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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Three silver camera lenses labeled 45, 32, and 65 are displayed upright against a white background. Each lens has a black gear ring and engraved aperture markings.

You’ve Not Seen an Anamorphic Lens Like This Before

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.

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An older man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a red jacket and teal scarf, adjusts a camera on a tripod in an outdoor urban garden setting.

Meet the Photographer Who Has Captured London for 65 Years

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.

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Democrats and Republicans Unwilling to Hand Copyright Office to Big Tech

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.

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Capturing Portraits of Strangers Saved This Photographer’s Life

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.

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DJI Mavic 4 Pro Has 360° ‘Infinity Gimbal’ and New 100MP Sensor

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.

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Photographer Doug Mills on Winning the 2025 Pulitzer Prize! | The PetaPixel Podcast

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.

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US and China Reach Trade Truce and Slash Tariffs for 90 Days

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.

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Trump Says 80% Tariff on China ‘Seems Right’

Many photographers and photography businesses have been feeling the impact of the Trump administration's 145% tariff on China. Ahead of a weekend meeting between top American and Chinese trade officials, President Trump has tossed around the idea of an 80% tariff on China.

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Four professional cameras are displayed against a colorful, abstract background: two Nikon cameras (top left and top right) and two Canon cameras (bottom left and bottom right), viewed from the front.

Photographers Overlook How Spoiled They Are by Modern Tech

Flagship DSLRs are all but dead. The Nikon D6 was discontinued this month, and the Canon EOS 1D X Mark III might as well be. While both Canon and Nikon have since launched flagship mirrorless cameras -- and they're excellent -- the company's mid-tier models best reflect the transformative leap in camera technology from the DSLR to the mirrorless era.

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Zenfolio Admits That It Had a Rough Decade

Once an industry leader in the photography website space, Zenfolio has had a rough time in recent years. Photographers have lamented the company's steady decline, frequent back-end changes, high prices, and user-unfriendly changes. While the company continues to improve its product offering and platform, it acknowledges some of its missteps.

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Leica Hikes Prices as Much as 90%

As PetaPixel reported last week, Leica's prices are increasing in the United States thanks to tariffs. The scale of the price increase is, in some cases, extreme. Certain Leica products are nearly twice as expensive now.

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How Trump’s Tariff Chaos Impacts Small American Photo Companies

President Trump's tariffs are having a significant impact on the photography industry. Heavy hitters like Leica have raised prices in the U.S. (and Canada), and Canon Inc. confirmed prices will increase on some of its products in response to tariffs, to name just a couple of examples. However, the exceptionally high (as much as 145 percent) tariffs on imports from China are having an extensive, unpredictable impact, even on companies that make their products in the United States, like Clever Supply Co.