Last June, Leica announced Leica Lux, an iPhone camera app with a Leica-inspired user interface, carefully crafted Leica lens simulations, and unique Leica Looks photo styles. Today, Leica unveiled the Leica Lux Grip, a magnetic camera grip for iPhone that gives photographers Leica-inspired physical controls for their mobile photography.
As promised and teased, OM Digital Solutions announced a brand-new camera, the OM System OM-3.
OM Digital Solutions announced revised versions of its M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 and 25mm f/1.8 prime lenses, compact companions ideal for use alongside the stylish new OM System OM-3 camera.
The OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS II lens is an upgraded version of the same lens released in 2020 alongside the Olympus E-M10 Mark IV. The new version offers better image stabilization and more robust weather sealing but is otherwise the same lens.
With the debut of the beautiful and pricey Nikon Z 35mm f/1.2 S, Nikon has released the last remaining unreleased lens featured on its final Nikkor Z lens roadmap. Nikon photographers are now heading into the future without a map -- all future Nikon lenses are slated to be surprises.
Seoul-based artists Shin Seung Back, who is also an engineer, and Kim Yong Hun are back with another photography and AI-related project, Analytic Portrait.
As Leica celebrates the 100th anniversary of the legendary Leica I 35mm camera, the company has been busy doing many collaborations. The latest is not for teddy bears or jewelry, but instead for a very nice, albeit pricey, Shackleton field jacket.
Sony updated its Creators' Cloud platform and accompanying Creators' App to streamline content management for photographers and videographers. The new update enables direct upload from certain Sony cameras to Google Drive or Adobe Lightroom.
The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is facing a leadership crisis. Based on a recap of the organization's annual meeting yesterday, February 3, at Imaging USA, the situation has worsened, at least for some members.
A new app called Unpro Camera says it strips away all of the processing typically applied by an iPhone to produce unprocessed-looking photos that the developer says look "astonishingly natural."
Just a couple of weeks after showcasing the 21 young photographers aiming to win the Student and Youth competitions in the acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards, the World Photography Organisation today unveiled the contest's National and Regional Award winners, showcasing the best work from 56 different countries and regions.
Roll Cam Ai is the world's first robotic AI-powered camera operator. Designed for solo shooters, the Roll Cam Ai aims to replace the need for certain users to hire camera operators.
Photographers who love customizable mechanical keyboards are in luck, as Akuko Labs' latest keyboard caps honor photography in style.
Three significant figures in the history of digital image sensor development collaborated on a new research paper that reviews nearly six decades of sensor evolution, detailing pivotal moments and technologies along the way, while also looking ahead to the future of camera tech.
Cloudflare, the leading connectivity cloud company behind which 20% of the Internet’s traffic sits, launched a one-click Content Credentials system to track image authenticity across the internet and preserve accurate creator attribution.
The megaphone-shaped SPHEREx space observatory may launch into space next month, ushering in a new era of cosmic exploration. These are the key things to know about SPHEREx and how it works.
More than 60 years ago, in the far northern reaches of Greenland, the United States Army built an underground scientific research base, Camp Century. Carved into the ice and snow, the nuclear-powered base operated from 1959 until 1967 and comprised 21 tunnels, totaling three kilometers in length.
With more and more Thunderbolt 5-equipped computers hitting the market, including Apple's latest MacBook Pro and Mac mini models, companies are racing to bring as many Thunderbolt 5 accessories as possible to market, including versatile hubs. CalDigit is the latest, launching the Element 5 Hub, the company's fastest and most powerful hub ever.
Alongside releasing its financial results today, Canon also delivered a detailed presentation, where additional information was shared, including details about camera sales and market trends.
Blackmagic Design announced Blackmagic Camera for Android 2.0. The updated video camera app adds support for new Android devices, including the Samsung S25 Ultra, which added log recording this year. The app update also adds new features, functionality, and other improvements.
TNT Sports and Max are launching a new NASCAR driver camera and audio experience this season, and it debuts this weekend for the 2025 Cook Out Clash at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, NASCAR's first race at the stadium since 1971.
Canon Inc. released its financial results for the fiscal year 2024, showing a decrease in operating profit and net income year-over-year but strong performance in the imaging sector. Canon's 2024 performance also missed projections, although the company expects improvement in 2025.
Vision Research announced the Phantom T2110, a sophisticated high-speed camera that can record video as fast as 483,300 frames per second (fps).
Canon unveiled two new 13-inch wireless inkjet photo printers ideal for photographers who want to print their favorite photos at home. The Pixma Pro-200S and imagePrograf Pro-310 share quite a few features with each other and look similar, differing primarily in terms of their ink and promised print quality.
Exceptionally talented Finnish astronomical nature photographer and visual artist J-P Metsävainio is very passionate about the cosmos. His latest image of IC 410, better known as the Tadpole Nebula, is a perfect example of his passion and how his craft has evolved over the decades.
Lomography's Lomo'Instant Square was a groundbreaking instant camera when it launched in 2017. In the years since, Lomography released an improved version with a glass lens, the aptly named Lomo'Instant Square Glass. This "sharpest instant [camera]" now sports a fresh style with two new versions, including one with a blue denim wrap.
Super Bowl LIX on February 9 in New Orleans is among the most anticipated sporting events of the year. Sony is pulling out all the stops to ensure that every exciting play is captured in incredible detail, whether for the broadcast on FOX or through the still images photographers capture from the sidelines.
Arri is lowering the barrier to entry in high-end cinema by making its very popular Arri Alexa 35 camera more affordable via a new "base model," starting at 49,800 euros.
The Travel Photographer of the Year competition unveiled the 2024 winners, and photographer Piper Mackay won top honors for her incredible infrared images from Kenya.
Taiwanese computer hardware company Team Group, best known for its PC memory products, announced a 2TB SD card. Unlike the few other 2TB SD cards on the market, this high-capacity card promises high speeds and sports a V90 rating.
Photographer James Warner, who goes by Snappiness online, built a do-it-yourself waist-level viewfinder that works for any camera, whether it's analog or digital. Better yet, it requires only about $10 worth of materials.
Canadian company Reveni Labs, operated by self-professed analog photography nerd and talented builder and inventor Matt Bechberger, is back with another new product for photographers, the Lumo light meter.
The OWC Atlas CFexpress Type A memory card is one of PetaPixel's favorites, but OWC has found an issue with the card, and customers are advised to update their card's firmware as soon as possible. The good news is that the data on the card is safe.
For those lucky enough to have one of the new Thunderbolt 5-equipped Macs, including the latest MacBook Pro and redesigned Mac mini, there are very few Thunderbolt 5 external SSDs to take full advantage of the new speed. LaCie's new Rugged SSD Pro5 aims to address that problem. But does it do so effectively?
It's no secret that Fujifilm's Instax business is huge, but the company recently said it expects it to get even better, anticipating that 2024 will be Instax's most lucrative year ever.
Backdrops are a vital and underappreciated aspect of many iconic portrait photos. The short film, The Promise of Spring, provides an intimate look at one of the most prolific but almost entirely unknown backdrop artists, Sarah Oliphant.
Alongside teasing its next camera, OM System announced the winner of its "Creativity. It's in Our Nature" photo competition.
Last June, Sony announced that some of its Tough CFexpress Type A memory cards had a problem. Sony addressed the issue with a free repair program for affected customers. Sony has now said that more cards are affected, extending free repair services to additional photographers and videographers.
Luminar Mobile version 2.2 is available now, adding comprehensive RAW image editing support and iCloud syncing to the iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro photo editing application.
The annual BCN Awards have arrived, detailing the most popular cameras and lenses at Japanese retailers in 2024.
Syrian sports photographer Ibrahim Ajaj, who had worked for the SANA state news agency under ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, has been assassinated.
It appears a new OM System camera is just around the corner, as the company has launched a teaser saying "exciting news" is arriving on February 6.
Canon's new RF 16-28mm f/2.8 IS STM lens for full-frame Canon EOS R-series mirrorless cameras expands the company's compact and affordable f/2.8 zoom series.
Panasonic is updating four of its mirrorless cameras, including the full-frame Lumix S5II and S5IIX and the Micro Four Thirds GH7 and G9II. The new firmware promises to improve functionality and overall user experience. In many cases, the firmware updates add features that were introduced in the Lumix S9.
Canon isn't the only camera company hitting the links. Nikon announced a pair of new laser rangefinders for golfers, the Coolshot Pro III Stabilized and the Coolshot 50i GII.
Leica is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its groundbreaking Leica I, the first mass-produced 35mm camera ever, with some surprising new products, including teddy bears, writing utensils, cuff links, wooden puzzles, pins, bags, key rings, and more.
Samsung announced a trio of new Galaxy S25 series smartphones, including the base Galaxy S25, the large S25+, and the flagship S25 Ultra.
Canon Inc. developed a groundbreaking 410-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, setting a new record for the most pixels achieved on a 35mm image sensor.
Chinese lens maker Funleader has collaborated with Artizlab to create the Artizlab Classic 35mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M mount. The lens takes heavy inspiration from Leica's legendary 35mm f/1.4 V2 lens, which fetches thousands of dollars on the second-hand market.
With the famous Sundance Film Festival kicking off this week in Park City, Utah, Adobe thought it a good time to discuss what's next for Adobe Premiere Pro, a popular video editing platform for amateur and professional filmmakers alike.