Jeremy Gray

City officials in Fujiyoshida, Japan, have canceled the city's long-running cherry blossom festival, citing overcrowding and disruptive tourist behavior.

Lighting company Profoto is the latest to throw photographers under the proverbial bus in an attempt to milk AI for all its worth. The company has drawn ire on social media for what many consider a series of tone-deaf posts and comments.

Leica's new Lux Case promises to bring the company's "vision of iconic design and photographic precision" to mobile photographers using Apple's iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Viltrox has revealed that its first autofocus-equipped L-Mount lens is the AF 16mm f/1.8 L. The ultra-wide full-frame prime lens promises excellent performance for astro and landscape photography, as well as dynamic wide-angle video applications.

Canon has announced a groundbreaking new ultra-wide angle fisheye zoom lens, the RF 7-14mm f/2.8-3.5L Fisheye STM. This new lens is the first of its kind for the Canon RF mount and picks up the mantle from the legendary Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L USM.

One year ago, Unpro Camera launched on iPhone, promising extremely natural, unprocessed-looking mobile photos. In the year since, the app has received numerous updates, including HDR support, Bayer RAW capture, improved performance, filters, an all-new UI, and, most recently, RAW + capture, a new mode that the developer believes is unique to Unpro Camera.

Ricoh Imaging is releasing a limited edition camera strap in Japan that is sure to excite the country's many passionate train photographers, also known as "toritetsu." The new camera strap, limited to under 500 total units, is made from fabric taken from a retired Marunouchi Line 02 Series train carriage.

Photographers routinely talk about four digital camera formats: medium format, full-frame, APS-C, and Micro Four Thirds. While there are technically two different medium-format image sensor sizes, and APS-C can mean slightly different things to various manufacturers, those are the "big four," and they encompass basically every modern interchangeable-lens digital camera. But what about APS-H? That was definitely a digital camera format, so where did it go?

Tamron Americas has announced the winners of its third annual Photo and Video Contest. The competition invited photographers and filmmakers from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to enter their best photos and videos captured using Tamron lenses.

Alongside data on digital camera shipments in 2025, which increased for consecutive years for the first time in nearly 20 years, the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) also shared its data on lens manufacturing and shipments in 2025, which also showed overall growth.

It is well known that compact cameras are very popular right now. However, new reporting from Japanese retail analyst BCN+R sheds more light on just how popular cameras with integrated lenses are right now.

A lot of aspects of digital cameras get better with each new model, but a feature that consistently improves with almost every new generation is in-body image stabilization (IBIS). It's a significant area of focus for camera engineers, as it benefits photographers and videographers alike by making it easier to capture sharp photos handheld and smooth, stable video without a gimbal or tripod. But did you know that IBIS performance can get so good that the rotation of the Earth itself actually limits it?

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra) teamed up to deliver a new image of an ancient, distant galaxy cluster in the midst of its initial formation only a billion years after the Big Bang. Scientists previously thought galaxy cluster formation this long ago was impossible.

Canon recently released its fiscal year 2025 financial results, which are primarily positive for the company's substantial imaging division. Total sales for the imaging business unit were up year over year, and Canon expressed optimism about the state of the photography industry.

The NHL's Detroit Red Wings got a fortunate bounce last night on a late game-tying goal to send its game against the Washington Capitals into overtime, and the photographer's cutout in the plexiglass should get credit for the goal.

Last July, Lomography unveiled a series of new Petzval lenses. At the time, the company launched 35mm f/2, 55mm f/1.7, and 80.5mm f/1.9 Art primes, promising to bring 27mm f/1.7 and 135mm f/2.5 lenses into the fold later. Later is now, and the five-lens series is complete.

As generative AI technology proliferates, making it easier for people to manipulate real photos or create convincing fake ones from scratch, photography's ability to depict reality has come under increasing attack. A recent Washington Post opinion is among the most notable assaults on the institution of photography yet, garnering strong rebuttals from veteran photographers.

Laowa has brought its popular and powerful 90mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens to Micro Four Thirds, giving OM System and Panasonic camera owners a compelling new choice to get up close and personal with their photographic subjects.

Maingear, maker of performance PCs, has released a new limited-edition PC that is sure to tickle the nostalgia muscle of gamers and creatives who got their computing feet wet in the 1990s. The new Retro98 tower looks like it was transported to 2026 through a time machine, but the inside is undeniably modern.

Since 1966, the Leica "Noctilux" name has reflected the legendary company's best optical achievements. There have been many beloved, classic Noctilux lenses over the past 60 years, but until now, not a single one has been a 35mm prime, one of the most traditional focal lengths of all. With the new Noctilux-M 35mm f/1.2 ASPH., this void has finally been filled.

DJI has announced the RS 5, a new lightweight, professional-grade gimbal. The latest entry in DJI's celebrated Ronin series, the RS 5 promises improved subject tracking, stability, and control, all with a longer battery life.

Panasonic has announced even more colorways for the Lumix S9 camera, this time bringing new white/silver and black/silver colorways to the United States.

Lux, the makers of popular iPhone camera app Halide, have launched a public preview of Halide Mark III. While Lux is offering just a first look at Halide Mark III right now, it has taken the wraps off a huge new feature: Looks.

Adobe has released Photoshop 27.2, introducing new tools for visual artists, including new adjustment layers designed for photographers and improvements to Adobe Firefly features and performance inside Photoshop.

The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 isn't the only recently released video camera to receive important industry certification. The Canon EOS C50, released last year, is now Netflix-approved.

Leica is folding its women-oriented photography grant in with the company's flagship competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA). Alongside the usual Main and Newcomer LOBA categories, the annual competition will now include the new LOBA Women Grant, which is open to photographers worldwide.

Leica Camera AG's owners are reportedly considering selling a controlling stake in the legendary photography brand.

For the first time, a single experiment combines four different methods of studying dark energy and the dark Universe. At the heart of the experiment is the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera. Combined, the four experiments have delivered the clearest image yet of how dark energy shapes the Universe.

For the many style-conscious photographers out there, fashion-forward camera bag options are few and far between. Pgytech aims to change that with its new OneGo Classic Crossbody Mobile Bag, a stylish bag that carries the compact digital cameras that are a go-to choice for hip, young creators.

TTArtisan has announced a new colorful limited-edition version of its AF 35mm f/1.8 II APS-C prime lens. It is a garish Kodak-colored lens, without any official Kodak branding, sure to attract plenty of stares on the street. Whether that's a good thing or not will depend on the photographer.

Insta360's CEO and founder, Jingkang "JK" Liu, posted a very interesting photo on Chinese social media site, Weibo, leading to rampant speculation about what Insta360 may have up its sleeve. It appears that Liu teased two new Insta360 cameras in a single photo, accompanied by a pithy caption.

AI culling, editing, and retouching company Aftershoot has identified what it believes are the top five photography trends for 2026.

Photography competitions arise in all sorts of places, including sometimes very unexpected ones. Portuguese wine maker Dow's recently announced the winners of its 2025 Black and White Photography Competition that challenged photographers to capture people's dedication and patience, which Dow's says is a common thread that connects both black and white photography and winemaking.

As January nears its end, Fujifilm published its annual New Year Greeting video today, offering a recap of its 2025, discussing the GFX Challenge Grant Program, and, in news sure to excite Fujifilm photographers, teasing what's coming for Fujifilm. The company is even considering an upcoming fan vote to determine which X Mount lenses it should develop.

Yodobashi Camera shared its top 20 best-selling compact digital cameras of 2025. Fujifilm not only had the best-selling model, the X100VI, but numbers five and 11 on the list as well. However, the company with the most compact cameras on the list was Canon.

Website builder Wix has announced a new AI-powered website builder, Wix Harmony, that promises to combine human creativity and AI tools to "reinvent website creation."

Reports published yesterday suggest that smartphone maker OnePlus is shutting down. The company has responded to the rumors, though different markets have expressed varying degrees of denial about OnePlus' demise.

Legendary sports photographer Peter Read Miller passed away earlier this month in his sleep at his Manhattan Beach, California, home. Miller was 78 years old. Miller is one of the most accomplished and prolific sports photographers in history, with his photos gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated over 100 times during his long career.