Photojournalist Carlos Gonzalez covered the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training in Florida with two vastly different camera setups. One, his traditional professional photo gear, and the other, his daughter's Fujifilm Instax SQ6.
An analog photographer temporarily stole the limelight during the 12 Hours of Sebring, a race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Magnum Photos is working closely with Fujifilm and MPP (Heritage and Photography Library of Paris / Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie) to digitize Magnum's massive color library archive in Paris. The collection contains approximately 650,000 color slides that have remained mostly untouched and unseen for over 20 years.
Is there any camera better equipped to ignite a conversation with a stranger than a Rolleiflex? The twin-lens classic screams old-world elegance and precision engineering.
Photographer Ethan Moses of Cameradactyl is well known not only for his photo skills but also for his remarkable engineering efforts. He has built a 20 by 24-inch instant camera, 3D-printable 35mm panoramic camera, and 3D-printed 4x5 field camera, to name just a few. Moses' latest creation is arguably his most ambitious: the Cameradactyl Master System. It comprises a new analog photography format, a camera that uses it, and a modular photographic processing system.
The groundbreaking Leica I 35mm camera turned 100 last week, and as part of the ongoing centennial celebration, Leica announced that one of the 0-series prototypes for the Leica I will be auctioned in June, and all signs point to the rare camera fetching millions of dollars.
Polaroid's new Now Generation 3 and Now+ Generation 3 Instant Cameras promise sharper instant photos across varied lighting conditions.
Dubbelfilm announced a new version of its Stereo 400 and Stereo 200 specialty 35mm photographic film that improves the gradient effect from red to blue and eliminates the static colors at the beginning and end.
Polaroid published a video tour of the world's only Polaroid film factory. Located in Enschede, Netherlands, it is where Polaroid employees manufacture all the Polaroid film that photographers can buy online and on store shelves.
The Brutalist has taken home the Academy Award for cinematography at the 2025 Oscars ceremony, marking the second year in a row a movie shot on film has won the award.
The Leica I was unveiled 100 years ago today, on March 1, 1925. The Leica I, the first mass-produced 35mm Leica camera, is widely celebrated for its influence on photography.
TTArtisan unveiled a surprising retro folding instant film camera, the 203T, at CP+ this week.
Lomography debuted a new compact, hassle-free development tank for 35mm film at CP+ in Yokohama, Japan. The Lomo Daylight Developing Tank 35mm enables analog photographers to develop their film anytime, anywhere, no darkroom or changing bag required.
An experimental photographer customized a 100-year-old 360-degree camera so it can shoot four rolls of film at the same time to create one cohesive picture.
Aptly named Vintage Resurrection shared a spellbinding video detailing the work of restoring a broken 1979 Canon AV-1 film camera in "From Zero to Hero."
The 2021 documentary Grain: Analog Renaissance | The Magic of Film Photography, hereafter referred to as Grain, celebrates the longevity and resurgence of analog photography in an increasingly digital world, and it's available now to view in its entirety on YouTube.
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.
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.
In March 2023, photographer Mark Hiltz designed and 3D-printed a fully functioning large-format (120) film camera, including a custom 3D-printed shutter. In the hectic two years since Hiltz met his partner and had a baby. He has now returned to his camera project and improved its performance.
Unlikely collaborators Leica Camera AG and Burton Snowboards teamed up for a striking blue and black Leica Sofort 2 Burton Edition instant camera.
Chinese manufacturer Lucky Film appears poised to release a new, original C-41 color negative film stock later this year, and distributors in North America are already revving the hype machine, seemingly unable to contain their excitement at the prospect of a new product from Lucky.
Meeting my friend in the corner of a traditional English pub, he slides the goods over to me on top of the table. "Here you go mate, I don't know if it will work. But good luck."
Earlier this week, Keith Cooper from Northlight Images in the UK published a YouTube video where he claimed a source told him that Epson's V850 and 1300XL film scanners had reached "end of life" and would no longer be actively produced. Epson denies this.
This week, Reflx Lab announced that it would soon no longer be able to offer some of its respooled 35mm motion picture stock because Kodak is more strictly "crack[ing] down" on respoolers. So, why is Kodak forfeiting the extra money made by selling to brands like Reflx Lab?
Lomography's Lomo'Instant Square was a groundbreaking instant camera when it launched in 2017. In the years since, Lomography released an improved version with a glass lens, the aptly named Lomo'Instant Square Glass. This "sharpest instant [camera]" now sports a fresh style with two new versions, including one with a blue denim wrap.
Light Lens Lab, a Chinese optics manufacturer that reproduces classic lens formulas for modern cameras, announced that it is expanding its efforts into film development and plans to release brand new emulsions in the near future.
Photographer James Warner, who goes by Snappiness online, built a do-it-yourself waist-level viewfinder that works for any camera, whether it's analog or digital. Better yet, it requires only about $10 worth of materials.
Canadian company Reveni Labs, operated by self-professed analog photography nerd and talented builder and inventor Matt Bechberger, is back with another new product for photographers, the Lumo light meter.
With "once-in-a-lifetime" snow falling in unusual places like Louisiana and Florida, what better time to get out a selection of historic snowman photos for PetaPixel's semi-regular feature: historical Fridays.
It's no secret that Fujifilm's Instax business is huge, but the company recently said it expects it to get even better, anticipating that 2024 will be Instax's most lucrative year ever.
