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Reviews
Ted Kritsonis
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Huawei smartphone with a gradient red-to-blue back and triple camera setup leans against a window; "PetaPixel Hands-On" text overlay appears in the bottom right.

Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max Hands-On: A Promising Phone for Photographers

Huawei is back -- sort of. The brand that once looked like a serious disrupter in multiple markets only seven years ago is launching its photography-focused flagship phone for global users. The Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max nomenclature is an obvious reference (at least to me) to competitors but the imaging focus is what the Pura models are about.

Inspiration
Tom Kluyver
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A Hasselblad camera with a brown leather case sits on a gray surface beside a detached camera lens. Shadows from a window fall across the scene.

Running on Film with the Hasselblad XPan

This editorial photo shoot began with a simple idea, a question even: could a running sequence shot on the Hasselblad XPan create an editorial story in only a few frames?

Inspiration
Matt Payne
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A serene mountain lake reflects vibrant pink, purple, and orange hues from a dramatic sunset sky, nestled between two forested mountain slopes.

How Intention Changes Your Photography

I was four years old when my parents took me on my first mountain climb, to the summit of Fairview Peak. By six, I'd climbed my first fourteener, Mount Sherman. Climbing became my proving ground for most of my childhood, and it set a foundation I wouldn't fully understand the value of for another forty years.

Comparisons
Chris Niccolls
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Person holding four mirrorless cameras—Nikon, Sony, Canon, and Lumix—side by side, with no lenses attached. "PetaPixel Compares" text is at the bottom left corner.

Which High-Resolution Full-Frame Camera Has the Best Sensor?

The mid-range sensor market is very competitive, especially because the vast majority of potential buyers will be acquiring one eventually. But what about the high-end market? The costs go up, but so do the megapixels, and the sensors at this stage will be the pinnacle of technology from each of the manufacturers. If you are looking for the best of the best, this sensor showdown is exactly what you need to know.

News
Kate Garibaldi
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A drone with glowing red lights is captured from the front, highlighting its camera and four propellers against a dark background.

FCC Fines Multiple Companies It Says Are Bringing DJI Tech into the U.S.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched enforcement action against eight companies it says failed to respond to inquiries related to the importation and sale of wireless products, including firms that have allegedly been linked to bringing DJI technology into the United States despite increasing restrictions on Chinese drone manufacturers.

Opinion
Jeremy Gray
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A black Sony digital camera with a wide lens hood is placed on a green cutting mat with grid lines. The background is solid black.

Why Other Reviewers Love the Sony RX10 V Even Though We Didn’t

Sony unveiled the long-awaited RX10 V this week, bringing out a new versatile bridge camera for the first time since the RX10 IV in 2017. You've already seen what we think, but we believe it's important to get a diverse assortment of opinions when considering something as important as a camera purchase. $2,299 is a lot of money, after all.

News
Ken Klein
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Dark storm clouds fill the sky with “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.” written in large, bold white letters across the center of the image.

Freelance Photographers Balk at New Wall Street Journal Contract

The Wall Street Journal says it is keeping pace with technology and protecting its photography archive. But hundreds of freelancers -- anxious about intellectual property ownership -- object to the Journal’s new contract and are withholding their services.

Analog
Zeb Andrews
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Person holding a vintage Minolta SR-T Super camera in one hand and a box of Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II black-and-white film in the other.

Fujifilm Acros II Is the King of Fine Grain Black and White Film

The original Fujifilm Acros film long held a special place in our camera bags here at Blue Moon Camera. We’d say that the whole Neopan line of films was highly favored by us, but we lost Neopan 400 and 1600 some time ago and Acros was the lone survivor.

News
Jeremy Gray
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Close-up of a black Sony RX10 camera showing the textured grip, part of the zoom lens, focus mode switch, and the RX10 label against a dark background.

The Sony RX10 V Upgrades the Bridge Camera Experience for $2,299

When the Sony RX10 IV arrived on the scene in 2017, bringing with it a new stacked Type 1 20-megapixel sensor and a Zeiss-engineered 24-600mm f/2.4-4 equivalent Vario-Sonnar T* built-in lens, it quickly attracted fanfare. It was undoubtedly the best bridge camera on the market as soon as it arrived. Nearly eight years later, its successor, the RX10 V, brings these familiar features alongside some requested updates and looks poised to help Sony keep its crown.

Features
Matt Growcoot
Two people in traditional attire dance outdoors on a sandy area, surrounded by a group of onlookers with palm trees and huts in the background. The image is in black and white.

The First-Ever Documentary Film Was ‘Moana’

Disney's live-action remake of Moana is set to be released in theaters tomorrow, and all is not well: box office sales are projected to be weak and critics are asking why this film, starring Dwayne Johnson, is even being made in the first place. But the first movie called Moana was shot all the way back in 1926 and far from being a live-action remake, it was the very first film to be labeled a documentary.