FCC to BAN DJI Neo 2, DJI Air 3S and Mini 5 Pro and More… Finally, the FCC is now planning to impose a retroactive ban on DJI, which means existing drones announced by DJI in previous years will be massively affected. Not one, two, or three models, but a series of models that are capable of using LiDAR sensors inside them, since according to the... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Godox C100 Review: A Troubled Viewpoint I have a real dislike for most of what I call e-waste cameras on the market, which are those that are capturing the world through the lens of a literal dashcam. They tend to be cheaply built, take poor photos, and are littered with many frustrating compromises. I am instantly... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Chris Niccolls Why Your Fast Camera Is Making Your Photos Worse Modern cameras shoot at 30 frames per second, focus faster than your eye can follow, and stabilize by five or six stops, and all of that speed may be quietly ruining your pictures. The fix has nothing to do with buying more gear and everything to do with pace. [Read... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke What Shooting 6×6 Taught Me About Formats and Rules I recently added a camera that shoots 6x6 to my shelf. Square negatives, twelve per roll. I expected to enjoy the lens, the build, the ritual of loading film backs. What I didn’t expect was how much the shape of the frame would mess with the rest of my photography... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Raf Lopes Sony 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS sample gallery: what the budget telephoto delivers in the real world It’s slow, but doesn’t come with the GM price tag or bulk. Mitchell Earlier this week, Sony announced the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS, a stabilized, full-frame telephoto zoom that comes in well under $1000. We were able to spend some time shooting with it to see how it performs, and... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark New Sony FX5 reviews (with overheating test) Preorders: Sony FX5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony DVF-EL1 Electronic Viewfinder at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK Sony XLR-H2 XLR Handle Unit at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK The post New Sony FX5 reviews (with overheating test) first appeared... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Is Nikon's 85mm f/1.2 Worth the Extra $2,000 Over the f/1.8? Only three companies make an 85mm f/1.2 lens for mirrorless right now, and the price gap between one of them and its slower sibling runs about $2,000. That number alone forces a question every portrait shooter eventually faces: how much aperture is worth paying for? [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Incredible Photo Collection Featuring Works by Nan Goldin and Diane Arbus Goes on Tour An extraordinary picture collection spanning 100 works by photographers including Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, and Edward Steichen will be on view at museums across the United States. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Pesala Bandara CIPA's First-Half 2026 Numbers Show a Market Trading Growth for Higher Prices Camera makers shipped 4.36 million digital cameras worldwide during the first six months of 2026, barely changed from the 4.34 million units shipped over the same period in 2025. The headline may look flat, but the underlying market is changing: manufacturers are increasingly leaning on higher-value products, compact cameras continue... Published on 2026-08-08 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Preparing for and Executing a Red Carpet Shoot Like a Pro Red carpet photography looks straightforward from the outside, but the access, gear, and etiquette behind a single clean frame are anything but obvious. After nearly two decades away from the assignment, I returned to the carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival and relearned what it takes to shoot one well. ... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By David Murphy Tamron lays out its plan for four more releases this year The company’s goal is to hit ten new models for 2026, but that doesn’t necessarily mean four new lenses. Tamron Tamron has announced its second quarter financial results for 2026, reiterating its goal of releasing ten new own-branded lens models this year. While the promise isn’t new, the company bringing... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On DP Review By Mitchell Clark Fujifilm’s Imaging Business Accounts for Much of the Company’s Profit Continuing the slate of financial result releases, Fujifilm shared its latest earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. Revenues are up, but operating income is down. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.8 EVO Field Review It has been less than three years since we tested the first version of Viltrox’s 35mm f/1.8 lens here at Photography Life. To be honest, we weren’t particularly impressed by its optical performance at the time. It was not a serious match for Nikon’s equivalent, and was even beaten by... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Photography Life By Libor Vaicenbacher I Fixed MacOS If you use MacOS with multiple monitors, this app is going to change your life. And I'm going to give it to you for free. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Lee Morris The FCC Is Weighing a Retroactive Ban on DJI Drones it Previously Allowed The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering expanding its already existing ban on new DJI drones to include drones that already exist in the marketplace, claiming it wants to “secure the drone supply chain” by preventing the sale of drones equipped with military technology. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider This New Mac App Keeps Track of Your Photo and Video Backups Keeping track of photo and video files across multiple hard drives, memory cards, and cloud services can become difficult as projects accumulate. A new Mac application called Tusk is designed to give photographers and video creators a way to track those files while also handling parts of the backup and... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi What Photographers Can Expect From the Zoner Studio Summer Update Zoner Studio has released its Summer 2026 update, bringing a substantial suite of multi-frame stacking tools, an overhauled global search panel, and content-aware retouching tools to the Windows-based editing platform. Rather than focusing exclusively on generative AI novelties, this biannual release targets everyday workflow efficiency, with a focus on simplifying... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Adam Matthews James Webb Space Telescope Opens Up a Cosmic Treasure Chest The newest NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month delivers a spectacularly colorful look at a cosmic "Treasure Chest," a neat feature of the nearby Carina Nebula, located just 7,500 light-years away. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray Lomochrome Color ‘92 Sun-Kissed Is a Fun Film With Character All Its Own Toward the end of the summer of 2024, Lomography struck again, bringing a new (sort of) addition to its Lomochrome line of experimental films. The company introduced Lomochrome Color ‘92 Sun-Kissed, a color negative film meant for experimentation and indulging in nostalgia. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Zeb Andrews The Zhong Yi Pittura 30mm f/2.4 Is a Fast and Wide Medium Format Lens Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Pittura 30mm f/2.4, a manual focus prime lens designed to give Hasselblad XCD and Fujifilm GFX photographers an unusual combination of both fast aperture and a wide-angle. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jaron Schneider Flashback Is Offering a Photographer a Six-Month ‘Dream Job’ Want to live in Hong Kong while getting paid to create photography and video content? [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi The Sharpest Photos Ever Taken of the Sun Just Revealed Swirling Vortices No One Had Seen Scientists just released the highest-resolution images of the Sun's visible surface ever captured, taken in violet light at 416 nanometers. The pictures resolve features as small as 19 kilometers across and reveal tiny, swirling, whirlpool-like patterns nobody had directly seen on the Sun before. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Adobe Is Coming for Canva With Expanded ChatGPT Integration Late last year, Adobe introduced integrations for Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat inside OpenAI's conversational AI platform, ChatGPT. Now Adobe has upped the ante and announced the Adobe plugin in ChatGPT, which brings every Adobe app inside ChatGPT. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray DJI Teases Osmo 360 II With Footage From the New Camera DJI has released a second teaser for its upcoming Osmo 360 II, this time showing footage captured with the new 360-degree camera. The company says the camera will officially launch later today. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Kate Garibaldi How to safely photograph a solar eclipse (and why you might just watch it instead) Astronomy expert and photographer Dr. Tyler Nordgren thinks you should “see your first eclipse, photograph your second.” But if you do plan on taking photos, here are a few tips from someone who’s been there. Star Flyer – the 2013 eclipse as seen from the deck of a four-masted sailing... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson Tons of Top Cameras Are Discounted Right Now There are many great deals on a wide range of very good cameras at B&H right now. While not all of them are the absolute latest and greatest, they are very good interchangeable lens cameras, ranging from Micro Four Thirds all the way up to full frame. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Jeremy Gray New patent discloses the design of two new Sigma super zoom lenses The new Sigma patent contains the specs of the following Full Frame zooms: 125-700mm f/6.3-9 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Which one would you prefer to get? – via Asobinet The post New patent discloses the design of two new Sigma super zoom lenses first appeared on sonyalpharumors.... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Record Revenue, Rising Costs: What Fujifilm's Latest Report Means for You Fujifilm just posted record imaging revenue, yet the same financial report shows the company spending more to design and build its cameras while the cost of key parts keeps climbing. The imaging segment brought in ¥627.1 billion, up 15.7% year over year, even as memory chips, processors, and silver got... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Why affordable film cameras from Reto and Lomography are good news for film shooters Cheap, stripped-down point-and-shoots from Lomography and Reto might seem basic, but they show that established brands still see real growth and a new generation of shooters on the horizon. Lomography, Reto Last month, we saw the release of two new point-and-shoot film cameras, a Lomography half-frame camera and the Kodak... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On DP Review By Abby Ferguson International Pet Photographer of the Year Has an Incredible Portfolio The winners of the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards have been announced, with photographer Callie Soden claiming the Creative and Studio category titles before being named the overall International Pet Photographer of the Year. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Peta Pixel By Matt Growcoot This Camera Company Will Pay You to Live in Hong Kong and Shoot for Up to Six Months A camera company is offering to pay one person to move to Hong Kong and photograph the city for up to six months. The gig comes with a stipend and covers the cost of living there while you shoot. The opening comes from Flashback, the Australian company behind the ONE35 retro-style... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke Emergency Repair for a Water-Damaged Sony A7R V and 24-70mm GM II: Is It Actually Waterproof? The conclusion of this camera repair and water-damage rescue review (featuring a Sony A7rV camera and Sony 24-70mm GMII lens) is that the equipment was successfully saved thanks to a combination of design, prompt user action, and good luck: Effective Sealing Design: Sony’s upgraded sealing structure and gaskets effectively blocked... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Sony Camera By SonyAlpha Admin Anthropic Builds a Chip Team as AI Demand Surges Anthropic has verified that it is assembling an internal team tasked with creating bespoke chips for its Claude AI models. This marks the first occasion the company has openly recognized a hardware initiative that had circulated as rumor since the spring. [Read More]... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On Fstoppers By Alex Cooke DJI Osmo 360 II Pre-Orders Starting Today in China Finally, the wait is over. DJI Osmo 360 II is available for pre-order in China from August 7, 2026. As is obvious, DJI initially announces its products in China, and after that, they make a global announcement. So if you are in China, you can place a pre-order starting today... Published on 2026-08-07 As Seen On The New Camera By admin Panasonic did what Apple, Sony and Nikon couldn’t: overturn a Red Raw video patent Japan’s patent court just invalidated one of the patents that stood in the way of Raw video’s adoption Red The Japanese Patent Office has declared one of Red’s key Raw video patents as invalid, following a challenge by Panasonic. The court determined that many of the claims made in the... Published on 2026-08-06 As Seen On DP Review By Richard Butler 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
