Darth Vader Showed Up at a San Diego City Council Meeting to 'Support' Flock Cameras A man in a full Darth Vader costume walked up to the microphone at a San Diego city council committee meeting and delivered a sarcastic endorsement of the Flock surveillance camera network. His identity was never revealed, and the council simply called out "Darth Vader?" before he took the podium... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke How Weather Satellites Photograph a Hurricane: Inside the Cameras That Watch Storms Form When a hurricane spins up over the Atlantic, the most frequent, most continuous pictures of it come from a camera parked 22,236 miles above the equator. That camera is the Advanced Baseline Imager, the primary instrument on NOAA's GOES-R series of weather satellites, and it works nothing like the one... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Giving Bigger Camera Energy: We Review the Insta360 X6 Many photographers have felt the need to produce content in order to become more visible online and, consequently, to more potential clients. If you haven’t tried using a 360 camera, it can be the easiest solution for capturing behind-the-scenes footage. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Nicco Valenzuela SmallRig’s Tribex Tripod Collab with Potato Jet is Now Also a Monopod SmallRig has announced the Potato Jet Tribex Pro Monopod, which takes the single-handle clutch mechanism that was introduced in the Tribex Tripod and applies it to a photo or video monopod. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider The Best Photo Culling Software in 2026: How Narrative Keeps the Story in Your Hands The best culling software is the one that gets you to your picks faster without deciding for you. Narrative sorts a shoot by scene, ranks every frame for focus and expression, and shows you why it ranked things the way it did, so the final call stays yours. That last... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Which DJI Drones Will Be Banned in 2026? FCC Retroactive Ban – Full List The second wave of the ban is coming, and we have created a list of drones that are going to be banned soon and a list of drones that will remain active in American airspace, and you can buy them whenever you want to for now, at least based on... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On The New Camera By admin TTArtisan’s $99 AF 85mm F1.8 gives Sony E and Nikon Z shooters a portrait lens with customizable colors The Neo 85mm trades the expected control layout for a minimalist body and a price that undercuts the next-cheapest autofocus 85mm by a substantial amount. TTArtisan TTArtisan has announced the AF 85mm F1.8 Neo, a budget-friendly, full-frame portrait lens for Sony E and Nikon Z mounts. The lens strips out... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson The Godox P100 is a Portable Color Printer That Fits in Your Pocket Godox has announced the P100 Portable Color Photo Printer, a pocket-sized dye-sublimation printer that promises high-quality photo prints fast while photographers are on the go. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Pixel 11 Pro camera samples: full-res 50MP Raw files, plus Magic Capture and Camera Looks See how Google’s AI-driven Magic Capture performs, plus every Camera Look shot with Raw so you can check the processing against the source. Dale Baskin Our Pixel 11 Pro XL sample gallery is now live and covers the newest camera modes on Google’s flagship smartphone, including Magic Capture and Camera Looks.... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin Brightin Star’s Luxurious New 35mm f/1.7 M-Mount Lens Is Coming Soon At CP+ 2026 in February, Brightin Star announced a new APO 35mm f/1.7 ASPH. lens for Leica M-Mount cameras. The stylish new lens is finally available to order, and unlike Brightin Star's typical lenses, it is launching first on Kickstarter. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray So Who Won, DJI or Insta360? Featuring Becca Farsace | The PetaPixel Podcast This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the Sony FX5 is officially delayed, Kodak has been profitable for a year straight, and a former Sony executive shares that back before it took over mirrorless with the E-mount, another company suggested they team up rather than Sony strike out on its own.... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Fstoppers Reviews the Chuzhao Mini TLR Retro Camera: OK, This One’s Actually Fun I'm some kind of glutton for punishment. I've reviewed all manner of cheap cameras, and then even cheaper cameras, all so you, the reader, can get a good laugh. I went into this review of the Chuzhao Mini TLR thinking that I was going to provide more entertainment by lampooning... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Wasim Ahmad Canon Has Increased Its Massive Digital Camera Market Share Lead Thanks to the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA), photographers get a lot of interesting data each month about how many cameras and lenses the Japanese manufacturers are shipping globally. However, for those who want to know who is making each of those cameras, the annual Nikkei Industry Map is... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Four Shutter Speed Zones That Fix Noisy, Blurry Wildlife Shots Most wildlife shooters pick a shutter speed out of habit, then wonder why their still owl on a branch came out at ISO 12,800 and full of noise. The number you dial in shapes sharpness, emotion, and the amount of grain you'll fight later, and knowing why you choose it... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 11 Award-Winning Photos Show Science in Action The annual 2026 BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology photography competition offers researchers out in the field a chance to celebrate the intersection of art and science, showcasing their projects in a visually beautiful way. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 and 4P firmware update adds D-Log slow motion, cloud uploads and improved tracking DJI’s new firmware brings automatic cloud and NAS offloads to both pocket gimbals, while the Pocket 4 gains smarter tracking controls and the 4P adds 10-bit D-Log slow motion and diagonal joystick movement. Mykim Dang Barely four months after the Osmo Pocket 4’s debut, and less than two months after... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Meike’s Big Surprise: Autofocus Zooms and Fast f/1.2 Primes Are on the Way! Meike has presented a new autofocus lens development plan, and it contains some surprises, such as their first full-frame zoom lenses: AF 24-70mm F2.8 standard zoom lens. AF 65mm F1.4 GFX Fuji medium format autofocus lens. AF 110mm F1.8 GFX Fuji medium format autofocus lens. AF 50mm F1.2 VCM full-frame... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin This DPReview member’s minimalist black-and-white photos find beauty in candid moments Community member Johan O E, known as Ocoloy on the forums, prefers New Zealand as his base for minimalist black-and-white photography. Johan O E Meet Johan O E Home base: Sweden Community member Johan O E, known as Ocoloy in the forums, has a passion for minimalist black-and-white photography. Many... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson Old Photos Show How Air Conditioned Movie Theaters Birthed the Summer Blockbuster "Always refreshingly cool inside," reads a board outside the movie theater. The photo, taken around 1940, is a clue to how the summer blockbuster got started. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Shooting in One Color: Building Strong Visual Identity Most photographers think about color as something that happens in a scene and gets managed afterward. Monochromatic color photography flips that. Instead of managing color, you commit to a single dominant hue and build everything around it: the subject, the framing, the light, the background. The result is a body... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On 500 Pixels By 500px Team Godox’s New Electric Suction Cup Lets Photographers Put Lights In Unusual Places Godox's latest lighting product isn't a light at all, but an electric suction accessory that lets users mount flashes and other lights in unusual places. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray TTArtisan’s Ultra-Affordable Full-Frame 85mm f/1.8 Lens Costs Just $99 TTArtisan has announced the AF 85mm f/1.8 Neo, a new extremely affordable full-frame portrait prime lens for Sony and Nikon mirrorless cameras. The 85mm f/1.8 prime costs just $99. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Insta360 Luna Pro Gimbal Camera Aims to Take Down the Osmo Pocket 4 Insta360 has announced the Luna Pro, a slimmed-down, single-camera version of the Luna Ultra it launched earlier this summer. It maintains the Ultra's biggest selling point (the detachable screen) while aiming down-market at the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and 4. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider The Case for Building Photography Around Projects Most photographers hit a stretch where the work stops exciting them, direction disappears, and the whole thing starts to feel like a chore. Those flat periods are often what push you toward something new, if you know where to look. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Martin Parr Mural Planned at Iconic Location Where He Photographed ‘The Last Resort’ A permanent mural is being planned in tribute to the late photographer Martin Parr at the iconic location where he created his acclaimed series The Last Resort. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Redditor Who Scraped Photographer’s Anti-AI App Has Change of Heart Last week, PetaPixel reported that Cara, an anti-AI photo app, had all of its content scraped into a dataset despite the platform explicitly not consenting to the practice. It turns out the story has a happy ending. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot How to Work a Massive Crowd With a Single 16-55mm A rare eclipse pulled roughly 10,000 people onto a hill in West London, and one photographer showed up with nothing but a hunch and a single lens. Events like this force quick decisions about gear, light, and how you move through a dense crowd, and the choices carry over to... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke TTArtisan launched the most affordable full‑frame autofocus 85mm lenses on the market. TTartisan announced the most affordable 85mm Full Frame autofocus lens on the market. You get it now for $99 only at BHphoto, Amazon, Amazon EU, TTartisan and Pergear store. Key highlights: Classic 85mm focal length – perfect for portraits, street photography, and travel Bright F1.8 aperture with 11 rounded blades... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Why 40mm Keeps Winning the Everyday Carry Debate An everyday camera comes down to a short list of things you actually care about: size, weight, how much it hurts if it gets stolen, and whether the files are fun to edit. Most gear roundups skip the honest part and just tell you what to buy. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke NYT Reporter Shocked to Discover VHS Dating Service Tapes Were Faked A New York Times reporter flew out to Los Angeles to meet the people running the VHS Dates Instagram account, which supposedly digitizes VHS tapes from an "old dating service," only to find the whole thing was staged with actors. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot The Dutch GP Has One of the Strictest Camera Policies on the F1 Calendar The Formula 1 circus is heading to the Netherlands this weekend, the home race of driving sensation Max Verstappen. But keen photographers should know before they go: the event has a very restrictive camera policy. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Sony Tidbits… Astrhori AF 85mm f/1.8 II lens review Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE. Winter Bird Photography Destinations: Sax-Zim Bog (Explora). 10 Harsh Photography Truths I Wish I Knew Earlier (42West). Thypoch Voyager 24-50mm f2.8 review | Is this... Published on 2026-08-20 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Every Great Photograph Starts With a Crazy Idea In 2014, I was at Photokina in Cologne, Germany, which at the time was still one of those wonderfully overwhelming events where it seemed like the entire photography industry had temporarily relocated into a handful of enormous convention halls. I was there speaking on stages for DJI, Adobe, Fujifilm, and... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Elia Locardi This Is My Perfect Cinema Camera It’s that time again to sit back and dream about a one-size-fits-all camera that doesn’t actually exist, but really should. I have a new hobby. And by “hobby,” what I really mean is obsession. And not an “obsession” in the cool “follow your passion” kind of way or in the surprise... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Christopher Malcolm Two Photographers Spent a Year Planning the Perfect Eclipse Photo and Success Came Down to 30 Seconds Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman and Texas-based bird photographer Tobias Yoder traveled together to Spain to try and pull off a total solar eclipse photo years in the making. Their success came down to the wire. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray 1 2 3 … Next Camera Manufacturers CanonNikonSonyFujifilmOlympusPanasonicPentaxLeica Camera Stores Abe’s of MaineAdoramaB&H PhotoCalumetHunt’s Photo and VideoKEH CameraNational Camera ExchangeRitz CameraSamy’s Camera Photographers Steve McCurryLee JeffriesJimmy NelssonRehahnEric LafforgueManny LibrodoLisa KristineDavid LazarDaniel NortonGavin HoeyVanessa JoyCanon Explorer’s of LightNikon Embassadors Rick Hamilton
