Why your sense of camera prices might be out-of-date Cameras and lenses can seem more expensive than ever, but a lot of that is out of the manufacturers’ hands Composite: Richard Butler Camera prices, like most other prices, are going up. Part of this has been manufacturers focusing on high-end users, because they tend to buy the higher-margin products.... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Samyang 28-135mm f/2.8 FE is coming in February! Samyang has officially announced the launch of a new 28-135mm f/2.8 FE in February: One lens. Every moment. From wide-angle views to distant details, the new AF 28-135mm F2.8 FE brings versatility to every shot. • 28-135mm versatile zoom range • Constant F2.8 aperture • Extended reach up to 135mm... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Laowa says its new 35mm F2.8 macro lens is the first of its kind The full-frame lens for mirrorless systems provides up to 1x reproduction and has autofocus. Laowa Laowa has announced the Acris 35mm F2.8 1X AF Macro APO, which it says is the “world’s first full-frame autofocus 35mm lens with 1:1 macro magnification.” It’s also only the fifth autofocus lens we’ve seen... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark The first moments that inspired our community to become photographers From a bakery-run detour to a wedding album that fell flat, the DPReview community shares the moments that got them hooked. What was yours? Olimba Every photographer has a first moment when they realize their time behind the camera is something they truly care about. For some, the spark comes... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson Why my camera stopped shooting with a mostly empty card, and how to avoid it A “Frame No. Full” warning was a reminder that camera file numbering can follow both a body and its memory cards across shoots. Richard Butler This wasn’t the camera I was using when the Frame No. Full warning popped up, but it did happen on a Fujifilm camera. On a... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Influencer Couple Face Legal Action Over Vacation Photos Showing Them Sitting on Sea Turtle An influencer couple is facing legal action in Oman after posing for photographs while sitting on a sea turtle that was laying eggs during their vacation. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara 18 Adorable Winners From the Dog Photography Awards The winners of the Dog Photography Awards 2026 have been announced, a contest that seeks to showcase the most exceptional dog photographs from across the globe. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot In-N-Out Demands Photographer Remove Viral Images of High School Football Team In-N-Out forced a high school football team to remove a series of viral images taken by a professional photographer that were shot at a local restaurant. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Florida Man Charged With Threatening Sheriff in AI Image Just yesterday, PetaPixel reported that a man in Singapore faces up to 10 years in jail for posting an AI-generated image of a crocodile. Now a Florida man is also behind bars for sharing a synthetic image. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Just announced: New 7artisans 18mm f/2.0 APS-C E lens You can preorder it now at 7Artisans store, Amazon US&EU, BHphoto. The post Just announced: New 7artisans 18mm f/2.0 APS-C E lens first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-09-30 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Brightin Star 50mm f/1.05 Field Review My current all-purpose 50mm lens is the Nikon 50mm f/1.4. It's not an S-series lens and has some compromises in the bokeh department, but it's basically a great lens. However, the thought of getting something even faster for intimate landscapes has always been at the back of my mind.... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Photography Life By Jason Polak Hands-On With the Nikon Z5IIC: A Z5II Without the EVF Today, I’ll give you my initial hands-on impressions of Nikon’s new entry-level mirrorless camera, the Z5IIC. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Fstoppers By Christopher Malcolm A One-of-a-Kind Laowa 24mm f/2 Tilt-Shift Lens Is On the Way Venus Optics has another tilt-shift lens on the way. Although it hasn't been officially announced in the U.S. yet, the Laowa T/S 24mm f/2 is definitely coming soon. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Rise and Fall of the Mall Portrait Studio On April 3, 2013, one company turned off the lights in more than 2,000 portrait studios in a single day. CPI Corp. ran the Sears Portrait Studios and the PictureMe studios tucked inside Walmart, and when it collapsed it took the mottled blue backdrop, the laser-beam background, and the sheet... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Webb Photographs One of the Most Beautiful Gravitational Lenses The newest NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Picture of the Month is among the best and most powerful examples of gravitational lensing ever seen. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Is a Sony a7S IV Coming? Fat Chance Ah, rumors, the unsubstantiated gift that keeps on giving. Rumors are often fun to think about, and sometimes they even come true. Color me skeptical that the current hot goss in the Sony world, the a7S IV, will become a reality, though. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray VSCO Reveals the First 25 Photographers It’s Featuring on US Billboards VSCO has announced the first 25 photographers that it has selected for The Fifty, it's project that is putting 50 photographers and their work on billboards across the country. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Man Faces Up to 10 Years In Prison After Sharing AI Image of a Crocodile Police in Singapore have arrested and charged a man after he allegedly posted an AI-generated image of a saltwater crocodile swimming in a public water area. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray A Canon EOS R7 V is Reportedly in the Works As we've said in the past, the Canon EOS R7 Mark II is the most highly-anticipated camera coming from Canon. The community was hoping that we'd see it in 2026 after reporting that it would be coming this year, but it is now scheduled to launch in Q1 of 2027.... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Canon Rumours By Craig Blair Imagen’s New Intelligent Studio Aims to Rethink How Photographers Edit Imagen is changing its approach to AI-powered photo editing with Intelligent Studio, a new post-production workspace that lets photographers cull, edit, and organize a photoshoot in whatever order makes sense for the project. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi Final Cut Camera Gets Major Update, Including Expanded ProRes Support Apple has updated Final Cut Camera to support the new iPhone 18 Pro series' ability to use variable aperture but also added a few new quality of life features that makes the app much better. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Imagen Adds Full Manual RAW Editing to Its AI-Assisted Photo Workspace Imagen has launched a brand new post-production workspace, Intelligent Studio, that promises to adapt to a photographer's individual workflow. Photographers can cull and edit in any order they want, rather than the industry standard cull, edit, and deliver. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray OM System PEN studio scene: see how much image quality you can carry with you Studio images and Raw analysis back up the performance we saw when out shooting. Richard Butler With the release of Adobe Camera Raw 18.7, we now have Raw support for the OM System PEN, bringing us one step closer to being able to complete our review. As you might expect,... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler 5 Vintage Lenses That Can Transform Modern Digital Cameras Modern cameras are so good now that they pretty much do all the work for you. Focusing is instant, you get large, detailed files with incredible dynamic range, and the camera has the ability to correct many optical shortcomings of the lens attached in-camera, resulting in technically polished images. How... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Fstoppers By Simon Burn This Film Photography-Inspired Camera is for People Experiencing Digital Fatigue Modern life is overwhelming many people and analog pursuits are on the up. Enter Await, a camera made by Swiss-based electronics company Rolling Square. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot 7Artisans’ $169 AF 18mm f/2 Brings Pancake Style to APS-C Sony Cameras 7Artisans has announced a new pancake prime lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. Available now in E-mount, the AF Lite 18mm f/2 costs $169 and is designed as a general purpose travel, landscape, street, and even portrait lens. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray 7Artisans’ 109g 18mm F2 is an ultra-light autofocus prime for APS-C Sony cameras 7Artisans says the $169 pancake lens is the lightest autofocus F2 prime lens available for APS-C cameras. When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. 7Artisans has announced the AF 18mm F2.0 Lite lens. The new pancake lens for Sony E-mount APS-C cameras offers... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson The Camera Settings a Working Family Photographer Actually Uses Plenty of working portrait shooters still feel a flicker of guilt every time the mode dial leaves M, as if aperture priority or auto ISO were a confession. Choices about mode, file format, and aperture decide how quickly you can work with clients who won't hold still and how much... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Couple Pay $4K for Wedding Photos, Then Discover Photographer Lost Files While Sending Them to Editor A couple says they spent almost $4,000 on wedding photos, only to discover afterward that the photographer lost most of the images when she transferred the files. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Polaroid Mod is an instant camera for playing with motion, light and split frames A new physical mode dial gives photographers four analog creative effects without requiring a phone or app. When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Polaroid has announced its latest take on instant photography with the Polaroid Mod. The camera offers four in-camera creative... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Xtra Implies the Muse 2 Pro Delay Is Actually Caused By Its High Standards Yesterday, Xtra posted to Threads and apologized to customers who are still waiting for the Muse 2 and Muse 2 Pro to come to market. The delay is most certainly due to issues with the U.S. government, but Xtra is now saying it's actually because the company cares too much.... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider While Much About Leica Is Changing, Its Ownership Seemingly Isn’t In January, reports surfaced that Leica Camera AG's controlling owners were considering selling a majority stake in the legendary photography company. Per a new Wall Street Journal feature, those conversations appear to have ended, and Leica will, for now, maintain the status quo. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Is the Real Estate Photography Market Actually Shrinking? Real estate photography depends on how many listings agents actually land, so a headline claiming most agents closed nothing in a year hits hard if houses pay your bills. When the numbers behind your client base shift, the way you choose clients, package services, and plan the next few years... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke The New Polaroid Mod is For Photographers Who Want to Get Creative With Analog Polaroid has introduced the Mod, a camera built for analog creativity that comes with four automatic settings that allow photographers to experiment. [Read More]... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Imagen challenges the fixed cull-then-edit workflow with its newest update The update collapses three separate workflows into a single non-linear environment — a shift that’s about to change how busy photographers structure their post-production day. Imagen A wedding photographer coming off a busy season can have over 20,000 photos waiting to be worked through, and until now, no matter how... Published on 2026-09-29 As Seen On DP Review By bsmith0100 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
