Photography News

This is pretty wild: the lens adapter company Techart has announced that it has created the world’s first Leica M-mount to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter. That’s right. Autofocus. “Since we started developing FE mo...

We recently shared a 52-week photo challenge you can do to improve you skills over the course of a year. The challenge for week #1 was “self portrait,” and photographer Trevor Mahlmann completed it by creating this e...

CameraLends.com, a peer-to-peer camera gear sharing service that was established in 2013, has just launched a mobile app. The service allows for private rental of cameras, lenses and accessories of all types.

Sony has announced new XQD and SDXC UHS-II memory cards at CES. This comes on the heels of Nikon's announcement of the D5 and D500, both of which can utilize the relatively recent XQD format. The XQD-M series offers re...

Nikon D5 and D500 Push the Boundaries of DSLR CES 2016 saw the announcement of two important DSLRs from Nikon, including an update to its flagship line, as well as an almost mythical product many had given up hope of e...

If you ever visit Antarctica in the summer, you’ll find yourself in a place where there’s 24 hours of sunlight in a day. Instead of setting in the horizon and ushering in the night, the Sun “bounces” on the horiz...

Here’s a short 3-minute video by Australian photographer Pete Leong on how you can set your flash and camera settings to illuminate portrait subjects while a bright sun is in the background back-lighting them. “Altho...

Fujifilm helped popularize the retro camera aesthetic with its X-series line of cameras, and the next generation will continue that trend. The company is set to announce a set of new models later this month, and now phot...

Camera drones have exploded onto the scene in the past few years, and they’re being used by photographers around the world as a cheap and easy way to obtain aerial photos and videos. But what if you want both the conve...

Seagate has launched the Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim, the World’s thinnest 2TB mobile hard drive.

After launching its peer-to-peer camera gear rental network back in 2013, CameraLends is now pushing into new territory: mobile. The startup just launched an iPhone app that allows photographers to lend and borrow gear t...

The Flashpoint Streaklight now comes in TTL variations for Canon and Nikon. They're some of the best flashes you can get your hands on.

It seems that there’s finally some resolution in the curious legal battle between PETA and a photographer over whether a monkey owns the copyright to the viral selfies he shot back in 2011. A federal judge in San Franc...

Photography Blog’s Software of the Year for 2015.

Lexar has revealed the Lexar Portable SSD, which is designed to deliver read transfer speeds up to 450MB per second.

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR is a fast standard zoom lens for Nikon FX full-frame DSLR shooters. Crucially offering built-in image stabilisation, the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR is also weath...

Sony is expanding its lineup of memory card options to include newer and faster XQD and SD media, as well as card readers for the XQD and SD formats, and an XQD USB adapter.

There are many factors to consider when pricing your images; and your reputation is surely a part of it.

ExoLens and Zeiss have announced their collaboration in the design and development of accessory lenses for camera phones.

Here's episode 36 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Call 1-206-333-9308, leave a comment in this post, or use our voicemail widget for feedback/...

Being a professional photographer also means that you need to pay your taxes. But as a business owner, you'll do it a bit differently.

For the first time in over thirty years, Kodak has announced plans to launch a Super 8 cine camera, introducing a model that mixes analogue and digital technology. The new camera, which doesn't appear to have a name ...