The Associated Press has long been a fixture in the White House press pool, but earlier this year the entire organization found itself locked out over a dispute that stemmed from the correct name for the Gulf of Mexico -- President Donald Trump wants it to be called the Gulf of America.
Adobe has announced that it has achieved revenue of $6.19 billion in Q4 2025, growing 10% year-over-year. In FY2025 total, Adobe pulled in record revenue of $23.77 billion, growing 11% year-over-year.
Rewindpix, a new project from photographer and designer Xiao Liu, aims to give digital photography a more tactile, intentional feel. Inspired by classic film compacts and built around a large optical viewfinder and customizable film-like filters, the upcoming camera blends analog charm with modern flexibility.
The CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show is returning to the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center just outside of Tokyo from February 26 through March 1, 2026. In recent years, it has become as important as the now-defunct Photokina once was, and the 2026 show is cementing that: it will be the largest CP+ ever.
William "Bill" Claff of Photons to Photos has published his Sony a7 V photographic dynamic range (PDR) results. They are fascinating for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that the a7 V's dynamic range performance is superb, rivaling, at least on paper, medium-format cameras with much larger image sensors.
A convicted high-profile murderer has filed a $17 million lawsuit against an acclaimed photographer who shot images of him "smiling" in his jail cell before his trial, as well as other media outlets.
We are proud to announce the results of the fifth-annual PetaPixel Awards where we are able to honor the best new photography products released in the last year. We were really impressed with how big of a year 2024 was but, somehow, 2025 managed to be an even more impressive showing.
An Arizona police department has begun using AI-generated, photorealistic suspect images instead of hand-drawn sketches in what is believed to be a first in the U.S.
Aura Frames, a leading brand in connected photo frames, has launched Text to Frame, a new feature that lets users and invited contacts send photos directly to a frame through standard text messaging. The feature removes the need for an app download and positions Aura as the only major digital frame brand to offer this level of accessibility to date.
Editing app Darkroom has launched version 7, marking one of the most extensive technical overhauls in its 10-year history. At its core is a fully rebuilt rendering engine designed to deliver faster performance, smoother navigation, and a more reliable editing environment across photos and video for iOS and iPadOS.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey will debut an extended six-minute trailer exclusively at 70mm IMAX screenings this weekend.
One of the key witnesses to the Napalm Girl photograph, David Burnett, has written an opinion piece for The Washington Post in which he says The Stringer film "does nothing" to shake his long-held conviction that it was Nick Ut who pressed the shutter.
As promised, Nikon and RED have launched their new Imaging Recipes for compatible Nikon Z Series cameras, including the Z6 III, Z5 II, Z50 II, Zf, and the most recent Nikon Z camera, the video-oriented ZR. There are nine new RED-developed Imaging Recipes, plus a trio of new ones from professional creators.
When the Sony ZV-E10 II launched in July 2024, it did so with the promise of significant improvements over its predecessor and high-level content creation ambitions. One of the biggest improvements was finally delivering 4Kp60 video, something the original ZV-E10, puzzlingly, could not. Now, with a free upgrade released today, the ZV-E10 II can do one better: 4Kp120 recording.
Adobe has brought tools from Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Acrobat into OpenAI's widely used conversational AI platform, ChatGPT. Adobe's new apps for ChatGPT promise to combine ChatGPT's straightforward conversational AI with Adobe's "industry-leading" creative tools. Adobe says it is now even easier for everyone to edit photos and transform documents, all without leaving ChatGPT.
This week marks the release of Rolling Stones: At The Max in theaters, a remastered version of the first-ever feature-length IMAX concert movie.
Viltrox has been busy so far in December. Alongside wide-angle and telephoto conversion lenses for Fujifilm X100 Series cameras, the Chinese lens maker has also launched a new 2x teleconverter for Sony E-mount cameras. The new teleconverter works with the expected Sony lenses, plus Viltrox's 135mm f/1.8 prime.
Japanese stationery and electronics company Nakabayashi Co. Ltd. is all-in on fun cameras. The company recently announced a wide-ranging line-up of cameras that runs the gamut from keychain toy cameras to point-and-shoot film cameras.
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards have unveiled their highly anticipated winning photos. The annual competition, sure to put a smile on everyone's faces, garnered a record-breaking number of entries this year.
Alongside a new wide-angle conversion lens for Fujifilm X100-series cameras, Viltrox, maker of great optics, has also launched a new telephoto conversion lens for X100 models. The lens offers a 1.4x magnification, delivering a 50mm equivalent focal length on the X100.
Viltrox, best known for its excellent camera lenses, has announced a new Wide Conversion Lens that attaches to the built-in lens on Fujifilm's popular X100 compact cameras, including the newest X100VI model launched last year. The conversion lens turns the X100's 35mm equivalent lens into a wide-angle 28mm prime.
The winner of the inaugural Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence is Laura Pannack for her project ‘The Journey Home from School,’ which portrays the perilous journey children in the Cape Flats, South Africa, face while traveling to and from school.
Godox announced the AD300Pro II, a new all-in-one outdoor flash arriving five years after the original AD300Pro.
Google Photos may have "photos" in its name, but recent and upcoming updates focus on powerful new video editing tools. Leading the charge is a new feature to let users create an automated highlight reel of their video clips and photos in just a few clicks.
The Italian coffee brand Lavazza hired street photographer Alex Webb to shoot its 2026 calendar, using his colorful aesthetic to capture the essence of life in Italy.
Leica Sports Optics, which makes the legendary photo company's binoculars, spotting scopes, and weapon sights, announced a pair of new Leica Ultravid White Ocean binoculars. The 7x42 binoculars are designed to be a powerful and elegant companion for people's luxurious outdoor adventures, especially those on the ocean.
McDonald's released an AI-generated Christmas ad featuring morphed faces and mangled bodies, but the filmmakers behind it insist they "hardly slept" for seven weeks while adding, "AI didn't make this film. We did."
The window to enter the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2026 is quickly closing, and photographers have about a month left to enter this year's competition. Entries remain open for the Professional, Open, and Youth competitions until early January, and there are some fantastic prizes up for grabs. The Sony World Photography Awards have shared 21 entries from the upcoming competition to inspire other photographers to join the competition.
Capture the Atlas has unveiled the winners of its eighth annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year contest, and the 15 award-winning photos below are as beautiful as they are inspiring.
Sometimes the universe has a sense of humor. Other times, it hands you a $10 cinema lens that shouldn’t exist outside a collector’s dream and whispers, “Here, go make magic.” This is exactly what happened to Mathieu Stern, the intrepid lens hunter who just scored cinematic history for about the price of a nice latte.
Last week, photographer Dan Martland published a video on Instagram where he claims that a two-day old Hasselblad X2D II 100C that he purchased from Pictureline started to significantly malfunction. After trying to work with Hasselblad directly to resolve the issue, the camera company and Pictureline both declined to replace the unit, citing severe water damage.
A rarely seen seven-arm octopus known as “the blob octopus” was captured on camera 2,300 feet below the surface in remarkable deep-sea footage.
A volcano in Hawaii sent lava spewing toward a remote camera recording the eruption, engulfing it in ash and knocking it offline.
After renaming his company to reflect its shift toward the metaverse in 2021 when he declared it as the next frontier, Mark Zuckerberg is now set to make big cuts to Meta's Reality Labs.
A new Netflix documentary about Sean “Diddy” Combs features never-before-seen footage shot by an unnamed videographer who was allegedly never paid for the work. Combs is now arguing that the footage was never authorized for release.
2027 will mark 50 years since the release of the very first Star Wars movie and Lucasfilm has officially announced it will re-release the original 1977 version in theaters for a limited time.
Trains in the United Kingdom were delayed after someone shared an AI-edited photo showing damage to a railway bridge, prompting officials to stop rail services so they could carry out an inspection.
Celebrated British photographer Martin Parr, routinely listed among the best and most influential photographers in history, passed away this weekend at 73 following a multi-year battle with cancer.
A national Canadian magazine has apologized to a photographer after drawing her images when she declined to license them.
Audiio, a sound and music licensing platform, has announced Voices, an advanced Voice-to-Voice creation tool that lets filmmakers and creators transform their own recordings into studio-quality narration in seconds.
With just weeks left before DJI's products will be banned in the United States pending a last-second security audit, as mandated by law, DJI is pulling out all the stops and imploring federal officials to take the necessary actions.
A new exhibition by digital artist Beeple sees billionaires and visionaries becoming robot dogs that take photos and then poop them out. Some of the prints are also NFTs.
A wedding photographer accused of scamming dozens of couples has allegedly fled to Dubai, despite owing thousands of dollars in court-ordered refunds to customers who never received their photos.
In October, Kohler announced it was getting into the photography game via a smart camera designed to be installed inside a toilet. The Dekoda was advertised as "end-to-end encrypted," but an engineer has shown this isn't true.
Tamron has released a new firmware update for its 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057) telephoto zoom lens, bringing improved autofocus performance and full compatibility with Sony's highest-speed cameras, including the a9 III and its 120fps continuous shooting mode, albeit with some unsurprising limitations.
It did not take long for online discourse surrounding the a7 V to turn negative, even toxic. I am not sure exactly what the reason is for the loud, unhappy response to this camera, but I can report that demand for it is in stark contrast to the online conversation.
Chinese photographer Du Bin, known for documenting human rights abuses in China, has been detained in Beijing and faces up to five years in prison.
Every year, PetaPixel recognizes the top cameras, lenses, and photography accessories in The PetaPixel Awards. Selections are voted on by the PetaPixel staff and while final awards will be announced next week, we are happy to share our nominees in each of the categories today.
Micron, the maker of Crucial memory, including SSDs, has announced that it will shutter the Crucial brand and exit the consumer memory business to focus on supplying AI data centers.
The widow of a renowned photographer who captured Marilyn Monroe’s final photo shoot is seeking to halt an upcoming auction, claiming that thousands of original negatives from the historic session were stolen years ago.