Photography News

Stay up-to-date with the latest news within the photography industry. Here we feature new photography gear announcements, creative conferences, and other interesting headlines related to the world of photography and filmmaking.

This Ain’t Your Granddad’s Sony Walkman

Nearly everyone knows the Sony Walkman name. The brand has existed since 1979, when Sony launched the original Walkman, a portable cassette player. While portable music players have effectively gone the way of the dodo thanks to smartphones, the Walkman is still kicking. And these days, it's kicking in exorbitant style.

AstrHori’s 8mm f/2.4 Medium Format Fisheye Has an Expansive Field of View

AstrHori has launched a new manual focus fisheye lens for medium-format mirrorless cameras. The AstrHori MF 8mm f/2.4 Fisheye for Fujifilm GFX/Hasselblad XCD is a new circular fisheye with a whopping 220-degree field of view.

You Can Save Hundreds on All Types of Memory Cards

Memory card prices have risen sharply over the past year, largely due to flash memory shortages driven by the AI boom. Photographers have paid the price, with new cards often costing much more now than they used to. However, the deals below still make it possible to get a new memory card without breaking the bank.

iPhone Duo Delivery Dates Slipped to 2027 Almost Immediately

The iPhone Duo went up for preorder at 8 AM ET (5 AM PT) this morning, and delivery estimates immediately started slipping from Apple's October 23 launch date. As of one hour after orders opened, delivery estimates have slipped to the very end of January 2027, a three-month delay.

Family Mausoleum Splattered With Fake Blood by ‘Disrespectful’ Photo Shoot

A cemetery in Denver has been left to clean up the mess left behind from a photo shoot that saw fake blood splattered on a family's mausoleum.

Pixieset Helps Photographers Cull, Edit and Deliver in One Place

Pixieset offers a gallery system, a website builder, and a studio manager for bookings, but its new Photo Editor aims to close the one remaining gap in the photography workflow. It uses on-device AI to help cull and batch-edit, so photographers don’t have to move back and forth between their preferred photo editor and the Pixieset system.

Photographer Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris Added to Pittsburgh’s Walk of Fame

Pittsburgh added a bronze star to its Walk of Fame honoring photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998), along with other local standouts H.J. Heinz, football hero Franco Harris, George Westinghouse, and more.

Adobe Is Optimizing Its Tools for RTX Spark, Furthering Commitment to PC

Adobe has announced that it is expanding its collaboration with NVIDIA by specifically optimizing its flagship software tools for RTX Spark, NVIDIA's new AI-focused Arm chipset designed for laptops and compact computers.

Panasonic Celebrates Lumix’s 25th Anniversary With Global Events

Panasonic kicked off its celebrations of Lumix's 25th anniversary in May with the launch of the Panasonic Lumix L10. The company is now gearing up to host a series of events across major global cities, including New York City.

Hipstamatic Reboots Camera Club Membership With Unified Access and Four New Analog Apps

Hipstamatic has announced a major reboot of its subscription service, Camera Club, alongside its Winter 26/27 app collection, which is included with it.

Photographer Arrested After Taking Chainsaw to Trees In Search of a Better Train Photo

Police arrested a 23-year-old Japanese man after a tree he cut down to get a better photo of a train landed on vital communication wires.

Vivo’s New Foldable Phone Is Obsessed With Photography

The Vivo X Fold6 has gone global, and its camera system is seriously impressive, especially for a foldable phone.

Voigtländer Celebrates 100 Years of Legendary Skopar Series Lenses

Cosina Voigtländer is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Voigtländer's "Skopar" series lenses with a commemorative model, the Color-Skopar 35mm f/2.5 100th Model.

Chinese Smart Glasses Come With a 50-Megapixel Camera

Alibaba unveiled a new pair of smart glasses this week, with more impressive specs than Meta's.

OpenAI Employee Allegedly Tried to Steal the Company’s Intellectual Property

OpenAI has referred a security incident to the FBI after discovering a concealed audio recording device in an executive conference room at its San Francisco headquarters.

Nikon’s Newest Japan-Only Merch Makes Me Wish I Had More Business

Business cards are a big deal in Japan. Nikon, which certainly loves its cool, Japan-exclusive merch, is combining Japan's deep respect for business cards and Nikon's rich history. The result is an extremely cool business card holder that borrows its style from the classic Nikon F3 film SLR.

‘Grandmaslop’ is Bizarre AI Imagery of Kids Made by Baby Boomers

It's not quite Halloween yet. But people are getting freaked out by their parents' and grandparents' penchant for AI images of loved ones.

ASMP’s MSP Squared Event Next Week Is a Unique, 24-Hour In-Person Photo Contest

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) is hosting a very special event in Minneapolis on October 23 and 24 called MSP2. 75 photographers will have 24 hours to capture and edit a photo captured in their designated section of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Actress Mia Goth Slams Instagram for Spreading AI Image of Her

Actress Mia Goth -- who recently filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf -- has slammed Instagram after the platform let an AI-image of her wearing a t-shirt that read "MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN" to go viral.

AI Remade Adobe, Sony’s New Mics, and APS-C Got a Lot of Love | The PetaPixel Podcast

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris, Jordan, Sarah, and I discuss a big heaping pile of news, including the biggest story of the week: Adobe Creative Cloud getting ripped off and rebuilt with AI.

US Worker Sues After Employer Fires Her for Refusing to Send 160 Webcam Photos Per Day

A U.S. worker has sued her employer after the company fired her for refusing to take a photo of herself on a webcam every three minutes.

Bride Mad Because Her Photographer Died and Hadn’t Sent Her the Wedding Photos

A bride took to TikTok to complain that her wedding photographer had died before sending her the wedding photos.

This Forgotten 30-Year-Old Digital Camera Predicted the Future

James Warner, the photographer behind the YouTube channel snappiness, has gotten his hands on yet another bizarre piece of camera history. This time it's the EPixPro, or is it the Obsidian Imaging IC/100? Or maybe it's the NEC PC-DC401? Whatever it is, it's weird, it's wacky, and it's worth checking out. It's also maybe psychic?

Sony’s New ECM-W5 Wireless Mic System Wants To Make Audio Easier

Sony has announced the ECM-W5 wireless audio solution, which includes the ECM-W5T Wireless Microphone Transmitter, the ECM-W5R Wireless Audio Receiver, and a kit with the receiver, two transmitters, and a charging case.

Apple Stores to Push iPhone Duo Demonstrations

Apple is preparing an extensive in-store demonstration campaign ahead of the October 23 launch of the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone.

Tamron 16-50mm f/2.8 A Lens Gives APS-C Photographers Cause To Celebrate

Tamron has announced a new 16-50mm f/2.8 A (Model B091) zoom lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras, promising a compact, versatile, fast option for Sony, Canon, Nikon, and Fujifilm APS-C camera owners.

Fujifilm’s Instax Square Lineup Gets a Well-Rounded, Moodier New Camera

Fujifilm has announced the Instax Square 2 instant camera, the latest addition to the company's popular, iconic Instax Square family of products.

There’s a ‘Bluey’ Photography Game and It Might Actually Be Good

Kids love Bluey, enjoy games, and sometimes really like photography. Now it's possible to combine all three of these things in a single experience: the Bluey Happy Snaps video game for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC.

Arri Film Lab 1.5 Aims To Emulate Even More Analog Cinema Formats

Nearly a year ago, Arri, one of the biggest names in cinema, launched Film Lab. It's an OpenFX plugin for industry-standard video editing and color grading workflows that promises to bring a filmic, analog look to digital video. Film Lab 1.5 has arrived, bringing even more analog looks to digital cinema workflows.

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Sets New Record for Off-World Distance Driven

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has officially set a new record for the most distance driven by any vehicle on another world's surface.

Apple and LG Bring Connected Cameras To Your Home

At its "Welcome Home" event today, Apple announced its new "Apple Home Collection," including smart door locks, thermostats, temperature sensors, and cameras.

TTArtisan’s Tiny $99 Pancake Lens Weighs Less Than a Camera Battery

TTArtisan has announced a new ultra-compact pancake prime lens, the AF 24mm f/3.8 Mini, for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras.

Member of the Public Snaps Photo of Rare Melanistic Gray Fox

After the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) put out a request this summer asking for sightings of gray foxes, it was surprised when it received a photo of an ultra-rare variation.

GoPro’s Mission 1 Series Updated to Make Them Better Photo Cameras

GoPro has announced a free update for the entire Mission 1 Series of cameras that boosts the system's photography capabilities, promising zero-lag shutter response and continuous 50-megapixel burst capture.

Magnetic Accessories Can Affect Your iPhone Camera

MagSafe was launched with the iPhone 12 and has increasingly become a popular way to attach iPhones to tripods, car windshields, power banks, and lighting accessories.

Man is Reunited With Parents’ 1950s Wedding Photo Album After Search

A man in the U.K. has been reunited with his parents' wedding album from 1957 after it was found abandoned outside a city centre cafe and traced to his late parents by a local historian.

Enhance Old, Low-Quality Footage and Photos: An All-in-One Workflow with VideoProc

As photographers and videographers, we all encounter images and footage that fall short of what we envisioned -- a noisy low-light shot, an older 1080p clip from a DSLR viewed on a 4K timeline, or a tightly cropped photo that lacks the detail needed for a large print.

How Getty’s Bankruptcy Affects Photographers: Payments, Contracts, and Next Steps

Today, Getty Images announced a restructuring agreement and said it plans to begin a prepackaged Chapter 11 process in the coming weeks.

Even Photographers Who Preordered the OM System PEN Might Wait Until Next Spring To Get It

The OM System PEN is expected to begin shipping to customers this week, but per OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) in Japan, not everyone will be able to get their hands on it at launch.