Brightin Star’s Wild 50mm f/2 Tri-Sight With Customizable Bokeh Is Here Brightin Star's distinctly unusual 50mm f/2 Tri-Sight lens announced at CP+ has officially launched. The manual focus lens is available for E, L, RF, and Z-mount full-frame cameras and promises three rendering modes. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Urban Explorers Make Grisly Discovery While Photographing Abandoned Home Two urban explorers who were photographing an abandoned home in the U.K. made a horrific discovery. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Italian Politician Sparks AI Scandal With Doctored Photo That ‘Undressed’ Female Lawmaker An Italian politician has sparked outrage after sharing an AI-manipulated image that appears to "undress" another female lawmaker -- months after Italy’s prime minister shared a deepfake nude image of herself to warn of the technology's dangers. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Honor Magic9 Pro Max Smartphone Is Inspired By Legendary Arriflex Cameras "Pro Max" is all the rage these days, and Honor is the latest smartphone company to get in on the trendy name. Honor's new Magic9 Pro Max also brings in another big name: Arri. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Five Ways You Can Build the Ideal Handheld Camera Rig This past week, I pulled out my travel kit and have been testing camera rig configurations for an upcoming documentary project. The goal was to make this thing as versatile and nimble as possible, while still carrying all the gadgets I rely on. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Dmitry Koshutin Finally: Sony registered the new A7sIV in China! Good news folks! Sony did officially register a new camera in China. it has the code WW261362 (Source E8M). And the few info we learn from this are: Wifi-6 support Sony Japan is the applicant Those two details are usually reserved for mid- to high-end models. Entry-level models and some... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Mandler 50mm f/1.4 Lens Looks Like a Leica but Isn’t Priced Like a Leica Chinese lens company Mandler made headlines for its debut lens earlier this year, a facsimile Leica 35mm f/2 prime. The company is back with another Leica copycat, the Mandler 50mm f/1.4 E46 Pre-A. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Balancing Flash and Daylight for Sharper Macro Photos Butterfly eyes are pure black, and bees are dark, quick, and always hopping between flowers that expose completely differently. Getting crisp, detailed macro shots of subjects like that is hard with daylight alone, and a small flash solves more of the problem than most people expect. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Viltrox 26mm F2.8 Evo is a small lens big on character There are some trade-offs for its price and size. Mitchell Clark This summer, Viltrox released the AF 26mm F2.8 Evo, a pancake-style full-frame lens that aims to be an excellent everyday carry option. I’ve had the chance to spend some time shooting with it in a variety of conditions, and... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Photographer Finds Tenderness Inside Cuban Homes as Chaos Rages Outside Photographer Kelly Conlin has made multiple visits to Cuba of late, finding that the country is currently in the midst of a crisis. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Wildlife Photographer Who Captured Images of Yellowstone Park’s Oldest Wolf Dies at 65 Wildlife photographer Sylvia Borgonovo, known for her images of Yellowstone National Park’s oldest-known living wolf 1090F, has died at 65. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Best Premium Compact Cameras for Enthusiast Photographers in 2026 #cr-art-pc { --cr-amber: #eca80c; --cr-red: #c20909; --cr-ink: #16161a; --cr-body: #33333a; --cr-sub: #6e6e76; --cr-line: #ececf0; --cr-tile: #f6f6f8; --cr-dark: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 55%, #3a2a12 0%, #1a1510 50%, #0e0d0c 100%); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "SF Pro Text", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--cr-body); font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.65; } #cr-art-pc *, #cr-art-pc *::before, #cr-art-pc *::after... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair A Rock Mo Salah Sat On Has Become a Tourist Photo Spot Premier League and Liverpool soccer legend Mo Salah has created an unlikely tourist destination for photos: a random rock in Turkey. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot There's More to Good Color in Lightroom Than Color Harmony When the colors in a Lightroom edit look gray, muddy, or garish, the first instinct is to open the color mixer and start pushing hue and saturation around. That approach can stack up 20 adjustments that cancel each other out, and the result often looks no better than the raw... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke OpenAI Says Agents Leaked 53 Private Images From ChatGPT Users and Shared Them Online OpenAI says its agents leaked 53 private images from ChatGPT users and shared them on public image-hosting websites. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Instagram’s New Photo Editing Tool Lets You Pixelate Your Partner Instagram has announced a new feature for "soft launching" a relationship. It's called the Pixel effect, and it can cut a person out of a photo and pixelate them. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot The best affordable way to reach 600 and 800mm with Sony lenses Dustin Abbott tested the “affordable” tele photo lenses and made this ranking: 600mm-Class Rankings 🥇 Sony 400mm f/4.5 GM + 1.4x TC (560mm at f/6.3) Result: Sharpest overall combination. Takes the 1.4x teleconverter exceptionally well with minimal loss of image quality and fast autofocus. 🥈 Sony 600mm f/6.3 GM Prime... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Four Things to Check Before You Hit Record You can name every shot type, from a medium close-up to an over-the-shoulder, and still freeze when it's time to decide where the camera actually goes. That hesitation is often what keeps a small weekend project stuck as an idea instead of a finished film. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Brightin Star Announces the RF 50mm f/2 TRI-SIGHT with Selectable Bokeh Rendering Brightin Star has officially announced the RF 50mm f/2 TRI-SIGHT manual focus lens with a selectable bokeh rendering to fit your shooting style and the scene in front of you. As with all Brightin Star lenses for the RF mount, this is a manual focus lens. Brightin Star has had... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair Are These Never-Before-Seen Photos of Bonnie and Clyde? An old photo album pulled from a garage contains a snapshot with Clyde Barrow's and Bonnie Parker's names handwritten on it, and the man who found it believes several of its pictures show the outlaw couple in scenes that have never been published. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-28 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The Full Story of 'Migrant Mother' and the Woman Who Hated It The most famous face of the Great Depression belonged to a woman who wished the picture had never been taken. Florence Owens Thompson sat for Dorothea Lange for about ten minutes in a California pea field in March 1936, said almost nothing, and never earned a cent from the portrait... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Photographer Calls His Total Solar Eclipse Experience ‘One of the Highlights of My Life’ Brazilian photographer Kiko Fairbairn planned his total solar eclipse trip and photos in northern Spain for over a year. But you can only plan so much from thousands of miles away. The photographic search truly began when Fairbairn arrived in Spain, and his hard work paid off in a big... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray We Review the DJI Osmo 360 II: A Refinement From the Previous Generation and Proof They Listen. Getting my hands on the new DJI Osmo 360 II was an interesting experience, largely because the first generation was already so well-built. The original gave us solid specs that made it a serious contender right out of the gate. Because it set that bar so high, a quick glance... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Zhen Siang Yang How to Find Great Photographs Within Walking Distance of Home The railing you pass on the way to the shop, the peeling door down the street, and the traffic marker on the corner rarely look like photographs, which is why most people never point a camera at them. Learning to see images in those ordinary things means you can shoot... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Upgrade or Start Fresh With These Camera Kit Picks for Every Type of Photographer Whether you're just starting out and building the kit for the photographer you want to become or upgrading your current setup to take your photography to the next level, buying used can help you save on the gear you need while giving you more flexibility in building your system. From... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi Is the Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Still the Best First RF Lens? Canon has released a wave of new RF primes since the RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM arrived, including a fast 35mm in its VCM line and an inexpensive 45mm f/1.2. That raises a fair question about whether the older, cheaper lens still deserves to be the first one you... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke 8 Ways Hasselblad Can Make the 907x CFV 100C Way Better Hasselblad cameras' excellence comes from decades of engineering, and that results in a polished product built with the best of the best in mind. Everything is good: the grip and body are built to last, the optical quality is better than Leica. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Raf Lopes Celebrated Interior Designer’s Rare Photography Collection Goes to Auction An extraordinary collection of 200 photographs -- including works by Edward Steichen, Man Ray, and a rare print of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother -- belonging to a celebrated interior designer is going to auction. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Viltrox 50mm F2.0 Air sample gallery: see what this budget prime can do Viltrox’s lightest 50mm for mirrorless mounts pairs a sub-$200 price with a relatively fast aperture, though at the cost of simplicity. Abby Ferguson Viltrox recently announced that four of its lightweight Air series prime lenses (14mm F4.0, 20mm F2.8, 40mm F2.5 and 50mm F2.0) are now available for L-mount. Although... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Introducing Today in Photography: DPReview’s new bi-weekly email covering camera gear and photography culture Today in Photography goes beyond the headlines with original stories, insider updates and inspiration you won’t find on the site. DPreview A few months ago, we quietly launched Today in Photography, a new version of DPReview’s weekly email for anyone who wants to keep up with the photo world. It... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Jason Morris: Sony FX5 After 2 Months – What Still Annoys Me We regular humans still have to be patient while Influencers had 2 months to play with this great little cine camera 🙁 Jason Morris shared his thoughts after using it for 60 days: Key Pros Tilt/Flip Screen Mechanism: The screen can flip directly upward from the back of the camera... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin One Light, Two Completely Different Portraits A white wall behind your subject can go pure black in the final frame, even when the light never moves. You can get two completely different portraits from one setup in a room the size of a spare bedroom if you know how to use the light already in the... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke A Car Photographer's Lightroom Workflow From Culling to Export A car shoot can easily produce 1,000 or 2,000 frames, and the time you spend sorting and editing them often decides how many images you actually finish. The order of your Lightroom steps, from culling to tone curve to masking to Denoise, shapes the final look as much as any... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Exclusive Savings at Midwest Photo on Select Canon Gear We saw that Midwest Photo is having a a savings event from a recent email blast. Take advantage of their exclusive savings event until September 27, 2026. You can save an additional 8% on select Canon gear on top of any Canon USA rebates and programs. At check out, use... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair Photography Lessons from Australian Birds: Part One Over the next few weeks, I’d like to share with you a series of short articles with quick photography lessons that I learned from photographing birds in Australia. Today is a tip from the Laughing Kookaburra about making the most of a good opportunity.... Published on 2026-09-27 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher 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
