Tamron's Godzilla-themed booth at CP+ 2025 was always going to be a tough act to follow, but somehow Tamron topped it. This year's Tamron booth features a big "Back to the Future" collaboration, complete with a DeLorean and an actor playing the iconic Emmett "Doc" Brown. Tamron is using the collaboration as a clever and exciting way to look at its rich history.
Photo Mechanic has been vital software in a press photographer's toolkit for decades, but with the rise of AI, Camera Bits is now planning to add Content Authenticity support.
Alongside announcing a pair of new photographic lenses today, the Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DC Contemporary and the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG II Art, the Sigma Corporation also announced that it will establish the Sigma Aizu Farm Corporation on April 1, 2026, and begin agricultural cultivation operations in the Aizu region where it is headquartered and makes all its cameras and lenses.
Canon has announced that it has again maintained the number one share of the global interchangeable-lens digital camera market, marking its 23rd consecutive year at the top.
A U.K. watchdog has raised preliminary concerns about the supply of editorial content in the proposed merger between U.S. photo agencies Getty Images and Shutterstock, while giving the green light to its impact on the broader global market for stock imagery.
SAG-AFTRA, the Motion Picture Association, Disney, Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, these are just some of the powerful companies and organizations fighting back against AI video generators, which can now imitate scenes from movies.
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump's global tariffs he instituted last year based on the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Hours later, the president announced new 10% global tariffs against most imports under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. Today, the president said he is actually going to raise the tariffs to 15%, the maximum allowed under the trade law he is using for his latest tariffs.
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's global reciprocal tariffs as illegal in a 6-3 ruling, the president announced a new 10% global tariff for 150 days.
The United States Supreme Court has struck down President Trump's controversial global tariffs in a 6-3 ruling.
In an era when artificial intelligence thrives on data, a new initiative is turning everyday photographers into paid collaborators, one original image at a time.
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art in Washington D.C. has acquired more than 400 rare stereoscopic slides documenting daily life inside Andy Warhol’s New York studio, The Factory. Created in the early 1970s by artist and Warhol assistant Ronnie Cutrone, the images are now available for research, offering a three-dimensional view into one of the most influential creative spaces of the 20th century.
Leica Galleries are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, marking a half-century of showcasing and elevating exceptional photography worldwide. There are now 26 Leica Galleries, which combine to host around 150 exhibitions annually.
Nikon is bringing its Z Series photographic lens technology to single-vision eyeglasses.
From shutdown to sudden revival, CreativeLive is relaunching with live classes, expanded subjects, and a Reddit AMA as it re-engages photographers and creatives worldwide.
After it topped Map Camera's sales charts in December and outsold all four of the next best-selling cameras combined, the Sony a7 V has returned to Earth in Map Camera's January sales rankings, although it remained the best-selling camera of the month.
While the Seattle Seahawks bask in the glory of a Super Bowl victory, Canon is taking a victory lap of its own, boasting that it made more than 98 percent of the lenses NBC used for its Super Bowl LX broadcast last Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.
Micro Four Thirds has a new family member: Chinese imaging technology company Shenzen Sonida Digital Technology Co. Ltd.
In Tamron's newly published FY2025 financial results, the company not only detailed its financial performance over the full fiscal year 2025 but offered key insights into its plans for 2026 and beyond, including how many lenses it plans to release in FY2026.
Evan Vucci, chief photographer for the Associated Press in Washington, D.C., is set to leave the news agency after 23 years working there.
Nikon posted its third quarter FY2025 financial results, and there is a lot of red ink. Nikon's revenue is down 28.7 billion yen, nearly $183 million, year-over-year for the first three quarters, and the company has recorded 103.6 billion yen in losses, nearly $660 million, so far this fiscal year.
Despite the impacts of U.S. tariff policy and unfavorable exchange rates, Fujifilm posted record-high performance in its third quarter, with revenue increasing 4.4% year-over-year and operating income increasing by 11.3% over the same period. The company cites strong performance in its electronics and imaging segments.
The Washington Post laid off roughly a third of its workforce yesterday, including every single one of its staff photographers, PetaPixel understands.
French authorities have raided the Paris offices of social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, as part of a widening investigation into allegations that include the spread of child sexual abuse material and sexually explicit deepfake images, marking a significant escalation in European scrutiny of the company and its artificial intelligence products.
Alongside data on digital camera shipments in 2025, which increased for consecutive years for the first time in nearly 20 years, the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) also shared its data on lens manufacturing and shipments in 2025, which also showed overall growth.
The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has released its detailed stats for global digital camera and interchangeable lens production and shipments in 2025, and both digital camera and lens shipments were higher in 2025 than in 2024, which was the first year since 2017 that digital camera shipments increased.
It is well known that compact cameras are very popular right now. However, new reporting from Japanese retail analyst BCN+R sheds more light on just how popular cameras with integrated lenses are right now.
Canon recently released its fiscal year 2025 financial results, which are primarily positive for the company's substantial imaging division. Total sales for the imaging business unit were up year over year, and Canon expressed optimism about the state of the photography industry.
It was recently reported that Nikon was suing lens maker Viltrox in China over Nikon's Z-Mount patent. Viltrox has officially broken its silence on the matter, sharing with PetaPixel a lengthy statement about the company's imminent and long-term plans and its continued belief in the value of diverse lens ecosystems.
An Association of Photographers survey of its members has revealed an alarming statistic: 58% say they have lost work to generative AI.
The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 isn't the only recently released video camera to receive important industry certification. The Canon EOS C50, released last year, is now Netflix-approved.
Leica Camera AG's owners are reportedly considering selling a controlling stake in the legendary photography brand.
A new London exhibition, Lee Miller: Performance of a Lifetime, is not only celebrating the pioneering photographer’s extraordinary career but also raising crucial funds to preserve her fragile archive.
AI culling, editing, and retouching company Aftershoot has identified what it believes are the top five photography trends for 2026.
Yodobashi Camera shared its top 20 best-selling compact digital cameras of 2025. Fujifilm not only had the best-selling model, the X100VI, but numbers five and 11 on the list as well. However, the company with the most compact cameras on the list was Canon.
Reports published yesterday suggest that smartphone maker OnePlus is shutting down. The company has responded to the rumors, though different markets have expressed varying degrees of denial about OnePlus' demise.
The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55, Fujifilm's first digital camera built explicitly for professional filmmaking, is now IMAX-certified.
Japanese retail analyst BCN+R has published its annual BCN Awards, detailing the best-selling photography brands across the majority of Japanese electronics and camera stores. There are some surprising results this year, although the major players have remained consistent.
The Sigma Foundation has released its first two photography books, Hanataba by Sølve Sundsbø and Songen by Julia Hetta, marking the foundation's debut publications. Together, the releases represent a significant step in Sigma’s evolving relationship with photography, shifting from product-focused storytelling to long-term cultural and artistic engagement.
Even before its release on Netflix, "The Stringer" was controversial. But there is much more to the conversation than just who took the famous "Terror of War" photo.
Evoto has had a tough week. While the AI photo editing software company was on hand at Imaging USA 2026 in Nashville, a major photographic industry conference full of working professionals, news broke that the company was testing an AI Headshot Generator that promised to help users save on studio costs by bypassing professional headshot photography services altogether. The move has been criticized as tone-deaf, and Evoto quickly scrambled to try to undo the damage.
In a shock move, Apple has unveiled Creator Studio, a new collection of the company's most powerful creative apps, including Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro, and more.
There is now even more proof that the Sony a7 V, despite polarized reception, is selling very well.
Japanese retail analyst BCN+R has shared the top 10 best-selling interchangeable-lens mirrorless cameras of 2025, and Canon and Sony traded spots in the top five.
Canon showcased a prototype Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, promising extraordinary dynamic range and low-light capabilities while offering a tantalizing glimpse of how digital capture might evolve over the next decade, especially in environments where conventional sensors struggle.
Nikon Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony on January 7 to celebrate construction starting on two new buildings to strengthen Nikon's Japanese optical production and development capabilities.
Japanese market analyst BCN+R's digital camera sales rankings for December 2025 are available now, and the Sony a7 V, which released last month, finished higher on the sales charts than the Canon R6 III did the month prior.
Alongside sharing its 10 best-selling digital cameras of 2025, major Japanese photography retailer Map Camera also revealed last year's 10 best-selling lenses. It's a diverse mix of affordable, versatile zoom lenses, compact primes, and professional-grade f/2.8 "holy trinity" zooms.
Leica is working on developing its own image sensors again, an exciting and interesting development in an industry where there is not all that much diversity in image sensor technology.
Big Japanese photo retailer Map Camera revealed its best-selling digital cameras of 2025, and the results are a surprising mix of very popular, high-end cameras and cheaper compacts, including the best-selling camera of them all, the Kodak PixPro FZ55.
The action camera market, once almost entirely owned by the American company GoPro, is now dominated by Chinese companies like DJI and Insta360, which together hold nearly 90% of the market share in Japan.
