OM System PEN full review: somewhat throwback, for better and worse OM System adds a hint of PEN-F to the E-P7 formula, to charming effect Product photos: Richard Butler The OM System PEN is a compact, Micro Four Thirds camera built around a 20MP sensor and aimed at travel and everyday use. It riffs on the concept of the much-loved PEN... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Peak Design Everyday Backpack V3 Review Peak Design built the Everyday Backpack around fast access, real organization, and protection for whatever you're carrying. The Everyday Backpack line is already award-winning, and the newly revamped V3 improves on that solid foundation. Style, security, and day-to-day usability all show up here alongside gear protection and room to expand. ... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Fstoppers By Kim Simpson Photoshop Layers Explained From the Ground Up Every edit you make in Photoshop lives on a layer, and the way you stack, mask, and merge those layers decides whether you can change your mind an hour later. If you've ever flattened a file to run a filter and then wished you could go back and fix the... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Aftershoot’s Free RAW Editor, Photon, Teaches You How To Edit Photos Aftershoot, known for its AI-driven photo editing platform for pros, has launched its own free RAW editor, Photon. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Scientists Discovered 57 Species In a South Atlantic Submarine Canyon Scientists working for the Ocean Census Network identified 57 new marine species and five new genera in just two weeks of exploration. Initial photos show some pretty wild animals. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Shoten’s Debut ‘Tribute’ Lens Honors the World’s First f/1.1 Lens Shoten Koubou's first interchangeable lens, the Shoten Tribute 01 -- LTM 50mm f/1.1, is a gorgeous new lens for Leica M-Mount. At around 115,000 yen, or about $730, it's a modern twist on a classic Japanese-made portrait prime. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Should You Ever Lower Your Price for a Real Estate Client? Cutting your rate to win a listing feels like a smart move when your calendar is empty, and it's also one of the fastest ways to get stuck in real estate photography. The choices you make in your first year about pricing, gear, and which clients you chase tend to... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke A 1988 Depeche Mode Photo Has Turned This Prague Bridge Into a Tourist Hot Spot A Prague bridge has become a popular photo spot for Depeche Mode fans, with tourists lining up daily to recreate an iconic 1988 photograph of the band. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara How the ‘Resident Evil’ Movie Leaned Into the Video Game Aesthetic Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil has been a hit at the box office and praised by critics, even if some fans of the video game franchise it’s based on have voiced their disapproval. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Now live: Amazon US prime deals! The Amazon Prime Deals are now live at Amazon US and Amazon Canada.. Also BHphoto is running a two day deals campaign. Europeans can now grab the deals at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL and other Amazon EU stores. Some special mentions: All... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Does the 2012 Fujifilm XF 18mm f/2 R Still Hold Up? The Fujifilm XF 18mm f/2 R came out in 2012, which makes it one of the oldest lenses still in Fujifilm's lineup and an easy one to dismiss next to newer glass. If you shoot street or family life on an X-series body, knowing whether a 14-year-old design can keep... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Dog With GoPro Strapped to His Back Captures Priceless Wedding Footage A bride and groom who strapped a GoPro to their dog Swayze during their wedding day are thrilled with the footage he shot. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot UK Investigates Instagram’s ‘Instants’ Over Safety Risks of Disappearing Photos The U.K. has opened an investigation into whether Meta breached safety laws with its Instagram's Instants feature, which shares disappearing photos. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Parents Blame Fox News and Star Reporter Over Attack in Ukraine That Killed Photographers In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was traveling in a car in the suburbs of Kyiv with videographer Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist and interpreter Oleksandra Kuvshynova, along with two Ukrainian soldiers, when their vehicle came under attack. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Can a Used Lumix GX8 and Kit Lenses Still Deliver on the Coast? Most cameras sold a decade ago still take perfectly good pictures, yet it's easy to assume the gear you own now is the main reason your recent photos look the way they do. A budget Micro Four Thirds setup is one of the cheapest ways to test that assumption, since... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke First leaked images and specs of the new Sigma 50-120mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount lens! Last week I told you Sigma would announce a new 50-120mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount lens on October 8th. Now we have the first images and specs: Sigma 50-120mm F2.8 DC OS | Contemporary Lens Construction:18 elements in 13 groups Minimum Focusing Distance:23cm (Wide) – 55cm (Tele) Maximum Magnification:1:3 (Wide) –... Published on 2026-10-06 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Aperty From Skylum Is a Goner in November Aperty, the portrait editor from Skylum, will be discontinued November 4th. We reviewed Aperty in 2024 and found it a capable editor for portrait photographers. Using a mix of the usual develop sliders and some AI, I had heard positive reviews from people who purchased it. In a note to users,... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Mel Martin Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fujifilm All See Photography’s Future Differently Last month, Japanese publication Nikkei published a story that featured interviews with executives from the top camera makers: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fujifilm. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Why Every Culture Poses Differently: A World Tour of Photographic Body Language Hand a phone to a group of teenagers in Osaka and start counting. You will rarely reach three before the first two fingers go up beside a chin, while the same camera pointed at strangers in Moscow gets a level, unsmiling gaze that an American would read as hostility and... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Mac Pro Isn’t Dead, After All In March, Apple discontinued the Mac Pro, ending a rather short experiment of combining Mac Studio guts with a massive Mac Pro housing. While the Mac Pro may no longer be an active product, I argue it died in name only. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Photography News: Two Firsts from Laowa, Landscape Photography Gear on Sale “How beautifully the leaves die in the fall.” This quote from Czech actor, writer, and photographer Miroslav Horníček comes to mind every autumn when the leaves begin to change color. Unfortunately, I’m not much of a landscape photographer, so this time I’ve made an exception and used a photograph by... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher I Have a Confession to Make About My Landscape Photography Foliage season is in full swing here in New England, and so far, my wide-angle lens has spent far more time in my bag than attached to my camera. My name is Jeremy, and I'm addicted to telephoto lenses for landscape photography. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Review of the SmallRig 25L Outdoor Camera Backpack SmallRig is well known for its video-related accessories. Everyone knows about cages and all that comes with them. Perhaps also about the tripods and video lights. Now SmallRig has added a backpack to its ever-increasing product line. I’ve been using it for some time now. These are my findings. I’ve been... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Nando Harmsen The new SANDISK Extreme PRO® SDXC™ UHS-II V60 and V90 Cards now have higher capacities — here’s what that means for wedding videographers The updated card lineup adds 2TB[1] capacity options and faster read and write speeds, addressing two pain points wedding shooters know well: running out of space mid-event and offloading footage before the next job. SANDISK Sandisk has added 2TB1 capacities and faster read and write speeds to two of its... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On DP Review By bsmith0100 Can Sony's $2,698 400mm Prime Keep Up With the 600mm? Sony now has four lenses that can get you to 600mm or beyond for birds, and two of them weigh around 1 kg while costing less than many full frame bodies. Once teleconverters come into play, those lenses overlap in focal length, so the choice comes down to how much... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Eerie Photo Shows How Our Sun Will Die January is widely considered the bleakest month of the year, and astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, who is putting together his cosmic calendars for 2027, chose the first month to feature an unnerving glimpse into the future. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Maven Expands Beyond Filters With Clever New Talon Series Folding Lights Maven is expanding beyond (excellent) magnetic lens filters with a new series of folding, highly portable LED lighting products. The pocket-sized Talon lights launch next week on Kickstarter and look very interesting. They have been in development for seven years. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray How to Get Photo Prints That Actually Match Your Screen Trust me, just like you, I've had my share of bad prints, especially when I was first starting photography. The color would come out all wrong, the tone wouldn't match what I saw on screen, and the whole thing was frustrating and miserable. So let's demystify this a little, because... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Dmitry Koshutin Full-frame but not the whole picture: there isn’t a one-size fits all format All formats are a compromise, and full-frame isn’t necessarily the Goldilocks format Mitchell Clark Full-frame has been the center of attention for the past few years, which can result in it overshadowing other formats. But, with the right support, different formats have their place, and we all lose out if... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Amazon is refusing to take Sony FX5 preorders until the shipment date is confirmed. Amazon completely removed the preorder option on the Sony FX5 (click here). They will only bring preorders back once Sony officially confirms the ship date. Other stores list October dates, but those are just guesses. Preorders: Sony FX5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, FotoLeistenscheider, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony DVF-EL1... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Sony Camera By Andreapazzo Imaging World Show Moves to Cologne in 2027 To Pick Up Where Photokina Left Off Imaging World wrapped up on Sunday, October 4, in Nuremberg, Germany. The three-day photography trade show is coming back in 2027, and moving to Photokina's old stomping grounds, Cologne. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray A Manual 50mm That Switches Between Clean, Soft, and Bubbly The Brightin Star 50mm f/2 Tri-Sight is a manual-focus lens that puts three different optical personalities behind one turning ring, so you can switch between a clean normal lens and two softer, bubblier looks without changing glass. If you shoot a full frame mirrorless body and keep reaching for filters,... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The DJI Osmo 360 II and the state of 360 cameras in 2026 DJI, Insta360 and GoPro have stayed in the market, but why? Mitchell Clark Last week, we had the opportunity to spend some time with DJI’s latest 360 camera, the Osmo 360 II. It features replaceable lenses, dual Type-1/1.1 (92mm²) sensors (which, when recording 360, are combined to roughly the area... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Skylum ‘Saying Goodbye’ to the AI Portrait Editor Aperty Despite Promising 5 Years of Updates Skylum is killing its AI Portrait Editor Aperty this week despite promising five years of updates when it launched the app in 2024. [Read More]... Published on 2026-10-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Sony's New 400mm G Master Goes Trackside Sony now makes a G Master 400mm lens that weighs under a kilogram, which puts a super-telephoto in the same carrying class as a standard 70-200mm zoom. If you shoot motorsport, wildlife, or field sports without a monopod, that weight changes how long you can stay out and how freely... 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