DarkSky International has announced the winners of its nighttime photography contest, Capture the Dark 2026. This year's contest, its sixth annual edition, drew a record number of entries from photographers in over 30 countries.
For this Film Friday review, we are featuring one of the sneakiest best and least expensive color films available to 35mm photographers: Kodak Ultramax 400.
Mirrorless photographers are spoiled for choice when it comes to telephoto and super-telephoto lenses, no matter which camera system they use, and many of the best ones are on sale right now.
Apple has deployed an alarming threat notification to an unspecified number of users in 110 countries -- experts advise not to ignore it.
Cara, an image-focused social media app designed to be a safe space for photographers to share their work without fear of being scraped for generative AI, has reportedly had all of its content scraped by a bad actor.
A visitor to Adelaide Zoo heard the sound of an instant camera taking a photo, but when she turned around to look for who had taken it, a bird was standing there.
The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new tariffs on drones, slapping a huge 100 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of drones weighing over 25 kilograms (55 pounds). The new rules affect small consumer drones too, with sub-25-kilogram drones subject to a 25 percent tariff.
KEH's Overstock Sale is now ending on Saturday, August 15, instead of the original end date of August 14. This gives photographers one more day to save an extra five or 10 percent off a wide range of cameras, lenses, lights, and accessories. The complete Overstock Sale is located here and requires that customers use the code "OS80" at checkout. The rest of the year, PetaPixel Members can save five percent off all preowned purchases at KEH, but this is a good chance for everyone else to save a bit more money.
Right now, B&H is selling a 12-month download subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro for $428.99, a $350.89 discount over the typical $779.88 price. While a lot of photographers opt for Adobe's Photography Plan with Lightroom and Photoshop for $20 a month, many other users need access to more of Adobe's Creative Cloud apps and go for the company's all-encompassing Creative Cloud Pro plan, which is regularly $69.99 per month when billed monthly for a year, or $104.99 per month when bought one month at a time. B&H notes that there is a "limited supply" at the current promotional pricing.
Instagram has a new wordmark for the first time in a decade, replacing its iconic curvy script with something more minimal but somehow less legible. "That totally says 'Instagzam,' right?" asks The Verge.
"The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh. Cleaner and more modern, with references to the original and the simplicity and craft that’s always made it Instagram," writes Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
Xtra, which is under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for allegedly bringing DJI technology into the U.S., still seems confident it can release the Muse 2 Pro (its version of the Osmo Pocket 4P) in North America.
"We are currently in active, close communication with relevant authoritis regarding U.S. regulatory updates," the company says on Threads. Xtra says it intends to launch the Muse 2 and Muse 2 Pro at the same time, although it still can't say for sure when that will be.
SmallRig has announced a new protective cage with a silicone cover for the Insta360 X6. It's core to a whole set of new accessories that are designed to give creators greater flexibility across travel, cycling, vehicle shooting, POV capture, and other creative scenarios. It's not too expensive either, at $35.
Today, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain, and a part of Portugal. For those who live elsewhere and cannot see the total solar eclipse with their own eyes, NASA is livestreaming the spectacle today, starting at 1:15 PM EDT. It should be a spectacular sight!
Right on cue, just as Google revealed the full details of the Google Pixel 11 series, Spigen announced a set of cases and MagFit accessories, including those for the Pixel 11 Fold, bands for the new Pixel Watch, and a wallet and O-Ring for the Pixel 11 phones.
Apple's latest iOS 27 beta mentions a new Reference Image feature that looks designed to offer image authentication. As 9to5Mac reports, Apple Reference Image sends an image with hard-coded sensor data and metadata to Private Cloud Compute to ensure that a photo taken with an iPhone can be authenticated. It sounds similar to how Content Credentials work on select interchangeable lens cameras and even some other smartphones, like last year's Google Pixel 10, the first smartphone to include built-in hardware-level C2PA Content Credentials. This will be an interesting feature to keep an eye on as iOS 27 nears its full public release.
Insta360 doesn't officially reveal the new X6 360-degree camera until tomorrow morning, but Best Buy didn't seem to get that memo. It has listed the new camera on its website, including a bunch of the specifications that are still under embargo. We can't publish them here, but we can't stop you from heading over to that listing to see for yourself.
In an exclusive interview with PetaPixel, photographer Noah Wetzel details how he and Red Bull Air Force athlete Mike Brewer spent nine months preparing to photograph a wingsuit flight through a total solar eclipse. The final image was captured in Spain during just 84 seconds of totality, with Wetzel working from nearly a mile away and relying on a Canon EOS R5 II, a 600mm lens, remotely triggered flashes, and calculations that left almost no room for error to capture a once-in-a-lifetime …
Satellites captured the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in spectacular fashion.
Earlier this week, VSCO announced "The Fifty," a coast-to-coast project that would put a different photographer's photo on 50 billboards in every U.S. state. Today, it clarified some questions regarding pay and legality.
The National Portrait Gallery in the United Kingdom has unveiled the four finalists for its Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026. One of the four photographers will win the grand prize, taking home £15,000, or just over $20,200.
The highly-anticipated Sony FX5, which was originally slated to start shipping in "mid August," has been delayed at least a month.
Amaran, stylized "amaran," has announced its first foray into audio with the new Amaran Mic. It's a $99 wireless desktop microphone designed for live streaming, podcasting, and video content creation.
This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, Nikon's future plans may have been leaked by the most unlikely of sources: Apple. Plus, Fujifilm shares that the camera industry is finally feeling the pinch from the memory crisis, and it will likely result in both significant price increases as well as manufacturing delays.
A year ago, Eastman Kodak's future was cast into doubt but the company remained optimistic. Since then, Kodak has posted four straight quarters of year-over-year improvement and its stock price has nearly doubled.
An Apple ad in Italy showing a toddler using an iPhone has drawn ire from onlookers and even been referred to regulators for review.
Researchers have captured the first-ever footage of dolphins using seashells to catch fish, with evidence suggesting that calves may learn the technique from their mothers.
Chinese microdramas, known as duanju, are short vertical video episodes made for smartphones that last no more than two minutes. The cheesy dramas end on extreme cliffhangers, and a full story can span 20 to 100 fast-paced episodes.
More than a fifth of people leave their phone or camera unattended in a public place, with people aged 45 to 60 (Gen X) most likely to do so.
A wedding photographer’s lawsuit against police claiming that they falsely arrested her for stealing the maid of honor’s wallet -- in a case that she says damaged her professional reputation -- is moving forward.
Social media: it's been a gift and a curse for photographers; a gift in that it provides an incredible platform to be seen by millions of people, and a curse in that the algorithm dictates what is posted.
Photographers from all over the world traveled to Europe last night for a stunning total solar eclipse.
KEH is back with another Overstock Sale. Ending on August 15, the promotion lets photographers save an additional five or 10 percent on select cameras, lenses, lights, and accessories.
When Honor first announced that it was developing the gimbal-equipped Robot Phone last fall, it seemed like a far-fetched idea that might ultimately stay in the realm of a prototype. Companies are always coming up with wild ideas, only some of which ever reach market. Well, the Honor Robot Phone is very real, and it just launched in China.
Although fortunate photographers in a narrow swath of Europe are being treated to a total solar eclipse today, everyone in the Northern Hemisphere (and the very northern part of the Southern Hemisphere) can enjoy the annual Perseids Meteor Shower right now. The meteor shower peaks tonight.
A sports photographer had his Instagram account permanently disabled after Meta mistakenly claimed his content violated its rules against the “sexualization of children.”
Alongside its three new slab smartphones, the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL, Google unveiled a new foldable, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. It's sleek and stylish, but has serious camera compromises.
Over the course of two days, I had a few hours with the new Google Pixel 11 Pro, and I've narrowed it down to the four features aimed at photographers and videographers that I think deserve the most attention.
Google has unveiled its 11th-generation Pixel phones: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL. All three phones promise significant camera upgrades and the latest Google Gemini features.
Back in 2023, Harman Photo, the company behind Ilford-brand photo film, launched an all-new color film, Phoenix 200. Last year, the company followed it up with Phoenix II. Now there's yet another Phoenix on the block, this time arriving with a new speed: 125.
A 20-year-old tourist plunged to his death while trying to do a photo shoot at the top of a waterfall in a U.S. state park.
The latest Adobe Camera Raw update, version 18.5, added support for the Sigma 85mm f/1.2 DG Art lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The only thing is that Sigma hasn't actually released the lens or even said exactly when it is coming. Given that it's now supported in Adobe's photo editing software, though, it must be close.
Insta360 has announced its new flagship 360-degree camera system: the X6. It's smaller than the X5 and still promises significantly better image quality thanks to its bigger sensor and therefore its better light-gathering capability.
The first feature film ever to be shot entirely on IMAX cameras, The Odyssey, has surpassed $1 billion at the box office -- a remarkable achievement for an R-rated movie.
Two female photographers, including a prominent photojournalist and an 18-year-old artist, have been sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison in Iran.
Pioneering San Francisco photo gallery SF Camerawork -- which has exhibited work by influential photographers such as Sally Mann and Robert Mapplethorpe -- is closing after 52 years.
Nearly 49 years after it launched into space aboard a Titan III rocket, NASA's Voyager 2 space probe received yet another software update, this time reaching the speeding probe from nearly 13.3 billion miles (almost 21.4 billion kilometers) away.
Toem 2's developers, Swedish independent studio Something We Made, describes its new video game as a "wholesome adventure about taking photos." In the striking-looking black-and-white game, players grab their camera and set off into the world, tasked with making friends, exploring, and, of course, taking photos.
Scientists have used a pair of NSF NOIRLab telescopes for 13 years to create the new DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map. It is the largest 2D map ever of the Universe and covers three-quarters of the sky. The catalog has nearly four billion objects.
Leica has removed one of the 12 shortlisted finalists for the 2026 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA), one of the most prestigious photography prizes in the world, PetaPixel can exclusively reveal.
In January, Insta360's refreshingly candid founder and CEO, Jingkang "JK" Liu appeared to tease what looks like an Insta360 mirrorless camera. Liu has started talking about Insta360's new camera project, promising a camera shaped like no other before.
A trail camera has captured a striking image of a rare Eurasian lynx moving across the high-altitude Himalayas - marking the first confirmed photographic record of the species in Sikkim, India.
Legendary surf photographer Hank Foto, one of the most recognizable lensman to work for Surfing Magazine, has died.
Amateur astronomers and astrophotographers may need to exercise great caution when enormous reflecting satellites start appearing in the night sky -- as experts say they have the potential to blind them.
Police are searching for a suspect after camera gear was stolen from a TV crew filming on a popular beach in the U.K.
VSCO, a photo and video editing app, is offering photographers in every state the opportunity to have their work exhibited on a billboard.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured beautiful new photos of the Lion Nebula, NGC 2392, demonstrating its imaging prowess compared to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope.
GoPro has announced its second-quarter financial results and some of the core numbers are dire.
Sharge is just a few days away from wrapping up its crowdfunding campaign for the follow-up to the Sharge Disk Pro with a few nice upgrades, including a way to toggle off its obnoxiously loud fan.
Sony Group and chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are planning to begin mass production of next-generation image sensors in southwestern Japan as soon as 2029, per Nikkei Asia.
