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petapixel 44h ago 19°

New Voigtländer 40mm f/2 Lens for E and Z Is Super Compact and Stylish

Cosina has announced the Voigtländer Septon 40mm f/2 Aspherical prime lens for full-frame Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras.
petapixel 44h ago 11°

How Canon Gear Captured All the Action During Super Bowl LX

While the Seattle Seahawks bask in the glory of a Super Bowl victory, Canon is taking a victory lap of its own, boasting that it made more than 98 percent of the lenses NBC used for its Super Bowl LX broadcast last Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.
petapixel 40h ago 11°

HP FilmScan 7″ Brings Old Negatives and Slides Back to Life

HP has introduced the HP FilmScan 7" Touch Screen Film Scanner, a user-friendly digitizer designed to convert old negatives and slides into high-resolution digital files without requiring a computer during scanning. Featuring a large touchscreen interface, built-in editing tools, and HDMI output, the FilmScan aims to make preserving film archives simple and accessible.
petapixel 20h ago 11°

Sony a7 V Still a Best-Selling Camera Despite ‘Significant’ Drop in Sales

After it topped Map Camera's sales charts in December and outsold all four of the next best-selling cameras combined, the Sony a7 V has returned to Earth in Map Camera's January sales rankings, although it remained the best-selling camera of the month.
petapixel 42h ago 10°

Tokyo’s CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show Starts February 26 and Will Be Biggest Ever

The CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show is both the largest photography event in Japan and, with the collapse of Photokina in 2020, is also the most important show internationally. It kicks off on February 26 at the Pacifico Yokohama event center just outside of Tokyo.
petapixel 48h ago

Shot of Photographer Looming Over an Owl Highlights Growing Problem

As a warning to others, a Redditor has told a disturbing story of a photographer who chased an owl through a field just so she could get the shot she wanted.
petapixel 41h ago

Insta360’s CEO Teases a DJI Osmo Pocket Competitor Called the Luna

Insta360's CEO Liu Jingkang has teased what is clearly a DJI Osmo Pocket Competitor called the Luna. From just a few images shared on Chinese social media, the handheld camera sports a similar design to DJI's nearly ubiquitous Osmo Pocket 3, except it is equipped with two cameras, not just one.
petapixel 45h ago

Life Magazine: A Window into 20th-Century America

There was a time when a third of the American public eagerly awaited the weekly delivery of Life magazine. And now a gallery in New York is celebrating the photojournalism that helped Life become a sensation.
petapixel 41h ago

Ricoh GR IV Firmware Update Adds an Electronic Shutter

Ricoh Imaging has released a new firmware update for the Ricoh GR IV and Ricoh GR IV HDF compact cameras that adds an electronic shutter function to standard GR IV camera, adding the new feature that is already available in the Ricoh GR IV HDF and Ricoh GR IV Monochrome.
petapixel 36h ago

WhiteWall’s Laminated Aluminum Dibond Photo Prints Just Got Even Better

Answering requests from many photographers, WhiteWall has announced that Hahnemühle Photo Rag is now available as a lamination option on aluminum Dibond. Further, in response to another request, Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art paper can now be ordered without a white border, which was previously mandatory for prints.
petapixel 23h ago

Photographer’s Custom SLR Film Camera Could Shoot 180 Photos Per Roll

A film photographer has relived the tale of his creation: the 'little stupid camera' -- a custom 35mm SLR that could shoot 180 frames per roll.