Equipment

Photographers use all kinds of equipment to craft their art, from cameras and lenses to lights and accessories. We cover the latest news and information on the tools of the trade in the photography industry.
A Canon EOS R mirrorless camera is displayed against a bold red and black abstract patterned background. The camera’s lens mount is exposed, and the Canon logo is visible on top.

The Canon EOS R Was Such a Weird Camera

Between writing the polarizing opinion that Canon should revisit the EOS R's much-maligned Touch Bar and reviewing the excellent Canon EOS R6 III in recent weeks, it has become even clearer just how bizarre the original Canon EOS R actually was when it arrived in 2018.

A sleek, black digital camera with a lens and various control dials is displayed on a dark background, showcasing its modern and minimalist design.

Fujifilm Teams-Up With Japanese Artist for Limited-Edition GFX100RF

Fujifilm has unveiled a beautiful new limited-edition GFX100RF Fragment Edition medium-format camera. It combines the GFX100RF's exceptional features and performance with a custom look by Fragment Design, a Japanese fashion label helmed by fashion designer, musician, and artist Hiroshi Fujiwara.

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Hundreds of SmallRig Photo and Video Products Are Up to 30% Off

SmallRig has rolled out its most extensive Black Friday promotions yet, offering significant discounts across tripods, batteries, lights, phone cages, mobile accessories, and rigging tools. With savings of up to 30%, creators can upgrade key pieces of kit at some of the lowest prices of the year.

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Ulanzi Enters Audio Market With $50 A200 Mini Mic

Ulanzi is expanding into dedicated audio products with the introduction of the A200 Mini Mic. The new microphone aims to offer creators a compact, affordable solution while delivering performance typically found in higher-end models.

A Leica digital camera with a large lens is displayed on a surface, in front of a geometric black-and-white background. The image includes "PetaPixel Reviews" text in the lower left corner.

Leica Q3 Monochrom Review: Q3 is Back in Black (and White)

Leica is by far the leading company to create monochromatic versions of its most popular camera models, and that is because, love it or hate it, black and white exclusive cameras sell really well. Now the Leica Q3 gets the Monochrom treatment that we've seen in the recent Q2 and M11 models. It comes with a higher price at $7,790 and the limitation of only shooting monochromatic images, but it also comes with some image quality improvements.

Two compact rectangular camera accessories, one silver and one black, each featuring dials on top, a rectangular light on the front, and a USB port on the side, are shown on a plain light background.

Zeniko Launches $50 Universal Dual Dial Retro Mini Flash

Zeniko has introduced the ZA12 Dual Dial Retro Mini Flash, a compact lighting solution designed for photographers seeking portable illumination. According to Zeniko, the flash delivers even, powerful light using the company’s optical technology, which pairs a xenon tube with a Fresnel lens.

A black camera lens with detailed markings and switches is displayed on a light gray background, showing its glass elements and various control dials.

Viltrox Brings Its $600 Pro-Grade 85mm f/1.4 Prime to Nikon Z

Viltrox has introduced the AF 85mm f/1.4 Pro Z, a Nikon Z-mount version of its well-regarded FE 85mm f/1.4 Pro lens. Priced at just $600, this new model brings fast-aperture and Pro-series optics to Nikon Z shooters, offering a high-performance portrait option at a competitive cost.

Two views of a large format camera mounted on a tripod: the left shows the front with its lens and bellows extended, while the right shows the back with a digital camera attached as a digital back.

This Adapter Turns an L-Mount Camera Into a Sliding 4×5 Digital Back

Fotodiox, makers of some of the more niche adapters on the market, just announced another unusual option: an adapter that lets photographers mount a full-frame L-Mount camera to any 4x5 large-format camera with a supported Graflok back, opening new creative possibilities for landscape, architectural, and studio photography.

A close-up of a black Epson R-D1 digital rangefinder camera mounted on a tripod, with the lens facing forward and a blurred outdoor background.

A New Epson RD Camera Could Succeed for the Same Reasons the R-D1 Failed

When my colleague Jordan Drake swiped the Epson R-D1 series of digital rangefinders out from underneath me in our recent Fantasy Camera Draft, I was disappointed. But my frustration also got me thinking about why the Epson RD should return and become more than just a quirky bit of digital camera history. The Epson RD series deserves better.

Two Nextorage B2 Pro+ memory cards are shown side by side. The left card has a capacity of 1330GB, and the right card has 660GB. Both display speed ratings of 3700 MB/s read and 3600 MB/s write.

Nextorage Just Made a Memory Card Unlike Any Other

It's becoming pretty normal to see Nextorage at the forefront of memory card technology, at least as it performs to guaranteed sustained performance in professional video settings. It was the first to land VPG800 certification and it has another first announced today: the only CFexpress card that is both VPG400 and VPG1600 complaint, simultaneously.

A black Nikon Z series digital camera with a large NIKKOR lens is displayed against a dark red, swirling background.

RED-Powered Nikon ZR Soars to the Top of Japanese Sales Charts

The Nikon ZR is an excellent video-first hybrid camera, as customers in Japan can attest. The Nikon ZR has topped Map Camera's list of best-selling new cameras in October, which is a spot very rarely held by a camera that prioritizes video nearly as much as the Nikon ZR does.

A camera lens rests on its side next to a lens cap, with a Petapixel Reviews logo in the corner and a grid-patterned background.

Tamron 25-200mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III VXD G2 Review: Travel Light

Tamron has a long and illustrious history of making travel-zoom lenses with massive focal ranges. These lenses provide a maximum amount of convenience, but how much of a compromise needs to be sacrificed to make this all possible? The new $900 Tamron 25-200mm f/2.8-5.6 Di VXD G2 is set to make a mark on the travel-zoom industry.

Two Nikon camera lenses are standing upright side by side against a white background. The left lens is marked "AF-S DX NIKKOR 12-24mm," and the right lens is marked "NIKKOR DX 16-50mm.

Nikon Deserves More Credit for Addressing a Major Weakness in the Nikon Z System

There has been a lot of big news in the photography space in the past month, so it's perhaps not too surprising that Nikon's pair of new APS-C lenses has flown a bit under the radar. That's a shame because the Nikkor Z 16-50mm f/2.8 VR and Nikkor Z DX MC 35mm f/1.7 actually address a major complaint many have had about the Nikkor Z system: the lack of new high-end APS-C lenses.

A 512GB Delkin Devices BLACK SD memory card lies on soil and dried pine needles next to two rocks. The card’s label displays its capacity, SDXC logo, UHS-II speed class, and a serial number.

11 Years & 1M Cards Strong: RUGGED and Warrantied for Life!

For more than a decade, Delkin BLACK has been synonymous with rugged, professional-grade memory — trusted by photographers who shoot in the harshest environments on Earth. Since the line’s debut in 2014, over one million BLACK cards have gone into the field, empowering photographers from the Arctic tundra to the Sahara dunes — and everywhere in between.

Two digital cameras with external flashes are displayed, one showing the back and the other the front. Between them is a standalone flash unit, all set on white platforms against a light background.

Godox’s New Universal Flash Has a Swappable Hotshoe That Is Also a Wireless Trigger

Godox announced a new compact camera flash and accompanying wireless flash trigger. The Godox iT32 iFlash and X5 TTL Wireless Flash Trigger comprise a new modular lighting system built for all major camera systems, supporting full TTL and HSS across the board. The flash itself has an interchangeable hot shoe, so photographers can mix and match camera brands in their kit without needing a new flash.

A black portable power bank with a circular digital display sits on a sunlit rock near a beach, showing "100" for power and camera, with the sea and blue sky in the background.

Llano’s 4-in-1 CS2 Pro Charges Your Camera and Reads Memory Cards

Llano has announced its latest charging solution, the CS2 Pro 4-in-1 Camera Battery Charger, which combines battery charging and storage, memory card storage, a card reader, and data transfer functionality into one compact device. Designed with traveling photographers in mind, Llano says its new device is much more than just a charger, it’s a complete power and workflow hub.

A Canon EOS R6 Mark II mirrorless camera is shown without a lens, set against a dramatic red and orange smoky background.

Videographers Might Have to Worry About the Canon R6 Mark III Overheating

In PetaPixel's review of the new Canon R6 Mark III, the lack of a fan versus the C50 -- which uses the same sensor and has many of the same video features -- was mentioned as one of the reasons a videographer might want to go with the cinema-focused body. When it comes to the R6 Mark III, we do see overheating as a possible concern in some use cases.

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Nikon Sold a Lot of Cameras and Lenses But Still Lost Money

Nikon lost nearly 5 billion yen ($31.3 million) from April to September 2025, primarily because of U.S. tariff policy. It is the company's first operating loss in the first half of a fiscal year in five years. However, the company's imaging division remains strong.