We recently reported that the new WideluxX camera revival project has reached its prototype stage. Now, just a few weeks later, a video that the WideluxX's creators promised is available online, shedding more light on the upcoming camera.
When my colleague Jordan Drake swiped the Epson R-D1 series of digital rangefinders out from underneath me in our recent Fantasy Camera Draft, I was disappointed. But my frustration also got me thinking about why the Epson RD should return and become more than just a quirky bit of digital camera history. The Epson RD series deserves better.
Reddit user Dycus built a camera using the sensor from an optical mouse. After about 65 hours of work, Dycus had a low-resolution black-and-white camera with multiple shooting modes, housed in a nifty 3D-printed body.
The Nikon ZR is an excellent video-first hybrid camera, as customers in Japan can attest. The Nikon ZR has topped Map Camera's list of best-selling new cameras in October, which is a spot very rarely held by a camera that prioritizes video nearly as much as the Nikon ZR does.
The OnePlus 15 has arrived, ushering in a new era for the major Chinese smartphone company. The latest flagship phone marks the end of OnePlus' Hasselblad partnership, but instead of starting a new strategic collaboration with a different photo company, OnePlus is going it alone with a brand-new in-house mobile photography system: DetailMax Engine.
The maligned Multifunction Touch Bar, commonly called the "Touch Bar," on the original Canon EOS R mirrorless camera is an excellent example of what happens when interesting, even good, ideas try to do too much. However, it's time for Canon to revisit the Touch Bar, or at least the underlying concept of expanded touch on modern mirrorless cameras. Technology is better now, lessons have been learned, and there is still room for improvement in camera ergonomics.
Last night, photographers across the United States, as far south as Florida and Texas, were treated to auroras thanks to a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm. The fun is far from over, as experts predict that at least strong (G3) conditions will persist while severe conditions are expected.
The Siena Drone Photo Awards 2025 winners have been revealed, showcasing incredible aerial photography across a diverse range of subjects, from landscapes to wildlife and even people.
Meike has released its new, affordable 85mm f/1.8 SE II lens for full-frame cameras. The autofocus-equipped portrait prime is available now in Sony E, L-Mount, and Nikon Z mounts for just $230.
There has been a lot of big news in the photography space in the past month, so it's perhaps not too surprising that Nikon's pair of new APS-C lenses has flown a bit under the radar. That's a shame because the Nikkor Z 16-50mm f/2.8 VR and Nikkor Z DX MC 35mm f/1.7 actually address a major complaint many have had about the Nikkor Z system: the lack of new high-end APS-C lenses.
The new $459 Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STMlens is already proving too popular ahead of its December release. Canon Japan has warned photographers that it will be unable to fulfill all current preorders at launch.
Arri, one of the biggest brands in all of digital cinema, launched a new tool that aims to make digital video look more analog. Arri Film Lab is an OpenFX plugin that integrates into industry-standard color grading workflows and gives filmmakers and editors creative tools to make their digital videos, regardless of what camera they used, look like they were shot on film.
SanDisk's new Extreme Fit 1TB USB-C Flash Drive is its smallest, highest-capacity USB-C flash drive to date. The Extreme Fit is so small that SanDisk calls it a "plug and stay" drive, meaning that users can keep it semi-permanently attached to their device.
Apple's newest iPhone "case," iPhone Pocket, is more like a functional fashion accessory that can carry an iPhone and other various pocketable items. It is a stretchy sock-like accessory designed to be carried or worn.
Light Lens Lab's latest lens, the 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical "11873" for M-Mount, is now available for preorder. The lens is a modern recreation of the legendary Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 double-sided aspherical lens from the late 1980s, which can sell for nearly $18,000 in good condition. Light Lens Lab's new prime lenses start at $1,399.
A camera's native ISO range used to be a huge deal and was an integral part of how companies advertised their latest and greatest cameras. However, these days, companies sometimes don't mention ISO at all, relegating it to side, separate detailed spec sheets.
A trio of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, developed a camera with a specialized lens that can focus individual pixels to different depths, ensuring that everything in a photo is perfectly sharp and in focus.
After a worse "summer slump" than usual, camera and lens shipments rebounded in September, offering hope that 2025 may prove to be an even better year for the photo industry than 2024 despite global economic challenges and the impact of tariffs.
Godox announced a new compact camera flash and accompanying wireless flash trigger. The Godox iT32 iFlash and X5 TTL Wireless Flash Trigger comprise a new modular lighting system built for all major camera systems, supporting full TTL and HSS across the board. The flash itself has an interchangeable hot shoe, so photographers can mix and match camera brands in their kit without needing a new flash.
Photographer Nick LoPresti loves film. As his YouTube channel shows, his adoration for the medium often manifests in "silly" videos centered on wild, ambitious projects. LoPresti's latest video demonstrates the intersection of his passion for analog photography and his willingness to embrace any challenge. LoPresti, perhaps against his better judgment, shot on 82-year-old film.
A Brazilian photographer and a woman he photographed in 2017 have ended up mired in an election fraud conspiracy in India, and it appears to all trace back to a stock photo site.
Netflix has published a new trailer for the explosive documentary, The Stringer, that challenges the long-standing claim that Nick Ut took the famous "Terror of War" photo, often referred to as "Napalm Girl."
An international news website, Chronik.fr, claimed today that a photographer captured an incredible photo of an eagle carrying a slice of pizza in a "shocking urban encounter." The lead image is obviously fake, but the story is not. In fact, it's a great story, which is why we covered it when it happened in March 2023.
Samsung is reportedly developing a new image signal processing pipeline, dubbed "Exynos 2600," that could support a single 320-megapixel camera or up to three 108-megapixel image sensors simultaneously.
Nikon lost nearly 5 billion yen ($31.3 million) from April to September 2025, primarily because of U.S. tariff policy. It is the company's first operating loss in the first half of a fiscal year in five years. However, the company's imaging division remains strong.
Pocket Dispo has released a new "Pro" version of its popular pinhole lens. The latest version may look similar to the original Pocket Dispo at first glance, but it has been rebuilt from the ground up, introducing some key improvements, including a new adjustable focus ring.
Canon unveiled the EOS R6 Mark III this morning, and there is some confusion about whether one of the R6 III's new features, pre-continuous shooting, is actually new at all. It is, and here's why it matters.
Acclaimed photographer and industrial designer Matt Draper's latest solo exhibition, Within One Breath, opens today at the Leica Gallery New York. The photos featured in the show were all captured on a single breath while freediving with Leica rangefinders and using only natural light, ensuring that the beautiful underwater environment was disturbed as little as possible.
German computer engineer and builder Yannick Richter, who goes by Gigawipf online, built a new 3,200-megapixel 3D-printed medium-format camera that relies on a linear CCD scanner. As Gigawipf describes it, the camera, Project Gigapixel, is much more than just a scanner in a box, though.
Aurora-hunting photographers should be on the lookout over the next couple of nights, as a trio of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) is headed toward Earth, and at least two look destined to make direct impact with Earth's atmosphere. CMEs hitting Earth are a primary cause of geomagnetic storms, which can give rise to beautiful auroras.
Blackmagic Camera for iOS 3.2 has arrived, adding, among other new features, support for live streaming from the iPhone app directly to leading streaming platforms, including YouTube and Twitch.
A few weeks ago, PetaPixel reported on a series of Chinese smartphones with interesting photography-oriented kits and accessories, including the then-upcoming Nubia Z80 Ultra. That impressive new smartphone and its accompanying camera kit have been launched globally today, and the photo capabilities on offer are well worth a closer look.
The Canon EOS R6 III is an excellent camera for nearly every type of photographer and is better than its impressive predecessor in many essential ways. But did Canon play it a bit too safe with its new enthusiast-oriented, photo-first camera?
After a pair of teasers, Canon has fully unveiled the highly anticipated EOS R6 Mark III full-frame mirrorless camera. It features a new sensor and promises improved performance for both photo and video applications.
Canon has announced the $469.99 RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, a compact, lightweight, and affordable standard prime lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lynsey Addario has risked life and limb and been kidnapped multiple times to perform a photojournalist's most crucial and valuable mission: powerfully capturing and telling the world's most meaningful stories. Addario's incredible career, which spans more than two decades, is the focus of the brand-new National Geographic documentary, Love+War.
DJI has unveiled the Osmo Mobile 8, a new smartphone gimbal that delivers 360° panning and native automatic tracking.
Viltrox's brand new AF 85mm f/2 Evo lens that was announced for Sony E-mount on October 20 is officially now available for Nikon Z-mount as well, giving Nikon photographers a fast full-frame prime lens option that costs just $275.
According to a consistently reliable Apple insider, Apple is preparing to compete in the highly competitive low-cost laptop market by leveraging its iPhone and iPad-oriented A-series chips in a compact notebook.
Nikon and Bandai Namco are bringing another set of adorable, incredible Nikon cameras to gashapon vending machines, and this time they come as convenient keychains.
Sony's newest Xperia smartphone, the Xperia 10 VII, features the first new design in the Xperia 10 series in years, but does little else to move the needle for mobile photographers.
When Kodak quietly and surprisingly announced Kodacolor 100 and 200 at the end of September, analog photographers were rightly excited. However, the most interesting part of the announcement was perhaps not the new film at all, but the dramatic shift in how Kodak is selling film. This change is continuing, as Eastman Kodak is now selling Kodak Gold 200 and Ultramax 400 directly to retailers, with new, retro-inspired packaging in tow.
Less than 48 hours before its highly anticipated reveal, Canon has shared a fresh teaser image of its upcoming camera.
Audio company Boya has launched the Boya mini 2, an ultra-compact mic that uses artificial intelligence to enhance noise cancellation and overall audio recording quality.
Despite the controversy surrounding its use of generative AI to create a trio of Christmas advertisements last year, Coca-Cola has once again returned to the world's driest well, churning out yet another terrible AI-generated advertisement.
A unanimous Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote last week puts DJI in even hotter water. However, despite initial appearances, the new decision is not as problematic as another issue that DJI is dealing with: a very slow security audit. All these things taken together indicate a very real chance that DJI drones will be officially banned from entering the U.S. by the end of this year.
The Nothing Phone 3a Lite looks to be just as quirky as its siblings, including the standard Nothing Phone 3 and Nothing Phone 3a series. However, in its pursuit of a lower price tag, the Nothing Phone 3a Lite may have made too many trade-offs.
One of the world's leading photo agencies, Getty, has struck a multi-year agreement with Perplexity to display Getty Images across Perplexity's AI-powered search and discovery tools.
The same week that Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company, significantly propelled by its AI-related investments and products, Meta's stock had its worst day in three years because traders fear that Meta has overspent on AI.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope got into the spooky season spirit this week by capturing a "cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537," more commonly referred to as the Red Spider Nebula.