Czech President Attends F1 Race… as a Photographer It's well-known that U.S. President Donald Trump likes to play golf during his downtime, but the Czech Republic President Petr Pavel likes to photograph motorsports on his weekends. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot One-of-a-Kind Leica Prototype Made by Famed Designers to Hit the Market A very special Leica prototype lens designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be auctioned in October, and it's a wild piece of photographic history. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray US College Has ‘Content Creation’ Major for Aspiring Social Media Influencers Arizona State University is now offering a bachelor's degree in content creation for aspiring social media influencers. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Two Teased Lenses Each Promise Something Special for Photographers Two Chinese lens companies are teasing new, very different lenses. 7Artisans is teasing what appears to be an ultra-wide full-frame prime lens, while SG-image is gearing up to launch a fast standard prime for APS-C cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Ambulance Worker Sues After Being Fired for Disabling Cameras That Filmed Patients Without Consent An EMT worker, who says she turned off cameras pointed at patients in the back of ambulances, has filed an $800,000 lawsuit - claiming she was fired for protecting the privacy of patients who were unaware they were being filmed. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara The Case for Shooting Cities With a Telephoto Lens Most people reach for a wide angle the moment they step into a city center, cramming as much of the skyline into the frame as they can. A long telephoto flips that instinct, letting you pull out single details and stack layers of a city in ways a 24mm never... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Finally! Amazon.com is finally accepting preorders on the new Sony FX5 I don’t know why it took 5 days, but finally today at Amazon US you can preorder the Sony FX5 body only, the Sony FX5 with XLR handle kit. Don’t know why Amazon US is always that late. Also the new Tamron 12-20mm FE is still not available for preorder... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Apple Frets Over Smart Glasses’ Bad Reputation as 2027 Launch Looms Apple is set to enter the world of smart glasses -- a move that is full of perils for a company that has made privacy one of its defining principles. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Blow-Up: The Most Important Film Every Photographer Should Watch One of the greatest surprises photography has given me has almost never arrived while I was out walking with a camera. It has arrived afterward, sometimes the same evening, sometimes months later, when I have found myself looking at a photograph I believed I already understood and suddenly noticed something... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Coghe 5 Things Photographers Start Noticing After Seriously Studying Modern Painting Most photographers reach a point where making technically better pictures no longer changes much. The camera works, your technique is solid, and the world starts to look familiar. One way out has little to do with photography. Time spent with modern painting changes what you notice before you press the... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alvin Greis The Best Wireless Microphones in 2026 I have been using the Rode Wireless Pro for a few years now, because it was the first of its kind to offer 32-bit internal recording back in 2023. But now, we have a bunch of new contenders entering the market, and it’s starting to feel like an arms race... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Dmitry Koshutin What is ISO invariance, and should I care? We helped to popularize the term, but it seems to cause some confusion. Richard Butler / Photons-to-Photos The term ISO invariance is being used increasingly widely in camera technology circles, but the comments we’ve seen suggest it’s often misused and misunderstood. This is partly our fault: ISO invariance is the... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Well-Known San Francisco Photographer Detained by ICE at Airport, Sparking Backlash Shocking footage of a longtime San Francisco photographer being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at an airport has sparked outrage online. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Images of the next three Viltrox lenses: 35mm f/1.4 FF, 40mm and 18mm f/1.2 APS-C Viltrox has showcased three new E-mount lenses: 35mm f/1.4 Full Frame 18mm f/1.2 APS-C 40mm f/1.2 APS-C 35mm f/1.4 FF specs: 77mm filter thread, minimum focusing distance of 0.3 meters VCM voice coil focusing motor metal body via Weibo The post Images of the next three Viltrox lenses: 35mm... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Two Fixes That Turn a Good Wildlife Shot Into a Great One You come home from a shoot with hundreds of frames of a great subject and every one of them feels flat. The fix usually comes down to two things you can control on location, and neither requires new gear. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photographer Calls Close Encounter With Grizzly Bear ‘Peaceful’ A grazing grizzly bear got within mere inches of a wildlife photographer who says that despite the proximity, he was never scared. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Instagram Is Banning Creepy Hidden Camera Videos Filmed With Meta Smart Glasses Instagram is reportedly banning videos filmed on Meta smart glasses that feature harassment of strangers in public places. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara What Actually Separates a Good Portrait From a Great One Show the same portrait to two working photographers and you can walk away with two opposite verdicts, one calling it strong and the other pulling it apart. Learning to read those reactions, and figuring out which ones are worth your attention, changes how quickly you grow. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Triple Base ISO and 5K Raw: What the FX5 Brings to Run-and-Gun Work Sony's new FX5 records 16-bit XOCN raw internally, a codec that until now lived only in the Burano, Venice, and Venice 2. Squeezing that into a compact cinema body reshapes what you can expect from a camera you can hand-hold on a sidewalk. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sony Tidbits… Sony RX1RIII Camera Review: It’s Personal (8 months, 17 cities, 4 Countries) Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE. Good Light for Wildlife Photography (Explora). Journey into the Light: Learning Off-Camera Flash with Jen Mullowney (42West). Should You Upgrade... Published on 2026-07-27 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin The Three Colors That Expose Every Bad Edit (and Why Your Brain Can't Ignore Them) You can push a photograph a long way before anyone notices. Shift the color of a jacket, a wall, a car, a plate of food, and most viewers will never flinch, because they have no fixed idea of what those things are supposed to look like. Three colors do not... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DJI Osmo 360 II Internal Photos Surface from FCC Finally, as the announcement time of the DJI Osmo 360 II is getting closer to us, the camera has started slowly revealing more of itself. Fresh internal and product photos directly coming from the camera’s FCC filing have now become public. Since the 180-day deadline period of the FCC already... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Peak Design’s innovative new L-Bracket has already raised half a million dollars. Peak Design has collected nearly half a million dollars on Kickstarter (Click here). This video shows how the new L-bracket works: Reminder: Wandrd just launched their new magnetic Camera Strap on Kickstarter (Click here). The post Peak Design’s innovative new L-Bracket has already raised half a million dollars. first appeared... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Polar Bears International: Can Photography Save the World? Over the last two decades, polar bears have become a popular symbol for climate change. To evaluate the threat, let's consider that the scientific community has reached a consensus: if we continue our current consumption and emission patterns, certain polar bear subpopulations will very likely reach a point of no... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Mark Dunsmuir New Photos of the Rumored DJI Matrice 5 Surface – First Clear Look So we have new images of the upcoming DJI Matrice 5 drone for professionals, and the images have been shared by one of the most trusted DJI leakers. Trusted DJI leaker Igor Bogdanov (Quadro_News) has shared a new set of photos that appear to show the next compact enterprise drone... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Top Ten With Tina Sokolovska, and the Philosophy Which Led to Two Million Reposts Tina Sokolovska is a newly appointed Nikon Ambassador, as well as an American-Ukrainian photographer, creative director, and educator based in New York. Her 2017 breakout image, "On the Wave," was noted by 35photo.pro as one of the Top 100 Best Photographs in the World, and has been reposted on social... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Roy Furchgott The Insane Story of Nikon’s Cancelled DL Compact Cameras and Why it Deserves Another Chapter Let's take a journey back to February 2016. DSLR cameras are a big thing, even Sony is still making them. Nikon announces the flagship D5 and the powerhouse D500. Nikon also unveils an all-new series of premium Type 1 compact cameras: the DL Series. But they never actually arrived. [Read... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray When a Teleconverter Helps and When It Wrecks Your Shot Teleconverters split photographers into two camps: people who swear by them and people who say they wreck image quality, slow autofocus, and belong in a drawer. Both camps are right, and which one you land in comes down entirely to how you shoot. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Lessons From 20 Years Photographing Wildlife in Extreme Weather The best wildlife photographs can happen when the weather is at its worst. After more than two decades photographing wildlife in snow, mud, rain, and storms, I've learned that challenging conditions are often where the most rewarding images are created. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi Canon R6V vs. C50 and C80: Which One Survives the Cut? When three cameras are on the chopping block and only one gets to stay, the choice reveals a lot about how you actually shoot. The Canon R6V, up against the C50, the C80, and the R6 Mark III, ended up winning that fight for reasons that have less to do... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke About Image and Visual Literacy First there was the word, from a creative point of view, but in terms of reasoning, first there was light. Image and content travel within it. If light travels faster than sound, its content is also received much earlier. If, before speaking, we communicate through sight, we must restructure the... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Coghe Why Boring Subjects Make the Best Photos A litter bin by the beach with the front panel missing became a compelling black-and-white image, and the whole thing took a change of approach rather than a change of location. The idea runs through the entire session: the most mundane object can hold your attention if you photograph it... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photographer Captures Rare Shot of Venus and the ISS Together in One Frame Photographer AJ Smadi has captured the second-ever photograph of the International Space Station (ISS) and Venus in the same frame -- he also captured the first one. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Why Old Photos Feel Different (And It Isn't Just Film) Look back at a street photo from 1955, then look at one shot this morning. The old one carries something the new one can't quite reach, and it isn't that the photographer was talented. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-26 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Yashica Taught Me to See. Now It's Selling Me Garbage. There's a camera on my shelf that changed how I look at the world: a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. Heavy. Honest. A rangefinder that asked nothing of me except to slow down and pay attention. The 45mm lens acts as a "normal" or standard field of view on the camera's... 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