Photography News: A New PEN, Rumored Sony Light Telephotos, Leica Deals Photography should bring joy from beginning to end. Whenever possible, it certainly shouldn’t end up as a fleeting collection of ones and zeros on a hard drive, but as a quality print hanging somewhere on a wall.... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher How Photographs Helped Create Yellowstone, the World's First National Park The 1872 law that created Yellowstone runs only a few hundred words and never mentions a photograph. By the time President Ulysses S. Grant signed it on March 1, prints of the region and a painter's field watercolors had reached Washington and were being used to sell the idea. The... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Why Your Rushed Photos Are More Than Just Snapshots We’ve all been there. You’re out somewhere, with a camera in tow, but the purpose isn’t photography. Maybe you’re walking with family or friends. Maybe you’re running to an appointment. You don’t have the luxury of setting up a tripod or spending fifteen minutes working a composition. You take some... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Adam Matthews The Habits That Separate Working Photographers From the Rest Talent gets discussed constantly, but the photographers who keep landing work tend to share a set of habits that have nothing to do with raw skill. The difference shows up in how they practice, prepare, and handle the people around them. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Bon voyage: OM System PEN means every kind of photographer has a travel option The return of the PEN means photographers traveling light have a choice Richard Butler I’m not sure how it took us so long to get back to this point, but in my head, the launch of the OM System PEN marks the return of a time when keen photographers have... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler How I Got the Xtra Muse 2 Pro Even Though It’s Banned Xtra’s Muse 2 Pro isn’t currently available in the U.S., but I have one. Here’s how I got it and my first impressions. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi A New Super-Resolution Microscopy Technique Lets Scientists Study Cells In Real Time A new fluorescence microscopy technique promises to create super-resolution images from a single exposure and give scientists a remarkable look inside cells. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray A quick sketch from a short trip: what it’s like to travel with the OM System PEN Testing the PEN in its natural environment: outward bound and broadly abroad Richard Butler We received the PEN just in time to shoot the studio scene before I headed off to the UK for a short break. This meant I got to spend a chunk of time using it the... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Photoshop's Light Layer Looks Like Lightroom. It Doesn't Act Like It. Adobe quietly slipped a Light adjustment layer into the main Photoshop interface, and it looks almost identical to the tone and exposure controls you already know from Lightroom and Camera Raw. That resemblance is the whole problem, because now people can't tell where they should actually be making these edits. ... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Nicolas Rachline’s Haunting Photos Capture the Solitude and Beauty of Modern Life A photographer’s cinematic, Edward Hopper-esque photographs capture the solitude of contemporary life as well as its fragile beauty. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara How the OM System PEN turns its smaller sensor into a selling point Yes, there are similarly-priced APS-C cameras. But what do you sacrifice for the extra IQ? OM System Earlier this week, OM System announced the PEN, a small, interchangeable lens camera with a Four Thirds sensor. Our initial review mainly focuses on it versus the higher-end range-finder style cameras that it... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Inside Sony Kando 2026 & The Sony Alpha Community BHphoto posted this recap from the latest Sony Kando trip. And this is David Zhou take: The post Inside Sony Kando 2026 & The Sony Alpha Community first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Nine Simple Controls That Change How Photos Feel Better photos rarely come from a more interesting subject. They come from motion, perspective, camera height, and depth, the controls sitting in front of you that decide how an image feels before anyone thinks about what's in it. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Words That Stopped One Photographer for Years A respected photographer once told a teenager she wasn't good enough to make it, and that single sentence kept her from picking up a camera for decades. Those words carry a weight far heavier than the person who said them ever intended, and most creative people have heard some version... Published on 2026-09-13 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Past the fold: the iPhone Duo versus the others Apple is fashionably late to the folding phone market. How does its first foray compare to phones several generations in? Apple This week, Apple announced its first foldable: the iPhone Duo. It’s launching into a mature market with lots of competition, though it adopts the still relatively rare passport form... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark The First Photograph of a Tornado Was Taken in 1884 by a Kansas Fruit Grower The tornado photograph you have probably seen, the dramatic one with a thick central funnel and two thinner vortices trailing off its side, was probably retouched, its more interesting cloud base likely painted in or combined from another negative. The image that actually came first is far less cinematic: a... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke How to Buy DJI Osmo 360 II in USA? Here is your answer A lot of people are waiting to get their hands on the DJI 360 Mark II, but despite it being announced globally. The camera isn’t officially available in DJI stores across the United States of America due to the clearance issue; better to Say Ban over DJI Drones… these cameras... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On The New Camera By admin The Rolls-Royce of Tripod Heads: Fstoppers Review the Arca-Swiss C1 Cube GP Reliable and well-engineered gear is something all landscape photographers rely on. This is especially true when we consider investing in the accessory that keeps our cameras secure and stable. When I started with photography, I assumed one only needed a basic tripod and a standard three-way head. Over the years, I... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Fred van Leeuwen Why Technically Perfect Photos Often Feel Dead Technical perfection can drain the life out of a photograph. Chasing sharpness, clean detail, and flawless contrast in every frame often strips away the exact quality that made an image feel real in the first place. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Responding to your takes on the OM System PEN, iPhone 18 Pro, and more The DPReview crew discusses a very busy week in camera news. Apple It’s been a week packed full of launches and announcements, so we thought: what better time to bring back our DPReview Discussions podcast series, where we get the editors together to discuss the latest cameras, lenses and more?... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Sigma 20-60mm f/2.8-4 DG Contemporary Review: Versatility is a Virtue More and more, I find myself prioritizing convenience in a lens rather than ideal optical performance. Having a lens that is compact and versatile with a focal range that covers more of an ultra-wide field of view, means that I don't have to bring a second lens with me. [Read... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Chris Niccolls Far and wide: how the Sigma 20-60mm F2.8-4 works as a travel lens We took Sigma’s latest small, full-frame zoom lens to the UK Richard Butler Earlier this week, Sigma announced the 20-60mm F2.8-4 DG Contemporary, a surprisingly small full-frame lens that offers better range and a faster aperture than most full-frame kit lenses, in a package that’s smaller than any of its... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler The Cheapest 50mm f/1.8 for Nikon Z, Tested in the Real World An autofocus 50mm f/1.8 for the Nikon Z system runs $89, and the images coming off it look nothing like the price tag suggests. A fast prime at that number changes what a beginner can afford as a first step past the kit lens. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photos of Bureaucrats From All Over the World Jan Banning has been photographing bureaucrats from all over the world since 2002. He first published his acclaimed book, Bureaucratics, in 2008. He recently released Bureaucratics Revisited, which explores his archive and includes fresh work. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot This New App Is the First to Send Custom Recipes to Fujifilm Cameras Wirelessly Huginn is a new iPhone and iPad app that can wirelessly send custom film recipes directly to a Fujifilm camera, making it a distinct offering in an increasingly crowded app landscape. Per its developer, the Forge, Huginn is the first app to send recipes wirelessly to Fujifilm cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray There's More to Background Blur Than Aperture You can shoot at f/1.4 and get almost no background blur, or shoot at f/4 and get plenty of it. That single fact upends how most people spend money on lenses, and it explains why some expensive glass never delivers the creamy backgrounds you paid for. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke How India and Pakistan Shaped Influential Fashion Photographer Frank Horvat’s Career A new book explores the images groundbreaking fashion photographer Frank Horvat took in India and Pakistan early in his career, and how the experience shaped his work. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara The 3-to-5 Pose System That Carries an Entire Wedding Day Your mind goes blank the second the couple stands in front of you, every Pinterest board you studied the night before suddenly gone. That blank moment is the difference between a wedding day that flows and one that stalls while two nervous people wait for direction. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-12 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 25 years after 9/11: The flag photos that gave me my voice as a photographer Twenty-five years ago, I spent several days photographing American flags in New York. It might be some of the most important work I’ve done. Copyright Dale Baskin It’s difficult to believe that 9/11 happened 25 years ago this week. It’s equally difficult to think that day helped shape the photographer... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin 25 Years After the World’s Deadliest Terror Attack, Photographers Recall 9/11 25 years ago today, the United States suffered the largest terrorist attack in world history, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring countless more. The death toll continues to climb as people succumb to illnesses and diseases related to the attacks. It is widely considered the "most photographed event in history."... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Autofocus Turns 50 in 2027, and the Camera That Started It Was a Konica Japan observes a Camera Day on November 30, and the date comes from 1977, when Konishiroku Photo Industry put the Konica C35 AF on sale. It was the first mass-produced camera that focused itself, and the part doing the focusing was built by a Minneapolis company whose main businesses were... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrade, Explained Simply iPhone 18 Pro has been announced, and as an iPhone 17 Pro user, I was thinking of upgrading the smartphone, but before that I wanted to do a little bit of research about the upgrade, specifically in the camera division. Most of my content is created with full-frame cameras or... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Atomos’ New Shinobi 7 II Is its Brightest Shinobi Monitor Yet At IBC 2026 today in Amsterdam, Atomos announced the Shinobi 7 II, its brightest Shinobi monitor yet. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The king of slow-motion has done a deep dives on shutters, flashes and more If you’ve ever wanted to see how a camera works in more detail than your eye could possibly manage, here’s your chance. The Slow Mo Guys Gavin Free, one half of the YouTube duo The Slow Mo Guys, is a camera nerd through and through. His 2015 video “Inside a... Published on 2026-09-11 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark A Glowing Endorsement of CineStill’s Super Popular 800T Film With this week’s Film Friday we are hitting the highest point on the Cinestill triangle so to speak. Today we are taking a look at Cinestill 800T, arguably their flagship film and definitely the most popular of their film offerings. [Read More]... 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