Jeremy Gray

News Editor

Jeremy Gray is an award-winning landscape and nature photographer. Over the last decade, he has written extensively for many of the leading online publications in the photography industry. He has a passion for writing in-depth camera and lens reviews, educational content, and discussing the latest news from the photography world.

Articles by Jeremy Gray

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X-T5 Teardown Uncovers Fujifilm’s Incredible IBIS Engineering

IRreCams has been converting digital cameras for infrared and astrophotography since 2011, so the team has taken apart a diverse range of cameras, from Micro Four Thirds models all the way to medium-format cameras. The latest camera to go under the "knife" is the Fujifilm X-T5 APS-C camera.

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Tamron University Offers Free Online Photo Classes Taught by Pros

Tamron Americas launched Tamron University, an online series of free classes led by professional photographers and filmmakers. These new multi-part courses are designed to help beginners and enthusiasts improve their skills and learn valuable business skills that can help them become successful pros.

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100-Megapixel Camera Image Quality Shootout

There are many fantastic high-resolution cameras on the market, including multiple 100-megapixel medium-format cameras. But which is the best? That's what the imaging experts at Capture Integration sought to determine in a detailed camera shootout.

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Your Nature Photos Do Serious Science

Smartphones have affected many aspects of life, both good and bad. A particularly beneficial aspect of the surge of mobile photography has been people capturing the world in new ways, especially when it comes to scientific study.

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9 Never-Before-Seen X-Ray Photos Reveal the Hidden Beauty of Space

NASA just released a jaw-dropping collection of nine new images captured by its flagship X-ray telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Universe looks wild in X-ray light, and scientists can study many fascinating cosmic phenomena in X-rays that are impossible to see across other wavelengths, including visible and ultraviolet light.

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The DJI Osmo Pocket Cannot Be Stopped

Since the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 launched in October 2023, it has been selling like gangbusters. Arguably, no single camera model has been anywhere near as successful as the Osmo Pocket 3.

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Nat Geo’s ‘Hurricane Katrina’ Documentary Removes the Gap Between the Past and Present

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina, which killed nearly 2,000 people, primarily in Louisiana and Mississippi. National Geographic's new documentary series, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, transports viewers back to the chaos and destruction Katrina wrought in New Orleans, and shines a much-needed light on the people and stories that were ignored back in 2005.

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Does the Sony RX1R III Make the a7CR More Compelling?

When Sony announced the a7CR in August 2023 alongside the a7C II, the compact high-res a7CR flew a bit under the radar. With the shock announcement of the highly anticipated RX1R III fixed-lens premium compact camera, the a7CR is getting more attention, and it's well deserved.

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Canon Says Smartphones Didn’t Destroy the Entry-Level Market and Could Help It Grow Again

Although improving smartphone image quality has dramatically reduced the size of the entry-level camera market, Canon believes that this same, shrinking market can be revitalized by convincing a generation of mobile photographers they can create better photos and videos with a traditional camera. If Canon has its way, the entry-level market is not just alive, but also has genuine potential for growth.

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The Most Popular Camera and Lens Rentals of the Last 19 Years

Lensrentals is celebrating its 19th anniversary this month, and to mark the incredible accomplishment, the company has posted a couple of fascinating blog posts that look at the most popular rentals of the past nearly two decades and a closer look at some landmark products released during its tenure.

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New Multispectral Film Scanner Is a Breakthrough for Analog Photography


Saskatchewan-based Film Rescue International (FRI) develops and digitizes old film, whether it's rolls of precious family memories or vital historical archives in museum collections. To deliver the best possible results in an increasingly challenging, stagnant film scanning industry, FRI built a cutting-edge multispectral film scanner.

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Canon R50 V Teardown Is Among the Simplest of Any Mirrorless Camera

Canon released the EOS R50 V earlier this year, introducing an affordable interchangeable lens camera for hybrid creators. The fine folks over at Kolari Vision, experts in the field of camera conversion, tore an EOS R50V apart as part of an infrared conversion to see what makes Canon's new "creator" camera tick.

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Three Ways to Spot a Fake, AI-Generated ‘Photo’

Fake, AI-generated photos can range from mostly harmless to disruptive to outright dangerous. It is not an overreaction to say that fake photos have real-world consequences that can even be deadly. Digital forensics expert Professor Hany Farid recently explains how to spot fake AI photos in what he describes as the fight for truth.

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A Photojournalist Took a Fujifilm Instax Camera to a Mexican Cartel Wedding

Mexican-born American photojournalist Henry Craver recently traveled to Michoacán, Mexico, a region controlled by organized crime, to document life with his film cameras. However, after running out of film, he boldly took a Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 camera to a wedding and photographed gun-toting cartel members. A bizarre juxtaposition -- instant film and organized crime -- Craver returned home to New Jersey with spectacular photos and an even more exciting story.

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DJI Could (But Probably Won’t) Launch a Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera

Although PetaPixel rarely deals with photography rumors, there is one that keeps popping up that warrants attention. For about a year, numerous publications have reported that DJI is gearing up to release a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Is it possible? Sure. Does it make sense? Not really.