Pentax’s DSLR Dreams Won’t Come True if It Does the Same Old Thing Pentax is in a challenging spot. Its parent company, Ricoh, remains committed to the Pentax brand, and Pentax wants to continue to make DSLR cameras. The problem is nobody wants new DSLR cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Nikon Z70 Appears on Apple ProRes Page Nikon Z70 camera name is flagged on Apple’s official ProRes and ProRes RAW Authorized Products page. The camera has quietly listed an unreleased Nikon camera: the Nikon Z70. The entry appears in both the ProRes and ProRes RAW sections alongside the Z6III, Z8, Z9, and ZR. Nikon APS-C Pro camera... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On The New Camera By admin The Two Sliders That Control Every Blemish Edit in Camera Raw Skin retouching tools usually give themselves away by making faces look plastic. The new blemish removal tool inside Camera Raw takes a lighter hand, and that restraint is exactly what makes it worth learning. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 80 Years of Documentary Photography Reveal the Darker Side of Britain and Ireland A new exhibition examines how more than 80 years of documentary photography has captured the darker, more unsettling side of life in Britain and Ireland. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Demystifying fog: a photographer’s guide to shooting in the mist Photographers are often drawn to crystal-clear scenery in brilliant golden light. Yet some of the most evocative images are created under precisely the opposite conditions. Ben Hattenbach Fog strips away distraction. It conceals rather than reveals, simplifying a landscape until only its essential forms remain. Ordinary subjects become mysterious, and... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin Curiosity: Full Sony A7rIV teardown by Kolarivision Sony A7rVI at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoKoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony 100-400mm f/4.5 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Kolarivision shows us the inside of the new Sony A7rIV. They conclude: For a Sony mirrorless camera, the A7RVI was comparable to the difficulty it takes... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin A Close Look at a $100M Piece of Photographic History: Machine E In a town close to the French/German language split in Switzerland lies a piece of photographic history that is worth taking a look at. In Marly, Switzerland, lies Machine E, a multilayer photographic coating machine that has been used to bring many world-beating photographic products to the market. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Graham Evelin 10 Travel Photography Mistakes That Cost You More Than Money Overpacking your camera bag feels like preparation, but it often turns an incredible trip into an exhausting one. Getting the balance right between what you carry and what you leave home changes how much of the trip you actually experience. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Traps Almost Every Photographer Falls Into The tree at Sycamore Gap is gone, and so is any chance of photographing it. That kind of loss sits at the center of a hard truth every photographer eventually learns: the scene in front of you might never be there again. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-09 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 5 Things Most Photographers Should Stop Doing Themselves There is a particular kind of pride that keeps photographers doing everything alone. You built the business, you know how you like things done, and handing a piece of it to someone else feels like admitting you cannot handle it. So you shoot the job, cull the job, edit the... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Why AI Might Actually Help Your Photography Most of the conversations about AI in photography seem to stem from anxiety. The focus is on commercial jobs being replaced, fake images flooding our feeds, or a sense that what makes the craft feel real is eroding. It is a repetitive drumbeat and makes some sense. When a new... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Adam Matthews Bird and Wildlife Reach on a Budget: A Review of the Sony FE 100-400 f/5.6-8 Sony E-mount shooters have waited a long time for an affordable way to reach 400mm, and now there's a lens built specifically for that job. The catch sits right in the name: a maximum aperture of f/5.6 that darkens to f/8 as you zoom in. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke FCC to BAN DJI Neo 2, DJI Air 3S and Mini 5 Pro and More… Finally, the FCC is now planning to impose a retroactive ban on DJI, which means existing drones announced by DJI in previous years will be massively affected. Not one, two, or three models, but a series of models that are capable of using LiDAR sensors inside them, since according to the... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Godox C100 Review: A Troubled Viewpoint I have a real dislike for most of what I call e-waste cameras on the market, which are those that are capturing the world through the lens of a literal dashcam. They tend to be cheaply built, take poor photos, and are littered with many frustrating compromises. I am instantly... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Chris Niccolls Why Your Fast Camera Is Making Your Photos Worse Modern cameras shoot at 30 frames per second, focus faster than your eye can follow, and stabilize by five or six stops, and all of that speed may be quietly ruining your pictures. The fix has nothing to do with buying more gear and everything to do with pace. [Read... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke What Shooting 6×6 Taught Me About Formats and Rules I recently added a camera that shoots 6x6 to my shelf. Square negatives, twelve per roll. I expected to enjoy the lens, the build, the ritual of loading film backs. What I didn’t expect was how much the shape of the frame would mess with the rest of my photography... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Raf Lopes Sony 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS sample gallery: what the budget telephoto delivers in the real world It’s slow, but doesn’t come with the GM price tag or bulk. Mitchell Earlier this week, Sony announced the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS, a stabilized, full-frame telephoto zoom that comes in well under $1000. We were able to spend some time shooting with it to see how it performs, and... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark New Sony FX5 reviews (with overheating test) Preorders: Sony FX5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony DVF-EL1 Electronic Viewfinder at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony XLR-H2 XLR Handle Unit at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK The post New Sony FX5 reviews (with overheating test) first appeared... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Is Nikon's 85mm f/1.2 Worth the Extra $2,000 Over the f/1.8? Only three companies make an 85mm f/1.2 lens for mirrorless right now, and the price gap between one of them and its slower sibling runs about $2,000. That number alone forces a question every portrait shooter eventually faces: how much aperture is worth paying for? [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Incredible Photo Collection Featuring Works by Nan Goldin and Diane Arbus Goes on Tour An extraordinary picture collection spanning 100 works by photographers including Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, and Edward Steichen will be on view at museums across the United States. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara CIPA's First-Half 2026 Numbers Show a Market Trading Growth for Higher Prices Camera makers shipped 4.36 million digital cameras worldwide during the first six months of 2026, barely changed from the 4.34 million units shipped over the same period in 2025. The headline may look flat, but the underlying market is changing: manufacturers are increasingly leaning on higher-value products, compact cameras continue... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Preparing for and Executing a Red Carpet Shoot Like a Pro Red carpet photography looks straightforward from the outside, but the access, gear, and etiquette behind a single clean frame are anything but obvious. After nearly two decades away from the assignment, I returned to the carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival and relearned what it takes to shoot one well. ... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By David Murphy Tamron lays out its plan for four more releases this year The company’s goal is to hit ten new models for 2026, but that doesn’t necessarily mean four new lenses. Tamron Tamron has announced its second quarter financial results for 2026, reiterating its goal of releasing ten new own-branded lens models this year. While the promise isn’t new, the company bringing... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Fujifilm’s Imaging Business Accounts for Much of the Company’s Profit Continuing the slate of financial result releases, Fujifilm shared its latest earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. Revenues are up, but operating income is down. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.8 EVO Field Review It has been less than three years since we tested the first version of Viltrox’s 35mm f/1.8 lens here at Photography Life. To be honest, we weren’t particularly impressed by its optical performance at the time. It was not a serious match for Nikon’s equivalent, and was even beaten by... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher I Fixed MacOS If you use MacOS with multiple monitors, this app is going to change your life. And I'm going to give it to you for free. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Lee Morris The FCC Is Weighing a Retroactive Ban on DJI Drones it Previously Allowed The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering expanding its already existing ban on new DJI drones to include drones that already exist in the marketplace, claiming it wants to “secure the drone supply chain” by preventing the sale of drones equipped with military technology. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider This New Mac App Keeps Track of Your Photo and Video Backups Keeping track of photo and video files across multiple hard drives, memory cards, and cloud services can become difficult as projects accumulate. A new Mac application called Tusk is designed to give photographers and video creators a way to track those files while also handling parts of the backup and... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi What Photographers Can Expect From the Zoner Studio Summer Update Zoner Studio has released its Summer 2026 update, bringing a substantial suite of multi-frame stacking tools, an overhauled global search panel, and content-aware retouching tools to the Windows-based editing platform. Rather than focusing exclusively on generative AI novelties, this biannual release targets everyday workflow efficiency, with a focus on simplifying... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Adam Matthews James Webb Space Telescope Opens Up a Cosmic Treasure Chest The newest NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month delivers a spectacularly colorful look at a cosmic "Treasure Chest," a neat feature of the nearby Carina Nebula, located just 7,500 light-years away. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Lomochrome Color ‘92 Sun-Kissed Is a Fun Film With Character All Its Own Toward the end of the summer of 2024, Lomography struck again, bringing a new (sort of) addition to its Lomochrome line of experimental films. The company introduced Lomochrome Color ‘92 Sun-Kissed, a color negative film meant for experimentation and indulging in nostalgia. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Zeb Andrews The Zhong Yi Pittura 30mm f/2.4 Is a Fast and Wide Medium Format Lens Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Pittura 30mm f/2.4, a manual focus prime lens designed to give Hasselblad XCD and Fujifilm GFX photographers an unusual combination of both fast aperture and a wide-angle. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Flashback Is Offering a Photographer a Six-Month ‘Dream Job’ Want to live in Hong Kong while getting paid to create photography and video content? [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi The Sharpest Photos Ever Taken of the Sun Just Revealed Swirling Vortices No One Had Seen Scientists just released the highest-resolution images of the Sun's visible surface ever captured, taken in violet light at 416 nanometers. The pictures resolve features as small as 19 kilometers across and reveal tiny, swirling, whirlpool-like patterns nobody had directly seen on the Sun before. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Adobe Is Coming for Canva With Expanded ChatGPT Integration Late last year, Adobe introduced integrations for Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat inside OpenAI's conversational AI platform, ChatGPT. Now Adobe has upped the ante and announced the Adobe plugin in ChatGPT, which brings every Adobe app inside ChatGPT. [Read More]... 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