PetaPixel Members Now Get 20% Off Capture One Over the last six months, we've worked tirelessly to increase the value of PetaPixel Memberships by adding multiple new perks. This week, we have added a new one, and it's a doozie: members now get 20% off an annual Capture One subscription. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Body Camera Footage Shows Cop Handling Photographer’s ‘Stolen’ Camera Bag at Delaney Hall Protest Officials have released body camera footage that may show a police officer handling a photographer's "stolen" bag, after pressure from a lawsuit seeking the publication of the recording. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Nantucket Antique Store’s ‘No Influencers’ Sign Angers Content Creators An antique store on Nantucket has caused a stir after erecting a "no influencer" sign in its cozy island boutique. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max Review: The Cameras Prove Huawei Is Back When I first did my hands-on with the Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max, I figured there was still room to push things further, and I was right to think so. But the interesting part is that it sometimes feels like the phone’s camera system has tricks up its sleeve that... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Ted Kritsonis Prominent Photographer is Shot Dead by Iranian Authorities A prominent photographer -- who documented Iran for over two decades and mentored hundreds of other photographers -- was shot dead by the country's authorities. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Canon Patents Three-Group Lens Designs That Promise Faster Focus Canon's latest lens patent is interesting mostly because of what it represents than the specific lenses detailed. The patent features an interesting three-group lens design that Canon says delivers faster autofocus performance, all else equal. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Photography Gallery’s Decision to Exhibit AI Images Sparks Anger A photography gallery in Belfast has come under fire for hosting an exhibition that featured one artist who submitted a series of AI images. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Sony 100-400mm f/5.6-8.0 lens announcement happening today (or tomorrow) at 3pm London time! Tomorrow) Sony should announce the new 100-400mm f/5.6-8.0 lens Key specs are known: black finish compact and lightweight has focus limiter 899 Euro price tag Just a small doubt: A source said it’s happening tomorrow (August 4) but I know Sony usually does announce new gear on Wednesday. So if... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Why This Pocket Camera Kills the Wide Angle Compromise Pocket cameras have always asked you to accept a wide-angle-only view and hope your footage looks acceptable after the fact. A dual-lens setup with a detachable screen and optical zoom pushes against nearly every one of those limits at once. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Police Investigate TikToker Accused of Secretly Filming Strangers With Meta Smart Glasses A content creator who used Meta smart glasses to secretly film hundreds of videos for his TikTok account is being investigated by police. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara We Are Living in a Panoramic Film Renaissance In just an eight-month period, no fewer than three new medium format panoramic film cameras hit the market. I've used them and am ready to render my verdicts on each, but there can be no doubt: we are living in a panoramic renaissance. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider SG-image AF 35mm f/2.2 Pancake Lens Promises Something Unique Earlier this year, SG-image unveiled the AF 35mm f/2.2, an affordable full-frame standard prime lens for Sony E and Nikon Z cameras. It's now available for L-Mount ones, too, and still available for just under $150. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Google Earth Pulls AI Image Generator After Users Created Misleading Images The virtual ink had barely dried on PetaPixel's article last week covering the news that Google Earth had added the Nano Banana AI image generator before the company quickly pulled the feature. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Videographer is Facing One Year in Jail for Flying Drone to Film Church During World Cup A professional videographer was arrested by the FBI after flying a drone for two minutes to film a church in Houston, Texas, during the 2026 World Cup, despite no matches being held in the city that day. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Pergear’s Small Manual Focus 50mm f/1.4 Lens Is Absurdly Affordable Pergear has announced a new ultra-affordable and very compact 50mm f/1.4 prime lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The catch? It's manual focus only. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Habit That Quietly Raises Your Photography Standard The advice that stuck with a photographer after 40 years behind the camera has nothing to do with gear or settings. It comes down to a simple rule about what you look at when you're not shooting. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P is here. These videos explain it. If you want to learn about the finally-available gimbal-powered vlogging camera, these creators have shared everything you need to know. Mykim Dang Last week, DJI finally launched its dual-camera DJI Osmo Pocket 4P outside of China. If you’re living in the parts of the world where it’s now on sale... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Why This 28mm Pancake Belongs on the Smallest Full-Frame Body You Can Buy The Lumix S9 launched as one of the smallest full-frame mirrorless cameras you can buy, and then sat there without a lens small enough to prove the point. Now a metal pancake the size of a lens cap has arrived in L-mount, and it fills that gap. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Just announced: New Pergear 50mm F1.4 Full-Frame E-mount Manual Focus Lens Pergear announced the new 50mmf /1.4 Full Frame manual focusing lens you can get at Pergear and Amazon. 10% OFF Coupon Code at Amazon US with coupon code “8VQNDWZJ” The post Just announced: New Pergear 50mm F1.4 Full-Frame E-mount Manual Focus Lens first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin The Fujifilm Camera Most Fuji Shooters Overlook The Fujifilm X-H2 packs a 40-megapixel sensor, in-body stabilization, and a modular design that accepts a cooling fan and a broadcast-level file transfer grip, yet it sits in the shadow of the cheaper X-T5. That gap says a lot about who each camera is actually for. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-03 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photography News: Nikon’s Patent Woes, Sony Offers to Buy Tamron I constantly hear— and, in fact, witness firsthand—that we live in a society divided into invisible, impenetrable bubbles. Their walls are constantly strengthened by the ever-evolving algorithms of social media networks, into which we are lured and trapped like moths to a lightbulb. Sometimes, there is essentially nothing wrong with... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher How to Build a Complete Landscape Photography Kit for Under $800 A used Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide for a Nikon DSLR is $97 right now. The nearest equivalent for a Sony APS-C body, the E 10-18mm f/4, is $433 on the same used shelf, and that single gap decides which system a beginner landscape kit should be built on. Here is... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Critique the Community: Minimally Edited Photos Welcome to the August installment of the Critique the Community! This month's critique theme is going to be "Minimally Edited Photos," and we want to see your best photographs that have hardly been edited at all. Any raw file naturally has to be edited to some degree, so what constitutes... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Patrick Hall The 10 best cameras for travel in 2026 What’s the best camera for travel? Good travel cameras should be small, versatile, and offer good image quality. In this buying guide we’ve rounded-up several great cameras for travel and recommended the best. Updated August 2, 2026 Travel can expose you to once-in-a-lifetime sights and experiences, and a good camera... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Why Every Leica M Photographer Using Third-Party Lenses Should Consider the Akara Labs 6-Bit M-Coder Kit One of the joys of shooting with a Leica M is the incredible range of lenses available. The drawback for many of us, however, is that Leica’s own superb lenses are expensive. Once we’ve saved up for the camera, then we need to figure out what lens to buy. Leica... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Simon Burn Bucharest Shop Accidentally Sells Insta360 X6 Weeks Before Launch Retail units of the Insta360 X6 have appeared in a regular shop in Bucharest, and the most surprising part is that the buyer who purchased this unit cannot use the X6 camera because the app is not ready yet. And as we can see very clearly, the complete final packaging,... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Why Fast Primes Might Be Hurting Your Portrait Sessions A shallow depth of field ruins more portraits than a small aperture ever does. That claim runs against nearly everything you've been told about what makes a serious portrait setup, and it's worth sitting with before you spend money on another fast prime. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Windows 10 Lock Screen Photo is Becoming a Travel Destination It's one of the most popular wallpaper photos in the entire world, so much so that it has become a meme. But people are flocking to the real-world location of the Windows 10 lock screen photograph that was actually taken by Steve McCurry. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot 3.2-Gigapixel LSST Camera Captures Over Half a Million Galaxies A new image from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3200-megapixel LSST camera features hundreds of thousands of distant galaxies across its many pixels, delivering a spectacular view of one of the most observed patches of the Universe. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Rise Of The Diversified Photographer If you ask a photographer what they specialize in, they may pause before answering. That pause is worth paying attention to. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Oz Alon The Underrated Fujifilm Lens That Does More Than Close-Ups Most photographers rank a macro lens near the bottom of their wish list, filed under a specialty they'll get around to someday. That instinct sells short a piece of glass that can carry travel work, portraits, and landscapes all at once. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Intimate Photographs of Family Life in Small-Town Virginia Published for the First Time A legendary American photographer's intimate pictures of his wife's family in a small Virginia town have been published for the first time in a new book. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Two Months With the Sony a7R VI: Worth the Price? The biggest weakness of Sony's newest high-resolution camera turns out to be everything you expected of it before you ever picked it up. Expectations, not hardware, set the trap, and understanding that shift changes how you shoot with a resolution-first body in a market crowded with do-it-all machines. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke A Camera Trap Rediscovered a Bird Lost to Science for 140 Years A motion-activated camera captured the first confirmed images of a black-naped pheasant-pigeon since 1882. The rare ground-dwelling bird, known locally as Auwo, was photographed on Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea only two days before the expedition was scheduled to end. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Just announced: New Laowa Aksen 1-5X & 5-10X parfocal Ultra Macro APO lenses You can preorder them now at Bhphoto and Laowa store. The post Just announced: New Laowa Aksen 1-5X & 5-10X parfocal Ultra Macro APO lenses first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-08-02 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin 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
