Sigma has announced the 50mm f/1.4 CL DG Contemporary, which it describes as a "new lineage" for premium compact prime lenses that emphasizes old-school aesthetics over optical perfection. But beyond that, it pushes the boundaries of lens design in new, exciting ways.
It's been a long time since Sigma announced the fp, billed as the world's smallest full-frame mirrorless camera. Much has changed in the industry since 2019, and now the Sigma FP2 is here with a fresh style to its model name and some new tricks up its sleeve. What hasn't changed, though, is the megapixel count and the ultra-compact design.
With Apple's debut foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, launching tomorrow, the internet has been buzzing about Apple's iPhone Duo Case and how sticky it is. Yes, it's unprecedented for Apple to make an adhesive iPhone case, but it's common for foldable phone cases.
Seven years ago, Lensbaby unveiled the creative Omni Filter System. Now Lensbaby is back with the fresh Omni Color II and Omni Crystal II collections, introducing even more ways to dramatically change the look of photos and videos in-camera.
A farmer in western Minnesota discovered an approximately 11-foot-wide metallic object in his cornfield that authorities believe may have come from space.
A rare original ambrotype photograph of Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the museum in the city where the image was taken in 1858.
GoPro has announced a new set of close-up filters for the Mission 1 Pro and Mission 1 cameras made in tandem with PolarPro. With these new filters, which come in three strengths, the camera can overcome one of its biggest complaints: poor focus distance.
Cooke Optics, a legendary name in cinema lenses, has announced the S4 FF/i series of cinema primes. These are "invigorated" new full-frame versions of Cooke's iconic S4/i S35 lenses, and all six of them feature fast T2.0 apertures.
A suspect has been arrested three years after a well-known local photographer was killed after leaving his photo studio in Atlanta.
Oppo has unveiled the Find X10 series, headlined by the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max. Both phones feature Hasselblad imaging technology, but only the Find X10 Pro Max is the world's first smartphone to include a triple 200-megapixel rear camera system.
Insta360 has announced the Mic, which is only very slightly different from the Mic Pro it announced earlier this year. Instead of an onboard SSD, the new Mic retains internal recording via removable microSD, which lets the company drop the price by $80.
Getty Images has launched a solicitation process to advance its bankruptcy proceedings in the United States so that the stock photo agency can restructure.
Researchers have pinpointed the exact location of Louis Daguerre's 1838 View of the Boulevard du Temple -- the first photograph to capture human beings.
More than half a century after they were captured on the streets of Toronto, photographer Brian Condron’s remarkable black-and-white photographs, most of them previously unpublished, are collected in a new book, Toronto in the Seventies: Photographs by Brian Condron.
A footprint belonging to a 20-foot-long carnivorous theropod dinosaur that walked around on its hind legs has been discovered in Thailand.
Mexico-based documentary photographer Dennis Berti developed WorthWait, a new mobile camera app that replicates the disposable-camera experience.
KEH's Overstock Sale is back, giving photographers a chance to save even more on pre-owned cameras, lenses, and accessories.
PetaPixel has announced PixelMeter, the camera industry's first review aggregator platform. PixelMeter collects reviews from across the landscape and condenses the opinions into a single, standardized score so photographers can see the best gear at a glance.
Alongside the winners of the 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition, Nikon Japan also announced the winners of its 74th annual Nikkor Photo Contest.
Just last week, OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) warned photographers in Japan that their preordered OM System PEN cameras and kits might not arrive until next spring. The bad news keeps coming, as OM System has now outright delayed the PEN's launch in Japan.
Researchers have developed AI tools that use photographs of a person’s face to estimate biological age and predict survival outcomes among patients with cancer.
Nikon has announced the winners of its 52nd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year's winning photos celebrate the world's best and most captivating images captured through a microscope, showing the world in an up-close and unique way.
Australia is set to sue all major social media companies, accusing them of failing to enforce a national ban on users under 16 and allowing children to remain on their platforms.
Food delivery app Just Eat has apologized over several inaccurate AI-generated photos on menus, including a nauseating picture of bacon and eggs floating in a soda.
Birmingham City Council in the U.K. got its own city mixed up last night after sharing a photo of Birmingham in Alabama.
The iPhone Duo pulls me in two directions. On the one hand, it's a brilliantly designed phone that feels premium and invites you in like no other Apple handheld has before. On the other, it surfaces issues I've never had with an iPhone before.
A man has won his lawsuit against Google Earth for publishing aerial photos of his home, with a German court ruling that the tech giant has no right to share such images without his consent.
Consumer drones and cameras have revolutionized and democratized wildlife photography. Once the preserve of an elite band of photographers, the humble fisherman is now capable of recording something extraordinary.
Leica and Formula 1 have teamed up for a limited-edition version of the Leica Q3 43.
Vivo has announced the V80, a new mid-range smartphone with a camera system co-engineered by Zeiss.
Swiss developer Pearla Mostra, formerly known as House of Mars, has launched Pearla Revela, its new post-production workspace designed for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The RAW processor includes cataloging, non-destructive node-graph editing, search tools, compositing, export tools, and more.
DxO has announced ViewPoint 6, the latest version of its perspective correction software. The French software company calls ViewPoint 6 its "most precise version yet," thanks to new AI masking technology.
This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by PetaPixel's Tech Editor Jeremy Gray to build their own parts bin Frankencameras. They have to build a complete camera from a limited selection of parts, showcasing what the most important features of a camera are to each of them.
Exterior, interiors, facades, and friezes are all on display after the Architecture Photography MasterPrize (APMP) revealed its 2026 winners.
Fujifilm has announced a 3 billion yen investment in its Instax production facilities, equivalent to nearly $19 million at current exchange rates. It follows an even greater Instax investment the company announced nearly a year ago.
Flashback has announced the One75, a new reusable digital camera that promises to bring the spirit and vibes of a classic half-frame film camera.
French camera maker Pixii has reportedly entered judicial liquidation, France's formal insolvency procedure.
Sirui has announced the BH-60, an integrated Ball and Fluid Head designed for photographers, content creators, and hybrid users. It promises to combine a ball head's photography-friendly versatility with a fluid head's smooth, video-friendly control in a single system.
The 17th Epson International Pano Awards have announced its 2026 winners, with Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia named Open Photographer of the Year.
World Press Photo has added three awards to its 2027 contest that will recognize nature and sports photography from around the world.
While Cleveland and Ohio were having their moment in the baseball playoffs, a documentary began circulating about hometown photographer Herb Ascherman, whose voluminous archive includes images of nighttime fireworks after a Guardians’ victory.
Elgato, a big name in content creation and streaming, has announced the Wave Go, which it describes as a "convertible wireless mic."
While Kenko Tokina continues work on a lens "like no other," the company's first new lens in years, it also continues churning out compact cameras in Japan, like the adorable new $38 Pieni III.
Pictures can be deceiving. A group of researchers discovered this firsthand after making a long journey to a remote Pacific island in search of Amelia Earhart’s lost airplane.
This is not a drill. The Sony FX5 really is coming this time. Adorama says the highly anticipated cinema camera is truly launching in November.
On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson and Robert "Bob" Gimlin captured just under a minute of shaky, grainy 16mm film footage of Bigfoot. Allegedly. Nearly 60 years later, the new documentary Capturing Bigfoot finally puts the issue to rest: it was a hoax.
Ever since capturing my solar eclipse timelapse, I’ve wanted to explore and refine the technique. There were quite a few takeaways from that previous project in terms of settings and best practices, so I’m carrying those lessons into this next one.
Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki chatted with Lensvid at IBC 2026, discussing Sigma's rapidly expanding lens lineup, its latest innovations, and, most interestingly, how Sigma feels about the future of optical design.
AI-edited photographs and videos create false memories in people's brains and make them even more confident about the wrong version of the event.
A driver traveling through Yellowstone National Park in the dead of night had a close encounter with a bison when the animal charged his pickup truck and struck it.
