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Photographer and occasional PetaPixel guest author Robin Wong recently published a very interesting take on a question that most people thought was settled: why is the camera market shrinking? While most people would jus...

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Smartphone accessory manufacturer Sandmarc has launched its new line of cases for Apple's iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max smartphone that enables its collection of lenses to work with the latest iOS devices. The new lin...

Photokina has shared a press release confirming Canon, Panasonic and Sony will be attending the 2020 expo in Japan and ensures the manufacturers 'once again promise a fireworks display of new products at Photokina.' The ...

Sigma has announced the pricing and availability for its upcoming Classic Art Prime Cine and /i Technology-compatible Cine Art Prime PL-mount lenses. These are variants of its Art Cine Prime with simpler coatings for a c...

Our friends over at COOPH have put together a fun video that might just inspire you to break out the umbrella for a fun photo shoot this weekend. The rapid-fire video goes through 5 creative photo “hacks” that you ca...

The US Government is being sued by two documentary filmmaking organizations over new visa registration rules that require applicants to divulge any and all social media handles–including pseudonyms–that they’ve use...

Editor's note: There is strong language aplenty in this video that is NSFW. Proceed with caution. A new photography podcast called 'The Group Chat' has published its first episode: 'Presets and Why They Suck.' The episod...

Photokina is keen to remind you that (1) it is still the industry’s “leading trade fair,” and (2) trade fairs are still relevant, even if Nikon, Leica, and Olympus dropped out of Photokina 2020. In a press release ...

When it comes to third party lenses, the offerings from Sigma can be tough to beat. Over the last few years, Sigma has improved the quality of the optics so much that they are considered to be some of the best you can bu...

If you’ve bought into the L-Mount, Sigma just added two very compelling new primes to your list of lens options. The Sigma 40mm f/1.4 Art and 105mm f/1.4 Art ‘bokeh master’ are both dropping two weeks from today on...

Sigma Japan has confirmed (machine-translated)the L-mount versions of its 40mm F1.4 DG HSM and 105mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lenses, will start shipping on December 20, 2019. Sigma says the control algorithm for the two lenses h...

Photo: Dan Bracaglia Sigma's 45mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens is, in many ways, not a great lens for pixel-peepers. It exhibits some fringing, it isn't particularly sharp, and it has a pretty pedestrian maximum aperture...

If you've been waiting to score excellent deals before the holidays, we're here to tell you that the clock is ticking. Some of the best deals of the year will come to an end during Cyber Week. Now's the time to pounce on...

We recently compiled a list of Sony cameras that are ideal for landscape and cityscape photographers. Sony makes some of the best cameras on the market; they also produce some of the best lenses too. The three Sony lense...