Can a Zoom Lens Match a Prime for Astrophotography? A 12-20mm zoom at f/2.8 sits right in the sweet spot for astrophotography, wide enough to swallow the Milky Way and fast enough to pull in faint starlight. Most shooters reach for a prime when the sky gets dark, which makes a zoom that can keep pace worth a real... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Meet the Incredible 14-Year-Old Underwater Photographer Who Won Hasselblad Masters 14-year-old award-winning underwater photographer Panitbhand Paribatra "Pari" Na Ayudhya of Thailand, made waves late last month after he won the Project // 21 category in the prestigious Hasselblad Masters 2026 photo contest. It was not Pari's first big awards win, and undoubtedly won't be his last. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Faintest Planet Ever Imaged From Earth Was Hiding in 11 Years of Old Photos Astronomers have directly imaged the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth, a gas giant called Beta Pictoris d — and it turns out the planet had been sitting in telescope archives for more than 11 years before anyone managed to pull it out of the noise. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Bob Morris Photographer Loses Five-Figure Job After Bargain-Basement Memory Cards Fail on Set (Satire) 28-year-old professional photographer and videographer Hunter McEwen was fired from his latest five-figure commercial job after he lost three days' worth of shooting when his bargain-basement, counterfeit memory cards failed on set. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray I Built a Custom Rig for What I Call ‘Ripple Portraits’ This project grew out of the many water-drop imaging experiments that my students and I have done over the years. I wondered if combining water-drop photography with portraiture might produce some unique and interesting images. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Ted Kinsman Would an Ansel Adams Photo Flop on Instagram Today? Strip Ansel Adams of his name, his reputation, and his place in history, then hand him a fresh account with zero followers. How many likes does "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome" actually pull? That thought experiment cuts straight into how you judge your own images and whether follower counts... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sony A7rVI setup guide by Colby Brown Sony A7rVI at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoKoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony 100-400mm f/4.5 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK The Complete Setup Guide for the Sony a7R VI https://www.colbybrownphotography.com/the-complete-setup-guide-to-the-sony-a7r-vi/ Customizing Your Sony a7R VI https://www.colbybrownphotography.com/how-to-fully-customize-your-sony-a7r-vi-mirrorless-camera/ The post Sony A7rVI setup guide by Colby Brown... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Three Camera Raw Features You Might Have Missed Camera Raw quietly gained a set of tools that fix a problem you have probably fought with for years: masks that stop short of the leaves, the hair, or the edge where you actually need them. Two new sliders now let you push a mask outward or pull it back,... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Canon R7 II Back on Track? Canon Registers Third Camera in 2026 Well, we have a new twist from Canon: they have officially registered a new camera with the wireless certification agency. The date of registration was July 1, and the camera uses a Wi-Fi 5 module, which falls in the mid-range of Canon camera lineups, not the flagship line, which uses... Published on 2026-07-19 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Storm Chasers Are Flying Drones Straight Into Tornadoes, and the View Is Unreal A small crew of storm chasers is doing something that sounds impossible: flying camera drones straight into active tornadoes. The OTUS Project — short for Observations of Tornadoes by UAV Systems — has now pulled off more than a dozen successful intercepts, and this June it live-streamed a drone punching... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Bob Morris What the Upcoming Copyright Office Fee Increase Means for Photographers The U.S. Copyright Office has officially started the clock on a significant fee change that will impact how photographers protect their work. On July 14, 2026, the office submitted its final proposed fee schedule to Congress. This triggers a statutory 120-day review period, meaning that unless Congress intervenes, a new... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Adam Matthews Patreon Is Blocking AI Scrapers, but It's Already Too Late Patreon just started actively blocking the AI bots that scrape creators' work to train models, and it's good to see a platform plant a flag on the creators' side. I just wouldn't mistake it for protection. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Bob Morris What Is Base ISO and Why Does It Gives the Cleanest Photos? If you have spent any time reading about camera settings, you have heard the advice to keep your ISO as low as possible for the cleanest image. The lowest normal ISO setting your sensor is built around has a name: base ISO. Understanding what it is, and why files shot... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Review of the ThinkTank Focuspoint 30L Backpack For my photo tour in Iceland, I wanted to go lightweight. I had my eye on the new Think Tank FocusPoint 30L because it just looks great. Amazingly, my gear did fit in this compact photo backpack, and I took it with me to Iceland. Let me tell you about... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Nando Harmsen PolarPro’s Controversial Portra Film-Inspired Filter. What’s Going On? About six months ago, PolarPro sent me their new Portra filter. On their website it states, "Inspired by the look and feel of Portra 400 film… the Portra Filter blends color tone, diffusion, and glare reduction into one optical filter for a finished look." Hmm, sorry, it looks nothing like... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Simon Burn How to Light and Shoot Product Videos (In Your Dining Room) Recently, I was asked to provide feedback on an unreleased product: a cocktail shaker from a well-known culinary brand. The company asked me to take it for a spin, make a few cocktails, and fill out a survey. Survey?! Boring. I’ll do you one better - I’ll make a whole... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Dmitry Koshutin Inside the Unbelievable 50-Minute Single Take That Made "Adolescence" "Adolescence" pulled off something most productions only pretend to do: four episodes, each filmed as a single continuous take, no stitched cuts hiding in the shadows. The internet split over whether the show cheated, and the answer sits right in the gear the crew chose to carry. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sony FX5 might be able to record 240fps in 4K via future firmware update I have been told the Sony FX5 might not have 4K 240fps support right from the start. However, it’s likely that this feature will be added through a future firmware update. Sony FX5 specs: 16.6MP Fully stacked sensor BIONZ XR 2 with built in AI AF, like the A7R VI.... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Nikon's 35mm f/1.4 vs. the 35mm f/1.8 S: Which One Wins? Nikon sells three different 35mm prime lenses for the Z mount, and picking between them comes down to details that specs alone won't reveal. The gap between the Nikon 35mm f/1.4 and the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 S is smaller than the labels suggest. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photographer Sues Artist Over Alleged Appropriation of More Than a Dozen of Her Images A photographer has sued popular artist Mickalene Thomas for allegedly appropriating more than a dozen of her images without consent or attribution. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara OnePlus Exit Means Fewer Options in a Market Mired by Lack of Choice OnePlus has left the party. For a brand with a perpetual upstart status in a North American smartphone market that’s only getting worse by the year, OnePlus’ exit from North America and Europe is a loss by any measure, even if you find yourself wondering what I’m even talking about.... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Ted Kritsonis How Classic Movies Faked Their Biggest Stunts Movie stunts that look impossible almost always come down to a physical problem someone had to solve, whether that meant building a 330 ft miniature bridge or strapping an actor to a helicopter at 75 mph. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Why Do Photographers Think They Can Judge Every Genre but Their Own? One of the strangest things about photography isn't the endless debate over cameras, editing software, or artificial intelligence. It is the quiet assumption that mastering one photographic discipline somehow grants authority over every other one. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Coghe This Kylie Jenner Ad Hides a Disturbing Secret: You Just Have to Stand in the Right Spot Walk past a certain bus stop near Meta's London headquarters and you see a glossy campaign shot: Kylie Jenner in a pair of the company's smart glasses. Step to the side and the poster becomes a black-and-white X-ray of her face under the words "We're always watching." [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Three Challenges Photographing in the Tropics and How to Deal with Them Photographing in the tropics is an incredibly exciting photographic and travel experience. Especially if it’s your first time near the equator, you will likely be overwhelmed by the novelty of the environment and its fascinating inhabitants. Your ears, nose, and, of course, your eyes will be flooded with new stimuli,... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher An AI Studio Made Its Own Odyssey and Timed It to Nolan's Opening Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey opens today, shot entirely on IMAX 70mm for a reported $250 million. Three days before it reached theaters, an AI studio announced an Odyssey of its own: 135 minutes long, made largely by one person over three months, for a budget in the mid five figures. ... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Fstoppers By Bob Morris New York City Wants Landlords to Admit When Listing Photos Are AI New York City wants landlords and brokers to tell you when the photos in a rental listing have been generated or retouched by AI. It arrived as one of 23 proposals in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Rental Ripoff Report, and if it becomes a real rule, the people shooting those listings... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Fstoppers By Anonymous How to Make Flat Light Work for Your Portraits Flat light gets a bad reputation. The moment the sky turns from blue to a sheet of gray cloud, a lot of photographers pack up, assuming the good light is gone for the day. That instinct is backward. Soft, flat, overcast light is one of the most forgiving and flattering... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Best Deals on Versatile Zooms for Nearly Every Mirrorless Camera A good, versatile zoom is often the first lens photographers recommend after a camera kit lens, and for good reason. Covering everything from wide-angle landscapes to portraits and everyday photography, these versatile lenses handle travel and street photography, as well as events, wildlife, and video. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi CineStill 50D Is a Perfect Slow Speed Film for Bright Summer Days Cinestill 50D is the less popular sibling to Cinestill’s 800T and 400D emulsions. Because 50D often gets passed over in favor of those other two, we figured it would be a great film to feature on Film Friday. It is a different and lovely film in its own right and... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Zeb Andrews This Kodak-branded film camera offers a low-cost entry into 35mm film photography Kodak licensee Reto has launched a new film camera with styling that mimics popular retro compacts, giving film-curious shooters a nostalgic entry point. Reto Kodak licensee Reto has quietly added another beginner-friendly 35mm camera to its analog lineup. The Kodak EC35 is a fixed-focus point-and-shoot aimed squarely at casual shooters... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Netflix Faked VHS, Nolan Shot Real Film: Digital Perfection Is Losing Its Appeal Netflix just spent real engineering time making its biggest show look worse, on purpose. It's not the only surprising analog bet this summer — Christopher Nolan shot a $250 million blockbuster entirely on physical film — and neither is nostalgia. It's a signal about what audiences want that every photographer... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Fstoppers By Bob Morris The Inspiring Winners of the 41st AOP Student Photography Awards The Association of Photographers (AOP) has announced the winners of its annual Student Awards. [Read More]... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray First Look: DJI Osmo 360 II Prototype Caught Testing Alongside Original DJI is testing the second generation of the Osmo 360 camera, and the images have surfaced on the web. An authentic source Igor Bogdanov (@Quadro_News). The Images shared by him clearly show that DJI is now preparing to announce the Osmo 360 II. DJI Testing Osmo 360 II Both... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Vacation or Photo Shoot? The Trap of Traveling as a Photographer Travel is one of the best ways to learn history, to experience new foods and cultures, and to find inspiration. But when a photographer travels for personal fulfillment, it can be tricky to balance the "photographer" and the person. I recently took a trip to Greece that I've wanted to take... Published on 2026-07-17 As Seen On Fstoppers By Ryan Carignan 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
