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Tiffen has joined the monopod market with the new Steadicam Air line, which uses a gas spring and a foot pedal to help photographers quickly and easily adjust the monopod's height. The Steadicam Air is a three-section ca...

Tiffen, parent company of Steadicam, has just announced the Steadicam Air. It’s a “revolutionary” new pneumatic monopod for photographers that does height adjustments using gas lift. The carbon fiber monopod featur...

ProGrade Digital is a brand new memory card brand founded by former executives of memory maker Lexar. In June 2017 parent company Micron unexpectedly announced the end of Lexar, but the brand was shortly after acquired b...

In this post, I’ll share the story and results of a recent experiment I did with lighting a model with a neon light. I was hanging out with a friend in a local coffee shop when he showed me an awesome album artwork he ...

For Canon and Nikon shooters looking to get a fast ultrawide, the choices in the past have been the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8, and Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 VC. Or, go with an f/4 lens and get the Canon 11-24mm...

Apple just released this 1-minute video that offers a short and sweet behind-the-scenes explanation of how the company created the Portrait Lighting feature found in the latest iPhones. Apple says it started out by study...

How does SpaceX get such clear and detailed imagery and footage of its rocket launches? Here’s a 5-minute video from Primal Space that answers that question. With a rocket moving at over 3,000mph (5,000km/h) at a dista...

The film renaissance marches on. Kodak Alaris just announced today that it will be bringing back Kodak Professional T-MAX P3200 TMZ, the multi-speed panchromatic black-and-white negative film. P3200 TMZ has a nominal fil...

Sigma has just announced the pricing and availability of its new 14-24mm f/2.8 Art lens, and the new details won’t disappoint. The lens will be available next month with a price tag of just $1,299. Sigma’s Art lenses...

When Sigma announced the 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art lens, the company held off on sharing pricing or availability. Fortunately, Sigma didn't make us wait long, revealing today that the ultra-wide angle zoom will ship in mid...

Fossum's team has created a prototype chip with a variety of pixel designs and readout methods. This included combinations with sufficiently low read noise to allow individual photons to be counted. The future could incl...

Episode 257 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Wedding and portrait photographer, Ett Venter In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixe...

If you do a lot of smartphone photography, you might want to keep an eye out on this tip. In a recent video, Imran Mirza gives us a heads up that NiSi Filters is currently developing a mobile version of their square filt...

The new Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art lens will have a suggested retail price of £1,399.99 in the UK and $1,299.99 in the US. SIGMA, Canon and Nikon mounts will be available to purchase in the UK from March 2018 and mid...

We really liked the Tamron 45mm F1.8 as a stabilized fast prime for DSLRs and thanks to it being discounted today, it is now an even better deal. Definitely worth picking up if you are in the market for a ~50mm lens. As ...

Nature is beautiful, whatever time of the day or year. However, those who spend a lot of time in the great outdoors -- especially photographers -- also know that nature becomes extra magical during the so-called Golden H...

Masters of Photography have just launched their first masterclass with legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz. Masters of Photography is a new and unique online learning platform which brings together some of the worlds ...