Why are you all so obsessed with global shutters? People are saying camera companies are crazy for not including them in their budget models. Excuse me? As a reviewer covering the camera industry, I spend a lot of time in comments sections, forums and subreddits, seeing what people think of the latest releases and the rumors of what’s coming... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark How to Actually Shoot a 50mm Lens on the Street The 50mm is the lens most people buy first because it's the cheapest prime in the catalog, and plenty of them spend the first few months shooting it wide open just to see the background melt. Fewer people learn to see at that focal length, and the habits that work... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Sony A7cII vs the new Nikon Z5IIc The new Nikon Z5IIc is $1100 cheaper than the Sony A7cII. But it also has no EVF and lower resolutions sensor. A full spec comparison can be found on this BHphoto comparison page. The one unexpected thing is that despite the Sony having an EVF it’s still 109g lighter and... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin The Specs Photographers Used to Sweat Don’t Matter Anymore Whenever I've photographed weddings, world events, landscapes, or anything else, it's not been uncommon for other photographers to come up and start a chat about gear. And as someone who's worked for a major camera company and taught photography for almost two decades, I've always been happy to engage in... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Wasim Ahmad Three Old Canon EF Lenses, One Used 6D, and a Search for Character Classic camera design keeps showing up on new releases, but the vintage look in your photos comes from the glass, not the body. Cheap, older lenses can deliver a character that no retro-styled body will fake for you. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Our first look of the Nikon Z5IIC, filmed with the camera itself Nikon has a new cheapest full-frame camera, hold the EVF. Richard Butler / Mitchell Clark Earlier this week, Nikon announced the Z5IIC, an entry-level full-frame camera with no EVF, but that retails for a mere $1400. We were able to spend some time with not one, but two of them... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Two Ways AI Could Come for Wedding Photography Wedding photography has always seemed safe from AI, since someone still has to stand in the room with a camera when the vows happen. That assumption gets shakier every year as editing, culling, marketing, and even business planning shift onto software anyone can pick up for the price of a... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke A Classic Photoshop Workflow Versus Adobe's New AI Tools Photoshop has picked up a run of new AI features and reworked adjustment layers over the past year, and each one arrives with the promise of a faster, simpler workflow. When a tool you use every day changes how it behaves, you need to know whether the new version saves... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Why Brands Buy Images From People You Don’t Consider Photographers User-generated visual content is steadily pushing photographers and videographers out of commercial work. It's easy to dismiss its creators as amateurs and cheap labor, but brands aren't choosing them by accident, and ignoring the shift won't slow it down. The only real question is how to adapt. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-25 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alvin Greis Never-Before-Seen Cellphone Footage Shows the Terror Underground During the Chilean Mining Disaster In 2010, the world watched as 33 miners were trapped half a mile beneath the surface of the Earth in Chile's Atacama Desert for 69 days. These miners faced complete darkness, immense stress, and a never-ending expectation of death. Their experiences and how the rest of the world experienced the... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Leica’s Lux iPhone app gets a Steve McCurry Artist Look, and its grip now comes in silver The Lux 2.0 update, due in early October, adopts the gallery from Leica’s Fotos app and redesigns the interface. The $395 (€300) silver grip includes a year of Lux Pro. Leica When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Leica has announced a silver... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin How to get the best photos from your iPhone How much of a difference does 48 vs 24MP make? And does shooting in ProRaw matter? Dale Baskin If you’ve recently upgraded your iPhone, or are getting more into photography, you may be wondering how to make the most of the increasingly sophisticated camera hardware and relatively complex software. It... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark How Image Stabilization Physically Works: Magnets, Gyros, and Floating Glass Tilt a 600mm lens by a tenth of a degree, a movement too small to feel, and the image it projects slides about a millimeter across the sensor. Nearly every stabilizer in a modern still camera exists to cancel that millimeter while the shutter is open, either by shoving a... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke SmallRig’s New Cage Aims to Take Advantage of the Nikon Z5 IIC’s Video Chops That didn't take long. Nikon announced its new Z5 IIC camera last night, and SmallRig has already unveiled new accessories for it, including a quick release cage kit and a baseplate. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Xiaomi is upgrading the cameras in its 18 Pro and Pro Max to 200MP models The company is doubling down on its Leica partnership with two new flagships that share the same triple-camera system. Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, two new flagship smartphones featuring Leica-branded triple-camera systems. The company says the lineup will reach global markets (except the US),... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson 15 Photos to Inspire You to Enter the Sony World Photography Awards 2027 The Sony World Photography Awards 2027 remain open for entry, and the World Photography Organization today announced the judges for this year's competition, the 20th edition of the Sony World Photography Awards. As part of the announcement, the Sony World Photography Awards shared 15 photos already entered into this year's... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Are We Out of Touch? | The PetaPixel Podcast This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team stands firm in their belief that camera brands are misunderstanding the "smartphone generation" as they call it. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Custom Bracket for the Hasselblad XPan Finally Centers It on Tripods The Hasselblad XPan (and the Japan-only Fujifilm TX-1) is a beloved camera that remains unique even today. But one part of the design is a bit annoying: the location of the tripod screw. A new bracket from Mutiny fixes that. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider The RodeCaster Video Series Now Does 4K Capture and Distribution RØDE, hereafter referred to as "Rode," has released RodeCaster Video 1.4. It is a free, major firmware update for the company's all-in-one video production consoles, the RodeCaster Video, RodeCaster Video S, and RodeCaster Video Core. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray DJI Pocket 4P 2x Teleconverter Leak Surfaces 3 Days After Insta360’s Luna Ultra Lens A new accessory leak dropped on September 24, 2026. It is a 2x teleconverter for the already-released DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, mounted on the upper telephoto module rather than the wide-angle lens. The timing is the real headline. Insta360 launched the Luna Ultra Ultra Telephoto Lens on September 21 –... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Why Exposure Isn’t a Setting: It’s a Decision One issue in the photography community has always lingered, and only tenured photographers seem to grasp it: exposure is a decision, not a setting. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Justin Tedford iPhone 18 Pro Max sample gallery: variable aperture in real shooting conditions Apple says the variable aperture changes everything – these images, shot across a range of lighting conditions and subject types, show what F1.48 actually delivers. Dale Baskin When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. When Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On DP Review By Dale Baskin This DPReview community member zooms in on mesmerizing insects using an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Durham photographer Peter Swan shares the compact Micro Four Thirds kit behind his striking insect and macro images. Peter Swan Meet Peter Swan Home base: Durham, England Peter Swan, known as TheDispossessed in the forums, is a Durham-based nature photographer who has found a hidden world of subjects in the... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson The Composition Habit That Fixes Cluttered Street Photos You keep taking pictures of anything that catches your eye, and back home they look off without any obvious reason why. Crowds pile up, harsh sun bites, and the frame reads as noise instead of a subject. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Nikon Has Forgotten the Photographer I love Nikon cameras. I've been using them since I bought a secondhand EL2 in 1984. I've owned more Nikon cameras than I care to remember, and just last month, I acquired an F from 1972. So this isn't an anti-Nikon article, nor am I arguing that Nikon makes bad... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Simon Burn From Everyday Scenes to Meaningful Stories The photographers whose work stays with you aren’t necessarily shooting in extraordinary places with exceptional subjects. Most of them are shooting the same streets, kitchens, parks, and faces that everyone else walks past. The difference is in how they see. Everyday storytelling photography is the practice of finding meaning in... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On 500 Pixels By 500px Blog What Contact Sheets Reveal About How You Actually Shoot Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" shaped how you think about photography more than almost any other idea, yet plenty of newer shooters read it backward. That misreading quietly stunts a skill that separates strong photographers from average ones: knowing how to pick the right image out of a pile. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Leica’s Updated iPhone Camera App Has a Look Made By Steve McCurry Leica Camera AG has launched Leica Lux 2.0, which it describes as the "most comprehensive update" yet to its iPhone photography app. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Kodak Apparel Opens Yet Another Store in South Korea Another Kodak Apparel store has opened in Seoul, bringing the total to eight stores in the South Korean capital. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Instagram Lets You Customize Your Grid Even More by Adding Tagged Posts Instagram has added a new feature that allows users to add a post they're tagged in to their main grid. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Retouch Skin and Clothing Without Ever Leaving Camera Raw Adobe Camera Raw now handles a full retouching workflow, blemish removal included, without pushing you into layers and manual cloning. The new one-click Remove tool runs on AI, finds imperfections you might miss on your own, and gives you sliders to pull the effect back instead of forcing an all-or-nothing... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Meta Says Its New VR Glasses Are IMAX Compatible Meta has announced a new pair of VR glasses that the company says are "the first IMAX-enhanced certified VR device ever." [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Viltrox's Tiny 20mm f/2.8 Air Lens Comes to L-Mount At $168, the Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Air is likely one of the cheapest full-frame 20mm autofocus lenses on the market. L-mount shooters now have it as an option, part of a batch of four affordable Viltrox primes arriving for the system this week. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Best Compact Cameras for Travel in 2026 A travel camera needs to do something that isn't always easy: deliver better results than a smartphone without becoming a burden to carry. That's why compact cameras remain so appealing in 2026. You can get excellent image quality, fast lenses, useful zoom ranges and advanced autofocus in bodies that are... Published on 2026-09-24 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair Competition news: Nikon announced a new $1400 Full Frame camera Nikon announced the new Z5 IIc at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK. In short, this is basically a Nikon Z5II with the EVF chopped off and a $300 discount. It looks a bit like a Sony A7C II without the EVF. I’m not sure whether Sony should... 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