Living in Southern Arizona means spectacular lightning is around at certain times of the year, especially during our monsoon season, which runs from around June 15 to September 30. We get some great storms, and I'm always thrilled to capture some of nature's fireworks.

I've experimented with a few lightning triggers, including one that is software-only for iOS called iLightningCam 2 Lite. Here's an example:

In my experience, it worked well, but it did miss some lightning bolts, and the photos didn't have the resolution of a DSLR.

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The new Pentax DSLR that fans have waited years for has reportedly moved past the drawing board and into production. A Japanese insider says the camera is being built now, though no launch date has been confirmed.

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Leica is famous for its fully manual rangefinder cameras that are based on technology first introduced in 1954. In recent years there’s been what appears to be a huge surge of interest, particularly from younger YouTubers and influencers, all using rangefinders and gushing about them on social media. Some have a digital M, some have a film M, and a large number actually own both. Therefore, one would think that this antiquated system is in huge demand.

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Your camera gets the glory, but your desk is where the hours actually go. Culling a 2,000-frame wedding, stacking a 40-shot Milky Way panorama, running AI masks across a folder of 61-megapixel raw files: none of that happens in the field. It happens on the machine under your monitor, and the wrong one turns each of those jobs into a coffee break you didn't ask for. Here's how to spend where it counts in 2026, what the specs actually mean for editing specifically, and which desktops are worth buying right now. 

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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. 

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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 handhold without a second thought. 

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