PetaPixel Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration
- Lomography Lomomatic 110 Review: The Perfect Camera for the Age of Imperfect Photosby Matt Growcoot on March 28, 2024 at 3:23 pm
110 film is an incredibly niche format that is kept alive by one company: Lomography. It has leveraged that by releasing the $160 Lomomatic 110, a cool piece of kit that harks back to the 1970s and produces lo-fi, imperfect images. [Read More]
- Huge Shark is Brought Ashore So That Tourists Can Take Selfies With Itby Pesala Bandara on March 28, 2024 at 3:11 pm
A huge shark was caught on a fishing line and brought ashore onto a Florida beach for people to take photos and selfies with the animal. [Read More]
- YouTube is Testing AI Feature That Skips to ‘Best Parts’ of Videosby Pesala Bandara on March 28, 2024 at 2:09 pm
YouTube is testing out a new AI-powered feature that allows users to skip to the "best parts" of a video. [Read More]
- Astronaut Thought He Photographed Mt. Fuji, But it Was Actually a Tool Bagby Pesala Bandara on March 28, 2024 at 12:26 pm
A SpaceX Crew 7 astronaut revealed how he attempted to photograph Japan's Mount Fuji but ended up taking a picture of a notorious piece of space junk instead. [Read More]
- This Underwater Doorbell Camera Lets You Open the Door for Fishby Matt Growcoot on March 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm
A fish doorbell camera in Utrecht, the Netherlands has been captivating viewers all around the world who are looking out for any fish that need to pass through a boat lock in a Dutch canal. [Read More]
- Tamron Brings Its Affordable, Excellent 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 Lens to Nikon Zby Jeremy Gray on March 28, 2024 at 2:59 am
Tamron has announced that its popular 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 (Model A063) fast-aperture standard zoom lens is coming to Nikon Z system mirrorless cameras. [Read More]
- Four Sony Alpha Cameras Get Huge Firmware Updates and C2PA Toolsby Jeremy Gray on March 28, 2024 at 1:12 am
Back when Sony announced its groundbreaking a9 III camera in November, the company also revealed that the Sony a1 released in early 2021 and the a7S III launched in mid-2020 would receive a significant firmware update "next spring." Spring has sprung, and the rumored firmware update, plus quite a bit more, has arrived. [Read More]
- Ricoh’s New GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF Cameras Feature a Dreamy Filterby Jeremy Gray on March 27, 2024 at 10:00 pm
Ricoh Imaging has announced a pair of new cameras, the Ricoh GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF, that incorporate a newly developed highlight diffusion filter (HDF) to easily capture softer, dreamier photos. [Read More]
- Lomography Reveals Stylish Travel Versions of Its Lomo’Instant Camerasby Abby Ferguson on March 27, 2024 at 7:36 pm
Travel lovers who want their camera to reflect their passion for exploration have two new options, thanks to a new release from Lomography. The two el Nil versions of its instant cameras feature Egyptian scenes. [Read More]
- The ‘Micro Mirrorless’ Is the World’s Smallest Interchangeable Lens Cameraby Jeremy Gray on March 27, 2024 at 7:10 pm
Yashica and I'm Back have teamed up to create the Micro Mirrorless camera, the smallest interchangeable lens mirrorless camera ever. [Read More]
- Photographer Captures Seal Spitting at Eagle in Never-Seen-Before Encounterby Pesala Bandara on March 27, 2024 at 6:18 pm
A photographer unexpectedly captured the first-of-a-kind image of a seal spitting a jet of water at a sea eagle -- a defensive behavior that was not previously known about. [Read More]
- Fujifilm X100VI Craziness Continues | The PetaPixel Podcastby Jaron Schneider on March 27, 2024 at 5:43 pm
As if getting your hands on a Fujifilm X100VI wasn't hard enough, this past week was even more challenging for those who tried to nab one of just 300 available Limited Edition cameras. [Read More]
- Veteran Photojournalist Says Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is One of the Worst Things He’s Ever Seenby Lisa Marie Segarra on March 27, 2024 at 4:37 pm
A Baltimore photojournalist who covered the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse spoke about the impact of documenting such an event, calling it one of the worst things he's seen in his years working. [Read More]
- Tourists Fight Over Selfie Spot on Top of 15,000 Foot Mountainby Pesala Bandara on March 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm
A group of tourists were filmed fighting for the best selfie spot at the top of a 15,000 foot mountain in China. [Read More]
- Samsung Brings Galaxy AI to Older Devices, Free Until ‘End of 2025’by Jeremy Gray on March 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm
Samsung Galaxy AI was introduced alongside the latest Galaxy S24 series smartphones in January, bringing numerous AI-powered features like Circle to Search and Generative Edit to Galaxy devices. Living up to its earlier promise, Samsung says this suite of AI tools will come to more Galaxy devices this week. [Read More]
- Photography Competition Celebrates the Beauty of Concreteby Matt Growcoot on March 27, 2024 at 3:40 pm
A black and white photograph of two boys flying kites on the steps of the Teopanzolco Cultural Center in Mexico has been named Concrete in Life Photo of the Year taking home $10,000. [Read More]
- Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Has Beautiful Magnetic Spiralsby Jeremy Gray on March 27, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Astronomers using the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have captured the first view of the magnetic fields surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The novel new image was captured using polarized light. [Read More]
- Scientists Invent World’s Fastest Camera That Shoots 156.3 Trillion Frames Per Secondby Matt Growcoot on March 27, 2024 at 1:06 pm
A high-end mirrorless camera can shoot over 100 frames per second (FPS) but it pales in comparison to a camera system researchers in Canada have made that can shoot up to 156.3 trillion FPS. [Read More]