A Coati in an Odd Coat: Photographing a Mystery in the Andes Have you ever seen the cute, cat-sized animal known as coatis or coatimundis? Although the range of these raccoon-like mammals extends as far north as Arizona, their primary habitat is Central and South America. The origin of their name can be traced to the Brazilian part of the Amazon, specifically... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher How Long Exposures Erase People: The Math of Making Crowds Vanish Put a 35mm lens on a full frame camera, stand about 20 m back from a plaza, and each pixel in the file covers roughly 3.4 mm of the ground at that distance. A person walking across that view at an ordinary pace clears their own shoulder width in about... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Fujifilm’s XApp tested: It’s finally the app your Fujifilm camera deserves We tested every corner of Fujifilm’s XApp with an X-T5 – from image transfers to camera backups, it’s a solid companion app, with a few rough edges. When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. For many years, camera companies built excellent hardware while... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin A Photographer Reignited His Passion By Building a Custom Lens, Then He Founded an Optics Company Photographer Thomas Spicher has founded a lens company, Adapted Optics, and built what he calls the "Everyday Lens." It features a 3D-printed body and a simple camera lens salvaged from a disposable camera. It promises to combine the character of a disposable film camera with the build quality and control... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Vimeo Can Decide To Change Your Plan and Force You to Pay 5x More Vimeo users probably believe they are the right people to determine what type of account they need. Vimeo disagrees and has begun switching some users to a new, significantly more expensive subscription tier at its own discretion. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Kodak Gold is Somehow Both Very Popular and Underappreciated Welcome to another Film Friday spotlight! This time we’re turning our attention to a film that is simultaneously quite popular but still somehow underappreciated: Kodak Gold 200. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Zeb Andrews Canon R8 Mark II Full Specification Leaked The key details in the supplied material are the 24MP full-frame sensor, 7.5-stop IBIS, 40fps electronic shooting, 4K 60p with 6K oversampling, Full HD 180p, Dual Pixel AF II, single SD card slot, LP-E17 battery, new modern design, and €1,880 European price. If this list holds, the R8 Mark II... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Manfrotto Adds a Dedicated Video Tripod to Its ONE System Manfrotto has announced the ONE Video, rounding out its ONE System tripods with a dedicated professional video option. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider This is refreshing: Blackmagic is making some of its cameras over $1000 cheaper These days, it’s not often you get to write about prices going down, rather than up. Blackmagic Here’s a refreshing bit of news: there’s at least one camera company out there whose products are getting appreciably cheaper. Today, cinema company Blackmagic Design announced that it’s slashing the prices of its... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark SmallRig Nano Power Banks Have Mounting Points for Camera Rigs SmallRig has announced the Nano Power Bank Series, a set of smaller power banks that look more like offerings from UGreen or Anker but with mounting points that make them more tailored to working photographers and videographers. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider BLUETTI Elite 400: Portable Power That Works for Demanding Location Photography For photographers working on location, reliable power is no longer a luxury; it's an essential part of the process. Between strobe or LED lighting, tethered laptops, battery chargers, drones, mobile devices, and client comfort equipment, power requirements can quickly become substantial, especially during long days on location. I recently got... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Kim Simpson Five Edits That Take a Landscape Photo From Okay to Finished Every landscape image is different, yet the same handful of moves show up in almost every edit that actually works. Learn those moves and you stop guessing your way through post-processing and start finishing photos on purpose. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke I’m Really Digging Adobe Camera Raw’s New Glow Effect Adobe Camera Raw 18.6 arrived recently, bringing a rather interesting new Glow feature in its Effects panel that could easily fly under the radar. With this new tool, photographers can easily create an Orton effect or mimic film halation, delivering some pretty cool looks. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray GoPro’s CEO says the company isn’t done with cameras despite its merger promises The company’s announcement earlier this week placed a lot of emphasis on AI and national security. GoPro GoPro’s merger with Starman Optical doesn’t mean the company will stop making action cameras, according to a letter from the action cam company’s CEO, Nick Woodman. Earlier this week he said the company... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark GoPro’s Founder Promises It Isn’t Done Making Consumer Cameras This morning, GoPro's founder Nick Woodman published a letter to GoPro's website addressing concerns about the future of the company and how the choice to be acquired by Starman Optical will affect the products the company is best known for. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider This $55 Toy Camera Looks Like a Cassette Tape for Some Reason Over on Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake, photographers can support what is arguably one of the goofiest toy cameras to date. And that's a high bar to clear. The "DV42" is a 24-gram, teeny-tiny camera that, for some reason, is styled to look like a cassette tape. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Why the Pentax 17 Won Me Back After a Year The Pentax 17 landed in 2024 to a wall of loud opinions, and a year of actual use has a way of softening the sharpest first impressions. A camera you dismiss on a one-week deadline can look very different once you've dragged it through Colorado, the Jersey Shore, and a... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Lomography’s Fisheye No. 2 Graffiti is a budget gateway to analog fisheye The new camera features the same 170° optics and fixed F8 lens as the standard Fisheye No. 2, wrapped in a new graphic design. Lomography Lomography recently launched the Fisheye No. 2 Graffiti, a redesigned version of its long-running Fisheye No. 2 camera that pairs a 170° fisheye lens with... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Celebrate Labor Day With These 20 Great Deals on Photo Gear To celebrate Labor Day, B&H Photo Video has a ton of fantastic discounts for photographers. You can save big on cameras, lenses, and accessories right now. To make it easier to find the best deals, we've picked out 15 highlights for you. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray 17-Year-Old Photographer Captures ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Shot of Falcon Chasing a Dragonfly A 17-year-old photographer has beaten 1,200 other entries to win a U.K. photography competition for his superb shot of a small falcon chasing a dragonfly. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Why Your Bad Photos Prove You're Actually a Photographer You shot 36,000 photos in your first year and kept maybe 10. That's not failure, and treating it as failure is the thing quietly holding you back. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Filmmaker Shoots ‘The Odyssey’ Entirely on iMacs (yes iMacs) A director and comedian has remade Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster The Odyssey. But instead of shooting it entirely on IMAX cameras, the way Nolan did, Will Norman shot his version entirely on iMacs. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Rising NFL Star Picks Up Film Photography During Offseason The NFL is oh so close to being back, and while the players have been running drills and pumping iron to keep themselves in shape during the offseason, one rising star has also been pursuing a more cultured pastime. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Why the Best Light Shows Up When You Have No Time Rain in the forecast for the first time in months, dark clouds gathering to the north, and a family lunch that can't be moved. That collision between perfect conditions and almost no time is the reality most people shooting landscapes live with, and it shapes every decision made across one... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Lexar’s New SSD Is So Thin It Doesn’t Even Have a Regular USB-C Port Lexar has announced Muse, the world's thinnest portable SSD. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray This One-of-a-Kind Rugged Phone Has a Detachable Action Camera RugOne unveiled its new modular action camera-slash-phone, the Xsnap 7 Pro, at IFA 2026 in Berlin. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Fujifilm's New XF 400mm f/4.5 Offers 609mm-Equivalent Reach at Just 2.74 lbs Fujifilm has announced the XF 400mm f/4.5 R LM OIS WR, a new super-telephoto prime lens for the X Series system. Designed primarily for wildlife, bird, sports, motorsports, and aviation photography, the lens provides a 400mm focal length, equivalent to 609mm on full frame, while weighing approximately 2.74 lb (1,245... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Fujifilm XF 400mm f/4.5 R LM OIS WR Review: A Top-Tier Super Telephoto I have to admit that I don't have a ton of faith in Fujifilm when it comes to wildlife and sports photography. I don't feel like the autofocus performance of the cameras is quite up to par with the competition when it comes to more demanding situations. However, I do... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Chris Niccolls Fujifilm Bolsters Its XF Telephoto Lens Line with a 400mm f/4.5 Fujifilm has announced the Fujinon XF400mm f/4.5 R LM OIS WR, a new super-telephoto prime lens with an equivalent full-frame focal length of 609mm along with the promise of some of the highest optical performance in the entire XF lens line. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Fujifilm rounds out its sports and wildlife trio with a 400mm F4.5 The XF 400mm F4.5 shares nearly the same optical design as the XF 500mm F5.6, but Fujifilm claims it will offer better sharpness. Fujifilm When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Fujifilm has announced the Fujinon XF 400mm F4.5 R LM OIS WR,... Published on 2026-09-04 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson You Can Now Use Gemini Spark to Manage Your Google Photos Google has announced that Gemini Spark now works with Google Photos, allowing Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers to manage, edit, and share photos through prompts. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider The First Photo Ever Transmitted by Wire, and the Machine That Sent It In October 1906, a portrait of the German Crown Prince left Munich as nothing more than a flickering electric current, fought through roughly 1,800 kilometers' worth of telegraph line, and emerged at the far end as a photograph you could actually recognize. No train carried it. No courier, no envelope,... Published on 2026-09-03 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DxO PhotoLab 10: Faster RAW Editing Without Giving Up Creative Control Photographers often know how they want an image to look before they begin editing, but reaching that result can require both changes across the entire scene and adjustments limited to specific areas. Selecting one person in a group, isolating the midground without affecting the foreground or background, or removing dozens... Published on 2026-09-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Michael Bonocore Pentax’s Last Active DSLR Seems Pretty Dead Ricoh Imaging's Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR, announced in 2018, has reportedly been discontinued across all major Japanese retailers, which means that there are now no Pentax DSLRs in active production in Japan. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The View-Master was built for photographers, not children, and nobody told us It was sold beside postcards, and by 1952, you could buy the camera and make your own reels. I just didn’t know any of that when I was a kid. Dale Baskin Despite what many people believe today, the View-Master wasn’t a toy. It was a photographic instrument, sold for... Published on 2026-09-03 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin 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
