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The Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM is a classic 35mm prime for the new Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless camera that also usefully doubles up as a macro lens. Read our in-depth Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM review t...

NASA's InSight Lander takes its first pic from the Red Planet

If you're looking to buy some new glass for yourself, or for someone else this holiday season, you should take a look at some of the offerings from Tamron. Tamron Lenses produce amazing images, are built like tanks, and ...

There's been a lot of speculation about what an a7S III would look like, perhaps this rumored sensor from Sony Semiconductor provides some clues. We've been speculating for a while about what a Sony a7S III would need to...

The American billionaire Koch brothers now own a sizable chunk of Getty Images after the investment arm of Koch Industries agreed to make a $500 million investment in the stock photo agency. Getty Images just announced t...

Lens manufacturer Voigtlander has announced a pair of new lenses in what it calls its Vintage Line. The Color-Skopar 21mm F3.5 and Ultron 35mm F2 Aspherical are both designed for M mount cameras, including Voigtlander's ...

When the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket on November 16th, 2018, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was ready to capture it… from the International Space Station. This timelapse he made sh...

You may have heard some nightmare wedding photography stories in the past, but probably nothing like this: a wedding photographer was arrested in Texas this past weekend after allegedly having sex with a guest, peeing on...

Japan is on every photographer's dream destinations for many good reasons --the distinct look and feel of its cities is just one. If you've been bitten by the travel bug and have your eyes specifically on Japan, today's ...

One of the most famous Chinese photojournalists has gone missing in China, and there are reports that he was arrested by government security officers. Lu Guang, who has won some of photography’s most prestigious awards...

After a half-year journey covering over 30 million miles, NASA’s InSight lander just touched down on the surface of Mars to begin its mission of studying the red planet’s deep interior. InSight also captured and sent...

Zeiss has announced its 2019 photography contest is open for entries, and that the top prize will include €12,000/$13,615USD of its lenses along with a €3000/$3403USD grant to pay for a photographic project. The cont...

When it comes to the minimalist approach in landscape photography, we see a lot of different subjects and subtle variations in style. But the look and feel of the images remain consistent enough for the sub-genre to stan...

I spent perhaps an hour talking about this review with Imaging Resource's Jaron Schneider before I even started writing this review for the Peak Design Travel Backpack 45L. We spoke about it amongst ourselves and a numbe...

Episode 305 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Commercial headshot photographer, Daniel Sommer In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPi...

Humans have populated the Earth so successfully and heavily that it's easy to find traces of human activity in virtually every corner of the world. Sometimes, these manifestations are harmless; many times, they bring ser...

At Photokina, the IRIX 150mm f2.8 Dragonfly Macro Lens was announced amongst the sea of other things, and if you don't know a whole lot about IRIX it would be easy to miss them. They're a company based in Europe and acco...

Graphic artist Rodrigo Pinheiro puts a contemporary twist on some of art's most iconic women