commercially available modular camera system for advanced imaging." The CHC5's claim to fame is that the user can freely swap out the image sensor, rotating through a wide range of sensor sizes and formats.
KEH Camera, best known for buying and selling used gear, is also home to many talented repair technicians. Leveraging KEH's repair expertise, Zeiss Group has named KEH its exclusive authorized repair and service center for Zeiss photography lenses and equipment in the United States and Canada.
Last week, DJI shared a rocket launch video recorded using Osmo Action 6 cameras. As is so often the case, DJI's primary commercial and legal rival, Insta360, is not content to merely watch from the sidelines. Insta360 has its own new rocket launch video, too.
Codex, best known for its specialized media drives for professional Arri cinema cameras, has entered the CFexpress marketplace with new CFexpress 4.0 Type A and Type B memory cards and associated readers.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team goes through the decades starting in the mid 1900s and examines which camera company was the most influential during that time. That doesn't mean who sold the most, it means who drove the industry in a particular direction.
Camera Intelligence is bringing generative video editing to its AI-native Micro Four Thirds camera, Caira. It is the first mirrorless camera system to incorporate built-in generative video editing capabilities.
The National Audubon Society has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards, a competition that captures the beauty of birds and the challenges they face.
YouTube star and filmmaker Mark Fischbach, better known as Markiplier, is fully aware that the timing looks very bad but is adamant he did nothing wrong and is very concerned about what GoPro's new $285 million merger means for the company's products.
A photographer accused Getty Images of illegally licensing his photographs, only to learn that he never owned the copyrights to them.
A team of scientists filmed a shrimp-like fish walking both sideways and backward in first-ever footage of such behavior in a fish.
A real estate photographer in Alabama had his drone shot down and is now working with authorities, hoping to identify the shooter.
A court has ordered a sports photography festival to reinstate an Associated Press photographer’s image of a soccer game in Gaza after organizers removed it following outside pressure.
Meta claims that it has disabled the camera on thousands of pairs of smart glasses that the company detected had been tampered with.
For 50 years, the Calibrite ColorChecker has been helping photographers worldwide accurately capture color. The ColorChecker's 24 squares have kept photos color-accurate, from family photos few will ever see to countless photos that have graced magazine covers, billboards, and museum walls.
Today, Tim Cook officially hands the reins at Apple over to John Ternus. During Cook's 15-year tenure as Apple's chief executive officer, Apple went from a $347 billion company to a $4.6 trillion one, a nearly 13.3 times increase.
GoPro has concluded its months-long search for a solution to its financial woes. Privately-held optical-photonics company Starman Optical, Inc. (Starman) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with GoPro, Inc., for $285 million.
Alamy, a stock photo agency, is today bringing in big changes to how it pays contributors -- with many photographers expecting less money.
Technology company Dyson has launched an electric toothbrush that uses a built-in camera to help clean between the teeth.
Jean-François Leroy, the photographer who founded Visa pour l’Image, the world’s leading photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, has died.
A lot has been made of the fact that in the Nikkei Industry Map, Nikon lost its third-place position to Fujifilm. However, what most discussions miss is why that happened and whether or not it's actually a meaningful position swap. As I suspected, the conversation has missed important nuance.
Fujifilm has announced "Fujifilm for Google Photos Print Store," a new print storefront that brings physical photo printing to Google Photos users.
Poco has officially unveiled the F9 series, introducing the Poco F9 Ultra and F9 Pro. The flagship F9 Ultra leads the lineup with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform, a dedicated VisionBoost D8 chipset, a 200MP main camera, a 5x periscope telephoto lens, and an 8,050mAh battery.
The latest ESA/Webb Picture of the Month captures the irregular galaxy Arp 263 in infrared light, showing the very odd final phase of a long-past galactic merger.
More and more, DxO’s PhotoLab stands out as a worthy alternative because you don’t have to pay for it every month. You pay once and can hang on to that version for as long as you like, though upgrades to new versions come with a fee -- usually about half the price. Version 10 isn’t as big a step forward as past ones but it patches some holes left behind by the others.
DxO has rolled out PhotoLab 10, the latest version of its chief photo-editing program, focusing much of it on adding features that lean more on RAW images and AI-driven masking. These features aim to plug gaps left by previous versions while also adding new elements for a tighter workflow.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released fascinating footage filmed back in 2017 of an underwater expedition that didn't quite go as planned.
Zack Snyder, a director known for his distinct cinematography, has revealed the trailer for his latest movie, The Last Photograph, which is set to debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
AI-generated content creators that masquerade as real humans have soared in recent years and now Instagram is making a move against them.
Sigma has announced three new Aizu Prime cinema lenses. The 21mm T1.3 LF, 100mm T1.3 LF, and 125mm T1.3 LF join eight existing T1.3 Sigma Aizu lenses, which previously ranged from 25mm to 75mm.
What started with a $5 photograph sitting on a shelf in a Florida antique store turned into a 76-year journey back through the early career of one of the 20th century’s most respected photographers.
OmniCore is a new modular, all-flash AI-powered NAS designed for creatives and other users who require fast, intelligent control over their files.
