This Is My Perfect Cinema Camera It’s that time again to sit back and dream about a one-size-fits-all camera that doesn’t actually exist, but really should. I have a new hobby. And by “hobby,” what I really mean is obsession. And not an “obsession” in the cool “follow your passion” kind of way or in the surprise... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Christopher Malcolm Two Photographers Spent a Year Planning the Perfect Eclipse Photo and Success Came Down to 30 Seconds Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman and Texas-based bird photographer Tobias Yoder traveled together to Spain to try and pull off a total solar eclipse photo years in the making. Their success came down to the wire. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Japanese Government Says the Digital Camera Industry Is In Recovery It's unusual for one country to hold such immense power in a single industry as Japan does in photography. Save for companies like Leica and Hasselblad, nearly all the major camera and lens makers are Japanese. It is little surprise, then, that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray You Can Play Doom On a 16-Year-Old Canon DSLR It's possible to run the pioneering 1993 first-person shooter video game Doom on just about anything, even cameras. By using Magic Lantern software on a Canon EOS 550D from 2010, also known as the EOS Rebel T2i and EOS Kiss X4, photographers can install a custom build of Doom on... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Insta360 Luna Pro Launch Date Confirmed: August 20, 2026 Insta360 is officially coming tomorrow, August 20, 2026, at 8 PM Beijing time. So we have covered this extensively, and a week ago, we reported that the retail stock of Insta360 had already arrived at multiple retailers across the world, and they are just waiting for the green signal for... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On The New Camera By admin We tested the Pixel 11’s Magic Capture and Camera Looks – here’s how each performs Dale Baskin Google’s Pixel 11 phones offer two very different angles on computational photography: let AI find the moment, or define your look before you shoot. Here’s how each performed in real-world testing. Google’s new Pixel 11 smartphones include two headline camera features that represent different approaches to computational photography. Magic Capture... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin Fifty Cameras in the Dark: How the First Atomic Bomb Was Photographed At 5:29:45 in the morning on July 16, 1945, in a stretch of New Mexico desert the Spanish called the Jornada del Muerto, the sky turned brighter than the noon sun. Aimed at that flash, tucked into steel-and-lead bunkers and buried instrument boxes ringing a 100-foot tower, sat roughly fifty... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Google Pixel 11 Pro Review: One Small Step for Phones Gone are the days of major technological and hardware upgrades from model to model, at least when it comes to the digital camera industry. Smartphones are no exception, and it seems that any annual changes we do see tend to be relatively minor now. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Chris Niccolls In Japan Sony claims the FX5 shipment got postponed due to “production issues” Sony Japan issued the following press release: Thank you for your continued patronage of Sony products. Regarding the professional camcorder “FX5,” which was announced as having a release date of “August 21, 2026 (Friday)” in the press release on July 22, 2026 (Wednesday), we regret to inform you that the... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin World’s First Flying Pocket Camera Quickly Raised Over $230,000 on Indiegogo When HoverAir announced the world's first flying pocket camera, the Versa, late last month, it did so with relatively few details. Now the unique new camera has fully launched on Indiegogo, bringing with it a wealth of new information. With 59 days left in the campaign, HoverAir has already raised... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Capture One Mobile 4.0 brings desktop-grade denoising and healing tools to iPhone and iPad The August update adds Enhanced Denoise, Color Balance, Heal & Clone and Keywords to Capture One’s iOS app, features that previously forced mobile shooters back to a desktop to finish an edit. Capture One Capture One has released version 4.0 of its mobile app as part of its August 2026... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson The 50-150mm f/2 Lens That Replaced a Whole Wedding Bag Walking into a wedding as the only person handling both photo and video is a gamble that hinges entirely on the light waiting for you. The decision to add a highlight film wasn't made in advance; it was made on arrival, after the conditions turned out to be forgiving enough... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sandmarc Brings ‘Optical-Quality’ Superzoom to iPhone Sandmarc has announced a new 96mm telephoto lens for iPhone, promising optical-quality performance at focal lengths that are historically handled only through digital zoom. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray NASA Images Confirm Moon Crater Made by SpaceX Rocket The atmosphere-less Moon is frequently bombarded by meteors, asteroids, and comets, and now it can add another item to that list: SpaceX rockets. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Beyond the Smartphone: How Sony and TSMC’s New Alliance Will Redefine Mirrorless Sensors? Sony and TSMC partnership has now been finalized. This is aimed at strengthening Sony’s mobile image sensor business. Still, whatever technological advancement comes out of this venture could find its way onto larger sensors too. I do expect, for example, that the LYTIA tech might find its way onto some... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Celebrating World Photography Day with captivating landscapes from the DPReview community We celebrate World Photography Day today with a forum discussion featuring your photos showcasing diverse local landscapes. CaseyD We love to celebrate world events and special days as they approach. Last Friday, we asked the community what type of landscapes are near them and to share a photo with the... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson The Autofocus Fix That Changes the Hasselblad X2D II for the Better A medium format camera with a 100-megapixel sensor rarely gets described as fast, yet one specific change has turned a slow studio-style body into something you can shoot reactively on the street. The gap between "beautiful but sluggish" and "reliable in daily use" often comes down to a single feature. ... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Remote Cameras Help Researchers Estimate Michigan’s Wolf Population for First Time Ever For the first time ever, researchers have estimated the wolf population in Michigan using remote cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Retoucher of the Year Competition Wants Your Photos An open call for photographers to submit their photos to the Retoucher of the Year has been put out, with the competition searching for photographers who wouldn't mind someone else editing their images. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Sports Photographer Arrested for Scamming 130 Families as Cops Fail to Find Her Photos or Camera Gear A sports photographer has been arrested for allegedly scamming 130 families out of their money -- with police unable to locate any of the photos she took or even her camera gear after a year-long investigation. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Photographer Has His Camera Stolen From Under His Nose A photographer filming a video in the U.K. turned his back on his camera bag for mere seconds, and when he came back to it, found it had been stolen. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot How to Breathe New Life Into Old Images Fourteen years separate two versions of the same photo, and watching one turn into the other is a quick lesson in how editing taste changes over time. Revisiting old work with newer tools shows you exactly how far your eye has traveled, and it surfaces habits you didn't know you... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Viltrox new 26mm f/2.8 in Silver and Titanium finish At a photography fair in China Viltrox displayed the new Silver and Titanium versions of the popular 26mm f/2.8 FE pancake lens. No info yet about when these will be available for preorder. via Weibo The post Viltrox new 26mm f/2.8 in Silver and Titanium finish first appeared on... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Lucky Drone Pilot Captures Mesmerizing Footage of Niagara Falls An FPV drone pilot took GoPro's new Mission 1 Pro camera for a thrilling ride up, down, and around Niagara Falls. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot The Skill Nobody Teaches: Knowing When to Walk Away From a Shot August might be the worst month of the year to point a camera at the landscape, and if you shoot nature the way most people do, the woods in late summer can feel like a dead end. The trick that separates a productive session from a frustrating one has less... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Capture One Brings 4 Highly-Requested Features to Mobile Capture One Mobile 4.0 has arrived, bringing more desktop-caliber editing features to iPhone and iPad. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Sirui Vision Prime 150mm T4: My New Favorite Macro Lens There’s no shortage of macro lenses for modern mirrorless systems, especially if you include manual focus options. However, few go significantly beyond 100mm. In this field review, I’ll tell you about a relatively new one: the Sirui Vision Prime 150mm T4 lens, which I tested on both the gentle grasslands... Published on 2026-08-19 As Seen On Photography Life By Jason Polak Second Circuit Says You Have a First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public A federal appeals court has now made it clear that the First Amendment protects people who record publicly visible portions of a police station while standing on a public sidewalk. But the man whose arrest produced that ruling still cannot recover damages from the officers who arrested him. The ruling came... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sony's a7 V Retakes Japan's No.1 Spot as Fujifilm's Supply Crunch Reshuffles the Top Ten The Sony a7 V is back at the top of Japan's best-selling camera list for July 2026, extending a run that has kept it near or at No. 1 for most of its first seven months on sale. The bigger story sits below it, where a Nikon full-frame body has... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke GXAce is making a panoramic camera “built specifically for photography” and sharing the journey The GX-P1 will reportedly be a fixed-lens digital camera designed to shoot XPan-inspired 65:24 images. GXAce Photography YouTuber Casey Cavanaugh, also known as GXAce, is working on something new: a camera called the GX-P1. Cavanaugh has been teasing the camera for a few weeks, and there’s still a lot more we... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark How Scientists Photograph the Deep Sea, Miles From Where the Sun Shines In 2022, a camera on the floor of the Izu-Ogasawara Trench off Japan, 8,336 meters down, filmed a small translucent snailfish drifting through its beam. No fish had ever been filmed so far down. No sunlight has ever reached that trench, and the light that does exist down there, the... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DJI Completely Owns Japan’s Video Camera Rankings: Top 10 All DJI Not one, not two – all ten spots. DJI has locked down Japan’s video camera market like never before. So that’s really a big surprise that none of the camera makers, specifically those who create video cameras, can even reach 10th place in the ranking. And as you can see,... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On The New Camera By admin The 90-year history of the binoculars bolted to scenic overlooks Tower Optical’s coin-operated binocular viewers have stood at American overlooks since the 1930s, built by a company almost nobody can name. For the first time, it’s selling some of them off. Tower Optical If you’ve ever stood on an observation platform at Niagara Falls, at the edge of the Grand... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin Camera-Equipped AirPods Shown In Action in macOS Beta Earlier this month, Apple insider Mark Gurman at Bloomberg said that new AirPods with cameras could be coming this year. The evidence is mounting. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Relaunch update: image handling resolved, in-demand improvements to come User-requested features being developed, now the fundamentals are fixed Richard Butler It’s been over a month since we launched the new DPReview.com website, and we wanted to give you an update. We realize that a lot of the work we’ve been doing hasn’t been especially public-facing, so it hasn’t necessarily... Published on 2026-08-18 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler 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
