L-mount and Nikon Z shooters are getting a tiny, feature-packed 40mm lens from 7artisans The comapny is bringing its autofocusing, ultra-light lens to new mounts. 7artisans 7Artisans is making its tiny, lightweight 40mm F2.5 lens available to more shooters. The $159 full-frame option launched for Sony E-mount earlier this year after its announcement at CP+, but is now available Nikon Z mount and L... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Nikon Lost Its Viltrox Lawsuit and Sony to Buy Tamron? | The PetaPixel Podcast This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris and Jordan phone in from the beach to talk about the ramifications of Nikon's loss to Viltrox in Chinese court as well as Sony's bid to buy Tamron. Plus, the two name what they think are every camera brand's greatest accomplishment... and their... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Canon Is Developing a Lens Coating Without PFAS-Laden Fluorine Canon is working on a fluorine-free optical coating that offers the same water-repelling qualities and durability of fluorine, but without the PFAS problems. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Leica explains the SL3-P and how it sets itself apart from the market We spoke with SL-series product manager Gerrit Gissel about where the SL3-P fits into the lineup and what they mean for the company Leica’s product manager for the SL series cameras, Gerrit Gissel describes them as the company’s “technology lighthouse:” the thing that acts as a guide for all the... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler Astronomers Capture ‘Exceptionally Rare’ Star Explosion for Only the Second Time in 20 Years In March, the Einstein Probe, a satellite made by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in partnership with the European Space Agency, detected a very brief flash of "soft X-rays" emitted by a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. Within an hour, ground-based telescopes, including several at National Science Foundation (NSF)... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray This Photo Makes London Look Like California Amid the Summer Drought It looks like an image taken on the semi-arid landscape of southern California, but this remarkable news photo, showing scorched grass, was actually taken in London. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Gonzalo Bendito: Featured Photographer Spotlight Gonzalo Bendito lives in Madrid, but his work takes him all over the world. His portfolio features high mountain peaks, busy city streets, and scenes shot underwater. This wide range takes far more adaptability than sticking to a single style. He loves places that test him physically before yielding a great... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On 500 Pixels By 500px Blog Who’s your biggest photography inspiration? We all have a hero or someone we look up to for various things. For this week’s community question, who inspires your photography? Abby Ferguson Many folks will surely think of their parents, a friend or perhaps a colleague when they think of someone who has inspired them. It’s that... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On DP Review By Mathew Anderson Concert Videographer Says Camera Gear was Damaged After Singer Dragged Him Onstage A concert videographer says his professional camera gear was damaged after a Dancehall musician dragged him onstage in a widely publicized incident. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara 7Artisans’ $159 AF 40mm f/2.5 Comes to Full-Frame L and Z-Mount Cameras 7Artisans is bringing the compact AF 40mm f/2.5 full-frame prime lens it announced in February to L-Mount and Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray DJI’s LOFIC Sensor Revolution: 17 Stops Without the Dual-Gain Trade-Offs! Last week, DJI announced the new Osmo Pocket 4P, featuring a 1-inch sensor with LOFIC technology. LOFIC—short for Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor—uses additional capacitors to store excess charge that would otherwise clip, preserving significantly more highlight information. According to real-world testing by CineD, the camera achieves an impressive 16 stops... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Bruce Gilden Describes the People He Photographs as His ‘Family’ Bruce Gilden is known for his confrontational street photography, using a close-up flash technique to capture striking portraits of people many would simply walk past. He's proven to be controversial, but Gilden says he had a deep empathy for his subjects. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot Wildlife Photographer Captures First-Ever Aerial Footage of Humpback Whale Giving Birth A drone photographer has captured what is believed to be the first-known aerial footage of a humpback whale giving birth in the ocean. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara Car Photography Company Sues Midjourney for Allegedly Copying Thousands of Its Photos A car photography company has sued AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of copying tens of thousands of its copyrighted vehicle photos without permission. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara The 55mm Lens That Fixed a Frustrating Nikon Z f Problem A 55mm lens with an aperture ring solved a workflow problem on the Nikon Z f that had annoyed one wedding shooter for years. That single feature, plus a focal length that sits just past the standard 50mm, is worth a look. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Astronaut Snaps Photo of Super Typhoon on His iPhone Astronaut Anil Menon has only been in space for less than one month, but he has already captured a mind-boggling photo showing a super typhoon brooding above the Pacific Ocean. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot DuckDuckGo’s Smart Glasses Have No Camera, No AI, and No Electronics DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, has entered the smart glasses industry with a pair of sunglasses that are not smart at all. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot New Sony FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS lens reviews Preorders: Sony 100-400mm at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, Fotokoch, Fotoerhardt, Calumet, WexUK. The post New Sony FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS lens reviews first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Why This $849 Sony 100-400mm Might Be the One You Actually Carry Sony's new FE 100-400mm arrives with an f/8 aperture on the long end, and that single number will push a lot of shooters to walk right past it. That aperture is also the reason the lens exists, because it lets Sony build a 400mm you can carry all day and... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Insta360 Luna Pro Retail Box Leaked Finally, the official detailed packaging of the Insta360 Luna Pro has been leaked. The images clearly show a white retail box inside a shipping carton with protective packing material. The image clearly indicates that the packaging has already entered the distribution chain. The fact that complete retail boxes are already... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Pye Jirsa Spent an Hour Answering the Photographers Who Call Him a Sellout Every day, in his comments and his inbox, Pye Jirsa gets some version of the same message. AI is for talentless cheats. Real photographers don't use it. You're helping drain the reservoirs. You're making billionaires rich while the rest of us scrape by. Instead of replying one comment at a time,... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Fstoppers By Anonymous Light Lens Lab Unveils 35mm f/2 Apochromatic, Its First ‘High Performance Series’ Lens Light Lens Lab has announced its next lens, the 35mm f/2 "Apochromatic." It is the company's first new lens designed as part of its High-Performance Optical Research Project and the first in a series of new High Performance Series lenses. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-05 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Sony FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 Announced Sony just unveiled a new lightweight telephoto zoom: the FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS. It’s portable and well-priced, coming in at just 654 grams and $850. Sony clearly sees it as a budget alternative to their higher-end telephotos, and that’s reflected in the lack of “G” designation. Here’s what we know... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Photography Life By Spencer Cox 8 Mistakes Beginners Make With Their First Prime Lens Your first prime lens, usually the classic 50mm f/1.8 "nifty fifty," is one of the best teaching tools in photography. It is small, sharp, inexpensive, and it forces good habits that a zoom never demands. But because it behaves so differently from the kit zoom most people start with, beginners... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DJI’s Mini mics get a big upgrade with 32-bit float internal recording The new Mic Mini 2S brings 32‑bit internal recording and built‑in storage to DJI’s tiny wireless mics, making them far more forgiving for creators. DJI DJI has announced another offering in its Mic Mini lineup, the Mic Mini 2S. The new addition is a notable upgrade over the Mini Mini... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson How to Photograph the 2026 Total Solar Eclipse For up to two minutes and eighteen seconds on August 12, the sky along a narrow path running from the Arctic to northern Spain will go dark in the middle of the day. Birds may fall silent, the temperature will drop, and the sun's white corona will appear around the... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Kim Simpson Scientists Built a $100 AI Camera Trap That Photographs Bees Instead of Killing Them Researchers in Oregon have built a low-cost camera trap that uses AI to spot and identify wild bumblebees without netting or killing a single one. The system matched the species diversity that lethal traps and hand-netting turned up in the same field, at a fraction of the effort. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Saramonic’s New K9 XTX Wireless Transmitter Has Huge Range Saramonic has announced the K9 XTX, a wireless digital plug-on transmitter for filmmakers. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Every Flock Camera in a Minnesota City Was Sawed Off Its Pole and Stolen Someone sawed down all eight of the automated license plate reader cameras that watch the roads in and out of Winona, Minnesota, and hauled the cameras away. Two more cameras on a nearby Mississippi River bridge were taken the same way. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke This camera battery doubles as a secret tracker (for iPhone users) Falcam’s TagBatt has Apple’s Find My tech built in, letting you track and locate your gear. Falcam We’ve seen a recent trend of camera accessory companies building in clever hiding spaces for Apple AirTags into their products. Whether it’s a camera cage with a hole for one cut out, or... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Sony Announces the FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS, a 654 g Super-Telephoto Zoom for $849.99 Sony has introduced the Sony FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS, a super-telephoto zoom for 35mm full frame Alpha E-mount cameras. The headline figure is weight: the lens covers the full 100-400mm range at approximately 654 g, which places it well below the size and mass of the professional-tier telephoto zooms that... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Leica Sells ‘Twice as Much or Even More’ Q Cameras Than M Rangefinders While celebrating the launch of its brand-new Leica SL3-P in Wetzlar, Germany, Leica delivered a series of presentations about its latest SL-Series model and the rest of its lineup, revealing some fascinating information about its cameras. Leica's best-selling series is not its iconic, beloved M-System rangefinders, but rather its premium... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray The Angel of the North: Photographing the Arctic Tern The first time I saw an Arctic tern was during my first trip up north, to the Shetland Islands. I didn’t manage to bring home anything significant—just a couple of documentary-style reportage shots. Years later, I tried again in Iceland, and a spark was ignited. But it was only during... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Photography Life By Massimo Vignoli Photographer Builds Miniature Wildlife Scenes Using the Objects That Threaten Endangered Animals Photographer Benedek Lampert's new series, The Nature We Replaced, combines the miniature worlds the photographer is known for crafting with powerful environmental storytelling. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Best Compact Vlogging Cameras Under $400 (Up to $450) in 2026 Nice, you’re looking for a true pocketable camera for vlogging on a budget; you have come to the right place. Our list includes true pocketable cameras that deliver sharp 4K video and reliable image stabilisation for perfect output, with easy upload options and support for shooting in different formats for... Published on 2026-08-04 As Seen On The New Camera By admin 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
