A world champion surfer accidentally collided with an official water photographer mid-heat during a competition.

European memory card maker Angelbird announced new CFexpress Type B memory cards. The Angelbird AV Pro SE CFexpress v4 Type B cards, as their name suggests, feature CFexpress 4.0 technology, which is twice as fast as CFexpress 2.0.

A popular camera store in the San Francisco Bay Area has suffered a violent break-in after robbers rammed a car through the shop front.

A Canadian tourist had both her hands bitten off by a shark as she attempted to take a selfie with the animal.

A photographer was removed from a courtroom and had his camera confiscated for allegedly broadcasting the jury on a live feed during the highly-publicized trial for Megan Boswell.

DJI announced the Osmo Mobile 7 and Osmo Mobile 7P, a phone gimbal with the company's seventh-generation three-axis stabilization system as well as intelligent tracking via ActiveTrack 7.0.

A 71-year-old Canadian tourist is facing several charges after allegedly using a drone to photograph classified U.S. defense installations.

Donald Trump is the only president in the history of the United States to have a mug shot taken and he has proudly hung it on a wall next to the Oval Office.

San Francisco's medical examiner has ruled that OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji died by suicide, amid speculation fueled by his own family that he was murdered. An autopsy report has backed up initial police findings which found "no evidence of foul play" while revealing several other disturbing details.

Insta360's Flow 2 Pro, announced in January, enables the best tracking with an iPhone gimbal that PetaPixel has tested, but it was limited to iPhones only. That changes today with the optional AI Tracker add-on.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) issued a statement condemning the White House for the indefinite ban it issued to Associated Press (AP) journalists last week.

In today’s world of photography, camera models come at us thick and fast. Some brands seem to update cameras yearly; for others, it’s two or three years between new models. However, there are always the odd ones out, and this is definitely the category in which Ricoh and its formidable GR III series fall. Despite being a runaway success for the brand, even the most loyal users now wonder when a successor will appear.

The Associated Press (AP), one of the most trusted organizations for written and photo journalism, has been indefinitely banned from the White House and Air Force One because it hasn't changed its stylebook entry for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Camera traps set up in China to help monitor and protect Siberian tigers, an endangered species, captured a startling discovery: Siberian tigers hunting and eating bears.

NASA hosted its first-ever Twitch livestream from the International Space Station (ISS) this week. Astronaut Don Pettit, who is on the ISS now, chatted with fellow astronaut Matthew Dominick, who returned to Earth last October.

Cosina announced the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm f/3.5 Aspherical lens for VM mount, a new lightweight and compact prime lens designed for Leica M mount-equipped rangefinder cameras.

Western Digital (WD) and SanDisk are slated to separate into two independent companies shortly. The plan was announced as far back as 2023 but has been delayed, stretching out the process until 2025.

Hollyland unveiled its latest solution for multi-camera broadcasting and EFP, the Cosmo C2.

When it comes to autonomous, compact drones, ZeroZero Robotics’ HoverAir X1 ProMax is a clear winner over the DJI Neo. We can pour over all the specs, put each drone’s real-world performance head-to-head, and dissect the footage frame-by-frame. The X1 ProMax will win every single time.

A viral video shows a father-son excursion gone wrong as a humpback whale briefly swallowed the son while kayaking off the coast of Chile.

Helium Design Lab is back with another camera handgrip, this time for the Leica M11. It looks every bit as good as the He3 for Leica Q3, the best camera grip PetaPixel has seen.

35 years ago, the historic NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft captured a Valentine's Day photo, "Pale Blue Dot," that continues to amaze and enchant viewers decades later.

Fujifilm announced a "worldwide collaboration" of its Instax series of instant cameras and smartphone printers and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV Online, which adds an Instax camera emote into the game.

Sony published its third-quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2024, showing overall growth in sales, revenue, and profit compared to the same period in 2023. However, operating income dropped in Sony's Entertainment, Technology and Services (ET&S) and Imaging and Sensing Solutions (I&SS) segments, both of which concern the company's photographic endeavors.

Harman announced Red 125, a new professionally finished redscale 35mm film that follows the company's long-term "color journey" it started when it launched Phoenix 200 in late 2023.

Kenko Tokina announced that it is bringing its atx-m 11-18mm f/2.8 lens to Fujifilm X-mount APS-C cameras. It remains the first "super-wide-angle zoom" in the company's line designed exclusively for mirrorless cameras.

Photographer James Warner recently created a clever $10 do-it-yourself waist-level viewfinder that works with any camera. Now the builder, who goes by Snappiness on YouTube, is back with another fantastic project, this time turning a digital camera made for kids into a twin-lens reflex-style creation.