Ilford SFX Is a Superpanchromatic Film That Works Wonders with a Red Filter One of our staff members used to joke that combining a Holga with a red filter and a roll of Ilford SFX was like shooting fish in a barrel: you couldn't miss. While that sentiment is perhaps a little hyperbolic, it is not too far off the mark. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Zeb Andrews Photographer Spencer Lowell Embraces the Occasionally Bizarre Intersection of Humans and Tech Photographer Spencer Lowell's first monograph, Futures Past, delivers 57 color images across nearly 100 pages, each unified by its visual investigation of technological progress and how technology intersects with humanity. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray One camera restorer’s ambitious plan to catalog every film camera ever made Film camera history is scattered across forums, auction archives and collector guides. Pierro Pozella is trying to put it all in one place. Camera Index A new website called Camera Index has set itself an enormous task: cataloging every film camera ever made. The in-progress project comes from PPP Cameras... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson ShiftCam and Apple Partner on New ProRig for iPhone ShiftCam Gear, best known for its iPhone camera lenses and grips, has announced ProRig. Launching later this month as ShiftCam's 10th Kickstarter campaign, the company says it partnered directly with Apple on the new product, an entire camera system built for iPhone. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray BlackRAW Studio App Lets You Color Grade and Edit ProRes RAW on iPhone BlackRAW Studio is a new app that allows iPhone filmmakers to review, color correct, and edit Blackmagic RAW and ProRes RAW video on iPhone. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider DJI Neo 3 Promises a Bigger Sensor: Full Specification Leaked DJI Neo 3 specifications are now available, and the retail box clearly shows the major specs of the upcoming drone, including a larger camera sensor that is now confirmed. We’ve been covering DJI Neo 3 details over the past few weeks, and we already published the retail box a... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Was This Compact Tripod Just Years Ahead of the Trend? When this tripod came out years ago, so many of us wanted it to the point that a lot of us forced it to be useful in situations where it wasn’t the best fit. Now that we’ve seen the brand’s other tripod offerings, where it fits best is more obvious. ... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Nicco Valenzuela Is a Sigma RF 50-120mm f/2.8 DC OS on the Way for APS-C Cameras? I have received a couple of emails about the possibility of Sigma announcing an RF 50-120mm f/2.8 DC OS in October. This is the type of lens that has been rumored to be coming from Canon for a long time. For a Canon APS-C sensor, this would basically be an... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair The Sony FX5 Delay Might Be Related to an Issue With the Rear LCD Sony has delayed the FX5 twice since it was announced, with the current release window slated for the end of October at the soonest. The company has provided no information on why the camera isn't shipping, but those who have received the camera report issues with the rear LCD. [Read... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Halide Camera App Takes Apple’s New Variable Aperture Even Further The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max smartphones have been out in the wild for a couple of weeks, and the headline new feature is the variable-aperture main camera. Third-party camera apps are getting updates to take advantage, including the popular iPhone camera app Halide. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray This Gorgeous Home Built for a Photographer Could Be Yours for $1 Million A dreamy home built for a photographer has become the most viewed listing in the U.S. after it hit the market for just over $1 million. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot What It's Like to Shoot Stills With the Nikon ZR The Nikon ZR puts RED's raw video format, 32-bit float audio, and a 4-inch screen into a body with no viewfinder, so most of the conversation around it stays on codecs and cinema workflows. If you shoot both stills and video, the more useful question is whether it's a camera... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Save Big on Sigma and Voigtländer E-Mount Lenses One of the greatest strengths of E-mount is how many outstanding E-mount lenses there are. Sony makes a lot of lenses, but there are also a wild number of third-party E-mount lenses available. Right now, many are on discount. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray New Sigma 50-120mm f/2.8 APS-C lens coming on October 8 Trusted sources have confirmed that Sigma will soon announce a new 50–120mm f/2.8 APS-C lens. One source said the announcement is scheduled for October 8 at around 1 p.m. Berlin time. However, Sigma is also teasing a product launch event on October 24. I don’t know whether the company will... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Nat Geo Photographer Captures First-Ever Footage of Great White Shark Snatching Fish Off Line A National Geographic photographer has captured what's believed to be the first-ever footage of a great white shark snatching a fish off a line. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Wide, Medium, Close: A Filmmaker's Trick for Landscape Photography You get to a beach at sunrise, the light finally shows up, and nearly every frame you take is the widest view your lens allows. That habit leaves most of a location unphotographed, and it pins the whole morning on one composition and one patch of sky. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Court Orders Man to Be Resentenced After Judge Was Affected by AI Video A man convicted of manslaughter is due to be resentenced after a court of appeals found that the original judge was affected by an AI-generated video of the victim. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Next Sony FX5 delay now official: new shipment start date is November 16 Sees like every month we are getting a new month shipment delay on the FX5! Europeans Sony websites did now change the shipment start to November 16. Regular stores like Adorama and Fotoerhardt still claim the camera will ship out in October but I bet they will correct the date... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Nikon's Low-Light Trinity, Tested After Dark Nikon now has three autofocus f/1.2 primes for its Z mount, a 35mm, a 50mm, and an 85mm, and each one weighs more than a kilogram. If you shoot for yourself instead of for clients, you have to decide whether any of them earns a place in a bag you... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 33 Hilarious Photos From the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists have been announced: a spectacular collection of laugh-out-loud images celebrating wildlife in all its glory. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Should Wedding Photographers Post Their Prices Online? A couple finds your portfolio, likes what they see, fills out your contact form, and then waits to hear whether you're free on their date and what you charge. Every hour of that wait gives them time to open another tab, and most wedding inquiry setups make some kind of... Published on 2026-10-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Critique the Community: Scary Welcome to the October installment of the Critique the Community! This month's critique theme is going to be "Scary," and we want to see your best photographs that scared you in some way. Maybe the image was scary to take, maybe it is scary to look at, or maybe it... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By Lee Morris When Photography Was Illegal: A History of Camera Bans, From Trains to Courtrooms At a fashionable beach resort in the 1890s, a posted notice reportedly warned bathers about a brand-new menace with blunt words: "PEOPLE ARE FORBIDDEN TO USE THEIR KODAKS ON THE BEACH." Around the same stretch of years, hand cameras were barred for a time from the Washington Monument. The thing... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Early Print of Dorthea Lange’s Migrant Mother Valued at $150K The Sotheby's print and photographic auction for October started today and two prints jumped out as particularly interesting -- and not just because of their extremely high values. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Award-Winning Photo of City-Dwelling Beavers Celebrates Wildlife’s Strength Polish photographer Jan Wieczorek's striking black-and-white wildlife photo, "Urban Beavers," is this year's Rewilding Europe Award winner. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro Is Both a Smartphone and an Action Camera The RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro is unlike any other smartphone you’ll come across because it has an action camera that snaps off its body. Unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin last month and released this month, it arrives as an adventure-oriented sub-brand of Ulefone, known for making rugged phones. [Read... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Ted Kritsonis Huawei just built the camera Sony QX lenses failed to be Huawei is trying to do something that Sony did a few years back, but this is said to be one of the finest QX series-style cameras ever made, so we should look at the Z10. Then they have solved the biggest problem of the external cameras that eventually makes it... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Photographer Retraces William the Conqueror’s Route Across England A photographer has retraced the route that William the Conqueror took across England after the Norman duke landed on the southern coast in 1066. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Nat Geo’s ‘Africa’ Doc Features Six World’s Firsts and Required 300 Days of Filming In 33 Countries National Geographic's newest documentary series, Africa: Earth's Wild Home, is among its most ambitious to date. The seven-part series is the first in a new multiyear natural history franchise for National Geographic, and features cutting-edge camera technology across the board. PetaPixel spoke to showrunner Gavin Boyland about the incredible diversity... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray This community photographer shares the gear behind striking abandoned places in France and Italy Explore abandoned places with community member Jean-Pierre Zanotti and see the traces people leave behind. Jean-Pierre Zanotti Meet Jean-Pierre Zanotti Home base: Toulon, France Jean-Pierre Zanotti, known as JP Zanotti in the forums, is a Toulon-based photographer who explores the remains of abandoned buildings across France and Italy. Working primarily... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson Ranking Our Top 10 Full Frame Cameras | The PetaPixel Podcast This week on The PetaPixel Podast, the team discusses the return of the a7S IV rumor reappearing, but spends the majority of the episode creating the first-ever PetaPixel Power Rankings for full frame cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider The Camera Strap Everyone Else Has to Beat? Peak Design Slide Lite A camera strap is just a camera strap. Right? Peak Design changed that with a Kickstarter back in 2014, and having only undergone one or two subtle changes over the years, it still sets the standard. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Fstoppers By Andy Day Nocs Provisions’ $179 debut camera pairs film presets with a rugged design The Portal AFN7 pairs a 16MP sensor and 4K video with an electronic viewfinder and no rear display, aiming at hikers and wildlife watchers who already carry Nocs optics. Nocs Provisions When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Nocs Provisions, an outdoor optics... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson The Portal is a Screenless, IP58 Camera with Kodak-Inspired Film Simulations Nocs Provisions, a company most well-known for its affordable and rugged binoculars, has announced the Portal AFN7 Adventure Camera that it says is the first in a series it will release for outdoor enthusiasts. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-01 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider A Look at Laowa's New 35mm Macro Lens Laowa's ACRIS 35mm f/2.8 1X Macro APO reaches 1:1 magnification at a focal length that keeps the background, the sky, and the setting in the frame while your subject fills the foreground. Wide angle macro is a small niche, and the lenses built for it often ask you to accept... 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