President Donald Trump has threatened Apple with a tariff of "at least 25%" if iPhone models sold in the United States are not manufactured in the U.S. This very targeted escalation in trade policy rhetoric sent Apple's stock down 3.7% as of writing. The company's stock is down nearly 20% so far this year.
Canon, in collaboration with Samy's Camera, the Los Angeles Times, and ULCA's School of Theater, Film, and Television, is helping provide essential resources, services, and opportunities to people dealing with the aftermath of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, including the Eaton and Palisades fires that did the majority of the damage.
Light Lens Lab's new 50mm f/1.5 "Z21" is now available. Announced last month, the lens is an homage to the legendary and rare P. Angenieux Type S20 50mm f/1.5 lens produced initially in the 1950s.
Kolari Vision, a photo and tech company known for its specialized infrared and ultraviolet products and camera conversion services, has announced new magnetic clip-in filters for Micro Four Thirds cameras, including OM System, Panasonic, and Blackmagic Design models.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved another record. Scientists using the groundbreaking telescope have detected light from an ancient galaxy, MoM-z14, just 280 million years following the Big Bang. It is the most distant, oldest galaxy ever photographed, and its very existence is puzzling.
Retouch4me, developer of a leading AI-based photo and video editing platform, has released Apex, a new plugin designed specifically for portrait retouching. The Apex plugin promises natural-looking, professional portrait retouching in under a minute.
Ricoh Imaging has announced the development of the Ricoh GR IV, the latest model in the storied and extremely popular Ricoh GR series of premium compact cameras.
OpenAI is targeting AI-powered hardware in a big way. The AI tech company is purchasing io, an AI device startup, for nearly $6.5 billion. The startup was co-founded by veteran Apple designer Jony Ive, who left the company to form a design outfit, LoveFrom, in 2019. It is OpenAI's priciest acquisition yet.
As part of its myriad announcements at I/O 2025, Google unveiled significant changes to Search, including the ability to use AI to search for what a smartphone camera sees in real-time.
DZOFilm has unveiled an expansive new set of full-frame cinema prime lenses. The Arles Lustre Cinema Prime series features 10 lenses with apertures ranging from T1.6 to T2.8, and all of them cover a large-format image sensor.
Nature's 2025 Scientist at Work photography competition combines incredible photographic skills and fascinating, vital scientific work performed by experts worldwide. This year's winners deliver a mix of photos featuring Arctic telescopes, mountain fog, tiny frogs, and even whale biologists.
Sony has announced the Wireless Shooting Grip/Tripod (GP-VPT3) and Wireless Remote Commander (RMT-VP2). These Bluetooth grips work with Alpha series and Vlog Camera Series models and promise to make capturing dynamic photos and videos easier.
At Google I/O 2025 today, the company announced a wide range of new software, technology, and features across its ecosystem, including updates to its generative AI models and tools. Google today introduced Veo 3 and Imagen 4, new versions of its generative video and image models.
Massachusetts-based photographer Barry Braunstein specializes in professional headshots. No stranger to using his camera to help people, Braunstein is offering any laid-off federal work in the greater Boston area free headshot sessions and a fresh portrait to help them land on their feet and further their careers.
Google is hosting its annual I/O conference today, and while much of the focus is on the company's own tech, there's also fresh news for photographers. Google and Skylum have partnered to bring Luminar photo editing software to Android and ChromeOS.
Storage technology company Synology has announced BeeStation Plus, a high-speed cloud storage system designed for use in homes and small businesses.
Adobe increased the prices of some of its Photography plans earlier this year, and the situation got pretty complex. Now the company is changing its broader Creative Cloud plan offerings in North America, including a new, more expensive option that replaces the existing Creative Cloud All Apps plan.
Polaroid and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are collaborating on a stylish new version of the Polaroid Now Generation 3 instant film camera and accompanying limited-edition i-Type Film adorned with the MoMA logo or quotes from artists in MoMA's collection.
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, which just captured auroras from the Martian surface for the first time, also recently captured a predawn landscape shot that includes Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons.
Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has announced the winners of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition. The curated 2025 collection features 25 of the best Milky Way photos captured worldwide, and, for the first time, includes a Milky Way photo captured from outer space.
Nikon was Japan's best-selling full-frame mirrorless camera manufacturer last month for the first time. This was thanks in large part to the new Nikon Z5 II.
Chinese smartphone maker Nubia's latest handheld, the Z70S Ultra, goes all in on a Leica-inspired photography experience. However, unlike some smartphones that have official Leica-engineered imaging systems and photo features, the Nubia Z70S Ultra is more of an homage, complete with Leica's iconic red dot logo.
Glass Imaging, a technology company developing groundbreaking artificial intelligence to improve digital image quality, unveiled a $20 million Series A funding round this week led by Insight Partners. The new Series A funding round is in addition to a previous funding round led by Google Ventures, Future Ventures, and Abstract Ventures.
Thanks to the rapidly changing tariff situation in the United States, American photographers are dealing with pricing whiplash. Less than two weeks after hiking prices by as much as 90%, Leica has announced price reductions for some products because of the 90-day trade truce between the U.S. and China.
True Lens Services (TLS), a U.K.-based cinema lens manufacturer, has announced that it is rehousing the legendary Zeiss Standard Speed lenses.
Nikon's latest financial results outline a significant drop in operating profit year-over-year, due mainly to significant one-time costs. The company also says that tariffs could reduce its profit for the current fiscal year by nearly $70 million.
Cosina Voigtlander has announced the Portrait Heliar 75mm f/1.8. It is the company's first lens with controllable spherical aberration, allowing photographers to have direct influence over the lens's bokeh.
Swiss outdoor brand Mammut is hosting a global photo contest that includes a companion scavenger hunt designed for nature enthusiasts.
Chinese lens maker Blazar's latest anamorphic lens series is highly unusual. The Blazar Beetle 1.33x anamorphic lenses for full-frame cameras feature a rotatable design, supporting distinct horizontal and vertical anamorphic shooting and expanded cropping possibilities.
Clive has been taking photos of people in London for about 65 years. During that time, he has met and photographed many people from all walks of life. A new documentary film by Chocolate Films, as part of the 1000 Londoners series, looks at Clive's career and how his photos paint a detailed portrait of a city and its people changing over the decades.
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x Wide Angle Macro lens for full-frame cameras. The wide-angle macro lens promises to enable photographers to capture dynamic close-up shots with a distinct, wide field of view.
Israeli web development company Wix has announced Wixel, a standalone AI-powered visual design platform. Wixel enables anyone, regardless of their design experience, to create something visually pleasing.
Following a grueling three-week wait for Fujifilm enthusiasts, the company has finally released another teaser for its next X Series camera.
Leica Camera has updated the Leica Lux iPhone camera app to version 1.7, adding "Artist Looks" to the app. The debut Artist Look was developed with renowned British photographer Greg Williams.
By DJI's standards, the Mavic 4 Pro's launch is a bit disjointed. The company said its new professional-grade drone will not be sold in the United States during its global launch. However, some retailers are doing their own thing, and it's very confusing.
The Panasonic S5IIX was updated to version 2.2 earlier this year, and there are some miscommunications surrounding what the update added, and more importantly, what it removed, including some live streaming functionality.
Sennheiser has announced a one-channel version of its Profile Wireless 2.4 GHz all-in-one microphone system. The new single-mic system promises a streamlined audio recording experience for solo creators, offering them an alternative to the two-channel version launched last year.
Sony detailed its fourth-quarter 2024 financial results today, reflecting a 24% decline in year-over-year consolidated sales. However, Sony's imaging-related segments held steady. Unfortunately, the company also shared the anticipated impact of tariffs -- a massive operating income reduction.
It's chaos at the Library of Congress and the United States Copyright Office. Less than a week after firing the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, and the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, the Trump administration is locked in a power struggle to install AI-friendly leaders to oversee all copyrighted materials in the U.S.
Adam Schluter is a self-described introvert who felt a deep longing to sidestep technology and get back to forging genuine, face-to-face connections with people. So, he picked up his camera and began walking up to people, striking up conversation, and taking their portraits. Schluter's project, Hello From a Stranger, was born. He has captured over a thousand portraits in more than 20 countries around the world, and his life has been forever changed.
A viral video of an asteroid dramatically hitting the Moon has all the trappings of a fraud.
Following a brief teaser period, Sony has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Sony Xperia 1 VII.
DJI has announced the Mavic 4 Pro, its latest high-end drone built for professional aerial photography and video applications. The Mavic 4 Pro features a brand-new 100-megapixel Hasselblad image sensor, large CMOS dual telephoto cameras, and an "Infinity Gimbal" with 360 degrees of rotation.
Pro Camera Film Lab in Virginia and photographer Levi Cyr-Redcross teamed up to create One Roll Project, one of the most exciting and unusual analog photography contests PetaPixel has seen.
In a special bonus episode of The PetaPixel Podcast, we spoke with award-winning veteran photojournalist Doug Mills about his latest Pulitzer Prize -- his third -- which he won for his series of photos showing a speeding bullet whizzing past now-President Donald Trump during an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last year. Mills discussed how he captured the winning photos, how the latest gear empowers photojournalism, and the rapidly changing political landscape in which he operates.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured brilliant new details of the auroras on Jupiter, the Solar System's largest planet. The auroras observed on Jupiter are a staggering 100 times brighter than the auroral displays observed on Earth.
President Donald Trump reportedly fired the leader of the United States Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, on Saturday.
U.S. and Chinese officials had their promised trade talks over the weekend, emerging on Monday morning with a significant reduction in tariffs for 90 days while negotiations continue. The 90-day pause is good news for many tech and photography companies, although it remains unclear how each will navigate the turbulent waters.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first public planetarium, which was founded in Munich, Germany, NASA and its partners created a 3D version of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) iconic "Cosmic Cliffs" image.
Last year, Nico Rahardian Tangara went to a flea market in Sydney, Australia, and found an old, non-functional Canon 514XL-S Super 8 movie camera for just $5. Tangara bought the camera and converted into a working 4Kp60 camcorder using a Raspberry Pi system.