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Close-up of a Fujifilm X-T5 camera, highlighting the X-T5 model name and the Fujifilm logo. The textured surface and a portion of the lens are visible, showcasing the details of the camera's design.
Jaron Schneider
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Of Course the Fujifilm X-T5 Hasn’t Been Discontinued

Despite rumblings and rumors based on it no longer being listed for sale two major camera stores in Japan, Fujifilm confirmed that the X-T5 has not been discontinued. Of course it hasn't, a successor to the camera has not been announced or released. It is still available to purchase with no wait.

The real story is the fact that Fujifilm has not released an X Series camera in 2026. If this were to continue, it would be the first time Fujifilm didn't add to the X Series line in a calendar year since it debuted the X-Pro1 in 2012.

A Nikon Z series mirrorless camera body, a gray canvas shoulder bag, and a 128GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SD memory card.
Credit: B&H
Jeremy Gray
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One of Nikon’s Best Mirrorless Cameras Is $900 Off

The Nikon Z8, Nikon's "best mirrorless camera for most serious photographers," is a whopping $900 off right now at B&H, bringing its price down from $4,300 to just under $3,400. Better still, the 45.7-megapixel full-frame camera comes with a free 128GB SanDisk SD card and a Think Tank shoulder bag. While the SD card is just a V30 one, and thus not the best way to take advantage of the Z8's 20 frames per second continuous RAW shooting or 8K video recording, free storage is never a bad thing. It's a great deal on an excellent Nikon Z mirrorless camera.

Jaron Schneider
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Apple Received a $2.2B Tariff Refund

Calculated based on the company's reported total revenue of $109.4 billion and the stated "favorable impact of $0.11 from tariff refunds," it looks like Apple received a massive $2.2B windfall thanks to Donald Trump's tariffs being ruled illegal. The refund was so substantial that it inflated Apple's gross margins, allowing it to beat analysts' revenue estimates, CNBC reports.

A grainy, black-and-white image of a Spartan warrior in a helmet superimposed over a Japanese credit card transaction receipt.
Jaron Schneider

‘The Odyssey’ on Japanese Convenience Store Receipts

Digital creator Michele Merlo (kele.zero) has meticulously printed frames from Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" onto Japanese convenience store receipts and re-scanned them. Surely, this is how Nolan truly intended this cinematic masterpiece to be viewed: next to ATM balances and line items of egg salad sandwiches and onigiri.

A black Leica rangefinder camera with a silver lens and a square hood sits on a dark surface.
Light Lens Lab
Jaron Schneider

Light Lens Lab Teases a ‘New Chapter’ in Lens Development

Light Lens Lab has teased that it will announce a "new chapter" in its lens development. "Advanced apochromatic correction. Uncompromising precision. A refined vision for the everyday lens," the company says.

Speculation on social media is swirling, with many believing this to be a new 35mm lens of some kind. We won't have to wait long to find out, though: Light Lens Lab will make its announcement on August 5.

A three-part composite showing technicians in cleanroom suits working on a large satellite, a group of staff posing before the assembled spacecraft, and a close-up of a grid of blue optical sensors.
NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya
Jeremy Gray
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Will Carry 1.35 Million Names Into Space

Earlier this week, technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card behind a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The card contains 1,350,144 names that were submitted by people all over the world, including the Artemis II and Artemis III astronauts. The card will travel aboard the space telescope about one million miles from Earth, where it will use its 300-megapixel camera to explore the cosmos and unravel some of the Universe's greatest mysteries. The telescope may launch into space as soon as August 30.

A triptych showing a person hiking with a black backpack, a black backpack with orange straps on a plain background, and a person holding a tan backpack with a tripod attached.
Jaron Schneider

WANDRD Is Offering Up to 25% Off Select Gear

WANDRD's annual warehouse sale kicked off this week and goes through August 10. If you've been eyeing one of the company's backpacks, slings, or straps, you can save up to 25% and also get some other discounts that are automatically applied in-cart on select products.

A hand holds a smartphone displaying a portrait of a woman with curly hair holding large orange balloons against a blue sky.
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Jaron Schneider
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Tecno Wants to Delete the Smartphone Display Bezel

Tecno is showcasing a new concept phone at IFA 2026 that has virtually no bezel. While the bezel has been shrinking year-over-year in the television market, it hasn't changed in thickness all that much on the smartphone front. Tecno's "Next-Gen Bezelless Concept Phone" aims to change that with a true 0mm display border. Edge to edge photos in the palm of your hand? Sounds good to me. Granted, this is just a concept, so don't get too excited just yet: we might not see this in a new device for some time, if ever.

Jaron Schneider

Canon Has Been Refunded 90% of the Tariffs That Were Ruled Illegal

Canon's July 2026 financial report shows that the company received 58 billion yen (about $365 million) through the second quarter of 2026, which it says was almost entirely attributable to tariff refunds. "More than 90% of the tariff refunds have already been received in the first half of the year, and only a small amount is expected in the second half," the company says.

Canon raised prices last year in response to tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump. Those tariffs were ruled illegal in February, however, and the government was ordered to refund companies. The thing is, customers in the U.S. were the ones who actually bore the burden of these increases, not the countries or companies who shipped products. It may rub some the wrong way that now companies get that money back, with it unlikely to be shared with buyers. Nintendo's recent response is probably how companies feel about this whole situation: It asserted that customers "received exactly what they bargained and paid for."

A colorful, rectangular 110 film camera with a sliding teal body, pink ends, and a yellow flash unit, featuring a black lens panel labeled "110 LOMO MATIC.
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Michael Zhang

Lomo Just Launched the Groovy Lomomatic 110 Discomatic

Lomography just launched a new colorway of the popular Lomomatic 110 called the Discomatic. Featuring eye-popping colors that help you "relive the heyday of disco," the camera features the same 23mm Minitar CX glass lens, autoexposure, zone focusing, adjustable ISO, flash with color filters, and multiple shooting modes (including long exposure). They're available over in the Lomography shop for $119.

A digital camera with a large lens is attached to a metal L-bracket mount, shown at an angle. The bracket is engraved with "Peak Design" and includes screws and slots for tripod mounting.
Peak Design
Jeremy Gray
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Peak Design’s New L-Bracket Hits $500,000 on Kickstarter

Peak Design's new modular L-bracket, the Field Bracket, has eclipsed $500,000 in backing on Kickstarter. With over three weeks left in the campaign and 2,300 backers already in line, it's safe to chalk this one up as another Kickstarter success for Peak Design.

Two cartoon cat characters appear on a laptop screen, one dark and one light, both smiling. The laptop is connected to a camera by a cable. The background is textured blue.
Image credits: Sigma and a background licensed via Depositphotos.com.
Jeremy Gray

Sigma Release New Firmware for 13 E-Mount Lenses

As reported by DC.Watch, Sigma released new firmware updates for 13 E-mount lenses to fix an issue with the Sony a7 V, where the monitor would sometimes go black and freeze while shooting. Affected lenses are all Contemporary Series primes. All Sigma lens firmware updates are available directly from Sigma.

Top view of a Canon camera with a large red arrow pointing to the mode dial and power switch area on the right side of the camera body.
Credit: Canon, Jeff Cable
Jeremy Gray

Here’s a Great Tip for Canon R1 and R5 II Owners

Photographer Jeff Cable has a great idea about how to take full advantage of Pre-continuous shooting on the Canon R1 and R5 II. Recent R1 and R5 II firmware updates have made it possible for photographers to assign Pre-continuous shooting to a customizable function button. Cable suggests that photographers assign Pre-continuous shooting to the illumination button on top of their camera. It's conveniently located, rarely used for its primary function, and makes Pre-continuous shooting easy to turn on when it's needed, like when doing sports or wildlife photography.

"The feature is incredibly powerful and now more accessible then ever," Cable concludes.

A person sits in a car at night, looking out the passenger-side window toward a dimly lit street with distant streetlights and a shadowy figure on the sidewalk.
Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011).
Matt Growcoot
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It’s the 15th Anniversary of ‘Drive’

'Drive' was one of the last Hollywood movies shot on the streets of L.A. before the iconic orange-yellow sodium vapor lights were replaced by the more clinical white LEDs. The 2011 film starring Ryan Gosling is celebrating its 15th birthday.

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Michael Bonocore

Chris and Jordan Find Creativity in New Mexico

In this episode of Trail Camera, Chris and Jordan take their OM SYSTEM OM-3 cameras across northern New Mexico in search of what keeps pulling artists to the high desert. The landscape got their attention first. But they found out that the real story is the people still making things there.

Person wearing a green vest and glove holds a professional video camera rig with various accessories attached, including a large lens and mounted external equipment.
Jeremy Gray

SmallRig Already Launched Cages for the Sony FX5

The Sony FX5 is less than 24 hours old, but SmallRig already unveiled new accessories for it, including a mount plate, extension plate, full cage, and cage with rails. The new accessories start at $29.90.

Five modern smartphones and foldable devices in black, white, and gray appear to be floating above a lit circular platform, displayed dramatically against a dark background.
Jeremy Gray

Spigen Unveils Stylish Cases for Samsung’s Newest Folding Phones

New Samsung Galaxy ZFold 8 series smartphones means new smartphone cases. Spigen has clever new cases for the Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra, and Z Fold8 Flip, each promising maximum hinge protection, durability, and a splash of style.

Sarah Teng

Everything Important About Samsung’s New Folding Phones in Under 2 Minutes

I got some hands-on time with Samsung's three new folding phones in New York. Get everything you need to know about these new Z-series devices in under three minutes!

A social media post by 3leggedthing discusses dedicated L-brackets for cameras, featuring a screenshot of their website explaining which L-brackets fit specific camera models.
Jaron Schneider

3LeggedThing With the Sass

Peak Design announced a new L-bracket today and not everyone is excited about it. 3LeggedThing, for example, doesn’t think much of it. That said, it's not as if camera-specific compatibility is what Peak Design says is interesting about its bracket.