This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team stands firm in their belief that camera brands are misunderstanding the "smartphone generation" as they call it.

The Hasselblad XPan (and the Japan-only Fujifilm TX-1) is a beloved camera that remains unique even today. But one part of the design is a bit annoying: the location of the tripod screw. A new bracket from Mutiny fixes that.

RØDE, hereafter referred to as "Rode," has released RodeCaster Video 1.4. It is a free, major firmware update for the company's all-in-one video production consoles, the RodeCaster Video, RodeCaster Video S, and RodeCaster Video Core.

Leica Camera AG has launched Leica Lux 2.0, which it describes as the "most comprehensive update" yet to its iPhone photography app.

Another Kodak Apparel store has opened in Seoul, bringing the total to eight stores in the South Korean capital.

Instagram has added a new feature that allows users to add a post they're tagged in to their main grid.

Meta has announced a new pair of VR glasses that the company says are "the first IMAX-enhanced certified VR device ever."

Nikon has announced the Z5 IIC, a simplified version of the Z5 II that removes the EVF, reduces the quality of the rear LCD, drops the dual card slots, and cuts out the AF joystick in exchange for $450 in savings. For many, that might be enough of a discount to pick one up.

Japanese street photographer Shin Noguchi's images have been shown in exhibits worldwide and featured in many renowned publications. He has been part of Leica's 70th-anniversary M-System campaign and its recent 100th-anniversary celebrations. Now Noguchi's striking work has found another home, and it's an unusual one: playing cards.

Today at Snapdragon Summit, Microsoft unveiled its next-generation Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch, both powered by the Snapdragon X2 Plus processor.

Xiaomi has officially launched the very first phones powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, less than a day after the chips were unveiled. The Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max promise plenty of compelling camera features for photographers.

Kron Technologies has announced the Chronos Q12, a high-speed camera designed to capture up to 2.5K resolution at extremely fast frame rates for situations where the company says capturing the right moment with the right level of detail is critical.

Stanford University violated its own policies after using AI to swap out a Hispanic male student with a Black female student in a school photograph.

Adobe announced in June that it had entered an agreement to purchase Topaz Labs, a software company best known for its AI-based upscaling technology for photos and videos. As of today, the acquisition is now complete, and Adobe fully owns Topaz Labs.

Today at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, where Qualcomm unveiled its new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile Platform, Motorola took the stage to unveil its most advanced and powerful smartphone, the Signature 27. Motorola says its new flagship phone pushes the boundaries of mobile imaging.

Viltrox has announced that it is bringing its full line of Air Series primes to Leica L-mount: the 14mm f/4, 50mm f/2, 40mm f/2.5, and 20mm f/2.8.

Something is seriously wrong with Sony's planned FX5 production schedule. After an announcement in July that it would be available to purchase on August 21, it was first delayed into September and now has officially slipped again: shipping will start "from the end of October."

Today at its annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled two new flagship mobile SoCs, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6. They both promise to supercharge the age of agentic AI, although there are some very interesting new features for imaging as well.

Just over a year ago, Adobe released an all-new, mostly-free Premiere app for iPhone. At the time, Adobe promised that Premiere would come to Android, too. As of today, the promise has been fulfilled.

Upstart camera company Caimera has teamed up with Austrian PC fan company Noctua, on a new prototype Micro Four Thirds camera that is all about cryptographic authentication at the time of capture. The CAIM1 camera's name stands for "Counter Artificial Intelligence Machine 1." Catchy.

Aperture, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of photography, has found a new home in New York just across the street from the American Museum of Natural History.

It was only in May that PetaPixel reviewed the Vivo X300 Ultra smartphone, then the company's flagship handheld. Now the X500 Series has landed in China, bringing the debut of a brand-new Pro Max model dripping with cutting-edge camera technology.

Major photo agencies and newspapers are temporarily withholding photographs of President Donald Trump’s events in solidarity with news organizations barred from the White House.

One of the world's fanciest hotels has enforced a photography ban after social media-obsessed guests spent more time snapping their food than eating it.

Police are hunting for two female suspects after $10,000 worth of professional camera gear was stolen from a high-end fashion event in the Hamptons.

A photographer lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world for two months each year: atop Mount Fuji in a Shinto shrine.

Meta has seen its stock price surge this week thanks to its new agentic AI app Muse hitting the top of Apple's App Store charts.

Police across the U.K. are warning parents about the dangers of urban exploration photography as more children enter abandoned buildings in hopes of going viral on social media.

So the new Sony FE 400mm f/4.5 GM OSS and FE 600mm f/6.3 GM OSS lenses are obviously different, right? Yes, of course, but not nearly as different as one might reasonably assume. Some seriously efficient optical engineering is going on here.

Rodney Charters, the cinematographer who shot nearly every episode of the first eight seasons of the hit TV show 24, has died at 80.

The modern reincarnation of Yashica is dipping back into the original Yashica's history yet again with an upcoming compact digital camera. The Yashica Y16, inspired by and named for a 1959 classic, is arriving soon with a decidedly retro look.

Insta360 has announced new firmware and a new Ultra Telephoto Lens for its creator-focused Luna Ultra that gives the camera a 450mm focal length equivalent.

A photographer captured the moment lightning struck a mountain -- unaware that the powerful storm had just claimed the life of a 19-year-old hiker nearby.

Brevitē is no stranger to Kickstarter campaigns, but the company best known for its camera backpacks is certainly a stranger to its newest foray: Clothing. Brevitē has launched a new Kickstarter for what the company calls "Creator Apparel."

An American CEO was forced to cut her trip to Canada short after posting an AI-edited photo of herself and three family members wearing “Lake America” sweatshirts that went viral and sparked an uproar.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Google have announced that the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite will now power Googlebook, a new type of laptop designed for Gemini Intelligence.

A photographer has recalled a photo shoot with convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes that he now suspects was all a charade.

Apple has reportedly placed tiny “Hello” signs in its stores worldwide as a camera test for the new iPhone 18 Pro.

Camera operators working for MS NOW were turned away from the White House over the weekend after the U.S. Secret Service confiscated their press badges at a security gate.

A photo exhibition imagines the life Emmett Till might have lived if he had not been murdered more than 70 years ago.

Insta360 officially opened its first flagship retail store outside Asia today, September 19, 2026, and PetaPixel was on the ground in New York City's famed Times Square for the grand opening.