Digital cameras changed photography, and now smartphones are changing digital cameras. There’s never been more interesting ways to take a picture or record a video, and there’s also never been more ways to view those images. We’re focused on finding the most interesting innovations happening in all parts of photography.
PetaPixel’s Chris and Jordan have another installment in their year-end YouTube tradition — ranking the best and worst cameras and lenses of the year amidst an array of silly drinking games.
I’m willing to forgive them for not naming the Pentax 17 Best Camera, but only because Chris’s dog makes an adorable cameo.
A quick swipe through TikTok shows the popularity of point-and-shoots with The Youths, and camera companies are catching on. Panasonic recently announced the new $499.99 ZS99, a refresh of its ZS80 from 2019, adding USB-C and vertical video support while removing the EVF.
The $849.99 (with a lens) G97 mirrorless camera is also launching alongside it. Both modest upgrades are due in February.
Designed for high volume photographers (think school portraits) who need their subjects perfectly positioned every time, Canon now offers a new Cropping Guide feature for its EOS R50, R10, and R7 cameras.
The $120 upgrade also includes standard picture frame guidelines, and although it only requires a firmware update, Canon is requiring cameras be sent in for service to get the new feature.
It looks like the Sony A1 II is coming soon, as Sony has posted a livestream for November 19th at 9AM ET.
There may also be a new super fast 28-70mm f/2 lens announced along with it.
That’s what Fujifilm says it’s doing, teasing a new GFX Eterna camera for 2025 that will use the same 102-megapixel sensor in a filmmaking-focused form factor.
These are usually for high-end industry pros, though Fujifilm’s GFX line is one of the most affordable options for medium format photo cameras.
Some audience pictures snapped by Adobe Principal Director Terry White at today’s Max event started appearing in Frame.io in real-time as he was taking them, without needing to connect the camera to a computer.
And because his account was synced with Lightroom, they appeared there too — meaning there’s basically no delay for photographers to get their snaps ready for editing.
0$500 is a lot for a point-and-shoot film camera, but it rewards you with a joyous experience.
So said Daniel Plasche, co-director of a Berlin venue, while talking to The New York Times about the club’s decision to follow other nightclubs by putting stickers on customers’ smartphone camera lenses.
“There is something unifying, ritualistic about the dance floor,” he added, but the atmosphere was ruined when people use their phones to take images that “they will never look at again, anyways.”
[The New York Times]
The original TTArtisan LED fake film roll was already cute when it looked Kodak-ish and just shined white light, but now there’s an RGB version. The new Mini RGB LED Light has a touch of Fujifilm vibes in its cartridge design, shines various colors for creative lighting, and costs just $10.99 on Amazon.
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Following earlier leaks of the Insta360 Ace Pro 2’s packaging that seem to confirm a bump in recording capabilities from 8K/24fps to 8K/30fps, @Quadro_News has revealed it will allegedly be priced at $399.99.
That would make it $50 cheaper than the previous model, the same price as the GoPro Hero 13 Black, but pricier than the DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro.
