New lens manufacturer Thypoch unveiled its first lenses last month, the Simera 28mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 manual-focus prime lenses for Leica M-mount. The fascinating and affordable new lenses are now available for purchase.
Elgato, a significant player in the audiovisual space, especially for content creators and streamers, has released the Prompter, an all-in-one teleprompter and monitor.
Merriam-Webster defines “retro” as “fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned.” With the rise in popularity of shooting on film over the past few years and the extraordinary success of instant cameras among the general populace, I think it is fair to say that retro cameras are likewise lusted after by many.
Austrian Audio is releasing a new pocket-sized audio recorder called the MiCreator Studio that combines a condenser microphone with a USB-C audio interface the company claims will be good enough to use anywhere.
The Creator is a new science fiction film from Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Godzilla) that focuses on a future war where humanity is fighting against artificial intelligence.
Sometimes, having an original idea isn’t everything. Innovation can strike at the wrong moment, fizzing out before it has a chance to materialize.
Recently we made a video detailing the worst things that each of the major camera manufacturers was guilty of. It could have been a lack of foresight or a technological setback. It could have been a failure to update cameras, or a decision to cut off third-party manufacturers.
Australia-based photographer Denis Smith uses light painting techniques to create incredible, dynamic works of art. His latest project, DUALITY, is still built upon light painting but it represents a marked stylistic departure for Smith.
Ah, that new iPhone smell is in the air, which means two things. Autumn, probably the best season for photography, is just around the corner. And two, Apple has stoked its hype train's engine and sent it roaring down the tracks, spewing buzzwords and fancy graphics at everyone it passes.
Visiting Apple Park in Cupertino for the launch of the brand-new iPhone 15 series was quite the experience, and after a day getting to know the Pro and Pro Max series devices, I was left with a few answers and a lot more questions.
For Apple's fans, the transition from summer to autumn is marked as much by annual iPhone launch events as by the dropping temperatures and changing leaves. This year is no different, and Apple has announced the iPhone 15 family, including the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
We don’t often extensively cover video gear here at PetaPixel, but we thought it might be helpful to cover some of the best hybrid cameras out there -- those cameras geared toward both photographers and videographers.
The compact camera, also known colloquially as the point-and-shoot camera, has been a staple of the photography world for over a century. Perhaps the first mass-market compact camera was introduced in 1900 by Eastman Kodak, costing a mere one dollar (about $36 today).
Living Vehicle has launched the HD24 model trailer which brings all the capability and features of its flagship HD30 series but compresses it into a smaller, easier to move, and cheaper package.
Today I’m sharing my favorite accessories for outdoor and adventure photography. The things that make the list are the things I don’t leave behind when I know I have to keep up on a big adventure while also producing high-quality images. Too much gear will weigh me down but the right gear will make my life and photos better.
Greg Gorman is a celebrity and portrait photographer with numerous iconic images to his credit. He does not "shoot anything that can't talk back" to him.
Have you Googled “headshot photographers" lately? The results are pretty eye-opening. Right before I sat down to write this, my Google search resulted in 4 sponsored ads, right at the top, for AI headshot generators. If that doesn’t concern you, it should.
Hugo Burnand, the photographer who captured the official photos of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla last May, has also photographed their wedding in 2005, the king's 60th birthday in 2008, and the wedding of Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales in 2011 and many other royal events.
It's been a long time coming, but Capture One for iPhone is finally here, and PetaPixel has gone hands-on with the much-anticipated mobile photo editor to see if the app has been worth the wait.
Leica has announced the Q3, the third-generation of the Q series cameras that pairs a fixed-lens Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH with a 60-megapixel backside illuminated (BSI) sensor equipped with phase detect autofocus.
Cameras all have a pretty solid set of features and design elements that appeal to a wide range of users. But, for the most part, pretty much all of them lack a set of features that would make them all a lot more powerful and enjoyable to use.
Profoto has announced the Control Desktop App for macOS that gives Apple computers Bluetooth control of up to 100 Air 2 compatible light and trigger channels.
An international team of scientists has discovered three new underwater hydrothermal vents over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that showcases a fascinating "city" that is teeming with life.
QYSEA has announced the Fifish V-Evo underwater drone. Claimed to be the first all-in-one system to feature a 4K 60 FPS camera with 360-degree omnidirectional movement, the V-Evo can navigate below the waves for up to four hours.
Walter Iooss Jr.'s photos have graced 300 Sports Illustrated covers in a career spanning six decades. He has captured iconic images of every athlete, including Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, and Kobe Bryant.
At the 2023 NAB Show, Adobe has announced significant product updates to its video-oriented software including Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. The software company announced major enhancements to its Frame.io service, including Frame.io functionality designed for still photographers.
Living Vehicle has announced a new, all-electric luxury travel trailer that will let photographers live and work off the grid in style indefinitely.
Eric Wolfinger wanted to be a chef but became a self-trained food photographer. In the last 15 years, he has captured food for 25 cookbooks, editorial and commercial clients, and traveled the world doing food photography.
Underwater drones aren't new, but ones equipped with the tools required for professional cinema use are quite uncommon. That's what makes the Boxfish Luna so exciting, as it offers professional-level filmmaking control housed in a high-end ROV.
The world of photography is full of words and phrases that can be confusing for new photographers, so PetaPixel has put together a complete glossary of everything you may want to know the meaning of if you're just getting started.
Photographers who run their own businesses will always tell you they spend more time behind a desk than they do in a studio. But what if those two usually separate spaces were combined into one? That appears to be the idea behind the Tripod Standing Desk.
How I feel about losing DPReview is difficult to put to words. The brand has been a mainstay since I took up a camera and the space that they leave now is one that I don't think will ever be properly filled again.
Why pay for something outright when you can borrow it? Renting is an obvious solution - particularly when the item is potentially very expensive - to be able to use something you can't afford. Someone else makes the outright purchase and you pay them a small fee to have exclusive use.
It seems like a small request to a simple need... you shoot an event using your main standalone camera and want to upload a few choice shots to social media or send to a client to give them something to post straightaway. Or - as I've done - undertake some quick processing on your phone before sending it to an Instax printer and giving your customer an instant print.
Samsung stuck with a familiar look in the Galaxy S23 Ultra, but it’s what is underneath that counts and it pushes the phone’s camera forward as a tougher competitor.
Excire Foto positions itself as able to help photographers tag, organize, and search their images quickly, including the capability to search through images to the level of discerning if subjects in them are smiling or not. It sounds powerful, but how helpful is it really?
The Sony Alpha a7R IV released in July of 2019 as the successor to the popular a7R III. While the early Sony mirrorless cameras had a limited lens selection, by the time the a7R IV came out, the lens selection had blossomed. Nowadays, there’s a lens for every purpose from manufacturers like Sony, Tamron, Sigma, Samyang, and Tokina.
The wait is finally, mercifully over. After years of sub-par contrast-based "depth from defocus" autofocus performance in its cameras, Panasonic has finally brought phase detection to its mirrorless cameras in the full-frame S5 II and S5 IIX.
I guess I'm the sucker that keeps a lot of the digital photography software companies in business. In order to "stay current" in my recommendations, I have to keep looking at new versions of software products, and that requires a near endless tithing that's getting old.
NASA's Mars InSight Lander may have transmitted its final photo from the Red Planet after it tweeted that it's almost run out of power.